Cantilever Support Patents (Class 108/108)
  • Patent number: 8074815
    Abstract: A rack for use in an operating room during surgery to hold surgical instruments. The rack includes a vertical support (including an adjustable height portion); rack support braces; rack support arms; a base interface member; casters; a base; and lighted trays. The lighted trays radiate ultraviolet and/or visible light to provide visible light in low light conditions and/or to inhibit bacterial growth. The trays are detachably attachable from the rack support arms which helps the trays to be maintained in a sterile condition, even if the rest of the rack is not maintained in a sterile condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Inventor: Jeffrey Gerstner
  • Patent number: 8061788
    Abstract: A refrigerated display case having a bearing base and a top glass compartment designed to be alternatively used to display home made ice cream and pastry, the display case has a horizontal wall above the base designed to house the containers of homemade ice cream and having a pair of shelves designed to support pastry trays inside the front wall of the glass compartment the shelves being able to slide together towards the top of the glass compartment in order to be concealed from the sight of customers situated in front of the display case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Clabo Group S.p.A.
    Inventor: Pierluigi Bocchini
  • Patent number: 8061539
    Abstract: A storage system is provided including fixed and mobile frames disposed in modules forming the storage system. Each module also includes one or more mounting rails formed with engagement structures that can be utilized to attach storage bins and slat wall pegs, among other structures, to the rails in order to hold various items within the bins and rails in various configurations on the rails. The rails and other supporting structures such as shelves and work surfaces can also be secured to the frames, optionally in inclined configurations with respect to the frames. The frame structures and storage modules are readily conformable to accommodate different environments and uses for the storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Spacesaver Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Punzel, Matthew A. Tourdot, Michelle M. Smith
  • Patent number: 8042892
    Abstract: A refrigerator that includes at least one vertical support that has a vertical guiding groove with a recess and a plurality of vertically staggered steps provided therein, and a horizontal support provided with a peg engaged into the recess of the guiding groove. In the interlocked position of the horizontal support, the peg rests on one of the steps and presses against a first wall of the vertical support from which the steps protrude. A contact surface of the horizontal support presses against a second wall of the vertical support, the second wall being arranged opposite to the first wall. The contact surface and the steps are staggered in the direction of the width of the walls, the steps being located in a lower position in the recess than the contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Benz, Michael Krapp
  • Patent number: 8028846
    Abstract: Assembly of a structurally sound modular shelving system includes forming an H-shaped base structure, or otherwise-shaped base structure, by releasably hooking a tie beam into a first base piece and a second base piece. A first column member is slid into the first base piece by sliding an insert tab at an end of an elongate body of the first column into a vertical passage through the first base piece. A second column member is similarly slid into a second base piece. A header member is releasably hooked into the first and second columns, the header member extending substantially horizontally between the first and second columns and substantially perpendicularly to the first and second base pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Peota, Robert D. Yoder, Andrew A. Enyart, Mark A. Campbell, Steven C. Thompson
  • Patent number: 7918516
    Abstract: A refrigerated case shelf has a main panel comprising a top wall and left and right sidewalls, respectively depending from left and right edges of the top wall and cooperating with the top wall to define left and right channels. At least one transverse brace is secured to the main panel. A left bracket has an insertion portion within the left channel and a right bracket has an insertion portion within the left channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Hill Phoenix, Inc.
