Attached Laterally Of Support Patents (Class 108/152)
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Patent number: 9445668Abstract: Structure of furnishing element, in particular of a bookcase, having a first upright having an outer surface and an opposite inner surface; at least one inner shelf delimited by a first lateral end having a first abutment surface; at least a first engagement portion retained in the at least one inner shelf; at least a first cantilever bar adapted to be mounted transversely from the outer surface of the first upright, the first cantilever bar including an abutment surface adapted to abut on the outer surface of the first upright; at least a first threaded connection element adapted to connect the first cantilever bar and the first engagement portion so that the abutment surface of the cantilever bar and the first abutment surface of the at least one shelf are drawn respectively against the outer and inner surfaces of the first upright on opposite sides to the first upright.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Unifor S.P.A.Inventor: Dante Bonuccelli
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Patent number: 9433291Abstract: A utility corner shelf bracket which enables easy installation and removal, which are done quickly and without requiring tools, of a utility corner shelf bracket, and placing a shelf upon it, and which it based on bows which are capable of bending on one plane and durable to loads perpendicular to this plane and a tensioning system which enables adjustment to the wall corner prior to installation and fastening to the wall during installation.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: MAGIC SHELF LTDInventor: Erez Baruch
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Patent number: 9403270Abstract: A tool box has two bodies, two inner boxes, a positioning device, a positioning block, and a buckle unit. The inner boxes are respectively mounted in the bodies. Each positioning device has a fixing base mounted in one of the inner boxes and a fixing elastic plate. The fixing base has two hooking portions and two recesses respectively formed in two ends of the hooking portions. The fixing elastic plate is detachably mounted on the fixing base and has an inserting portion and two hooking portions respectively engaged with the recesses. The positioning block is mounted on the inserting portion and has multiple tool recesses. The buckle unit is mounted on the bodies.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Inventor: Chia-Szu Lin
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Patent number: 9357762Abstract: The invention relates to a tree stand assembly for engaging a tree and supporting a person above ground. The tree stand assembly has a tree stand member and a tree climber member configured for frictional engagement with a tree trunk. The tree stand member has a foot platform, a flexible seat and a tree engaging portion with teeth. The tree climber member is positioned below the tree stand member and is provided with a V-shaped tree engaging member. Detachable locking bars on the tree stand member and the tree climber member allow adjustment of the assembly to different diameter trees.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Inventor: Richard J Dorrity
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Patent number: 9357844Abstract: A hanging corner shelf assembly is provided which includes a first member and a second member, which diverge from one another. Each member includes a first side and a second side, an inner side and an outer side. The first and second members are configured for attachment to one another. The hanging corner shelf assembly further includes at least one shelf member extending from the first member and the second member, wherein a longitudinal axis of the at least one shelf member is generally perpendicularly oriented relative to a longitudinal axis of each of the first and second members and at least one hanging member is included, wherein the at least one hanging member is engageable to the first and/or second member.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventor: Barbara O'Hara
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Patent number: 9351568Abstract: A portable standing desk accessory that can attach to the top of any standard office chair or other type of chair. The desk assembly includes a flat desk member, a first and second support member and a retaining bracket. The first and second support members are hingedly attached to each other at one end respectively. The first support member is hingedly attached to the underside of the desk member and ends up residing on the front surface of the office chair back when in use. The second support member forms a triangular structure by attaching the free end to a retaining bracket mounted to the underside of the desk top. A flexible strap can further retain the first support member to the chair back. In the preferred embodiment, a phone holder pocket is inserted into a cutout area of the desk member.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Inventor: Michael Richard Goldberg
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Patent number: 9349272Abstract: A bandage container (100) is provided with a container body (101) having a base (103) and a plurality of sidewalls (104,105) extending from the base to define a bandage receiving cavity (201). A lid (102) is coupled to the container body to pivot between a closed position and an open position. One or more bandages (203) are disposed within the bandage receiving cavity. A sensor (901) detects the lid in or transitioning to open position. A sounder (903), operable with the sensor, emits one or more audible sounds (204) when the sensor detects the lid in or transitioning to the radially displaced open position.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.Inventors: Tambra Martin, Brittany Johnson
