Of Wire Patents (Class 211/106)
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Patent number: 7806278Abstract: A bottle storage device, particularly a bottle rack, is provided for at least one double row (7) including a first row (2) and a second row (3) of bottles (1) and resting on a support assembly (11), with each support assembly (11) having a first support assembly part (6) and a second support assembly part (10) for supporting the lateral surfaces (5) of the bottles (1), and a third support assembly part (8) is arranged between them for supporting the bottle necks (4) of the bottles (1), with the support assembly parts (6, 8, 10) each being spaced apart from each other. The third support assembly part (8) projects freely from a rear side of the bottle storage device, opposite the removal side, extending towards the removal side. Stops (14) are provided for the lateral surfaces (5) of the rearmost bottle (1) of the first and the second row (2, 3), which are off-set in reference to each other in a direction of the rows (2, 3).Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2009Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Inventor: Hubert Brida
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Patent number: 7708156Abstract: An adjustable shelving storage system for use in industrial, commercial and home settings were available space is limited, the storage system having supports arms with a unique bracket for releasable attachment to side rail uprights whereby the support arms may be reversed for flat storage when not used. The system is provided in wall-mounted, floor mounted and mobile versions.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Innovative Tools & Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Bryan Thomas Johnson
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Patent number: 7520397Abstract: A multifunctional cup holding rack with a plurality of interconnected open cupholding compartments featuring backside magnetic elements for holding the rack fast against a vertically inclined metallic surface and characterized further by the presence of topside hookloop components and bottomside hook components for holding one rack below and connected to another.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Inventor: Joyce M. Segale
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Patent number: 7500574Abstract: A rack includes a rear wall and two side walls hinged to the rear wall to pivot toward one another when the rack is being collapsed. The side walls include brackets releasably supporting shelves. The shelves are made of metal wire and may be collapsed to a flat configuration and when erected, comprise a rectangular cubic structure. The rear wall has a bottom grid assembly pivotably mounted to the rear wall so that it may be pivoted downwardly when the rack is being opened and assembled, and may be pivoted upwardly to lie flat against the rear wall for storage and transport. The walls are made of a suitable wood or particle board material or lightweight metal.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2008Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Inventors: Harmon B. Miller, III, Wright Landrum Bunch
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Publication number: 20080164384Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wire rack for mounting an iron on a wall and method of use thereof, and more specifically, to a wire rack for mounting an iron on a wall, the wire rack having a retractable rail for adjusting to different sizes of irons and equipped with an ironing board holder and a product holder. The iron holder holds the iron by the iron's base and can be adjusted to accommodate different sizes of irons. The frame is also made of heat-resistant, coated, welded wire that allows for the manufacture of a light, cost-effective device. The device is also equipped with large hooks to hold most types of ironing boards and arms designed to hold extra products used during ironing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2006Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventor: Frederick K. Rosen
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Patent number: 7392911Abstract: A shelf mounting bracket has a bracket body with a forward end, a rear end, an upper side, and a lower side. One or more connectors extend from the rear end for mounting the bracket to a support. At least one forward shelf support is provided near the forward end and faces in the direction of the upper side of the bracket body. At least one rear shelf support is provided near the rear end and faces in the direction of the upper side of the bracket body. A locking clip is carried near the rear end of the bracket body. The clip is slidable between a locked position such that a portion of the locking clip is positioned vertically over and spaced from the rear shelf support, and an unlocked position providing vertical clearance to the rear shelf support.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2007Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: Rubbermaid, Inc.Inventors: David M. Stitchick, Sean O'Brien
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Patent number: 7387213Abstract: A mounting system for mounting a store merchandise display dress kit to an upright post including a bracket having a laterally extending frame member including forwardly extending fingers adapted to extend into the rearwardly open pockets of the dress kit. The bracket further includes a connector assembly rearwardly extending from one end thereof and which includes a series of plates adapted to interconnect with each other and a store mounting post.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2005Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Inventor: Daniel J. Smalley
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Patent number: 7374052Abstract: A support system for supporting a product for retail display comprises an accessory, a rear portion, a front portion, and a magnetic portion. The accessory is adapted to support the product for retail display. The front portion supports the accessory and is rigidly connected to the rear portion. The magnetic portion is adapted rigidly connected to the rear portion. When the rear portion extends at least partly along a top surface of a metal structure, the front portion extends at least partly along a display surface thereof. The rear portion is supported by the top surface of the metal structure to transfer to the metal structure downward loads on the front portion. The magnetic portion is magnetically attracted to the top surface of the metal structure to inhibit movement of the front portion away from the display surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2006Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Mobile Merchandisers, Inc.Inventors: Jerry Price, Paul S. Wells