    Inventors: Daren M. Decker, Bryan K. Smith, Jamie Lorzadeh
  • Patent number: 7900783
    Abstract: A shelving system is disclosed that includes two tracks and a standard. The standard has an end portion slidably receivable within an opening one of the tracks, such that the position of the standard relative to the track is slidably adjustable along that track. The rearward portion of each track defines a recess. An elongate member is slidably receivable within the recesses of the tracks such that each track is slidable along the elongate member, whereby the slidable engagement of the elongate member within the recesses of the tracks aligns the tracks and allows slidable adjustment of the relative positioning of the tracks to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Clairson, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio A. Fernandez, Robert P. Kundinger, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7850805
    Abstract: A shelf, particularly for a refrigerator or the like, including at least one panel and at least one attached plastic structure. The shelf is obtained by shrinking the structure after assembling the panel and the structure. The attached plastic structure can mate and/or exert lateral pressure on the edge of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventor: Francois Vardon
  • Patent number: 7832573
    Abstract: A self-supporting suspension device may include vertically oriented columns. The columns may be releasably fastened to one or two feet by being inserted into slots of the respective feet and by surrounding a portion thereof. A stabilisation element may be fastened to two adjacent columns for lateral stability of the suspension device, and a locking beam or the stabilisation element may increase the torsional rigidity of the columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Reine Magnusson, Peter Nilsson, Jan Littorin, Joachim Wenström
  • Patent number: 7819069
    Abstract: A showcase has shelf devices in a chamber having a plurality of open surfaces, a pair of shelf support members which extend in a depth direction of the chamber supporting the shelves in a position where adjacent shelves are butted with each other. A support member side portion protrudes from a lower portion of one shelf support member to another shelf support member, a support member side portion protrudes from a lower portion of the other shelf support member to the one shelf support member and superimposed on the support member side portion, a shelf side portion has bottom side superimposed on the support member side portion, a shelf side portion formed under the adjacent shelf has a bottom side superimposed on the shelf side portion, and a bonding member detachably bonds the support side portions and shelf side portions in a superimposed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Tanaka, Masafumi Sakaguchi, Tomohiro Okubo, Yasuhiko Hayashi, Masahiko Nagatake
  • Patent number: 7757615
    Abstract: A vehicle that includes a shelf assembly is provided. The shelf assembly includes a shelf panel, pivot mount, and an over-center extension/retraction assembly. The shelf panel is coupled to the vehicle and is movable between stowed and use positions. The pivot mount is coupled to the shelf panel and to a wall located on the vehicle. The shelf panel pivots with respect to the pivot mount between the stowed and use positions. The over-center extension/retraction assembly is coupled to the pivot mount and is engagable with the shelf panel to assist moving the shelf to at least the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Utilimaster Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest M. McDonald, II, Eugene A. Dylewski, II, John E. Knudtson
  • Patent number: 7748804
    Abstract: A refrigerator which provides an improved installation structure of a receiving device disposed in a storage chamber such that the receiving device can be stably supported in the storage chamber and easily mounted on and separated from the storage chamber. The refrigerator includes a shelf fixing structure which fixes a shelf to the storage chamber. The shelf fixing structure includes an engaging protrusion formed on a lower surface of the shelf at one side of the shelf, a stepped surface formed at the other side of the shelf, a restriction groove formed at a position corresponding to the engaging protrusion to restrict the engaging protrusion, and a restriction portion formed at a position corresponding to the stepped surface to restrict the stepped surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hoon Lim, Dae Yeop Park, Myung Ju Sim
  • Patent number: 7748806
    Abstract: A shelf arrangement is provided which includes a support surface, a frame, and an electrical control interface positioned and accessible at a front of the shelf arrangement, the control interface arranged to transmit a control signal to a location remote from the shelf arrangement. The frame may include a pair of laterally spaced apart front-to-rear brackets supporting the support surface. The support surface may be a part of a shelf member. A pair of rods may extend laterally between the brackets. The frame may be at least partially overmolded with plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Martin Shawn Egan
  • Patent number: 7731316
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a universal shelf assembly that can be mounted in either a stationary configuration or a sliding configuration. The shelf assembly includes a shelf unit having a base portion surrounded by a peripheral frame. The peripheral frame includes front, rear and opposing side frame members that include a mounting boss and a locating tab. When mounted in the stationary configuration, the shelf unit is mounted directly to a support unit through the mounting boss and locating tab. Conversely, when mounted in the sliding configuration, the shelf unit is mounted indirectly to a support unit. Arranged between the support unit and the shelf unit are glide members. The glide members include structure that cooperates with the mounting boss and locating tab that both secure the shelf unit and enable the shelf unit to shift relative to the support unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventor: Forrest F. Wing