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Patent number: 9339427Abstract: A container (100) is provided with a container body (101) having a base (103) and a plurality of sidewalls (104,105) extending from the base to define a receiving cavity (200). A first container body part (201) is coupled to the container body to pivot between a closed position and an open position. One or more first aid items (203) are disposed within the receiving cavity. A sensor (207) detects the first container body part in or transitioning to open position. A sounder (208), operable with the sensor, emits one or more audible sounds (209) when the sensor detects the first container body part in or transitioning to the radially displaced open position.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Medline Industries, IncInventors: Tambra Martin, Brittany Johnson
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Patent number: 9332835Abstract: A portable desk includes a main body having a generally planar top surface, and a plurality of sides. A generally T-shaped engagement member extends linearly from the front side of the main body and is selectively engageable with a pair of parallel rods on a rolling suitcase. The portable desk also includes a cup holder and a hinge for folding the device for storage. The portable desk also includes a second body section positioned beneath the main body. The second body section is resilient and forms a pocket area between the main body and the second body section.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Inventor: John Gregory Shannon
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Patent number: 9293746Abstract: A battery support includes a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, a spine extending downwardly from and axially along the base such that at least a portion of the base is cantilevered from the spine, and at least one rib extending downwardly from the base and laterally from the spine. The upper surface is sized to support a battery thereon.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: William W. Brewer, David M. Edwards, Andrew W. Fields, Alexander R. Hutter, Patrick Joseph Ellison
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Patent number: 9277807Abstract: A tree stand table device provides a table surface proximate a tree stand. The device includes a surface and an arm coupled to and extending from the surface. The arm has a distal end relative to the surface. A threaded stud is coupled to and extends from the distal end of the arm for coupling to a tree proximate a tree stand such that the surface is accessible to a person perched in the tree stand.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Inventor: Rick Tichenor
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Patent number: 9132783Abstract: A cargo supporting apparatus for use with a support structure includes a framework having an upper frame member having opposed first and second ends and a lower frame member having opposed first and second ends, the first end of the lower frame member being coupled to the first end of the upper frame member. The second end of the lower frame member is selectively coupled to a first location on the support structure. The second end of the upper frame member is selectively coupled to a second location on the support structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Inventor: Philip S. Brown
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Patent number: 9016214Abstract: An article support, such as a shelf, is securely attachable at a plurality of locations along a generally vertical support or rail. The article support includes a support-engaging portion having one or more tabs, at least one of which is a locking tab having a forward-extending tooth that engages the vertical support, when the tab or tabs extend through slots in the support. Optionally, a biasing element urges the article away from the support to maintain secure engagement of the locking tab with the support. The resulting shelving system or article support system is resistant to accidental detachment of the article supports from the supports and permits relatively small adjustment intervals for the article supports along the supports.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Altria Group Distribution CompanyInventors: Dathan G. Zang, Donald M. Farnquist, II, Benjamin B. Edinger, William J. Parsons
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Patent number: 8985033Abstract: A portable and adjustable tattoo work station, comprising several components, in combination. There is a work platform which has a recess therein. There is a work platform connector and a shaft. The work platform connector couples the work platform and the shaft. There is a clamp coupled to the shaft. Lastly, there is a magnetic positive recess plug, which is coupled to the clamp.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Inventor: James Whitlock
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Patent number: 8915197Abstract: A deck table is provided that includes a table section and a clamping mechanism that are attachable to a number of vertical posts in order to position the support surface on the posts in a horizontal position. The table section includes support surface and a bottom support that can be positioned against the posts and engaged by the clamping mechanism that extends between the posts. The clamping mechanism is rotatably attached to the table section and can be releasably engaged with the vertical posts to enable the table to be readily repositioned and/or removed from the posts, as desired, without disassembly of the component parts of the table.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Inventor: Joseph P. Raml
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Publication number: 20140367542Abstract: A serving tray stand includes a top portion including a tray rack, and a base portion. The base portion includes at least one leg defining a vertical segment engaged to the tray rack, a horizontal segment extending from the vertical segment, an angled segment extending from the horizontal segment, and an attachment segment extending from the angled segment. The attachment segment of each the at least one legs is disposed in parallel orientation relative to the tray rack and spaced-apart from the tray rack to define a gap therebetween. The gap defined between each attachment segment and the tray rack is configured to receive the tabletop to mount the serving tray stand to the tabletop.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Ross McCalla, Paul Nicotra, Joseph J Nina