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Patent number: 7350260Abstract: A mop wringer and handle stabilizer for a mop bucket fitted with a mop wringer and a bucket handle, which in a first embodiment includes a wire clip pivotally mounted on the mop bucket handle and designed for manipulating and tensioning the wire clip on the mop wringer and stabilizing the mop wringer on the mop bucket. A handle bend is optionally provided in the bucket handle for receiving the mop handle of a mop located in the mop bucket and stabilizing the mop in the mop bucket. A wringer handle adaptor is attached to the mop wringer compression handle and is configured and located to optionally receive and stabilize the mop handle when the mop is located in the mop wringer. In a second embodiment the clip element includes a plate shaped to define an engaging member, front leg, top leg and rear leg combination that pivotally mounts on the bucket handle by means of a reverse bend extending from the rear leg.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2006Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Inventor: Joseph Papa
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Patent number: 7334853Abstract: A storage module for a refrigeration appliance that includes a base including opposing side supports and a rack coupled to the side supports by a plurality of hooks, wherein the rack includes at least two opposing cross members.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2003Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Rania Mohanna Ahmed, Wayne Edward Lawson, Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam, Esther Savitri Jasper, Vijaykumar Mallappa Kannure, Premkumar Gangadhar
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Patent number: 7334692Abstract: A modular stand-alone shelving system comprising left and right vertical support members, each having front and rear corner posts connected by a welded grid of horizontal and vertical rods. A plurality of shelves formed of sheet metal are disposed between the vertical support members, each shelf including hook elements formed near the corners thereof for engaging and resting on horizontal rods of the grid. A back member extends between the vertical support members and also includes hook elements formed near the corners thereof for engaging and resting on horizontal rods in the grid. Upper corners of the back member include first and second hooks disposed in planes spaced apart by the thickness of the vertical rods. When installed, the hooks rest on horizontal rods and straddle a vertical rod, preventing motion of the back member and rhombic distortion. The back member prevents rhombic distortion in the X and Z directions.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2005Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Wire Weld, Inc.Inventor: Robert E. Black
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Publication number: 20080035591Abstract: The invention is directed to a support rack for a container whereby consumers can access items stored within the container. The support rack comprises an arrangement of frame members, namely a first side frame member, a second side frame member, a front cross member extending between the first and second side frame members, and a rear cross member extending between the first and second side frame members. The support rack also includes an internal receiver that removably receives the container. The receiver is defined by an extent of each of the first and second side frame members, as well as a front internal member and a rear internal member, wherein both the front and rear internal members extend between the first and second side frame members. The rear cross member includes at least one connector that couples with a mounting structure, such as an open top cooler found in grocery stores.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2006Publication date: February 14, 2008Inventors: Kevin M. McLaughlin, Arlin Tao, Christopher Mattingly, Gary Dean Cooper, Chris Mastrodicasa, Phillip Delaney, Thomas Kozak
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Patent number: 7314143Abstract: An adjustable shelving storage system having support arms with a unique bracket for releasable attachment to side rail uprights.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2003Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: Innovative Tools & Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Bryan Thomas Johnson
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Patent number: 7255237Abstract: A height adjustable upright for an adjustable organizer system has at least one first segment with a upper end configured to hang from a mounting rail and has a lower end. The upright also has at least one second segment with a pair of opposed ends, at least one of which being configured to connect end-to-end with the lower end of the first segment. A clip has a pair of opposed ends each configured to connect to the lower end of the first segment and to the one end of the at least one second segment to hang the second segment from the first segment.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Rubbermaid IncorporatedInventors: David M. Stitchick, Anthony Marchetta, Frazer Costa, Sean M. O'Brien
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Patent number: 7240803Abstract: A shelf mounting bracket has a bracket body with a forward end, a rear end, an upper side, and a lower side. One or more connectors extend from the rear end for mounting the bracket to a support. At least one forward shelf support is provided near the forward end and faces in the direction of the upper side of the bracket body. At least one rear shelf support is provided near the rear end and faces in the direction of the upper side of the bracket body. A locking clip is carried near the rear end of the bracket body. The clip is slidable between a locked position such that a portion of the locking clip is positioned vertically over and spaced from the rear shelf support, and an unlocked position providing vertical clearance to the rear shelf support.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Rubbermaid, Inc.Inventors: David M. Stitchick, Sean O'Brien