  • Patent number: 7703734
    Abstract: A slide mounting bracket structure includes a main bracket, an auxiliary bracket, a first engaging member, a second engaging member, an actuating element, a linking member and an elastic element. The main bracket is provided with the actuating element and the linking member at its inner side, and the auxiliary bracket is provided with the first engaging member and the second engaging member at its outer side. The actuating element corresponds to the first engaging member. The linking member has a part penetrating the main bracket, and has a support stand corresponding to the second engaging member, which further drags the auxiliary bracket to engage in sliding, and brings a second folded plate to depart from a first folded plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: King Slide Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 7578245
    Abstract: A furniture support system for workstation work tops including a support post (19 having a first locating formation (3) that extends longitudinally along at least a part of the length of the support post (1), and a support element (9, 23) having a second locating formation (15) that is complementary to the first locating formation (3) and engageable therewith, the first and second locating formations (3, 15) being constructed and arranged for sliding movement in the longitudinal direction, such that the position of the support element (9, 23) relative to the support post (1) is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Ethos (UK) Limited
    Inventor: Barry Loines
  • Patent number: 7562630
    Abstract: A shelf for a refrigerator and a refrigerator having the same are provided. The shelf includes a support plate having an upper surface, a frame formed to correspond to a shape of a periphery of the support plate and having, at an inner side thereof, a coupling portion to which the support plate is coupled to the coupling portion by a bonding member, and a fixing device that fixes the support plate to the coupling portion. The fixing device may include a fixing member having a supporting protrusion that penetrates though a sidewall of the frame to support the support plate from below. Alternatively, the fixing device may include an elastically deformable resilient hook and a fixing protrusion formed to face the resilient hook, all of which are provided on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Woo Lee, Yong Chol Kwon
  • Patent number: 7540244
    Abstract: A locking bracket system comprises a bracket lock and a bracket. The bracket lock may be slidably positioned along the lateral length of the bracket to transition between locked and unlocked configurations. When locked, an upper cantilever tab on the bracket lock secures a wire frame shelf that is recessed in a groove on the bracket. When unlocked, the wire frame shelf is not obstructed by the bracket shelf lock and may be removed. A solid shelf may be used in combination with the locking bracket system, as the bracket shelf lock does not obstruct the shelving plane upon which the solid shelf sits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Rubbermaid, Incorporated
    Inventor: Michael A. Gregory
  • Patent number: 7540510
    Abstract: A movable rack for supporting articles. In a preferred embodiment, the rack comprises a frame which supports first and second shelf groups. The second shelf group can be added to the rack when additional shelf space is required and can be removed when additional shelf space is not needed or when the rack is to be moved through or stored in places with limited floor space. Wheel supports and wheels are secured with respect to the frame permitting the rack to be moved. The wheel supports are extensible outward from the frame thereby improving rack stability, particularly when one or more of the second group shelves are attached or when it is desired to move the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Chicago Display Marketing Corporation
    Inventor: Robert P. Sparkowski
  • Patent number: 7497344
    Abstract: A supporting bracket is designed to connect to a wall-mount rack by inserting hooks provided at a rear end of the bracket into holes provided on a front side of a vertical post of the wall-mount rack. The supporting bracket includes two parallelly spaced side wall portions, on top edges of which retaining slots are formed to enable the support of two shelves at two opposite lateral sides of the bracket. Two rails may be connected to two sides of the bracket for supporting a drawer-type container. A hanger may be connected to a lower side of the bracket to support a crossbar for holding suit hangers. The supporting bracket is therefore a multipurpose and highly efficient supporting member very practical for use on the wall-mount rack for supporting different types of holding members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Protrend Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Henry Chen
  • Patent number: 7497533
    Abstract: According to various aspects of the present disclosure, there are provided various exemplary embodiments of shelves, resilient drawer stops, and drawer brackets mountable to wall-mounted standards for supporting shelves and drawers. In one exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes at least one shelf member, at least one bracket, and at least one resilient drawer stop. The bracket includes at least one engagement member for engaging a standard to mount the bracket to the standard, a support surface disposed generally horizontally when the bracket is mounted to the standard to slidably support a portion of a drawer, and a shelf support adjacent the support surface for supporting the shelf member. The resilient drawer stop is configured to resist completely sliding a drawer from the bracket's support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Clairson, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee E. Remmers