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Patent number: 8910580Abstract: A wall mount cabinet assembly safely mounts a flat screen television to a wall while also providing storage space for additional items. The assembly includes a frame having a first side positioned opposite a second side. A plurality of shelves is coupled to the frame and extends between the first side and the second side of the frame. A first side of each of the shelves extends outwardly of a front side of the frame. The plurality of shelves comprises at least two shelves wherein an uppermost one of the shelves is configured to support a flat-screen television positioned on the uppermost one of the shelves and a bottommost one of the shelves is configured to store items thereon. A plurality of mounting brackets is coupled to the frame and the shelves wherein the mounting brackets are configured for mounting the television to a wall surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Inventor: Stetforme Cockrell
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Patent number: 8763755Abstract: Work platforms are generally discussed herein for providing expanded work space for their users with specific discussions extended to portable work platforms that are mountable on vertical or horizontal poles and the like, such as utility poles, for expanding useful work space. The portable work platform has a deck attached to a base by a beam, which is made from a non-conducting material. A strap assembly having a webbing is connected to the base and configured for use with a ratchet mechanism to tension the webbing around a pole to mount to the platform. The beam enhances electrical isolation between the deck and the base.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: San Diego Gas & Electric CompanyInventors: Ross Hagberg, Brent Clingman, Jay Mathy
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Patent number: 8668175Abstract: A cabinet bracket system is secured to a column for supporting an electronics cabinet. The cabinet bracket system includes a lower cabinet bracket disposed against the bottom of the electronics cabinet, an upper cabinet bracket disposed against the top of the electronics cabinet, and a bottom support bracket secured to the lower cabinet bracket so as to prevent lower bracket from moving on the column when the electronics cabinet is mounted onto the lower cabinet bracket.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Inventor: Nathan J. Koleszar
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Patent number: 8613256Abstract: A disposable trash bag system that allows a patient to dispose personal trash when lying in a hospital bed thereby reducing contamination. The system includes a moveable overbed table, a bag holding member, an intermediate member disposed between the bag holding member and the table's perimeter side edge, and a ring element that receives a disposable trash bag. The ring element is connected to the intermediate member that temporarily snap fits against the perimeter side edge and over the table. During use, a disposable trash bag with an upper supportive ring member is placed in the ring element, the bag holding member and the intermediate member are connected together. The intermediate member is forced against the perimeter side edge at a desired location to hold the bag in place. The intermediate member may be easily moved to any location along the perimeter side edge and remove entirely for cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Inventor: Stewart S. Cardon
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Patent number: 8584601Abstract: A work bench, mountable on a pair of vertical elongate members, adapted to be mounted on a wall. The work bench can be collapsed from an extended position to a stowed position coplanar with the elongate members. The elongate members each have longitudinally spaced notches. A bracing member is provided with a pair of trunnion members that extend from the bracing member and are releasably pivotably coupled to a pair of notches in respective of the pair of elongate members; the bracing member further having a distal end for releasably engaging the working surface of the work bench. When in the extended position, the distal end of the bracing member releasably engages the work bench to support the work bench; when in the collapsed position the work bench overlays the bracing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Wal-Ez Ltd.Inventor: Bernard Deschner
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Patent number: 8561550Abstract: A deck table is provided that includes a table section and a clamping mechanism that are attachable to a number of vertical posts in order to position the support surface on the posts in a horizontal position. The table section includes support surface and a bottom support that can be positioned against the posts and engaged by the clamping mechanism that extends between the posts. The clamping mechanism is rotatably attached to the table section and can be releasably engaged with the vertical posts to enable the table to be readily repositioned and/or removed from the posts, as desired, without disassembly of the component parts of the table.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2012Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Inventor: Joseph P. Raml
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Patent number: 8540309Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus, in particular for attaching to the back of a seat. The apparatus comprises a plate with a flat recess and an insert which is removably mountable in the flat recess of the plate and is configured to receive an information medium which is viewable when the insert is mounted in the flat recess of the plate. For releasably fixing of the insert on mounting of the same in the flat recess, the insert has the following: at least one tongue on a first border area of the insert for engagement in at least one correspondingly shaped groove in the plate, and at least one releasable fixing that is present in or on at least one second border area of the insert and that is operable by twisting and/or sliding at least one component.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Inviseo Media Holdings LimitedInventors: Georg Berger, Thomas Bulirsch