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Patent number: 7188740Abstract: An adjustable width wire shelving unit has at least one first shelf and at least one second shelf. Each shelf has an elongate front wire, an elongate rear wire, and a plurality of transverse wires connected and extending between the respective front and rear wires. The front and rear wires extend a width of their respective shelf. The first shelf is sized to overlap and nest with the second shelf over a desired fraction of its width. The transverse wires of the overlapped first and second shelves lie in essentially the same plane to form a support surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: Rubbermaid, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Marchetta, David M. Stitchick, Radu Ghiorghie, Frazer Costa, Gina Rodi
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Patent number: 7178681Abstract: A display rack construction includes at least first and second grid assemblies in combination with a removable bracket assembly. The bracket assembly is designed to functionally join the grid assemblies and simultaneously act to support items for purposes of display. The combination of grid assemblies and bracket assembly provides a self-positioning display rack construction that is generally stable with respect to lateral movement of the individual grid assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2004Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: The Libman CompanyInventor: Robert Libman
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Patent number: 7159727Abstract: A connector for use in assembling a shelving member and rack or frame configuration that does not require tools for assembly. The shelving member includes an end with at least two depending shafts spaced apart a predetermined distance apart. The frame includes at least two apertures spaced apart a corresponding predetermined distance. The connector is used to coupling the shelving member to the frame member. The connector has a body or bridging section with at least two depending prongs spaced apart a distance corresponding to the predetermined distance. Each of the prongs has an upper end and a lower end, an aperture extending at least partially therethrough. The aperture of each prong is sized to receive one shaft of the shelving member, such as in frictional engagement. The apertures in the frame are also sized to receive the prongs of the connector, The connector can be used to join the shelving member and the frame or rack.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2004Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: La-La Imports LPInventor: Xiangming Li
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Patent number: 7147114Abstract: A shelf assembly for use with a display rack is provided. The display rack has two lateral posts, each of which has a plurality of vertically spaced openings. The shelf assembly includes a shelf, a pair of braces and a clip corresponding to each brace. The braces and clips are capable of supporting the shelf at a predetermined height above the uppermost vertical spaced opening in the lateral post such that the shelf assembly is able to display articles higher than typical shelf assemblies. The braces may also be lowered such that the braces overlap the shelving structure below.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2006Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Hand-Foil CorporationInventors: Norton Sarnoff, Richard McCormick, Theresa Rauch
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Patent number: 7137516Abstract: A hardware display unit includes a front grid having a front matrix of openings, and a rear grid having a rear matrix of openings corresponding in position to the first matrix of openings. The front grid is positioned with respect to the rear grid such that corresponding pairs of openings in the front and rear matrices together define downward sloping bays for receiving hardware. The display unit further includes side brackets mounted to side edges of the front and rear grids, the side brackets extending behind the front and rear grids for attaching the display unit to a vertical supporting structure. The display unit further includes a cap mounted to the front and rear grids. The cap includes a substantially horizontal surface extending from the front and rear grids towards a vertical supporting structure to which the first and second side brackets are attached. An adapter unit allows smaller items to be loaded into the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2004Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Inventor: Greg J. Perry
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Patent number: 7131546Abstract: A support system for supporting a product for retail display comprises an accessory, a rear portion, a front portion, and a magnetic portion. The accessory is adapted to support the product for retail display. The front portion supports the accessory and is rigidly connected to the rear portion. The magnetic portion is adapted rigidly connected to the rear portion. When the rear portion extends at least partly along a top surface of a metal structure, the front portion extends at least partly along a display surface thereof. The rear portion is supported by the top surface of the metal structure to transfer to the metal structure downward loads on the front portion. The magnetic portion is magnetically attracted to the top surface of the metal structure to inhibit movement of the front portion away from the display surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2004Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Mobile Merchandisers, Inc.Inventors: Jerry Price, Paul S. Wells