  • Patent number: 7494019
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention disclose a shelving system having one or more support posts with a plurality of shelf connectors connected to the side of the support post. The connectors can be rigidly secured to the posts and/or can extend through the post and have a portion protruding from both lateral sides of the post. One or more shelves can attach to one or more of the shelf connectors at a variety of heights and extend in a variety of directions with respect tot the support post. These shelves can have a plurality of fingers for connection with laterally-extending support pins mounted to the support posts. Some embodiments also employ shelf brackets having bearing surfaces to distribute load from the shelves tot the vertical support posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Steven M. Kessell, Paul J. Machado, Francis Aloysius Kelly, Bruce W. Hosker, Michael D. Potter, Bobby L. Salter, Peterjohn R. C. Walters
  • Patent number: 7476801
    Abstract: A wire basket for supporting cables includes a plurality of wire frames connected together in a side-by-side manner in forming a generally flat bottom and first and second opposed upraised end portions so as to form a generally U-shaped frame. Each wire frame is formed of a single closed section of wire includes at least one radial bend positioned at opposite ends of the wire frame. The wire frame may also include an extended mounting member attached to the frame such that a distal end of the mounting member is generally aligned with and extends beyond the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: David R. Davis, Dennis J. Waszak, Stanley A. Brzezniak
  • Patent number: 7472876
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a bracket system for supporting a shelf or countertop includes first and second separate elongated bracket members, each having a connection end and a distal end. The connection end of the first bracket member is adapted for removable attachment to the connection end of the second bracket member. Each of the first and second elongated bracket members includes fastener members for fixing the first and second bracket members together at the connection ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas M. Jones
  • Patent number: 7448634
    Abstract: A display rack has a longitudinal axis, and includes vertically stacked and coextensive grid members that are removably connectable. Each grid member has a pair of oppositely spaced arms equidistantly spaced from and parallel to the axis and further includes a mesh patterned central body that spans across a distance between the arms. A mechanism is included for supporting the grid members at both a vertically stacked position and a vertically non-stacked position. The grid member supporting mechanism is completely detachable from the grid members and is independently transportable therewith. The arms are connected to each other when the grid members are stacked and are disconnected when the grid members are not stacked. Selected arms have male and female portions. The male portions are telescopically conjoined with the female portions when the grid members are stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Inventor: Bart Raub
  • Patent number: 7347336
    Abstract: A shelving improvement including a cooperating pair of vertical rib sections downstanding essentially beneath an abutment of adjacent sub-shelf edges, each vertical rib section including double-back sections for strengthening, each vertical rib section also including a fulcrum-wedge curve wedging between offset curves and front and rear lower vertical segments and leveraging sub-shelf edges into close continuing alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Inventors: Eric V. Williams, Charles J. Sharpe, II
  • Patent number: 7337730
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes a shelf adapter bracket defined by a U-shaped shelf bracket member in legs of which are vertically disposed opposing slideways into which open a plurality of vertically spaced slots. A shelf includes a pair of shelf support brackets each having a pin which move in the slideways and seats in the slots to effect selective vertical adjustment of an associated shelf. The shelf adapter bracket has hooks for engaging in slots of conventional refrigerator trackways. The shelf includes lateral stabilizing ribs, a lubricity block, and a stop nose which engages a stop in a bight wall of the shelf bracket member to prevent inadvertent/accidental downward shelf movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Gemtron Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Bienick, Vincent L. Ramik
  • Patent number: 7300120
    Abstract: A mounting structure of a door basket for a refrigerator is provided. The mounting structure includes a door liner, which defines a rear surface of a door and includes at least one slot that is formed from side to side by recessing a portion of an outer surface of the door liner, a slot cover configured to protect at least one outward projection, which is formed on a rear surface of the door liner by forming the slot, from a pressure of foam for forming an insulating layer, and a door basket, in which a storage space is formed, and which is provided with at least one mounting projection which is inserted into the slot and then slides from side to side. Since the slot cover prevents the slot from being deformed during a foaming process for forming the isolating layer within the door, it is possible to reduce the defective rate of the product and to minimize a thickness of the door liner, which makes it possible to reduce production costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Tae-Su Shin
