Abstract: A livestock container has a plurality of levels and compartments formed by a plurality of convertible platforms and compartment gates. In some embodiments, the convertible platforms are bi-fold platforms hingedly mounted to sidewalls of the container and moveable between deployed and stored positions. When in the stored positions, the convertible platforms extend minimally from the sidewall, eliminating or reducing obstacles to movement of livestock or humans. The convertible platforms are configured to rest on upper edges of corresponding compartment gates below, and the container may be free of any central post, thereby eliminating obstacles caused thereby to movement of livestock or humans. The sidewalls and floor may be formed of hollow-core extruded aluminum panels, and longitudinal channels formed therein may house pipes or electrical wires for conducting water or electricity to ventilation fans, lights, or misters, or for storing water.

Abstract: A retractable stanchion barrier system with a flexible RGB display matrix utilizes one or more stanchion units, each stanchion unit comprising a stanchion head, a weighted base, a stanchion post, and a flexible LED stanchion ribbon display which extends from each stanchion head. A computer system governs the operation of the flexible RGB display. The flexible LED stanchion ribbon display may extend from one stanchion head and connect to another stanchion head. The stanchion heads may mount to walls, doors or stanchion posts. Such a system may be configured to be ultra-portable or implemented as a fixture.

Abstract: A support apparatus for supporting and displaying hanging articles, the apparatus includes a support arm extending from a first end to a second end; an attachment member secured to the first end of the support arm; and knobs to receive the hanging articles; the attachment member is to tighten onto a closet bar; and the support arm extends substantially perpendicular away from the closet bar.

Abstract: A slacks valet mechanism, to prevent the slacks of a user of a lavatory stall toilet from becoming soiled by preventing its contact with the floor, includes an arm coupled to the stall door/wall, being movable between stowed and deployed positions. The stowed arm is proximate to the lavatory door, and the deployed arm has a portion proximate to the toilet, to thereon receive the lowered slacks to prevent soiling. A replaceable cartridge is releasably securable to the arm, and includes first and second reels, and a hygienic tape wound upon the first reel with an end fixedly secured to the second reel. The device incrementally advances an outermost portion of the hygienic tape on the first reel onto the second reel, for each cycle of the arm between the deployed and stowed positions, thereby exposing an unused tape portion on the arm for hygienic slacks support.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a child restraint including a seat shell and an armrest coupled to the seat shell. The child restraint also includes a cupholder coupled to the armrest.

Abstract: The present invention is a collapsible rack and methods of using the collapsible rack for storing boardsport equipment. The collapsible rack has an upper portion and a lower portion connected by at least one lockable hinge. The upper portion has a rotatable top bar having three or more rails extending parallel to each other and a locking arm to maintain the rails perpendicular to the upper portion when in use. The lower portion has a rotatable platform base and a locking arm to maintain the base perpendicular to the lower portion when in use. The lower or upper portion may also have a handle about the middle of one of its sides and a closure mechanism to maintain the rack in collapsed configuration for easy transport.

Abstract: A bracket for attachment to a first speaker and for suspending a second speaker therefrom. The bracket comprises a suspension member configured for attachment to a second speaker and defining an axis about which a second speaker is free to rotate when attached to the suspension member and an adjustable end stop configured to limit the maximum amount of rotation of a second speaker about the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A retractable clothesline support and method utilizes a pivotable arm hingedly attached to a housing. The arm having a reel with a line such as a clothesline wound thereon can be unlocked and then unreeled. The line support is particularly useful with an RV or other mobile vehicle while traveling for hanging wet clothes or the like for drying purposes. When not in use the clothesline can be wound on the reel, the reel locked and the arm closed for containment within the housing.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a makeup brush holder for holding a makeup brush having a rod-shaped body and bristles provided on the rod-shaped body. The makeup brush holder includes a holding plate, a holding part which is provided in the holding plate to hold the rod-shaped body, and a plate support which supports the holding plate at a predetermined location. The holding part has a seating hole which is formed through the holding plate, and an elastic holding film which is provided in the seating hole. Slits are formed in a central portion of the holding film so that the rod-shaped body can be inserted into the holding film. When the rod-shaped body is inserted into the seating hole through the slits, the rod-shaped body is held in the holding part by a restoring force of the holding film and a frictional force between the holding film and the rod-shaped body.

Abstract: A flexible material rack which can retract and extend away from roller and be attached to extended arms. The arms and the retractable rack provide a means for the device to take up less space when not in use. When in use, the rack can support clothing articles for drying.

Abstract: The invention relates to a display arrangement including a foot which supports a plurality of panels, which are flexibly interconnected by means of connecting elements, a lifting device and a receiving device that can be lowered into the ground. The receiving device is designed to receive the panels, folded together, including the foot and the lifting device. The lifting device is designed to raise the panels out of the receiving device and to lower the panels into the receiving device. The panels can be folded together in a barrel shape around the foot and in particular also around the lifting device. The receiving device is designed to receive the panels folded together in a barrel shape around the foot and more particularly also around the lifting device.