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Patent number: 7128221Abstract: An adjustable shelf assembly for displaying product. The shelves can be oriented in horizontally or in a forward sloping position with a simple adjustment. The shelves are generally rectangular and comprise upper and lower mounting pins located on each side of the shelf, extending downwardly from the rear edge of the shelf. The mounting pins are vertically spaced and slightly offset from one another. The mounting pins are used to mount the shelf on a support frame comprising a plurality of openings along the vertical members of the frame. The upper mounting pins are placed in first openings along the frame. The lower mounting pins are positionable either flush against the front surface of the vertical members to position the shelf in a horizontal orientation or inside second openings along the frame to position the shelf in a forward sloping orientaion.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2003Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Rock-Tenn Shared Services LLCInventor: Derek Metcalf
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Patent number: 7128223Abstract: A shelf assembly for use with a display rack is provided. The display rack has two lateral posts, each of which has a plurality of vertically spaced openings. The shelf assembly includes a shelf, a pair of braces and a clip corresponding to each brace. The braces and clips are capable of supporting the shelf at a predetermined height above the uppermost vertical spaced opening in the lateral post such that the shelf assembly is able to display articles higher than typical shelf assemblies. The braces may also be lowered such that the braces overlaps the shelving structure below thereto.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2004Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Handi-Foil CorporationInventors: Norton Sarnoff, Richard McCornick, Theresa Rauch
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Patent number: 7121417Abstract: A fastening device is for detachable suspension of baskets, paper roll holders, sets of hooks, etc. from a carrier element attached to a wall or door. The fastening device is integrated with the basket, etc. and is adapted to be hooked into slots or through holes in the carrier element. The fastening device includes a central portion with a cross-section corresponding to the cross-section of the central portion of the carrier element. The central portion is substantially U-shaped and includes a base portion and a pair of leg portions extending from the base portion and is formed in one piece with the base portion. The fastening device surroundingly engages the outer periphery of the carrier element, and is insertedly arranged in the basket, etc. The base portion has at least one hook element for releasable engagement with a slot or a through hole in the carrier element.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2004Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Elfa International ABInventors: Reine Magnusson, Peter Nilsson
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Patent number: 6969036Abstract: A mounting bracket having different types of hooks and similar means suited for hanging of objects and utensils of different kinds at the underside of a wire shelf or wire basket of the type comprising an inner and an outer support wire and at least one intermediate support wire, and a large number of shelf plane wires attached to the upper side of the support wires, and in which the wire shelf or wire basket can be at least slightly bent up at the inner end and/or the outer end thereof, and in which the mounting bracket comprises a bar which is formed with attachment means, by means of which the bar can be secured to the underside of the wire shelf or wire basket in both horizontal and vertical direction by co-operation with the support wires of the wire shelf of basket.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2001Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Elfa International ABInventor: Reine Magnusson
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Patent number: 6886792Abstract: The present invention provides an attachment system for a suction cup and a fixture, including a resilient suction cup and a wire fixture. This attachment means quickly and securely attaches the suction cup to the fixture, enabling the fixture, when secured to a smooth surface by the suction cups, to hold heavy objects. A preferred embodiment of the invention includes a pair of parallel, horizontal rigid wires separated by a distance smaller than the head of a resilient suction cup but larger than the neck of the cup. The head of the cup is compressed to fit it between the pair of wires, which hold the neck and the entire suction cup in place. A pair of transverse wires intersecting the horizontal wires limit the horizontal movement of the cup.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2001Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: InterDesign, IncInventor: Robert A. Immerman
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Patent number: 6883671Abstract: A system and method for shipping and displaying merchandise items includes a shipping display container having a front, back, and two side walls, a bottom, and dividers between the front and back walls for aligning merchandise items in rows. The container includes notches on both side walls adapted to engage a support frame and maintain the container in stable position. Such a system and method for provide for efficient utilization of space in both shipping and display of merchandise items and for stable positioning of shipping containers during shipping in a retail display.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2003Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Sara Lee CorporationInventor: Tom Rushing
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Patent number: 6823999Abstract: A storage organizer includes a U-shaped bent-wire storage member pivotally mounted on a plate-like base to a wall or stud. The base has a pair of arcuately-shaped bands that define a pocket against the wall, and the bent-wire storage member has a pair of aligned straight sections that rotatably engage the pocket, permitting movement of prongs of the storage member between an upright storage position and an outward use position. The bent-wire storage member further includes an offset bent section between the straight sections that abuts forwardly-bent material between the bands to form a stop to hold the bent-wire storage member in the use position.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Inventor: William R. Heneveld, Sr.