  • Patent number: 7300122
    Abstract: A shelf, particularly for a refrigerator or the like, including at least one panel and at least one attached plastic structure. The shelf is obtained by shrinking the structure after assembling the panel and the structure. The attached plastic structure can mate and/or exert lateral pressure on the edge of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventor: Francois Vardon
  • Patent number: 7270385
    Abstract: A system for limiting outward movement of a slide-out shelf includes a plurality of side supports configured to support the shelf, a positive stop extending along each of the side supports, and a plurality of support members configured to rigidly connect the side supports and contact at least a portion of the shelf thereby blocking forward movement of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rakesh Mathur, Carl Tobert Whitaker
  • Patent number: 7264322
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting an item in a refrigerator housing has a frame having rails arranged for the items. A plurality of slotted strips and/or a drawer slide guide are mounted to the housing. A plurality of brackets are provided for engaging the slotted strips and/or drawer slide guide supporting the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
    Inventors: Brian L. Dallman, Harry D. Wall, Joseph E. Revis, Jr., Henry Meinken, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7260438
    Abstract: An intelligent shelving system uses touch sensors to operate power-operated, adjustable shelves. Touch sensors also are used as limit switches to control shelf motion, to monitor the encroachment of shelved items on shelves, to detect spills, and to control other related devices and functions, such as shelf lighting. Display units are provided to provide information relating to objects stored in the shelving system and to the operation of the shelving system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Touchsensor Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David W. Caldwell, Thomas M. Schreiber
  • Patent number: 7258317
    Abstract: A pull-out display shelf assembly having spaced-apart support structures mounted on gondola uprights, for example, and supporting a display shelf for movement between fully retracted and extended positions, with locking means for securing the shelf structure in any set position. The locking mechanism includes vertically rotatable square locking bars freely movable in a locking track when aligned therewith, and having locking engagement with the track when rotated out of alignment with the track. Simplified and improved support structures are formed of heavy gauge sheet metal, bent into an L-shaped configuration for strength and rigidity and formed to provide elongated locking slots in horizontal bottom panels of the L-shaped supports. Component parts are minimized and rigidity and locking action are improved. Stabilizing tabs at the inner ends of the support brackets minimize lateral flexing of the brackets when the shelf is released for movement relative to the support brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Trion Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 7237855
    Abstract: A shelf, particularly for a refrigerator or the like, including at least one panel and at least one attached plastic structure. The shelf is obtained by shrinking the structure after assembling the panel and the structure. The attached plastic structure can mate and/or exert lateral pressure on the edge of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventor: Francois Vardon
  • Patent number: 7048131
    Abstract: An open frame display shelf assembly formed of elongate parallel base rods to which are connected an array of rod beams arranged transversely to the base rods and bent upwardly to support forward and rearward wall-forming rods. The wall-forming rods are arranged to provide receptor gaps. The shelves are supported from cantilevered sidewalls also containing receptor gaps. A bracket assembly with two adjusting components and three triangularly oriented connectors permit attitude adjustments of the shelf. A sign mount at the forward walls of the shelving is tiltable to accommodate the attitude of the shelf assembly. Sign support assemblies, carrying product identifying visual patterns may be pivotally mounted from the forward edge of forward region of one shelf to freely abuttably rest upon the forward wall of the next lower adjacent shelf. To access the product, the customer pivotally lifts the sign support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Gay, Kenneth R. Gay
  • Patent number: 7021730
    Abstract: A drawer bracket is configured for connection to conventional wall mounted standards and provides for supporting a drawer in a generally horizontal orientation. A drawer receiving channel allows for sliding movement of the drawer supported by the drawer bracket. A shelf member may be provided for connection to the drawer bracket to form a shelf above a supported drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Clairson, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee E. Remmers
  • Patent number: 7007905
    Abstract: A bracket can include an angled member having a first elongate portion engageable with the vertically extending surface allowing the bracket to be supported from the surface, and second elongate portion engageable with a shelf to be supported. An elongate interchangeable cross brace extends between the first and second elongate portions of the angled member. The cross brace can include opposite longitudinal ends releasibly received within the opposing apertures formed in the angled member. The cross brace can include an ornamental appearance and/or indicia including one of a hook, a picture frame, a hollow container, a pumpkin, a football helmet, a soccer ball, a basketball, a baseball, a teddy bear, a baby shoe, a fishing lure, indicia relating to a holiday, a special occasion, a school logo, a team logo, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Inventor: Richard J. Roberts
