Shelves Patents (Class 211/153)
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Patent number: 8917513Abstract: A cabinet frame enclosure is provided having a first side wall, a second side wall, a first opening and a second opening each in combination defining an interior space for accommodating a plurality of equipment, the equipment being removable through the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Methode Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Tim Hazzard
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Patent number: 8917512Abstract: The cabinet information center integrates an array of electronic sensors and controls to both standard and purpose built data center equipment cabinets to improve operational efficiencies, reduce costs and protect assets typically installed within standard equipment cabinets utilized in data centers by providing a common point of information display and cabinet interaction without the need to physically access assets and vital sensory components internal to the equipment cabinet itself. Equipment can include any standard rack mount devices such as servers, storage arrays and networking devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2013Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Methode Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Larry Lozon, Tim Hazzard
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Publication number: 20140368104Abstract: A sliding drawer storage rack for cold storage units includes a rack body and a plurality of shelves operatively coupled to the rack body. A drawer defines a storage cavity and is configured to be supported for sliding movement by at least one of the plurality of shelves. A plurality of divider lips extends upwardly from the drawer to divide the storage cavity into a plurality of box receptacles sized to receive a storage box. At least some of the plurality of shelves are defined by opposing first and second L-shaped supports laterally spaced from each other and coupled to the rack body, thereby reducing material use and weight of the storage rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Dennis D. Ward, John P. Hutchinson, Steven A. George
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Publication number: 20140354001Abstract: A shelving system includes side members that each define a first channel having a slide disposed therein. A cross member extends between and connects the slides. The cross member defines a second channel having a guide member disposed therein. The guide member defines a third channel and a flange. A container includes side walls having a rail. One of the rails is movably disposed in the third channel. The rails include a first locking element and a second locking element. The handle includes a third locking element that engages the first locking element. The handle is movable between a first position in which the second locking element engages the flange and the container is fixed relative to the guide member and a second position in which the second locking element is spaced apart from the flange and the container can translate relative to the guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventor: Charles L. Hanley
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Publication number: 20140353268Abstract: The specification discloses a method for containing spills on shelving and the like, and the resulting support members made in accordance with the method, by providing the generally flat top surface of a support with a hydrophobic surface which is arranged in a spill containment pattern and which is generally in the plane of the top surface of the support. The majority of the top surface of the support consists of one or more spill containment areas which are of a non-hydrophobic nature and which are bounded by the hydrophobic surfaces, such that spills on the shelving collect in the non-hydrophobic spill containment area or areas and are prevented from spreading by the hydrophobic surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: John Patrick Driver, Matthew McMillin, Bradley M. Nall
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Patent number: 8899426Abstract: A half rack includes a main section having a primary platform area, a secondary platform area, a side support edge, and a cutout portion. The half rack further includes a removable section adapted to be removably secured to the main section, wherein a frame of the main section includes a rear crossbar, and an elongated stiffener is provided across a portion of the primary platform area and a portion of the secondary platform area and coupled to the rear crossbar to provide strength to the main section. The main section of the half rack can include flattened areas on first and second side edges of the main section.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Inventor: Wesley Owens Dunn
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Publication number: 20140299562Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a holding device for a bracket in a storage system. The holding device has a connecting part and a holding part, the connecting part being elongated and bent, along a line in the elongated direction to form, in cross-section, a U-shape with a first and a second leg. The first leg is intended to be inserted into a bracket and second leg being connected to the holding part having a holding feature, such as hooks, a box, or a basket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: ELFA INTERNATIONAL ABInventor: Peter Nilsson
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Patent number: 8851307Abstract: A frame for attachment to the periphery of a panel having a main portion, a surrounding wall designed to surround an edge of the panel, and attachment means for attaching the frame relative to the panel having at least one locking element, the locking element being connected to the main portion by a hinge and being movable relative to the main portion between an open position, in which the panel is capable of being inserted into the surrounding wall without interaction with the locking element, and a closed position, in which, when the surrounding wall surrounds the edge of the panel, the locking element is facing a main face of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass FranceInventors: Pascal Lefevre, Gerard Huchet, Francois Vardon, Beatrice Mottelet
