Superjacent Support Patents (Class 108/182)
  • Publication number: 20120042808
    Abstract: A modular medical instrument table and method of using the same is provided. The modular medical instrument table includes a base and at least one support structure rising from the base, the support structure having a substantially vertical axis. At least one arm is removably affixed to the support structure, the arm having a first end proximate to the support structure and a second end distal from the support structure, wherein the second end of the arm is rotatable about the support structure. A shelf is attachable to the second end of the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Kraig Herman Allen, Gary T. Dane, Jon D. Shoemaker
  • Patent number: 7895955
    Abstract: An overhead storage shelf having a pair of side panels, with each side panel including a base, an outer rib connected to the base, and at least one reinforcement rib connected to the base. The storage shelf further includes a mounting strip for connecting the pair of side panels, wherein the mounting strip facilitates the securing the shelf to a single beam. The storage shelf also includes a front plate and a rear plate. One of the front or rear plate includes a protruding member and the other of the front or rear plate contains a groove wherein the protruding member of one storage shelf can be engaged in the groove of another storage shelf, allowing multiple storage shelves to interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: FT Products, LLC
    Inventors: Paul J. Ferder, Vall A. Iliev
  • Patent number: 5901513
    Abstract: A modular work station has spaced uprights that support a work surface, and a divider panel extending between the uprights. A communication cable channel extends between the uprights and has a passageway accessible for laying in a communication or other type of cable. At least one of the uprights has a recess that opens to an edge of the upright and aligns with the passageway in the communication cable channel such that a communication cable can extend through the recess to an adjacent modular work station. A cover member covers the opening in the upright channel to ensure that the cable is enclosed and yet can be laid in without threading it through openings in such uprights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Rosemount Office Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd C. Mollenkopf, Russell J. Rein, James Hennan, Brian A. Pleschourt
  • Patent number: 5544593
    Abstract: A desk top system which has a basic superstructure upright that permits attaching cantilevered supports for supporting desk tops, pedestals, and the like so that they can be adjusted easily and conveniently relative to one another. The pedestals can be removed if the pedestals interfere with the movement of the feet of a user when the desk tops are supported adequately in other manners. The superstructures permit back to back mounting of cabinets, desk tops and the like. The units thus have great versatility and adjustability for providing desk space for users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Rosemount Office Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Canfield, Lloyd C. Mollenkopf, Russell J. Rein, Larry M. Jilk
  • Patent number: 5400719
    Abstract: A modular assembly comprised of a plurality of shelf members, each having a plurality of equally spaced sockets for selectively receiving a plurality of legs insertable therein to facilitate a variety of arrangements of interconnected shelf members. Cap members can be inserted into said sockets to provide a smooth surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Selfix, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank J. Santapa, Raul Munoz
  • Patent number: 5299509
    Abstract: Improved connectors of the type used for attaching shelves and bins to slot boards are generally shaped like the known W-clips and Z-clips but have ribbed channels to receive one edge portion of a shelf or bin. The edge portions of the shelves and bins are shaped to fit within the channels and grooved to fit around the ribs on the connectors when a connector is attached to a shelf or bin by seating the corresponding edge portion of the shelf or bin in the channel of the connector and seating the rib on the connector in the groove in the shelf or bin to mechanically interlock the connector with its shelf or bin. A combination connector is also provided which can be used either as a W-clip or a Z-clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Inventor: Donald M. Ballard