Abstract: Apparatus for holding and drying brushes includes two brush holder components alternatively connectable to form a first configuration wherein brushes are held with the applicator portions thereof above the handles and a second configuration wherein the applicator portions are below the handles.

Abstract: An expandable and customizable cabinet apparatus for supporting clothes when hanging them to dry includes a housing that forms an enclosure with an opening on one side. A door connected to the housing is able to open to substantially 180 degrees. A frame is connected in a hinging arrangement to the housing allowing it to swing relative to the housing between the housing and the door. The frame includes an anchoring grid. A series of articulating hanging racks are affixed to the anchoring grid and held in a horizontal position with support members. The hanging racks may be articulated downward to a position flush with the anchoring grid, and the enclosed with the frame inside the housing and door when closed.

Abstract: A work surface device for a domestic household appliance and a household appliance having a work surface. The work surface device includes a housing having a cavity accessible by an opening formed in a sidewall of the housing, and a pivotally-deployable work surface supported by the housing at a pivot point, wherein the pivotally-deployable work surface is movable about the pivot point from a stored position within the cavity to a deployed position outside of the housing, and wherein the pivotally-deployable work surface has a planar upper support surface.

Abstract: A housing for a drying device which can be folded in and folded out comprises a base which is situated on the rear side and can be attached to a vertical support, such as a wall, and with respect to which the drying device can be folded in to form an elongate unit, wing means which are suspended on the base and can be pivoted along a pivot axis directed in the longitudinal direction of the unit between a closed position for covering the folded drying device and an open position in which the drying device can be folded in and out, as well as supporting means for supporting the drying device with respect to the housing. The wing means, in the closed position, extend forwards with respect to the base.

Abstract: A voting booth (10), comprising: a case (95) having a top portion (100) hingedly connected to a bottom portion (110); a plurality of legs (20) removably secured to the top portion (100); a plurality of legs (20) removably secured to the bottom portion (110); the legs (20) capable of being stored between a leg retainer (210) and at least one of a top portion surface (102) and a bottom portion surface (112); a 3-panel unit (170) capable or being stored within the case (95), and the 3-panel unit capable of being removably secured to a top portion surface (102) and a bottom portion surface (112); and a plurality of single unit side panels (150) capable of being stored within the case (95) and capable of being removably secured to the top portion surface (102) and the bottom portion surface 112.

Abstract: A transportable merchandise display system comprising a plurality of vertically hinged display wall elements which are supported by on the bed of a truck, trailer or other vehicle. For transport, the wall elements are carried in a collapsed configuration occupying little space. The system is deployed for display by opening the wall elements into an expanded configuration to selectively form either a three-sided display enclosure or flat display panel. Roof elements hinged to each wall element swing upwardly with pneumatic struts to form a three-sided enclosure which is protected from above. Alternatively, the wall elements may be swung fully open to form a vertical display wall, with the roof elements forming a protective horizontal awning-like cover. In one embodiment, the system is carried within an enclosed truck body on a sliding base which extends rearward in cantilever fashion for supporting the display structure in open configuration.

Abstract: A supporting device for supporting a cloth element, for example a camouflage net. The supporting device (1) comprises a hollow rod (4), at least one supporting element (12) and an attachment device (50). The supporting element (12) is attached at a proximal end (16) to the attachment device (50). The supporting element (12) can assume the following positions:—a first, retracted position where the supporting element (12) is at least partly mounted inside the hollow rod (4), and—a second, extended position where a distal end (18) of the supporting element (12) is arranged at a distance out from the central longitudinal axis of the hollow rod (4).

Abstract: A housing for a drying device which can be folded in and folded out comprises a base which is situated on the rear side and can be attached to a vertical support, such as a wall, and with respect to which the drying device can be folded in to form an elongate unit, wing means which are suspended on the base and can be pivoted along a pivot axis directed in the longitudinal direction of the unit between a closed position for covering the folded drying device and an open position in which the drying device can be folded in and out, as well as supporting means for supporting the drying device with respect to the housing. The wing means, in the closed position, extend forwards with respect to the base.

Abstract: A holding apparatus includes an anchor plate including upper and lower sections and a core member sandwiched medially of the upper and lower sections. A bore passes through the upper and lower sections and the core member. A plurality of elongated support legs are connected to the anchor plate and are adaptable along opposing radial paths. An elongated support rod is included for axially receiving and supporting the filter. The support rod is engageable with the anchor plate such that the support rod becomes aligned along a vertical plane while extending away from the anchor plate. The apparatus further includes a locking wedge having an inverted conical shape and an elongated sleeve formed therein for attaching to the support rod. The locking wedge engages the filter such that the filter becomes positioned between the locking wedge and the anchor plate. The locking wedge includes threadably adjustable spherical gripping members.