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Publication number: 20140283454Abstract: An expandable shelf is disclosed for use on a door of a refrigerator, cabinet, or other compartment. The expandable shelf includes a flexible member secured along edges thereof to the panel, such as by means of vertical supports positioned on either side of a horizontal support defining a shelf. The expandable shelf may be used to replace a rigid panel secured to the vertical supports and thereby expand the capacity of the shelf. In use items placed on the shelf may deflect the flexible member and the biasing force of the flexible member may retain the items on the shelf notwithstanding the item being only partially supported by the horizontal support.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2013Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventor: Allyson Marie Willoughby
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Publication number: 20140284295Abstract: Storage systems are described comprising wire shelves and brackets, which are configured to increase the storage capacity of a storage rack by utilizing or converting the space between adjacent shelves into additional storage space is provided. In one embodiment, a storage system utilizes a full-width wire rack and a partial-width wire rack to convert a space between a first shelf panel and a second shelf panel on a storage rack into usable storage space. The full-width wire rack comprises a plurality of longitudinal rods, at least one transverse rod interconnected with at least some of the plurality of longitudinal rods, and a plurality of downwardly turned prongs configured to detachably engage a plurality of keyhole-shaped openings in at least one of the first and second vertical support members to detachably connect the full-width wire rack to the storage rack. The partial-width wire rack is suspended from the full-width wire rack by at least one S-shaped bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: Silverack, LLCInventor: Harry R. Taylor
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Publication number: 20140263136Abstract: Improved shelves are disclosed for shelving systems comprising one or more such improved shelves and support posts. Elongate elements along the underside of the shelves have post-receiving recesses to receive support posts along the underside of the shelf during storage and shipment. The improved shelves and shelving systems allow greater efficiency in packaging, shipping and storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Centrex Plastics, LLCInventors: Terrence Lee Reinhart, Nickolas Lee Reinhart
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Patent number: 8826898Abstract: An oven rack constructed from an expanded or punched metal is provided. The oven rack can be coated with one or more coatings to e.g., protect the metal from discoloration or damage, and/or to provide certain properties to the surface of the rack that may be desirable for cooking operations. An oven appliance incorporating such an oven rack is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: James Lee Armstrong, Joshua Stephen Wiseman
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Publication number: 20140239788Abstract: An appliance and a rack assembly for the same are provided. The rack assembly includes a geared rack and a pair of gears. The gears of the pair of gears mesh with each other and the geared rack. The rack assembly also includes a shelf and a support link that couples that shelf to at least one of the pair of gears. The geared rack and pair of gears can assist with selectively adjusting a vertical height of the shelf.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventor: Darren Allen Turner
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Publication number: 20140230295Abstract: A free-standing display fixture includes a main body having a top edge, a bottom edge, a right side panel, a center panel and a left side panel. Each of the left side panel, the center panel and the right side panel include interior surfaces and the interior surfaces of the left side panel and the right side panel face each other. Located between and coupled to left side panel and right panel are a plurality of uniquely arranged display components.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.Inventor: Laura L. Hawkins
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Publication number: 20140223721Abstract: A product display system is disclosed. The system comprises a first product display rack. The product display rack includes a first support, a second support, and a first bridge. The first bridge is disposed in mechanical cooperation with a portion of the first support and is disposed in mechanical cooperation with a portion of the second support. The product display system also includes a third support disposed a spaced distance from the second support, and a second bridge disposed in mechanical cooperation with a portion of the second support and disposed in mechanical cooperation with a portion of the third support. The first support and the second support are configured and dimensioned to straddle a first pallet, and the second support and the third support are configured and dimensioned to straddle a second pallet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Inventors: Stephen Cummings, Jeffrey G. Berger
