With Screens Or Curtains Patents (Class 211/180)
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Patent number: 11988478Abstract: A gun stand includes a support post, a tray assembly and a ground stake. A first telescoping connection connects the tray assembly to a first end of the support post. A second telescoping connection connects the ground stake to a second end of the support post. The two telescoping connections are independently adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Icon Outdoors, LLCInventors: Justin Carpenter, Jamie Spence
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Patent number: 11827261Abstract: One embodiment of the invention provides kit that can be used for closing off the volume between the top and bottom trays of a hand cart for more secure storage of items on the bottom tray. The kit comprises a first wall section, a second wall section, and a third wall section. The first wall section is generally flat. The second wall section has a first generally flat section and a second generally flat section connected by a corner section. The third wall section has a first generally flat section and a second generally flat section connected by a corner section, and a generally flat door section connected to the second generally flat section by a hinge. The kit preferably comprises a plurality of fastener pairs for attaching the wall sections to the angle-stock legs. Preferably, each fastener pair comprises a bolt and a nut, and the kit further comprises a bushing for each fastener pair.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Inventors: Joe Lin, Brian Liu
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Patent number: 11793339Abstract: Fabric cover for a garment rack, its components, their relationship to each other, and materials used for manufacturing the same are herein disclosed. The cover generally includes a panel with two sides, with a plurality of connectors affixed to one side to be secured to the garment rack bar, and a plurality of connectors affixed to the vertical portion edge of both sides of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventor: Elizabeth Arlene Waghalter
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Patent number: 11484139Abstract: A storage assembly can hang clothing items while providing for adjustable storage for a long gun and/or one or more pistols. The storage assembly includes a main arm having a plurality of holes formed therethrough with a hanging member disposed on a first end of the main arm. An extension arm can telescopingly extend from and be adjustably attached to an open bottom end of the main arm. An upper securing device is adjustably positioned along a length of the front of the main arm. A lower base member is disposed at the front of the distal end of the extension arm. The lower base member can support the stock of a long gun, while the upper securing device can attach to the barrel of the long gun. One or more pistol holders can be placed adjustably along the back side of the main arm.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Inventor: Michael Evert Hagberg
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Patent number: 11229295Abstract: A screen mountable on a chairback of a chair can include a primary panel, a vertical strap, and a brace assembly. The primary panel can have a front and back sides, extend between first and second lateral edges and between top and bottom vertical edges. The vertical strap can be fixed to the front side at first and second ends and extend around the chairback. The vertical strap can be formed to elastically stretch around the chairback. The brace assembly can be fixed to the front side to urge the top vertical edge forward. A second end of the brace assembly can be selectively engageable with the front side at a second position above the first position. The second end can be engaged with the front side in operation and disengaged from the front side when not in operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Webaround, LLCInventor: Linda Bovay
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Patent number: 10758053Abstract: A screen mountable on a chairback of a chair can include a primary panel, a vertical strap, and a brace assembly. The primary panel can have a front and back sides, extend between first and second lateral edges and between top and bottom vertical edges. The vertical strap can be fixed to the front side at first and second ends and extend around the chairback. The vertical strap can be formed to elastically stretch around the chairback. The brace assembly can be fixed to the front side to urge the top vertical edge forward. A second end of the brace assembly can be selectively engageable with the front side at a second position above the first position. The second end can be engaged with the front side in operation and disengaged from the front side when not in operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Inventor: Linda Bovay
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Patent number: 10376046Abstract: A shelving assembly can be constructed of panels and specialized connecting components that form interconnected hexagonal, triangular, or square cells. The shelving assembly can be adapted to a variety of sizes and configurations and can incorporate smaller cells with larger cells and different shape cells for more modularity. The connecting components attach to the front and rear edges of the panels without special tools. The connecting components also connect the corners of cell shapes and provide strength to the overall structure. The shelving assembly can be completely disassembled into the panels and the connecting components, allowing the shelving assembly to be easily moved and reconstructed.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Inventor: Agapitus Lye