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Publication number: 20040188369Abstract: A folding collapsible combination rack is composed of a mounting frame formed of a metal wire rod and adapted to be fastened to the wall, the mounting frame having two pairs of spherical metal retaining blocks symmetrically disposed at two sides at different elevations, and two racks respectively formed of a metal wire rod and respectively pivoted to the mounting frame corresponding to the pairs of spherical metal retaining blocks, each rack having two parallel side rods pivoted to the mounting frame for enabling the respective rack to be turned relative to the mounting frame between an operative position and a non-operative position, and a bearing frame suspended from the side rods at a bottom side for holding storage items, the side rods of the racks being respectively forced into engagement with the spherical metal retaining blocks when the racks turned to the non-operative position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2003Publication date: September 30, 2004Inventor: Hsien-Ruey Yu
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Patent number: 6758355Abstract: A display rack includes an upright that supports a crosspiece and one or more shelves. Each shelf includes two clips, and each clip includes a lip element configured to fit over and to engage an upper surface of the crosspiece, and a spring element configured to snap-lock against a lower, opposed of the crosspiece. The first and second clips are positioned on the shelf such as the shelf is mountable on the crosspiece in three different positions: a first position, in which each clip is disposed on a respective side of the upright; a second position, in which both clips are disposed on a first side of the upright; and a third position, in which both clips are disposed on the other side of the upright.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Astoria Wire Products, Inc.Inventor: Richard L. Zidek
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Publication number: 20040124164Abstract: A space-efficient workroom organization system comprising a slotwall panel with at least one repositionable slotwall-mounted storage cabinet, and a workbench system comprising a workbench having a work surface and defining a storage recess beneath the work surface, with at least one mobile storage cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventors: Travis Michael Perkins, Thomas Wesley Arent, Todd Christopher Starr, Tyree Edward Sampson, Kenneth J. Rasche, Steven Edward Tolliver, Brent A. Junge, Duane A. Schmidt, Brian J. Stewart, Mark Allen Stout
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Publication number: 20040084392Abstract: A merchandising system is disclosed. The merchandising system provides for the presentation and storage of articles comprising a frame comprising a plurality of generally horizontal members configured for attachment of a holder and at least one frame member provided to rigidify the plurality of horizontal members so that the frame is resistant to deformation when the holder is attached to one or more of the plurality of horizontal members.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2003Publication date: May 6, 2004Applicant: DCI Marketing, Inc.Inventors: Gary M. Richter, M. Scott Bryson, Terrence G. Berglund
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Patent number: 6726035Abstract: A retail display assembly generally comprises a display member, a display support, and first and second mounting brackets. The display support is attached to the display member and includes a first horizontal member and first and second vertical members attached to opposing ends of the first horizontal member. The first mounting bracket is attached to a first end of the display support and is structured for attachment to the vertical support. The second mounting bracket is attached to a second end of the display support and is structured for attachment to the vertical support. The second mounting bracket is horizontally adjustable along the display support to vary the distance between the first and second mounting brackets.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.Inventor: Craig Zadak
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Patent number: 6695154Abstract: A rack for supporting and displaying recreational boards wherein at least a portion of design features of each of the recreational boards is simultaneously available for visual inspection. The rack includes mounting members, an elongated support member, and securing members. The angle of and distance between each securing member is such that at least a portion of design features for each recreational board is simultaneously visible.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2002Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Inventor: Amy M. Jacobs
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Publication number: 20040007547Abstract: This is a tool rack/display which is suitable for industrial, commercial, or homeowner use. It is all welded, solid steel, extremely strong, versatile and safety concious. It is simple in design which allows for ease of production. It conserves space while creating a cleaner, safer, and more organized work area. Mounting is fast and simple on any 16″O.C. stud, cinder block or solid wall. Being that it is wall mounted means more floor space and less obstacles. Not only does this rack save on space, it saves time, money, and potential accidents as well.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2002Publication date: January 15, 2004Inventor: Mark Daniel Swencki
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Publication number: 20040000528Abstract: A display assembly for the display of merchandise packages with provisions for moving product packages toward the front as packages are removed by customers. A pusher sled is formed of front and back plastic wall panels, joined at the top and spaced apart at the bottom, with side opening notches near the bottom for sliding engagement with spaced apart, wire-like supports. A coiled strip spring has its coiled body confined between the wall panels and a strip portion thereof extends through an opening in the front wall panel to an anchor point at the front of assembly. Exceptional economies are realized in the manufacture of the display assembly while providing a system which aesthetically attractive, with superior performance. A variety of simple clip-on or snap-on devices may be used for anchoring the front of the coil spring, including a clip-on label holder element which mounts at the front of the assembly and includes a slot for reception of a forward end of the spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2002Publication date: January 1, 2004Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