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Patent number: 8522769Abstract: The present invention relates to outdoor grill accessories, and more particularly, a foldable worktable attachment for an outdoor grill that includes a large table area that is interconnected to a lower shelf by two sets of foldable legs. When in an erect position, the table provides ample space for preparing foods and the like, but when in a collapsed position, the table lies flush against one of the sides of the grill housing, thus, enclosing the lower shelf and supporting legs that are folded and stored between the table and a recessed area included in the grill housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: The Grill Company, LLCInventors: John Ducate, Jr., Sond-Kae (Robin) Ho
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Publication number: 20130186310Abstract: A hunting tray is presented that is configured to be removably attached to a tree. The hunting tray includes a body portion having a top surface, a bottom surface, and side surfaces, the top surface of the body portion dimensioned and configured to receive at least one item and a folding arm assembly detachably connectable to the body portion, the folding arm assembly configured to include at least one attachment member at a distal end thereof for facilitating removable attachment of the hunting tray to the tree. The at least one attachment member is a tapered screw. The folding arm assembly includes a first arm segment, a second arm segment, and a third arm segment, such that the first and second arm segments are pivotally connected to each other and the second and third arm segments are pivotally connected to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Inventor: Dimitrios LYMBERIS
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Patent number: 8479664Abstract: An apparatus attachable to a barricading structure and method for providing an activity surface are provided. The barricading structure may be, for example, a railing. The apparatus comprises a mountable backsplash attached to the barricading structure, a foldable support platform attached to the mountable backsplash via multiple connectors, and a locking system for locking the mountable backsplash to the barricading structure. The foldable support platform comprises a first inlay fitted into a support structure for providing an activity surface to hold objects. The connectors are accommodated in slots provided on the mountable backsplash. The accommodated connectors are hinged to the mountable backsplash using a hinge pin to facilitate pivotal connection of the foldable support platform to the mountable backsplash. The apparatus may comprise leg supports for supporting weight of the foldable support platform. The apparatus is made of a weather resistant material and a heat resistant material.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: H.E. Nelson IncInventor: Hans Edward Nelson
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Patent number: 8443736Abstract: A platform assembly is suitable for insertion and retention between a lower furniture support, such a boxspring of a bed, and an upper furniture support, such as a mattress of a bed. The platform assembly has a housing and a platform provided with foldable legs. When withdrawn from the housing with the legs in the unfolded position and resting on the floor, the platform is able to support a load, such as blankets, pillows, suitcases and the like, and even a pet or small child.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2011Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Inventor: Susan A. Martenson
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Patent number: 8430252Abstract: A wall mounted shelving system is provided. The system includes a support rail mountable on a wall and having a notch on a wall-facing surface thereof. At least one support member is mountable on the rail and defines an end portion for abutting the wall and further defines a recess having a rail receiving portion and a bracket receiving portion. The bracket receiving portion includes a slot with a notch formed at an end thereof. A bracket is configured to extend from the rail through the slot of the bracket receiving portion and has a first flange on a first end thereof for engaging the notch of the bracket receiving portion and a second flange on a second end thereof for engaging the notch of the support rail.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Inventor: Edward T. Susan
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Patent number: 8424466Abstract: A shelf apparatus includes first and second upstanding posts each having a plurality of horizontally-extending grooves in an external surface thereof, the grooves spaced vertically from one another. First and second shelf support clamps are supported by the first and second posts, respectively. The clamps each have a clamp body received only partially about its corresponding post, and the clamps each include a horizontally-extending protuberance such as a rib received in one of the grooves of its respective post. The apparatus further includes first and second shelf brackets supported by the first and second clamps, respectively, and a shelf supported by the first and second shelf brackets.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2008Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Inventor: Kirk J. Botkin