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Publication number: 20140329454Abstract: A server cabinet includes a cabinet body and an air blocking device. The air blocking device includes a frame and a foam body installed on the frame. The frame defines an opening. The foam body includes a first foam body and a second foam body connected with the first foam body. The junction of the first foam body and the second foam body is surrounded by the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2013Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.Inventors: AN-GANG LIANG, MING-YU LIU
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Patent number: 8573418Abstract: The rack assembly contains a number of vertical rail members and each rail member contains two or more column elements, a number of connection elements, and a number of fastening elements. Each column element has a number of connection grooves and sliding grooves. The connection elements are positioned between and connected to two adjacent column elements. Two vertically adjacent connection elements are locked together by a fastening element. The rack assembly allows a number of stretching members movably configured. Each stretching member contains a number of wheel elements and at least an elastic hook element. The wheel elements are embedded into the sliding grooves of a column element and the stretching members as such could slide along the column element to various positions and, by connecting the elastic hook elements to a curtain's various spots, the curtain is stretched from multiple directions.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Inventor: Ruei-Hsing Lin
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Patent number: 8453853Abstract: A multi-skateboard storage rack may include a rigid frame and a plurality of vertical rods statically connected to the frame. A plurality of horizontal peg extensions may be attached to the rods. A plurality of locking jaws may be pivotally connected to corresponding ones of the peg extensions such that associated pairs of the locking jaws may be selectively articulated between a closed locked position and an open unlocked position respectively. Each pair of locking jaws includes a top and a bottom hook which may be independently articulated along mutually exclusive arcuate paths oriented about the corresponding peg extensions. A plurality of locks may be removably fastened to the associated pairs of locking jaws for prohibiting the pairs of locking jaws from being articulated. The multi-skateboard storage rack may further include a plurality of non-linear guide tracks attached to the frame. The multi-skateboard storage rack may further include an optional flexible fenced closure formed from a mesh screen.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Inventor: Othella Adams
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Patent number: 8413385Abstract: An electrical equipment rack, such as a computer server rack, with a protective shield to protect the electrical equipment rack and equipment thereon from water damage is described. In general, the shield is constructed of a curved polycarbonate shell fastened to an aluminum frame having arc-shaped end sections attached to spaced elongated side rails. The aluminum frame is attachable to threaded rod hangers of the type that are used in most server rack rooms. Multiple shields may be fastened together end-to-end to increase the length of the overall shield, to extend over the entire length of the server racks or cabinets needed to be protected. Gaskets such as neoprene seals are compressed between shield sections to prevent water from penetrating between the fastened sections. Deployable curtains are fastened to the elongated side rails to further protect the electrical equipment rack from water damage.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2009Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Inventor: Glenn E. Mahoney
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Patent number: 8359986Abstract: The present invention relates to protection of accommodated items such as cartridges each incorporating recording media and enhances a protection function for the accommodated items. The present invention relates to protection of accommodated items accommodated in an accommodating shelf into/out of which accommodated items (cartridges) such as cartridges each incorporating recording media such as magnetic tapes can be put/taken.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Yukio Sekiguchi, Masahiko Katada, Katsufumi Onaka, Takanobu Kashiwagi, Akira Nanba
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Patent number: 8328029Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide a generally open-frame storage rack having a pair of overhead bridging lifts, each lift further having a pair of side opposed cables extending therefrom. The framework for the storage rack is fabricated using stock automotive exhaust components, which yields a synergistic combination of ready reforming, substantial strength, low weight, and excellent corrosion and chemical resistance. The preferred rack structure is assembled from sufficiently short lengths to enable shipment using standard commercial carriers and rates. Additional novel features and combinations are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2003Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Inventors: Arthur J. Binsfeld, Michael A. Oevermann
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Patent number: 8152001Abstract: A generally rectangular flexible elastic article retainer for retaining articles in a dishwasher rack has laterally opposed longitudinal sides, each having a plurality apertures configured to securely engage selected upstanding or horizontal wire-like members of the dishwasher rack frame and a center portion formed of a plurality of transverse thin elastic bands disposed in parallel spaced relation for engaging and securing articles loaded into the rack. When the elastic bands are stretched across the articles, some of the bands may be positioned to extend across the upward facing bottom surface of shorter inverted articles, such as cups, bowls or short containers, to prevent vertical movement and overturning; while at the same time other pairs of the bands of the same article retainer may be positioned on the lateral sides of adjacent taller inverted objects, such as drinking glasses, to securely grip the sides of the taller articles to prevent vertical movement and overturning.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Inventors: Victor A. Vinklarek, Joseph A. Decker, Jr., Laurie K. Vinklarek