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Patent number: 6669033Abstract: A suction-type rack includes a suction cup, a cover, a tightening knob, and an article-holding frame. The article-holding frame is provided with a fastening portion which is fastened to a threaded rod of the suction cup by the tightening knob. The threaded rod of the suction cup is engaged with the tightening knob via a through hole of the cover. The fastening portion of the article-holding frame is located between the cover and the tightening knob such that a locating projection of the fastening portion is securely retained in a locating slot of the cover.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2002Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Inventor: Bing-Tson Lian
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Publication number: 20030196973Abstract: A rack for supporting and displaying recreational boards wherein at least a portion of design features of each of the recreational boards is simultaneously available for visual inspection. The rack includes mounting members, an elongated support member, and securing members. The angle of and distance between each securing member is such that at least a portion of design features for each recreational board is simultaneously visible.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2002Publication date: October 23, 2003Inventor: Amy M. Jacobs
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Publication number: 20030173321Abstract: A modular corner shelving system has a plurality of panels arranged vertically stacked and spaced apart. Each panel has an upper surface, a pair of back edges, a back corner, at least one front edge, and a plurality of sockets. One of the sockets is a rear socket positioned near the back corner. Each socket defines a top receptacle accessible from the upper surface and a bottom receptacle accessible from beneath the panel. A plurality of elongate risers each have a lower end received in a top receptacle of one of the sockets of one panel and an upper end received in a bottom receptacle of a corresponding one of the sockets of an adjacently upward panel. The system can also have at least one turntable assembly positioned on one of the plurality of panels that is rotatable about a generally vertically oriented axis relative to the panel. Each rear socket can also be adapted to absorb forces applied thereat by permitting relative movement between a riser received therein and the respective panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2003Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventors: Charles W. Craft, David M. Stitchick
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Publication number: 20030160014Abstract: A highly adaptable retail display system that efficiently uses normally unused space within a store to display/sell merchandise to maximize the quantity of products displayed within a given floor area, and more specifically, to maximize the display of products with the highest sales volumes, cash values and profit margins within the prime store locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2003Publication date: August 28, 2003Inventor: Lawrence A. Cuzzocrea
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Patent number: 6581789Abstract: A high visibility display for exhibiting products is provided herein. The display includes a main body configured to straddle a support having a front wall and a pair of opposing sidewalls. At least one securing member is connected to the main body and mounts the main body to the support, allowing the main body to straddle the support. Attached to and extending from a rear edge of one or more of the sidewalls is least one display that can display a plurality of merchandise items.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2000Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: American Tool Companies, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Spanski, Kristen Leanne Lake
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Patent number: 6575315Abstract: A display rack includes an upright that supports a crosspiece and one or more shelves. Each shelf includes two clips, and each clip includes a lip element configured to fit over and to engage an upper surface of the crosspiece, and a spring element configured to snap-lock against a lower, opposed side of the crosspiece. The first and second clips are positioned on the shelf such as the shelf is mountable on the crosspiece in three different positions: a first position, in which each clip is disposed on a respective side of the upright; a second position, in which both clips are disposed on a first side of the upright; and a third position, in which both clips are disposed on the other side of the upright.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2001Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Inventor: Richard L. Zidek
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Patent number: 6564950Abstract: A detachable holder is provided having a frame with a pair of outer longitudinally extending wire portions, a pair of inner longitudinal wire portions extending substantially the length of the frame and substantially parallel to the pair of outer longitudinally extending wire portions. The detachable holder also includes a plurality of support units securably attached to the frame, and a plurality of movable wire loops each having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is movably secured between the pair of outer longitudinally extending wire portions and the pair of inner longitudinal wire portions.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2001Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Harry Holms ABInventor: Leif Holm