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Publication number: 20140209551Abstract: A display fixture includes a substantially vertical backer mounted to a wall of a gondola and a shelf unit mounted to the backer and being centrally located on the backer. The shelf unit includes a substantially vertical back wall, a pair of side walls and a plurality of shelves extending between the pair of side walls and coupled to the back wall. Each of the plurality of shelves includes a shelf surface and a lip. The lip is substantially normal to the shelf surface and the shelf surface is at an angle relative to the back wall. The relative angle between the shelf surface and the back wall is greater than 90 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.Inventor: Laura L. Hawkins
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Patent number: 8763822Abstract: An adjustable shelf assembly including an elongated frame and a first shelf and a second shelf attached to the frame. The frame has a first end and a second end, and generally extends in a first plane. At least a portion of the first and second shelves extends in a second plane generally perpendicular to the first plane. The first and second shelves are separately transversely movable in the second plane relative to the frame. The shelf assembly is in an open position when the first and second shelves are transversely moved away and spaced apart from each other in the second plane, a generally vacant space is formed between the first and second shelves. The shelf assembly is in a closed position when the first and second shelves are positioned proximate to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Zenith Products Corp.Inventors: Kaveh Didehvar, Joseph Vaccaro
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Publication number: 20140175031Abstract: A storage and management assembly for a plurality of portable electronic devices is provided. The assembly includes a tower assembly to define a vertical channel along a first side of the tower assembly. A plurality of shelves are removably coupled to a second side of the tower assembly, wherein the second side is opposite the first side, each of the shelves includes a storage bay defined by a bottom portion provided perpendicular to the first member, opposing raised edge portions provided about a portion of the perimeter of the bottom portion, and raised back tabs provided about a portion of the perimeter of the bottom portion, the plurality of shelves provided in a stacked vertical arrangement along the tower assembly. Alternatively, at least one modular portable carrier assembly for storing and charging a plurality of portable electronic devices may be removably coupled to the tower assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Inventor: NATHAN R. ROBERTS
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Publication number: 20140175036Abstract: A dual function shelf unit has identical support columns, horizontal shelf-supporting beams adjustably-mounted on the columns for vertical shelf adjustment and one or more hooks also mountable on at least one column. The columns have apertures with complementary apertures having opposed inclined edges for accepting a beam-end bracket from either side of the column and tabs for accepting mounting flanges of hooks. Both beam-end brackets and hooks are each mounted in two vertically-spaced apertures. Vertically adjustable shelf and hook storage is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Edsal Manufacturing Company, Inc.Inventors: ANTHONY J. TROYNER, Antonio Luis Escalante, David J. Wojtowicz, Mitch Liss
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Patent number: 8757743Abstract: A support system for use in an appliance includes at least one brace including a locking bar and at least one substantially vertical track configured to support the at least one brace. The at least one track includes a first side wall and a second side wall defining a channel therebetween, and a first series of teeth extending from the first side wall into the channel. The locking bar is configured to be supported at a first end on a tooth of the first series of teeth at a selected height within the appliance.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Mark Wayne Wilson
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Publication number: 20140166598Abstract: A merchandising system includes a support adapted to be secured to a first associated merchandising structure and a tile mounted to the support. The tile extends away from the support so as to approach a second associated merchandising structure spaced from the first associated merchandising structure. The tile includes a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion and selectively slidable in relation to the first portion to change a size of the tile. A protrusion extends from the first portion. The protrusion is connected to the support to enable a movement of the tile in relation to the support thereby allowing selective access to any desired portion of at least one of the first and second associated merchandising structures. The tile front face can include a cut out section or a slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: FASTENERS FOR RETAIL, INC.Inventors: Gregory M. Bird, Shane Obitts, Paul A. Mueller
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Patent number: 8746818Abstract: A storage rack configured to be removably attached to an inner refrigerator door liner to enable storage of canned and/or bottled beverages is defined by an open body formed from a peripheral frame member, a base member fixed to and extending between side portions of the peripheral frame member and an angled support member. A front segment of the angled support member and a frontal section of the peripheral frame member include a series of aligned arcuate portions. Bottles, such as soda, water, wine and the like bottles, can be stored upright in the rack, resting on the base member between the frontal section of the peripheral frame member and a rear segment of the angled support member, while beverage cans can be stored at an angle, abutting the rear segment of the angled support member while spaced side portions of the cans rest upon the aligned arcuate portions.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: David L. Meese