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Patent number: 7874090Abstract: At least two upright subassemblies, each with a base, radial positioning members; an outer tubular member, an inner tubular member slidably received in the outer tubular member; a plunger for selective engagement with aperture(s) in the outer tubular member, upper and lower horizontal bars secured to the radial positioning members, and a flexible display secured to each set of upper and lower horizontal bars, the radial positioning members for selective positioning between selected convex, concave, in-line and right angle positions.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2010Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Inventor: Rodger H. Flagg
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Patent number: 7686058Abstract: A curtain includes a top rail and a sheet of fabric having a top end connected to the top rail, a handle assembly is connected to a lower end of the sheet of fabric. The handle assembly includes two transverse bars received in the sheet of fabric and two upright bars which are removably connected to the transverse bars via connection members connected to the transverse bars from outside of the sheet of fabric. The upright bars can be separated from the transverse bars so that the curtain can be folded.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2008Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Ching Feng Home Fashions Co., LtdInventors: Wen Ying Liang, Sheng Ying Hsu, Wu Chung Nien, Chien Chih Huang
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Patent number: 7600636Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful clothes protector cover comprised of a rectangular left sheet, a rectangular right sheet, and a plurality of grommets located on the upper edge of each of the sheets. A clothes hanger, upon which an item of clothing may already be hung, is threaded through a grommet on the left sheet and a corresponding grommet on the right sheet and hung on the hanger bar. This is repeated throughout the length of the sheets until all items of clothing are hung on the hanger rod and thereby protected by the clothes protector cover. This provides a means by which the clothes protector cover is held in place immediately above the protected items of clothing and thereby prevents the accumulation or settling of dust on the items of clothing.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2006Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Inventor: Patricia Bell
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Publication number: 20090134104Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a cover (11) for an outdoor clothes airer (10) having at least three radially-extending arms (2) supporting an array of clothes lines (7), the cover comprising a sheet (3) of waterproof material which is resistant to ultra-violet rays and dimensioned to extend radially beyond the ends of said radial arms above the clothes lines, arranged to drain outwards, and provided with a central supporting means (16) and a peripheral tensioning means (5) such as a drawstring or plurality thereof for securing the sheet to the airer and a circumferential skirt (6) of an air permeable netting material finished with a weighted hem (9). Access to the laundry contained within the invention is easily achieved by lifting a side or sides of the circumferential skirt and laying it or them on top of the cover sheet, after which the laundry may be laced within the skirt of removed therefrom and the skirt may be let down again.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2007Publication date: May 28, 2009Inventors: Malcolm Gordon Victory, Guy Darell Unwin, Gail Lobb
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Publication number: 20090001033Abstract: A closet device or wardrobe whereby cross-supports to the bars for hanging clothing lead to increased stability and load capacity. A cross-support is simply connected to the top of the frame and can be a wire with bends at its two ends and two body sections that lead to a middle section wherein an obtuse angle is made as the two halves of the cross-support come together. The bends hook or hang on opposite sides of the upper frame of the wardrobe . The hang bar can rest on the angled middle section of the cross support, which provides additional support to the hang bar from the usual connections of the hang bar to the frame at the hang bar's two ends. This additional support to the hang bar results in increased stability, durability and load capacity for the wardrobe or closet device. The cross support can be in the form of a wire, a tube a rod, a beam, or any other structural type supporting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: MORAN, INCInventor: James SUNG
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Publication number: 20080047917Abstract: A side loading rack for holding multiple components, which rack includes a rigid open frame, a matrix of side loading storage bins and a flexible curtain for protecting the contents of the bins from dust and contamination. The flexible curtain drops down from the top of the frame and includes multiple spaced guide assemblies, the ends of which are movable within guide tracks located on vertical members of the rigid frame. A flexible strap attached to the top of the curtain is used to affect vertical movement of the curtain.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2006Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicant: BRADFORD COMPANYInventors: Alfonso Hernandez, Donald J. Bazany