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Patent number: 6561362Abstract: A wire rack device (10) for supporting and displaying a plurality of stacked funnels (12) in a manner and an orientation which facilitates easier and more convenient consideration, removal, and replacement of one or more of the funnels (12) by customers while shopping and by employees while stocking. The device (10) broadly comprises two sidepieces (16,17); a forward crosspiece (18); a faceplate (20); two legs (22,23); and a centerpiece (24). In a preferred embodiment, the sidepieces (16,17), the crosspiece (18), and the legs (22,23) are constructed of a single length of wire appropriately bent. Similarly, the centerpiece (24) is also be constructed of a single length of wire appropriately bent and welded to the legs (22,23).Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2002Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing CorporationInventor: Jim Cummins
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Patent number: 6527128Abstract: A perpendicular display rack for attachment to a vertical support to a display rack system, said vertical support having a plurality of vertical slots thereon. The rack has a main frame having portions connected to one another to form a first device capable of holding a package within the main frame, the main frame thus creating and encompassing open space in x-plane, y-plane and z-plane, and having an inserting side, the inserting side having sufficient opening to insert a package therein, and having an attachment side. There is also a vertical attachment connected to the attachment side of the main frame and with at least two insertable sections, which are alignable and insertable into the vertical slots of the vertical support. There is a secondary frame extending downwardly from the main frame, to form a second device capable of holding another package within the secondary frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2000Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Inventor: Joseph J. Samaria
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Patent number: 6520351Abstract: A shower caddy for holding personal care articles customarily used in bathroom showers which is reversible to enable the caddy to alternatively be attached to a shower head and shower enclosure panel includes a pair of laterally spaced apart, straight vertical stanchion rods, each having at the upper end thereof a short upper end arm which protrudes perpendicularly forward from a longer lower portion of the stanchion. An upper transverse bracket member removably attachable at outer lateral ends thereof to the stanchions has a laterally centrally located central arch section having an upwardly concave opening adapted to fit over a shower pipe and thereby suspend the caddy frame therefrom. The reversible shower caddy includes a plurality of article storage shelves which are removably attached to the stanchions at adjustable heights, the shelves protruding perpendicularly forward from the stanchions when the caddy is hung from a shower head.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2000Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Inventor: Zlatko Zadro
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Patent number: 6520349Abstract: A fixture that accepts all types of hangers by aligning a hanger hook in only one direction. A glide rod and a pivotal hook guide rod hold the hanger hooks in a predetermined position on the hanger stacker fixture. The hook guide rod extends approximately 25½″ from the base. At the base, the hook guide rod is pivotally connected to the bottom of the glide rod. The opposite end of the hook guide rod is pivotally connected to a hoop carrying handle allowing the hook guide rod to swing or pivot away to an open position providing free access to the glide rod for removal of hangers.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2001Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Inventor: Cletus F. Keen
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Publication number: 20030010736Abstract: A drying rack attachable to a dryer door including a rack portion. A pair of suction cups are secured to the rack portion. The pair of suction cups allow the rack portion to be removably coupled with an interior surface of a dryer door of a clothing dryer whereby the rack portion is orthogonally disposed with respect to the dryer. A pair of support stoppers are secured to the rack portion disposed below the pair of suction cups. The pair of support stoppers serve to facilitate support of the rack portion with respect to the dryer door.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2001Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventor: Richard Hope
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Publication number: 20020178664Abstract: An adjustable support rack for supporting firestop material in a through-penetration includes a frame sized to fit within the through-penetration, at least one adjustable support member movably connected with the frame for supporting the firestop material, and an adjustable mounting mechanism connected with the frame for securing the frame within the through-penetration. A method of fire stopping the through-penetration using the adjustable support rack is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2001Publication date: December 5, 2002Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Michael G. Dykhoff
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Publication number: 20020148795Abstract: A product merchandising assembly for attachment to a substantially vertical transparent surface such as the interior surface of a refrigerated cooler door including a removably attachable product storage member for receiving and retaining a plurality of product containers therewithin, a removably attachable graphic panel, and a plurality of suction type attachment devices for enabling the product storage member and the graphic panel to be simultaneously removably attached to the vertical transparent surface, the graphic panel being positioned and located between the product storage member and the vertical transparent surface so as to be viewed therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2001Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventors: Donald J. Miller, Maynard Johnson