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Publication number: 20140138335Abstract: A modular system for at least one of displaying and storing at least one article includes at least one pair of elongated cross members and at least one pair of support brackets being sized and shaped so as to position the at least one pair of the plurality of elongated cross members in a spaced apart parallel relationship with each other and further position a length of the at least one article is in a generally normal orientation to lengths of the at least one pair of elongated cross members, whereby one end of the at least one article is supported on one of the at least one pair of elongated cross members and another end of the at least one article is supported on another one of the at least one pair of elongated cross members.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Inventor: ANIL K. GUPTA
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Publication number: 20140125211Abstract: A rack assembly has a shelf attached to a slidable mount. A front wall and a back wall are mounted to the shelf. At least one elastic element extends between the front wall and the back wall above a left side and a right side of the shelf such that the front wall, back wall and at least one elastic element define a contained area capable of holding objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Inventor: Scott Robert Miedtke
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Publication number: 20140124598Abstract: An adjustable shelf assembly includes an elongated tension-mounted rod, an elongated frame, and at least one shelf attached to the frame. The elongated tension-mounted rod has a first end and a second end and generally extends in a first plane. The elongated frame has a first end attached to the tension-mounted rod and an opposing second end. The frame generally extends in a second plane which is perpendicular to the first plane of the tension-mounted rod. The at least one shelf has a base wall configured to support objects placed thereon. The base wall generally extends in a third plane which is parallel to and spaced apart from the first plane of the tension mounted-rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: ZENITH PRODUCTS CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph VACCARO, Alex MIKITA
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Patent number: 8717143Abstract: A binder management system having a cabinet with shelves for removable storage of searchable binders. Each binder has a body with front and rear covers and a spine. Inside the body is a binder mechanism for removably retaining sheet media. Each binder has externally extending upper and tower ohmic contact members which ohmically engage conductive members mounted on the shelf surfaces near the front. Each binder has a binder identification circuit coupled to an LED mounted on the binder spine in a location visible when the binder rests on a shelf. When a binder identification signal from a host computer is presented to the shelf conductive members it is transferred by the binder contact members to the binder identification circuit. If the signal matches, the LED is activated to aid the user in finding the binder. An LED and an optional audible indicator are mounted on the shelves to further aid the user in finding the sought binder.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Silicon Valley Micro E Corp.Inventors: Shengbo Zhu, Su Shiong Huang
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Patent number: 8713826Abstract: A rack system for displaying products comprises a rack unit supporting some of the products so as to be accessed at a forward facing product dispensing face. The rack unit has a side portion facing generally perpendicular to the dispensing face. A corner member is supported on the side portion and comprises a first wall portion extending generally forwardly to a vertical edge adjacent the product dispensing face, and a second wall portion extending generally laterally outward from the side portion to a second vertical edge. The first and second edges each have a retaining portion extending vertically. A flexible signage member is supported on the corner member in a flexed condition between the retaining portions with a signage surface that is concave outwardly between the retaining portions. The signage member is supported and retained on the corner member by a biasing of the signage member to extend wider than a distance between the retaining portions.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Gamon Plus, Inc.Inventors: Terry J. Johnson, Travis Ogden Johnson
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Publication number: 20140091696Abstract: A shelf system for use in displaying and storing merchandise is especially suited for use in a refrigerated or chiller compartment that can be used with other conventional display sections. The shelving system or unit includes a squared frame that is mounted in a refrigeration compartment. Side or knife brackets are mounted on opposite sides of the frame and shelves on which items of merchandise are stored in spring loaded pusher track systems are mounted on the side brackets. Guide members mounted on the side brackets allow the shelves to slide between a retracted and an extended position on a planar path, but when the shelves reach the extended position, the glide members tilt allowing the shelves to tile for easier access to items stored thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventors: Brian Hart Welker, Gregory Scott Isaacs