Abstract: An umbrella-type clothes drier can be covered with a protective cover when it is not in use. An unfolding and folding spreading frame that supports a clothesline is preferably disposed in an adjustable manner on the central upright tube of the apparatus. The protective cover can be pulled over the folded spreading frame and the clothesline from the upright tube and can be retracted into the upright tube at the inner end section thereof, which remains inside the upright pipe. The outer end section of the protective cover supports a cap which overlaps the upper end of the upright tube when the protective cover is retracted into the upright tube.

Abstract: A chest (1) for distributing food, the chest being provided with a vertical mast (4) on which supports (2) are fixed. The chest has lifting means for moving said mast in vertical translation, and in addition at least some of the supports are movable in rotation about an axis which coincides with the mast.

Abstract: A retail display rack having vertically adjustable upper and lower display arms associated with a tubular housing structure that is vertically oriented for mounting the upper and lower arms thereon at selectable heights.

Abstract: A clothes drier has lifting device that can be fastened to a ceiling and that can be operated in stepwise fashion. The lifting device supports a drier frame carrying the clothes line. The lifting device is received in a downwardly open profiled box, which can be fastened to the ceiling, and acts on the central longitudinal support of the drier frame, which can be folded together to form a long bar and in the folded-together state can be received in the profiled box. The frame has part-frames arranged on both sides of its longitudinal support, which can be folded together toward the longitudinal support and in the process in each case enclose the clothes line carried by them.

Abstract: A knife holder is disclosed. The knife holder includes a housing and a block portion for holding one or more knives. The block portion is pivotally attached to the housing such that the block portion may be moved between an upright position in which the block portion is substantially within the housing, and an extended position in which the block portion extends from the housing so that knives may be easily withdrawn therefrom. The knife holder may further include a locking mechanism operatively coupled to the knife block, for selectively locking the knife block in the upright position so that knives cannot be easily withdrawn therefrom.

Abstract: A receivable display rack is constructed to include a body, the body having a top panel, a bottom panel parallel, and two barrels connected between the top and bottom panels, the top panel having a plurality of upwardly extended top annular flanges defining a respective holding space for holding things, the bottom panel having a plurality of circular bottom recesses fitting the top annular flanges of the top panel for enabling multiple receivable display racks to be arranged in a stack, the barrels each having an arched opening in the periphery, and two swivel holders respectively bilaterally pivoted to the body and turned in and out of the barrels through the openings of the barrels, each swivel holder having a recessed circular top holding chamber for holding things.

Abstract: There is described a collapsible wall unit for clothes which has at least one frame unit which is of generally triangular shape and consists of a first plate portion, a rod portion, and a second plate portion. A rail can be positioned between the frame units and used to support clothes. Alternatively, clothes can be hung on the rod portion of a single frame unit. When not in use, the frame unit can be disassembled and rests against the wall.

Abstract: A pull down storage shelf assembly for a standard wall cabinet to access items on the upper storage shelf is described. The shelf assembly has two arms on each side attached to an upper support member on one end and a lower support member on the other end. The position of the two side arms with respect to the upper and lower support member allows the shelf to hold in place when in the up position. A handle is secured to the front and bottom of the pull down shelf. When the handle is pulled forward, the upper shelf rotates to the down position to provide easy access to items on the upper shelf. A stop is placed on the side of the upper support members to stop the downward motion and support the shelf at the optimum working level.

Abstract: The present invention is a retractable display apparatus comprising at least one upright support having at least one retractable cord able to extend generally perpendicular to the stanchion, said cord able to attach to an object or preferably a matching stanchion. Preferably, each stanchion is a T-shape, but may be other shapes, for example, an inverted L shape, which has a riser plus one horizontally-extending side arm at or near the top of the riser. Retractor mechanisms and locking mechanisms are preferably included for each cord, for easy and neat handling of the cord, preferably by winding the cord on a rotating member (“spool”). The apparatus is adapted so that the cord(s) support one or more signs or banners or other items that might be decorative or functional for a retailer, warehouse, flea market, or other business.

Abstract: A display and storage system for displaying an object in a window and storing the object beneath the window's sill is disclosed. A compartment fitted with an opening and having a bottom and a plurality of side walls is positioned beneath the sill. An aperture is arranged in the sill in registration with the opening providing access to the compartment interior. A movable top is positionable in registration with the aperture to enclose the compartment. A support surface is pivotally mounted within the compartment and is pivotal between a first position oriented angularly with respect to the surface of the sill and a second position co-planar with the sill. An object, such as a candle, is interengagable with the support surface for display in the window when the surface is in the co-planar position.