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Publication number: 20130042794Abstract: A deck table is provided that includes a table section and a clamping mechanism that are attachable to a number of vertical posts in order to position the support surface on the posts in a horizontal position. The table section includes support surface and a bottom support that can be positioned against the posts and engaged by the clamping mechanism that extends between the posts. The clamping mechanism is rotatably attached to the table section and can be releasably engaged with the vertical posts to enable the table to be readily repositioned and/or removed from the posts, as desired, without disassembly of the component parts of the table.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Inventor: Joseph P. Raml
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Patent number: 8297205Abstract: A shelf unit for attachment to the top of the bedpost of a dormitory room bed. The shelf has a bedpost interface which makes the shelf easy to install, without tools, and which will not damage the bedpost. The bedpost interface may be a pin that mates with a vertical hole located in many dormitory room bedposts, with an optional bracket to prevent the shelf from rotating about the axis of the pin. Alternatively, the bedpost interface may be a sleeve that fits snugly over the top of the bedpost.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Inventor: Joanne Alice Kauffman
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Publication number: 20120255466Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing means for table top comprising a profile (7) installed into the table top (1). The profile can be cast-in into the table top, or the table top can be laminated round the profile. The profile comprises a through bore (10) having a number of longitudinal grooves (11, 12). A shaft (15) is arranged to be directed through the bore (10). A sleeve (18) terminates the shaft (15) at one end as well as a fixing means terminates the shaft at the other end. The sleeve comprises a number of locking lugs (19, 20) arranged to engage into the grooves (11, 12).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2010Publication date: October 11, 2012Inventor: Webjorn Jarnes
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Publication number: 20120227637Abstract: One aspect provides a stand for use with a piece of luggage. The stand, in one embodiment, includes a first surface configured to engage a telescoping handle of a piece of luggage, and a second surface slidably coupleable to the first surface. In this embodiment, the first and second surfaces coordinate to provide a work surface of adjustable size.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: Tri-pad, LLCInventors: Kyle Meadows, Kevin Kuykendall, Greg H. Parker, Allen Donald Gollott, JR., Philip E. Smid
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Patent number: 8201787Abstract: There is disclosed a clamp, a self-advancing climbing device including two such clamps, and a method of coupling such a clamp to a tubular. In one embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a clamp (1) for a tubular, in particular a thin-walled tubular such as the tower (3) of a wind-turbine. The clamp (1) comprises at least one clamp member in the form of a friction pad (9) adapted to grip the tower (3), and at least one flexible elongate energising element in the form of a tendon (16) adapted to exert a force on the friction pad (9) to urge the pad (9) to grip the tower (3), whereby the pad (9) and the tendon (16) are adapted to exert a substantially uniform radial clamp load on the tower (3).Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2005Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: ITI Scotland LimitedInventors: James Ingram, Stewart Kenyon Willis
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Patent number: 8171862Abstract: A table for attaching to the wall of an aircraft. The table has a table top comprising at least two table top segments which are moveable relative to each other. At least one table top segment has a screen on one side. Two table top segments are pivotable or rotatable in relation to each other about at least two axes. The first axis runs parallel to an edge of a table top segment. The second axis runs substantially perpendicularly to the first axis in the plane of a table top segment.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AGInventor: Andrew Muirhead
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Patent number: 8136458Abstract: A clothesline apparatus for holding a laundry basket and clothes pins comprising a bench component, a basket for placing atop the bench component, and a set of containers disposed near the front of the bench component, wherein the set of containers is for storing clothes pins and/or the like. A first wing and a second wing are disposed on the bench component, wherein the clothesline apparatus can be attached to a pole or a wall via clamps wrapping round the first wing and the second wing.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Inventors: Dean A. Cass, Stephen J. Garrett, Scott D. Ferguson
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Patent number: 8113128Abstract: A table assembly is provided for removably coupling to a chair or couch or other furniture with an opening from the floor, such as a bed or cabinet, to provide a horizontal table surface. The table assembly is removably coupled to the chair or couch by a spring engaging the bottom surface of the chair or couch or other coupling mechanism for removably coupling the table assembly to the chair or couch. The table assembly includes a base for engaging the floor and a table leaf that can be pivoted from a retracted position to an extended horizontal position. A latching mechanism is provided for retaining the table leaf in the upright extended position.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Lee Ideas, Inc.Inventor: Freddy T. Lee
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Patent number: 8104411Abstract: A device for supporting equipment and for attaching to an apparatus. The device includes a tray which supports the equipment and which includes a mounting location. The device also includes a back plate which is configured to engage the mounting location. The back plate is also attached to the apparatus. The mounting location may include a tooth and notch, a step or other types of mounts that engage the back plate. The device is suitable for supporting a computer or other equipment, and for attaching to an exercise apparatus or other apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Inventor: James R. Fenton