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Publication number: 20140083962Abstract: A shelving system includes a frame including a pair of spaced apart riser members and at least one shelf extending between the riser members. The at least one shelf is adhesively bonded to the riser members. The at least one shelf may be substantially L-shaped and may include a first surface extending outwards from the riser members and a second surface angled with respect to the first surface and bonded to the riser members.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventors: Steven Mark Kessell, Steven E. Darnell
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Publication number: 20140054251Abstract: A height adjustable support apparatus suitable for notebook computer drop test is provided. The support apparatus includes a frame unit and a plank unit. The frame unit has a plurality of mortises vertically incrementally arranged at a lateral adjoining edge of a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface thereof. The plank unit includes a support portion and a tenon extending from the support portion configured to be insertable into one of the mortises through the first lateral surface. The support portion is configured to protrude from the second lateral surface upon insertion. The support portion incorporates a biased height arrangement that provides higher degree of height adjustment variation through different insertion orientations, and allows two plank units to be arranged in a vertically adjacent configuration to structurally abut against each other, thereby enhancing structural integrity of the support portion and increasing the load carrying capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: WISTRON CORP.Inventor: HENG-YU LIN
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Publication number: 20140048502Abstract: Provided is a multifunctional support for assembly furniture, which has a structure, in which shelves for arranging various kinds of articles and a traversal bar for arranging fashion accessories such as hangers, neckties or the like may be mounted on a single multifunctional support. The multifunctional support for assembly furniture according to the present invention includes cylinder members formed with through holes to be fixed to fixing supports and support members extending to be long from the cylinder members to the outside, wherein three shelf placing grooves are formed on the top surfaces of the support members at a uniform interval so as to fix the both end portions of the shelves, and holding grooves are further formed in the shape of a “T” on the inside surfaces of the support members so as to couple a traversal bar mounting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventor: Neung Ho Ham
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Publication number: 20140034594Abstract: A device for supporting consumer products includes a transmission, a first end plate, a second end plate, and a shelf. The transmission includes a worm wheel coupled to a socket; a worm gear engaged to the worm wheel and coupled to a back axle shaft; a first pinion gear coupled to a first end of the back axle shaft; and a second pinion gear coupled to a second end of the back axle shaft. The first end plate is coupled to a first end of a back axle shaft shroud, where the back axle shaft shroud includes a first shelf hook and a second shelf hook. The second end plate coupled to the second end of the back axle shaft. The shelf is coupled to the first and second end plates and includes a first and a second shelf pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: ADCO Industries-Technologies, L.P.Inventors: Raymond E. Davis, Clifton Glenn Hampton
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Publication number: 20130327732Abstract: A tree shaped display stand features elongated post pieces each having an externally threaded male feature at a first end, an internally threaded female feature at an opposing second end, and first and second annular faces respectively surrounding the male and female features. Shelves of different diameter each have a central hole therein through which the externally threaded male feature at the first end of one of the post pieces is engagable with the internally threaded female feature at the second end of a next one of the post pieces to clamp the shelf unit between the first and second annular faces of the post pieces. Hook members each have a clip portion arranged to clip onto any of the shelves over a circumferential edge thereof. The same pieces forming the tree-shaped display stand may be assembled in another manner to form a table.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventor: George Sideen
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Publication number: 20130319959Abstract: An adjustable shelf assembly including an elongated frame and a first shelf and a second shelf attached to the frame. The frame has a first end and a second end, and generally extends in a first plane. At least a portion of the first and second shelves extends in a second plane generally perpendicular to the first plane. The first and second shelves are separately transversely movable in the second plane relative to the frame. The shelf assembly is in an open position when the first and second shelves are transversely moved away and spaced apart from each other in the second plane, a generally vacant space is formed between the first and second shelves. The shelf assembly is in a closed position when the first and second shelves are positioned proximate to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: ZENITH PRODUCTS CORPORATIONInventors: Kaveh DIDEHVAR, Joseph VACCARO