  • Patent number: 7007814
    Abstract: An advantageous display unit is provided in which one or more columns support plural shelves, at least some of which are mounted in a cantilevered fashion. According to a preferred form, one or more retractable flaps are provided which form sub-shelves to allow, for example, the display of product samples thereon. Preferably, the flaps are not only retractable, but also translatable so that their position can be varied along the length of the shelf. The arrangement allows for variety in the set up of the display unit, for example, by providing the ability to retract and deploy the flaps as needed and to vary the positioning of the flaps along the length of the shelves. Also, the overall set up of the display can be varied. For example, a single column arrangement can be provided with shelves disposed in a cantilever mount therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Dominique Ploix
  • Patent number: 6966267
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes a pair of shelf brackets secured to a rim which carries a planar support. The shelf brackets include oppositely directed pins spaced a predetermined distance from each other which correspond to a plurality of slots in a pair of mirror image adapter brackets each having a vertical slideway associated with the slots. The adapter brackets have hooks for engaging slots in vertical shelf tracks of a refrigerator compartment to effect “coarse” vertical adjustment of the shelf assembly. However, the shelf can be “fine tuned” vertically adjusted by moving the pins of the shelf brackets along the sideways and into selected pairs of the adapter bracket slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Gemtron Corporation
    Inventor: Craig Bienick
  • Patent number: 6962116
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes a pair of shelf adapter brackets each defined by first and second shelf bracket members, one of which includes vertically disposed opposing slideways into which open a plurality of vertically spaced slots and the other of which includes a plurality of supporting projections which move in the slideways and seat in the slots to effect selectively vertical adjustment of an associated shelf. The shelf may include shelf brackets having hooks for engaging in slots of one of the bracket members or can be integrally formed to define one of the first and second bracket members. Another embodiment includes a shelf having an injection molded rim with hooks at rear corners thereof for engaging one of the shelf support members. Each shelf assembly prevents inadvertent/accidental disengagement of an associated shelf from the adapter brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Gemtron Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Bienick, Vincent L. Ramik
  • Patent number: 6923519
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting an item in a refrigerator housing has a frame having rails arranged for the items. A plurality of slotted strips and/or a drawer slide guide are mounted to the housing. A plurality of brackets are provided for engaging the slotted strips and/or drawer slide guide supporting the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: GSLE Development Corp.
    Inventors: Brian L. Dallman, Harry D. Wall, Joseph E. Revis, Jr., Henry Meinken, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6918498
    Abstract: A rack system including a support having multiple longitudinally spaced slots for connecting at least one generally Z-shaped shelf, or any suitable shape. The shelf has a front leg and a back leg interconnected by a support position. The front leg may, for example, provide an upstanding lip. The support portion may be referred to as a median support portion between the front leg and the back leg of the generally Z-shaped shelf. The back leg includes a first transverse element disposed adjacent to the support position, and a second transverse element disposed at a distal end of the back leg, such that the first and second transverse elements engaged adjacent slots in order to connect the shelves to the support. The shelf may be connected to the support having the plurality of longitudinally spaced slots by inserting the generally Z-shaped shelf in order to connect the shelf to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Chicago Display Marketing Corporation
    Inventor: Robert P. Sparkowski
  • Patent number: 6915980
    Abstract: A winding and cutting machine for rolled paper provided with a roller shaft holding a roll from an inner side, a feeding roller and a feeding aid roller to hold and pull the paper for a predetermined length, and a fixed cutting blade disposed between the feeding roller and a winding rotational body which is constructed as to press the paper to the fixed cutting blade into the predetermined length by winding the paper and giving tensile force to the paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Hanshin Horo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasutaka Tsuruga
  • Patent number: 6837467
    Abstract: A receiving plate supporting device includes a base, two supporting portions, a movable plate and two sliding portions. The base has a pair of blocks which are spaced and installed at a wall. Each supporting portion is installed at each block having an upper slide path, a lower slide path and an outside slide path. The movable plate is a rectangular plate with a width corresponding to a distance between the two blocks. Each sliding portion is respectively corresponding to each supporting portion and is installed at the lateral side of the movable plate. Each sliding portion respectively passes through each supporting portion. The movable plate can be placed horizontally or vertically as desired. Therefore, it is space-efficient and convenient. Furthermore, the receiving plate supporting device can be assembled easily, and the structure of each component is easy and is cost-effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: E-Make Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chen Kung Cheng