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Patent number: 8091959Abstract: A display system for a vehicle seat comprises a receiving surface including a recess. A cover plate is adapted to cover and/or fit into the recess. The recess has a support surface and a slot for receiving a tab located on the cover plate. An information carrier can be located between the cover plate and the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Inviseo Media Holdings LimitedInventors: Georg Berger, Thomas Bulirsch, Andersen Yuk-Fai Cheng
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Patent number: 8082859Abstract: A stable mountable blind shelf support is mounted upon a wall having wall studs. A blind shelf mount for a shelf includes either a mounting disk or a baseplate with fasteners and a support post, such as a hex post, and is attached by further fasteners to a wall stud. Prior to installation, the wall is marked with mounting locations on the back edge of a shelf by transferring impressions from the support post or fasteners. Lines are scribed using a carpenter's square at each location of an impressed mark; then the midpoint of thickness at each site is marked. A counterbore is formed at each marked site on the back edge of the shelf and then the location of the drilled post holes is derived. The holes thus formed accept posts formed for two or more routed recesses in registration with each other in the finished laminated built-up shelf.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Inventor: Lloyd Sevack
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Patent number: 8079312Abstract: An adjustable steering wheel table for a vehicle steering wheel having a top section and a bottom section. The steering wheel table includes a table member, at least two wheel grasping arms and a brace arm assembly. The table member has a length, a width, an underside and a front edge. The at least two wheel grasping arms are connected to the table member and extend beyond the front edge of the table member and are releasably engageable with at least a portion of the top section of the vehicle steering wheel. The brace arm assembly is pivotally connected to at least one of the underside and edge of the table member and releaseably engageable with the bottom section of the vehicle steering wheel.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Inventor: Ronald W. Long
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Publication number: 20110297053Abstract: A table assembly comprising first and second spaced apart leg members, the first and second leg members forming first and second facing surfaces, an elongated channel member supported at opposite ends by the leg members, the channel member including front and rear sides and forming a wire management channel along the length of the channel member, an elongated first trough member supported and located adjacent the front side of the channel member and between the facing surfaces of the leg members, the trough member forming an upwardly opening cavity along at least a portion of the length of the trough member and a first table top member supported between the first and second leg members and located adjacent a side of the first trough member opposite the channel member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventors: Kirt Martin, David C. Eberlein
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Publication number: 20110297056Abstract: A furniture assembly comprising a frame for supporting an article of furniture, the frame including first and second spaced apart frame members, each frame member having a top end and a bottom end, the first and second frame members forming first and second substantially oppositely facing bearing surfaces along at least a portion thereof wherein the oppositely facing bearing surfaces are angled away from each other when moving from the top toward the bottom ends, at a first height, the oppositely facing bearing surfaces defining a first width dimension and a storage unit forming an opening defined by an opening rim including at least first and second substantially opposed bearing surfaces, the first and second opposed bearing surfaces defining a first length dimension that is similar to the first width dimension, wherein, the storage unit can be mounted to the frame by passing at least upper portions of the first and second frame members through the opening so that the first and second opposed bearing surfaceType: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventors: Kirt Martin, David C. Eberlein
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Publication number: 20110297051Abstract: A furniture kit including first and second spaced apart leg members including front and rear end portions and a frame space between facing surfaces, a first furniture assembly including a first rigid furniture component having first and second ends and having front and rear portions, wherein (i) a first furniture configuration is configurable that includes the first furniture assembly supported between the leg members and generally within the frame space with the front and rear portions of the first furniture assembly adjacent the front and rear end portions of the leg members, respectively, and (ii) a second furniture configuration is configurable that includes the first furniture assembly supported between the leg members and generally within the frame space with the front and rear portions of the first furniture assembly adjacent the rear and front end portions of the leg members, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventors: Kirt Martin, David C. Eberlein
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Patent number: 8025015Abstract: A vehicle workstation for mounting laptop computers and other equipment inside a vehicle that is easily attached to and removed from the vehicle and prevents vehicle vibrations and jolts from being transmitted to the equipment.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Inventor: Mark B. Kennedy, Sr.