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Patent number: 7191907Abstract: A safety net system is configured for mounting to a rack having a pair of spaced apart upstanding posts, in which the upstanding posts have open tops and holes formed in side walls thereof. The safety net system includes a pair of spaced apart uprights, upper and lower mounts operably connecting each upright to a respective rack post and an upper element extending between and mounted to the uprights at about an upper portion of the uprights. A net extends between and is mounted to the uprights and mounted to the upper element. The net is removably mounted to the uprights and to the upper elements and the uprights are variably mountable to the rack posts to vary a height of the net above the posts.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2004Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Cormark, Inc.Inventor: Thomas M. Conway
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Patent number: 7108142Abstract: In order to achieve a reduction in weight and enable swift operation of audio equipment or the like stored therein, a rack with a screen according to the present invention comprises a main body provided with shelf boards, and a screen installed so that the attitude thereof can be altered between a usage attitude in which the screen is unfurled or raised from a storage portion disposed on the upper portion or lower portion of the main body to be positioned in front of the shelf boards, and a storage attitude in which the screen is rolled from the usage attitude and stored in the storage portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2002Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: OS Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toshiyuki Kita
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Patent number: 7014053Abstract: A pallet rack safety net system comprises two parallel horizontal wire ropes that are stretched along the top and bottom edges of a shelf opening. A pair of hung left and right screens of flexible netting are attached between the top and bottom wire ropes so that they can be horizontally separated at the middle of the shelf opening. The inside vertical edges of each screen are finished with a metal bar and a clasp so the screens can be latched together at the middle. The outside left and right edges of the screens are secured to the outside of the shelf opening. If used on a top shelf that has no supports at each side of the opening, a pair of support posts are included that hold aloft the top horizontal wire rope. A network of stays and guys are used to reinforce each such post.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2004Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Safety Systems, LLCInventor: Michael J. Calleja
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Patent number: 6923458Abstract: A cart assembly for transporting products on a base platform carried on wheels has a canvas wall. Inversely U-shaped front and rear side rail skeleton structures, with vertically spaced cross rails, on the cart define a front to rear extending product compartment between them spanned by the canvas wall. Vertically spaced side straps loop around the side rail structures to correlate with the cross rails and have coupler ends. Straps carrying mating couplers project from the edges of the canvas wall in vertically spaced relation correlating with the cross rails to couple with the couplers on the side straps.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2004Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: Magline, Inc.Inventors: James S. Hooper, Jerry J. McQuarter, Jr., Susan M. Frank
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Patent number: 6837388Abstract: A pallet rack safety net system comprises two parallel horizontal wire ropes that are stretched along the top and bottom edges of a shelf opening. A pair of hung left and right screens of flexible netting are attached between the top and bottom wire ropes so that they can be horizontally separated at the middle of the shelf opening. The inside vertical edges of each screen are finished with a metal bar and a clasp so the screens can be latched together at the middle. The outside left and right edges of the screens are secured to the outside of the shelf opening. If used on a top shelf that has no supports at each side of the opening, a pair of support posts are included that hold aloft the top horizontal wire rope. A network of stays and guys are used to reinforce each such post.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2003Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
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Publication number: 20040211740Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for anchoring a retractable netting system in a vertical orientation relative to a shelving assembly. A retractable netting system includes a frame assembly onto which a net is operatively connected. Cables attached to opposing ends of a draw bar member may be pulled and released to raise and lower the net.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2003Publication date: October 28, 2004Inventors: David S. Denny, Edward T. Mehl, Maurice A. Russo
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Publication number: 20040182809Abstract: A warehouse shelving system comprises a material rack providing for storage of products on-sale and in a location visited by customers. A curtain netting is attached to the material rack. An advertisement promoting a company, product, and/or service is disposed on the curtain netting and visible to the customers. Alternatively, a warehouse material-rack safety-netting system includes left and right vertical extension posts that bolt to the face of the top bay of an open material rack. A two-part curtain netting that parts in the middle is supported between horizontal, parallel top-and-bottom wire ropes on hooks. The left and right edges of the curtain netting are hooked to the vertical extension posts with carabiners. A latch is provided at the center to secure the two-parts of the curtain netting together. The curtain material is painted, embroidered, or other patterned with advertising to promote a company, product or service.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