  • Patent number: 6817688
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for a refrigerator storage drawer includes various plastic mounting brackets having multiple hooks for engaging slots in a refrigerator shelf ladder. Each mounting bracket also includes a protrusion for snap-locking the mounting bracket on the shelf ladder. Further, each mounting bracket includes various legs extending outwardly so as to define a slot into which a drawer frame is positioned such that the drawer frame is cantilevered from cooperating ones of the mounting brackets. The storage drawer is slidably mounted within the drawer frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey O'Halloran
  • Publication number: 20040222178
    Abstract: A rack system including a support having multiple longitudinally spaced slots for connecting at least one generally Z-shaped shelf, or any suitable shape. The shelf has a front leg and a back leg interconnected by a support position. The front leg may, for example, provide an upstanding lip. The support portion may be referred to as a median support portion between the front leg and the back leg of the generally Z-shaped shelf. The back leg includes a first transverse element disposed adjacent to the support position, and a second transverse element disposed at a distal end of the back leg, such that the first and second transverse elements engaged adjacent slots in order to connect the shelves to the support. The shelf may be connected to the support having the plurality of longitudinally spaced slots by inserting the generally Z-shaped shelf in order to connect the shelf to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventor: Robert P. Sparkowski
  • Publication number: 20040211741
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the shelving system according to the present invention include a row of shelving units rotatably attached to a support structure, and can include an oppositely facing row of rotatable or stationary shelving units also attached to the structure at a rear side of the rotatable shelving units. By rotating the rotatable shelving units, an operator can access the rear side of the rotatable shelving unit (as well as a shelving unit behind the rotatable shelving unit) for loading product. In some embodiments, a shelving unit can be moved clear from adjacent shelving units and can then be rotated to a loading position. Some embodiments of the shelving system include a row of rotatable shelving units arranged in a staggered manner providing clearance for the shelving units to rotate without interference with adjacent shelving units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Rafael T. Bustos, Steven C. Thompson
  • Patent number: 6799523
    Abstract: Pull-out shelf for mounting on rack uprights, comprising two brackets (4) projecting from the uprights. Each bracket bears a pullout rail (7) and a shelf plane (8-12) or equivalent, supported by the rails, for articles which are to be placed on the shelf. The shelf comprises at least one releasable locking member which, when an associated operating member (18) is acuated manaully, releases the pull-out rails (7), so that these can be pulled out and pushed in, and, in the unactuated state, locks the rails relative to the brackets (4). The locking members are adapted so as, when the operating member is unactuated, to lock the rails under the action of a spring force, the manual actuation of the operating member taking place counter to the action of this spring force. Releasing the operating member then results in instantaneous locking of the rails and thus the shelf in the current position, which allows stepless locking of the shelf in optional positions between an inner and an outer end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: HL-Display AB
    Inventor: Pedro Cunha
  • Patent number: 6776466
    Abstract: A slidably adjustable cabinet shelf support utilizes a groove and a bracket mounted into the groove which is slidable along the groove and lockable in a desired position. The bracket may be comprised of a first and a second portion for transverse members. The transverse members are inserted into the groove and rotated. The two portions of the bracket are then mounted together by a screw or other fastener which is threadably mounted in one portion of the bracket and passed through the other. The threaded fastener may then be tightened against the back wall of the groove to lock the bracket in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Maax-KSD Corporation
    Inventor: William Harvie, III
  • Publication number: 20040149182
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes a pair of shelf adapter brackets each defined by first and second shelf bracket members, one of which includes vertically disposed opposing slideways into which open a plurality of vertically spaced slots and the other of which includes a plurality of supporting projections which move in the slideways and seat in the slots to effect selectively vertical adjustment of an associated shelf. The shelf may include shelf brackets having hooks for engaging in slots of one of the bracket members or can be integrally formed to define one of the first and second bracket members. Another embodiment includes a shelf having an injection molded rim with hooks at rear corners thereof for engaging one of the shelf support members. All embodiments of the invention prevent inadvertent/accidental disengagement of an associated shelf from the adapter brackets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Craig Bienick, Vincent L. Ramik