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Patent number: 8596471Abstract: A mounting bracket includes an end plate perpendicularly extending from a side plate and having an elongate hole. A pin assembly includes a pin, a protrusion and a fixing member, wherein the pin is connected to the protrusion and contacts the end plate. The protrusion is located in and movable in the elongate hole. The thickness of the protrusion is larger than that of the end plate. The fixing member includes a head and a shank extending from the head. The shank connects the pin and the protrusion. By this arrangement, the fixing member and the pin clamps the protrusion to be movably engaged with the elongate hole. The pin is adjustably moved in the elongate hole by the protrusion in the elongate hole of the end plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: King Slide Works Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, I-Ming Tseng, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Publication number: 20130313213Abstract: A shelving unit is provided including a post with a bottom end and a top end, The top end has a cross-sectional area that is different than a cross-sectional area of the remainder of the post, A ledge is defined at the top end of the post by the difference in cross-sectional area. A support ring is sized to rest on the ledge. A shelf is coupled to the support ring so that the shelf is rotatable about the post, The top end of the post is attachable to the bottom end of another post.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventor: FRANCES ELLISON
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Publication number: 20130277324Abstract: A shelving display system formed from a single blank of corrugated material. The display system including a plurality of shelves formed from a first shelf component and a second shelf component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventor: Doug Dewhurst
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Publication number: 20130256249Abstract: An improved monument structure combining an integrated construction system with carbon fiber reinforced composites to form an exoskeleton chassis that significantly reduces the build times, manufacturing skill level requirements, post processing activities, and overall weight of a given aircraft monument.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventor: Peter John Leslie Burd
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Publication number: 20130240472Abstract: A retail cart for use in storing and stocking merchandise and, more particularly, to a mobile polymeric retail cart which is easily assembled and disassembled without the need for tools having opposing forces in its construction lending rigidity to the overall structure and a plurality of slideably received shelving units.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Effizient, LLCInventors: Ludwig Klaus Preidt, Karl Ronald Chapel, Thomas A. Nakfoor
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Publication number: 20130233819Abstract: A hitch pin assembly for horizontal adjustment of shelves in a display stand is provided. Conventional coupling in the vertical axial direction is transferred to a coupling system in the horizontal axial direction. A shelf receives end pins with split arrow horizontally and externally extended for fitting in female receptacle on the inner surface of the side walls or columns of the display stand. To mount the display stand, the side walls or columns are pressed inwards horizontally, so that, the edge exceeds the end of the pin which deforms and returns, causing the initial coupling on one side of the structure to lock. The same procedure is performed on the opposite structure. The final assembly of the shelves is made with actions that do not interfere with the coupling of both sides of the structure and without requiring any lateral adjustments that might cause looseness.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: September 12, 2013Inventor: Tzuo Chung Kwo
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Patent number: 8511488Abstract: A protective covering system for wire shelving, designed for ease of attachment to any wire shelving system. The protective covering system comprises a substantially rigid base which exhibits through areas for attachment of fastening devices between the upper surface of the substantially rigid base and the upper portion of the individual wire shelving member to be engaged. The gripping of the individual wire shelving member on at least each of four areas, in conjunction with the positioning of the upper head portion of the individual fastening members restrains the substantially rigid base from movement by limiting the three translational displacement components of degree of freedom.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Inventor: Daniel G Poisson
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Publication number: 20130206715Abstract: Elongated metal risers are oriented perpendicular to the front end of a shelf, and extend from proximate the front edge of the shelf to at least the rear edge of the shelf. The risers are roughly from one and a half inches to four and a half inches (forty to one hundred fifteen millimeters) in height, and three to six inches (seventy five to one hundred fifty millimeters) in width. A package stored on the shelf is advantageously supported by left and right side risers and a center riser disposed beneath therebetween, thereby forming left and right insertion channels adjacent the center riser. In storing and retrieving objects from the shelf, a forklift machine advances with its left and right forks aligned with the left and right insertion channels, until the forks are securely under the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Inventor: Payge Hamby
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Publication number: 20130200027Abstract: An expandable rack including a plurality of vertical frame members and a plurality of adjustable shelves is disclosed. Each adjustable shelf is at least partially supported by at least some of the vertical frame members. Each adjustable shelf comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a lateral beam and at least one first arm extending perpendicularly from the lateral beam. The first arm includes a polygonal cross-section. The second portion includes a lateral beam and at least one second arm extending perpendicularly therefrom. The second arm includes a polygonal cross-section. The first arm is dimensioned to fit within the second arm in a telescoping relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Eric Neumann, Mark Beddison, Bruce Gommermann