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Publication number: 20040149670Abstract: A safety net system is configured for mounting to a rack having a pair of spaced apart upstanding posts, in which the upstanding posts have open tops and holes formed in side walls thereof. The safety net system includes a pair of spaced apart uprights, upper and lower mounts operably connecting each upright to a respective rack post and an upper element extending between and mounted to the uprights at about an upper portion of the uprights. A net extends between and is mounted to the uprights and mounted to the upper element. The net is removably mounted to the uprights and to the upper elements and the uprights are variably mountable to the rack posts to vary a height of the net above the posts.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2004Publication date: August 5, 2004Applicant: Cormak, Inc.Inventor: Thomas M. Conway
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Publication number: 20040129660Abstract: In order to achieve a reduction in weight and enable swift operation of audio equipment or the like stored therein, a rack with a screen according to the present invention comprises a main body provided with shelf boards, and a screen installed so that the attitude thereof can be altered between a usage attitude in which the screen is unfurled or raised from a storage portion disposed on the upper portion or lower portion of the main body to be positioned in front of the shelf boards, and a storage attitude in which the screen is rolled from the usage attitude and stored in the storage portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2004Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventor: Toshiyuki Kita
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Patent number: 6742792Abstract: A cart assembly has canvas top and side walls for transporting products on a base platform carried on wheels. Inversely U-shaped front and rear side rail skeleton structures, with vertically spaced cross rails, on the cart define a product compartment between them. Vertically spaced side straps loop around the side rail structures to correlate with the cross rails and have coupler ends. A unitary fabric cover is draped in inversely U-shaped configuration on the cart to provide a top wall and side walls. Cover straps carrying mating couplers project from the side walls of the cover in vertically spaced relation correlating with the cross rails to couple with the couplers on the side straps.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Magline, Inc.Inventors: James S. Hooper, Jerry J. McQuarter, Jr., Susan M. Frank
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Patent number: 6722512Abstract: A cargo shield assembly having rigid members mountable to the vertical uprights of a pallet rack. The assembly having a wire mesh panel movable in a vertical direction. The panels are connected to rods extending along the lateral ends of the panel, and the rods are movably connected to the rigid members. The cargo shield assembly has a locking mechanism to maintain the panel in an upward position and a stop member to limit the travel of the panel in both an upward and a downward motion.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2002Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Cargotainer Adrian Fabricators, Inc.Inventor: Geoffrey B. Scully
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Patent number: 6698604Abstract: A shelf assembly includes at least one shelf supported by vertical posts, and a net having opposite sides connected to respective posts so that the net spans at least one edge of the shelf and an associated area above the shelf.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Sinco, Inc.Inventors: David S. Denny, George H. Merritt, Barry J. Austin
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Patent number: 6688480Abstract: A retractable barrier assembly is selectively deployed to span an aisle bounded on at least one side by a shelf unit. More specifically, a net is preferably movable between a storage position, off the floor and free of the aisle, and a deployed position, extending across the aisle. A container is preferably provided to support a first end of the net and house the net when in its storage position.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2002Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: SINCO, Inc.Inventor: David S. Denny
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Publication number: 20040020886Abstract: A cargo shield assembly having rigid members mountable to the vertical uprights of a pallet rack. The assembly having a wire mesh panel movable in a vertical direction. The panels are connected to rods extending along the lateral ends of the panel, and the rods are movably connected to the rigid members. The cargo shield assembly has a locking mechanism to maintain the panel in an upward position and a stop member to limit the travel of the panel in both an upward and a downward motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2002Publication date: February 5, 2004Inventor: Geoffrey B. Scully
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Patent number: 6619490Abstract: A warehouse material-rack safety-netting system comprises left and right vertical extension posts that bolt to the face of the top bay of an open material rack. A two-part curtain netting that parts in the middle is supported between horizontal, parallel top-and-bottom wire ropes on hooks. The left and right edges of the curtain netting are hooked to the vertical extension posts with carabiners. In order to reduce inadvertent snagging, these hooks and wire ropes are critically attached along the middle line of the inside opposite-facing edges of the vertical extension posts. The front aisle-facing edges of these vertical extension posts are smooth and no part of the curtain netting extends past them when the curtains are fully closed. A latch is provided at the center to secure the two-parts of the curtain netting together.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2002Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