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Patent number: 8015929Abstract: A tray apparatus has a tray base assembly, a tray member and a tray articulating member. The tray base assembly includes a stop member positioned on a front surface thereof and a tray articulation coupling member. The tray member has a top surface and a bottom surface and a first and second side edge. The tray articulating member has a bracket rotatably coupled to the tray articulation coupling member of the tray base assembly, a first side region rotatably coupled to the first side edge and a second side region rotatably coupled to the second side edge. The tray member is movable between a collapsed configuration wherein the top surface of the tray member substantially abuts the front surface of the tray base assembly, and an articulated configuration wherein the top surface of the tray member substantially abuts the stop member of the tray base assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2007Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Inventor: Jeffrey D. Tyner
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Publication number: 20110204183Abstract: A portable table for reclining seats, non-reclining seats or even permanent bed structures of an aircraft is disclosed. The portable table includes a table-top and a stand assembly, wherein the table-top is pivotally connected to the stand assembly such that the table-top can move from an erect orientation in which the table-top is supported laterally to the stand assembly and a collapsed orientation in which the table-top is substantially parallel to the stand assembly. The stand assembly also includes a re-leasable connector in the form of a clamping device for releasably mounting the portable table to a railing or other suitable support structure on the side of a seat or a bed of an aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2008Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: Singapore Airlines LimitedInventors: Tien Shyang Timothy Chua, Shin Yue Leong
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Patent number: 7997211Abstract: A workstation support assembly comprises a support assembly, a post assembly rotationally supported by the support assembly and including a post member, a computer monitor support assembly operably coupled for rotation with a first end of the post member, and a keyboard support assembly operably coupled for rotation with a second end of the post member, wherein rotation of the keyboard support assembly forces rotation of the post member and the monitor support assembly, and wherein rotation of the monitor support assembly does not force the rotation of the keyboard support assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Erik R. Peterson, Dan R. Tatman, Matthew R. Adams, Aaron A. Henningsgaard, Matthew D. Inouye, Jonathan I. Kaplan, Branko Lukic, Phillip N. Sharp, Paul J. Silberschatz, Altay J. Sendil
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Patent number: 7950335Abstract: A removable tray assembly is disclosed for use with a tripod or easel. The tray assembly includes a shelf having a back edge, a front edge, and two side edges. The tray assembly also includes a pair of support tabs spaced from the back edge of the shelf by respective slots. The removable tray is attached to two legs of the tripod, with one leg passing through each slot. The support tabs contact the side of the tripod legs opposite the shelf and thereby support the shelf in a cantilever fashion.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Inventors: William Chase Almond, Steven Scott Collins
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Patent number: 7891305Abstract: A wall mountable shelving system includes a pair of support members, a storage tray extending between the support members, and stretch releasing adhesive strips arranged to secure the shelving system to the wall. Each support member includes a back plate and a frame member connected with the back plate, and each frame member includes at least a first support portion connected with and arranged generally perpendicular to the back plate, an extension portion arranged generally perpendicular to and extending from the first support portion, and a second support portion extending from the end of the extension portion and arranged generally parallel to the first support portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Peter J. Newbould, Pasquale Cirulli