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Patent number: 8499944Abstract: A rack for an appliance comprises a main section including a support frame having a front wire, rear wire, and opposed side wires. A plurality of intermediate wires are attached to the support frame and at least one cross member is provided across a portion of the intermediate wires. The rack also includes a recessed section defined by a portion of the intermediate wires and for removeably receiving a baking stone. In one example, the recessed section has a depth sufficient to accommodate a baking stone substantially completely therein. In addition or alternatively, an arrangement for supporting items within an appliance includes a rack having a main section and a recessed section, and a baking stone which can be received substantially completely within the recessed section of the rack.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2009Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Cecilia Munson Parks, Daniel Hartly Green
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Patent number: 8490801Abstract: A rack for an appliance includes a main section having a support frame, and at least one arm coupled to the support frame. The arm is movable relative to the support frame between a first position and a second position. The rack further includes a release member operatively connected to the at least one arm, actuation of the release member causing the at least one arm to move from the first position to the second position. In one example, the rack includes pair of arms coupled to the support frame. In another example, actuation of the release member causes both of the arms to move to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Smith, Daniel Hill
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Publication number: 20130153524Abstract: A retrofitting system for shelves includes shelf rack inserts rack inserts each having a product slide plate with rectangular raised edges on a front and on a rear. The raised edge on the front includes a snapped-on U-rail having openings and the raised edge on the rear includes rectangular cutouts disposed opposite from the openings. At least one separating bracket has a front side and a rear side with two parallel and joined cross-bars extending between the front side and the rear side. The front side includes a horizontal pin and the rear side includes an insertion plate that is installed perpendicularly such that the separating bracket is configured to be locked in place at a lateral distance in the product slide plate by the insertion plate being inserted into a corresponding one of the cutouts and the pin being horizontally inserted into a corresponding one of the openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Inventor: Rickard Nilsson
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Publication number: 20130146553Abstract: A retail cart for use in storing and stocking merchandise and, more particularly, to a mobile polymeric retail cart which is easily assembled and disassembled without the need for tools having opposing forces in its construction lending rigidity to the overall structure and a plurality of slideably received shelving units.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: Effizient, LLCInventors: Ludwig Klaus Preidt, Karl Ronald Chapel
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Publication number: 20130112640Abstract: The present invention relates to a shelf system or assembly, and a shelf module therefore. The shelf module defines a pair of substantially parallel, lengthwise extending edges and a pair of substantially parallel end edges, and comprises an array of lengthwise extending slats spaced apart across the width of the module, and an array of spaced apart ribs extending between these slats which are spaced apart along the length of the module, at least a pair of the slats having outwardly and oppositely directed partition retaining connection means at or toward an upper edge thereof, between which a portion of a partition can be secured. Each of an associated partition, display strip, shelf connector module and shelf end module are also disclosed, where each of these is for removable attachment to the shelf module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: May 9, 2013Inventor: Brett John Desmond
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Publication number: 20130098856Abstract: A dual function shelf unit has identical support columns, horizontal shelf-supporting beams adjustably-mounted on the columns for vertical shelf adjustment and one or more hooks also mountable on at least one column. The columns have apertures with complementary apertures having opposed inclined edges for accepting a beam-end bracket from either side of the column and tabs for accepting mounting flanges of hooks. Both beam-end brackets and hooks are each mounted in two vertically-spaced apertures. Vertically adjustable shelf and hook storage is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: Edsal Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: ANTHONY J. TROYNER, Antonio Luis Escalante, David J. Wojtowicz, Mitchell Liss
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Publication number: 20130088136Abstract: An adjustable refrigerator shelf assembly receives electrical power through a loosely draped conductor held within a pocket on one side of the shelf assembly. The shelf assembly may include a detent mechanism allowing adjustment of the shelf assembly upward and downward by successive lifting and lowering of the shelf without direct manipulation of a detent or a lock allowing both the detent mechanism and conductor to be wholly covered at all times.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Alberto Bassi, Marco Sclip