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Patent number: 6609621Abstract: A shelf assembly includes vertical posts and horizontal shelf supports that are configured and arranged to define at least one shelf space extending upward beyond upper distal ends of the posts. Net supports are connected to the posts in a manner that supports the net in a position spanning at least one edge of the shelf space.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2002Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: Sinco, Inc.Inventors: David S. Denny, George H. Merritt, Lance F. Swartwout, Brian S. Clarke, Edward T. Mehl
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Publication number: 20030127406Abstract: A pallet rack safety net system comprises two parallel horizontal wire ropes that are stretched along the top and bottom edges of a shelf opening. A pair of hung left and right screens of flexible netting are attached between the top and bottom wire ropes so that they can be horizontally separated at the middle of the shelf opening. The inside vertical edges of each screen are finished with a metal bar and a clasp so the screens can be latched together at the middle. The outside left and right edges of the screens are secured to the outside of the shelf opening. If used on a top shelf that has no supports at each side of the opening, a pair of support posts are included that hold aloft the top horizontal wire rope. A network of stays and guys are used to reinforce each such post.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2003Publication date: July 10, 2003Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
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Patent number: 6585122Abstract: A pallet rack safety net system comprises two parallel horizontal wire ropes that are stretched along the top and bottom edges of a shelf opening. A pair of hung left and right screens of flexible netting are attached between the top and bottom wire ropes so that they can be horizontally separated at the middle of the shelf opening. The inside vertical edges of each screen are finished with a metal bar and a clasp so the screens can be latched together at the middle. The outside left and right edges of the screens are secured to the outside of the shelf opening. If used on a top shelf that has no supports at each side of the opening, a pair of support posts are included that hold aloft the top horizontal wire rope. A network of stays and guys are used to reinforce each such post.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
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Publication number: 20020158034Abstract: A shelf assembly includes at least one shelf supported by vertical posts, and a net having opposite sides connected to respective posts so that the net spans at least one edge of the shelf and an associated area above the shelf.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2002Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventors: David S. Denny, George H. Merritt, Barry J. Austin
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Publication number: 20020153340Abstract: A shelf assembly includes at least one shelf supported by vertical posts, and a net having opposite sides connected to respective posts so that the net spans at least one edge of the shelf and an associated area above the shelf.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2002Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: David S. Denny, George H. Merritt, Lance F. Swartwout, Brian S. Clarke, Edward T. Mehl
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Publication number: 20020148799Abstract: A shelf assembly includes vertical posts and horizontal shelf supports that are configured and arranged to define at least one shelf space extending upward beyond upper distal ends of the posts. Net supports are connected to the posts in a manner that supports the net in a position spanning at least one edge of the shelf space.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2002Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventors: David S. Denny, George H. Merritt, Lance F. Swartwout, Brian S. Clarke, Edward T. Mehl
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Publication number: 20020144965Abstract: A pallet rack safety net system comprises two parallel horizontal wire ropes that are stretched along the top and bottom edges of a shelf opening. A pair of hung left and right screens of flexible netting are attached between the top and bottom wire ropes so that they can be horizontally separated at the middle of the shelf opening. The inside vertical edges of each screen are finished with a metal bar and a clasp so the screens can be latched together at the middle. The outside left and right edges of the screens are secured to the outside of the shelf opening. If used on a top shelf that has no supports at each side of the opening, a pair of support posts are included that hold aloft the top horizontal wire rope. A network of stays and guys are used to reinforce each such post.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2001Publication date: October 10, 2002Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
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Publication number: 20020144966Abstract: A warehouse material-rack safety-netting system comprises left and right vertical extension posts that bolt to the face of the top bay of an open material rack. A two-part curtain netting that parts in the middle is supported between horizontal, parallel top-and-bottom wire ropes on hooks. The left and right edges of the curtain netting are hooked to the vertical extension posts with carabiners. In order to reduce inadvertent snagging, these hooks and wire ropes are critically attached along the middle line of the inside opposite-facing edges of the vertical extension posts. The front aisle-facing edges of these vertical extension posts are smooth and no part of the curtain netting extends past them when the curtains are fully closed. A latch is provided at the center to secure the two-parts of the curtain netting together.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2002Publication date: October 10, 2002Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
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Patent number: 6116438Abstract: A pool accessory storage unit is provided including a frame having an upper portion and a lower portion each with a rectilinear configuration. The upper portion and lower portion of the frame each are defined by a plurality of interconnected horizontally oriented bars. Each frame each further includes a plurality of stanchions for maintaining the bars of the upper portion and lower portion fixed with respect to each other. A panel assembly is provided including a plurality of flexible panels for encompassing sides and a bottom of the frame, thereby defining an interior space.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1999Date of Patent: September 12, 2000Inventor: Charles Lovett
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Patent number: 5938042Abstract: A screening arrangement support frame component in which a pair of complementary elongate component members have body portions and cavity defining formations. The component members are secured side by side to one another such that the body portions abut and the cavity defining formations register to form a plurality of cavities for receiving socket elements. A plurality of socket elements, each defining a socket for receiving a protrusion that secures a screening panel to the component, the socket elements being mounted in the cavities when the component members are secured to one another. The thickness of each support frame component at the locations where the body portions abut is smaller than the cross-sectional dimension of the socket elements mounted in the cavities.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1997Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Inventors: Manfred Franz Axel Freissle, Jacobus Van Rensburg, Peter Helmut Franz Freissle
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Patent number: 5875904Abstract: The invention refers to a box-like transport container having at least one partially open side and a flexible covering element movable between an opened and a closed position. The box-like transport container preferably has a flexible covering element that in an opened position of the container is located close to an upright. In a preferred embodiment the flexible covering element can be rolled up or folded up.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1996Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Inventor: Albertus Franciscus Vorstenbosch
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Patent number: 5816417Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and improved clothes line assembly having integrated means for concealing clothing hanging thereon. Privacy screens are received within a top frame section and may be pulled down providing an enclosure. The invention is supported by hollow base members that may be filled with sand or a similar weighted material providing stabilization to the assembly. The weighted material may be removed allowing the assembly to be easily and inexpensively moved or shipped.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1997Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Inventor: Joan Marie Reaves
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Patent number: 5791501Abstract: The present invention comprises a merchandise retaining assembly for the safe storage, viewing and access to merchandise on a store shelf, including a pair of vertically extending posts having an upper end and a lower end, the posts being attachable to a store shelf by securement means, a lower elongated rigid gripping member having a pair of elongated gripping portions facing toward one another and biased toward one another, and an upper elongated rigid gripping member having a pair of elongated gripping portions facing toward one another and biased toward one another. A securement bolt arrangement is provided for attaching said lower gripping member to said shelf. A flexible mesh screen is arranged between the upper and lower gripping members, and securement hooks are arranged for attaching the upper gripping member to the upper end of the posts, so as to provide a secure readily removable, replaceable boarder to a store shelf, protecting store customers and merchandise alike.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1996Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Inventor: A. Clayton Baldwin, Jr.
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Patent number: 5626241Abstract: A storage and inspection rack for wheel and tire assemblies. The inspection rack includes an exterior tubular metal framework, a removable fire retardant protective cover and roller carriage assemblies. The frame provides a plurality of individual bays. Each bay houses a roller carriage assembly for easy loading and unloading of the wheel and tire assembly which stand upright therein.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1995Date of Patent: May 6, 1997Inventor: Peter B. Holden
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Patent number: 5573125Abstract: A rack guard for a pallet rack employs a retractable safety net. The net is mounted at the top and bottom to a cable which is offset from the pallet rack. The sides of the net are latched to vertical members of the pallet rack while the net is extended across the front of the pallet rack.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1995Date of Patent: November 12, 1996Assignee: The Sinco Group, Inc.Inventor: David S. Denny