Bottle Or Jar Patents (Class 211/74)
Wall or window mounted (Class 211/75)
With closure (Class 211/76)
Rotatable (Class 211/77)
  • CONTAINER SUPPORT AND STORAGE PLATE
    Publication number: 20090026157
    Abstract: Container support plate and the use thereof for the storage of containers by stacking said plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Freixenet, S.A.
    Inventor: Pere Gibert Guasch
  • RETRACTABLE CUP HOLDER ASSEMBLY FOR CHILD SEAT
    Publication number: 20090015044
    Abstract: A cup holder assembly for a child seat movable between a retracted position and an extracted position includes an inner cup holder bracket, a medial cup holder slide movably attached to the cup holder bracket, and an outer cup holder floor pivotally attached to the cup holder slide. The cup holder slide and the cup holder floor move along an arc relative to the cup holder bracket, and the cup holder floor rotates relative to the cup holder slide and the cup holder bracket. The cup holder bracket has a rail guide and the cup holder slide includes a corresponding rail operable for slidingly engaging the rail guide. The cup holder slide further includes a lip that engages a corresponding ledge on the cup holder floor to rotate the cup holder floor as the cup holder slide is moved from the retracted position to the extracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: BRITAX CHILD SAFETY, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald M. Marsilio, Marc Jeremy Hoffman, Roy Attride, Margaret Butler, Tom Zelmer, Chris Yahnker, Sean Campbell
  • Container and rack system
    Patent number: 7469792
    Abstract: A rack and container assembly and the associated method of holding the containers in the rack. The rack has frame elements that define at least one slot of a first width. The frame elements are rounded in cross-section having a first radius of curvature. Each of the containers has an exterior surface of a second width that is greater than the width of the slots in the rack. An arcuate groove is formed in the exterior surface of each container. The arcuate grooves enable the containers to pass into the slots. Each arcuate groove has a cross-section with a second radius of curvature that is at least as large as the first radius of curvature of the frame elements that form the slot. When the containers are placed in the slots, the only area of the containers that physically contacts the rack is the shallow area of the arcuate groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Inventor: Peter Lin
  • Modular spice rack
    Publication number: 20080283481
    Abstract: A modular container organizer is presented. The organizer includes a rack having a top, bottom, front, back and ends. The top has one or more holes for receiving containers. The holes have a depth suitable for retaining the containers when a lateral force is applied to the containers or the rack. The rack adapted for attachment of the back to a mostly vertically positioned surface and the rack further adapted for assembling a plurality of similar racks in a grouping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Richard W. Evans, Richard J. Honigman
  • Balancing bottle holder
    Patent number: 7441668
    Abstract: A bottle holder that is unbalanced when its base surface is placed on a horizontal surface but is balanced on the base surface when a neck of a bottle is received and position in an opening provided in the holder. The opening which extends from a front side to a rear side is generally oval in shape on the front side but only partially oval on the back side wherein the top portion of the partial oval comprises a horizontal linear edge. This edge helps stabilize the bottle's neck within the opening making it easier for a user to locate the bottle's neck at the proper location in the opening to facilitate the balanced combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Inventor: Michael T. O'Malley
  • Modular LPG Tank Storage System and Method
    Publication number: 20080251477
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a LPG tank storage assembly. The tank storage assembly includes a cage module and left and right doors hingedly coupled with the cage module. The cage module also includes a plurality of rails disposed adjacent a bottom of the cage module. The rails are configured to confine at least one tank between a set of two rails of the plurality of rails. The rails are also sloped downward from the back to the front of the cage module. A first cage module may be vertically coupled to a second cage module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventor: Joseph G. Fecko
  • Wine Bottle Rotation System
    Publication number: 20080251478
    Abstract: The wine bottle rotation system (10) includes a wine rack formed from a pair of vertical support members (12) having a plurality of horizontal support members (14), or shelves, mounted therebetween. A plurality of rollers (18) are rotationally mounted between pairs of horizontal and vertical support members (14, 12) and are spaced apart such that a wine bottle (20) can be received between two adjacent rollers (18). Driven rotation of the rollers (18) causes the wine bottle (20) to rotate, thus preventing the settling and accumulation of free sediment (21) within the wine bottle (20) by the binding of sediment (21) to the inner glass wall of the bottle (20), decreasing the amount of free sediment (21) within the wine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventor: Troy D. Jaskowski
  • WINE REFRIGERATOR WITH SHELF HAVING ELASTIC SUPPORT MEMBERS
    Publication number: 20080217270
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a shelf of a wine refrigerator including a frame disposed inside a chill room in the horizontal direction, a plurality of support wires formed long inside the frame in the forward and backward directions of the frame at predetermined intervals in the right and left directions of the frame, and a plurality of elastic support members inserted onto each support wire, for elastically supporting wine bottles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Dong-Hoon LEE, Tae-Hee Lee, Young-Hoon Yun, Yong-Gu Kim
  • SAFE STORE OXYGEN BOTTLE HOLDER
    Publication number: 20080189858
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a mounting bracket configured to be secured to an underside of a litter. A storage basket is configured to engage ends and sides of a bottle. A movable mechanism couples the storage basket to the mounting bracket, the mechanism being configured for allowing the storage basket to be lowered away from the litter to provide access to the bottle, and allowing the storage basket to be secured against the underside of the litter to restrict movement of the bottle. A latch system is also included to hold the storage basket secured to the underside of the litter. The storage basket is automatically leveled by the movable mechanism when it is lowered away from the litter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: Pedigo Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Justen Harlow Merritt
  • Rotating barrel storage system
    Patent number: 7398889
    Abstract: Storage units of standard, new or used wood stave barrels, mounted on end on a rotating platform and having a side opening cut-out to the interior for access to shelving, drawers, wine racks or other storage devices fitted in the interior. The barrel is mounted on and secured to a rotatable platform that includes a turntable mechanism, the platform being specifically sized to fit inside the base recess of the barrel, so that it is hidden by the barrel lip, yet holds the barrel sufficiently off the ground to clear carpeting or other irregular flooring such as slate, brick or tile pavers, that might otherwise interfere with its rotation. The platform includes friction sliders so that the barrel rotates under hand pressure but does not spin freely. Selected feet or spacer disks are used to provide minimum needed clearance so the barrel appears to float just above the flooring surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Inventor: John M McNulty
  • STORAGE RACK WITH SHOCK DAMPENER
    Publication number: 20080142459
    Abstract: A storage rack comprising a storage unit housing defining at least one aperture extending longitudinally between a forward end and a rearward end. A shock dampener is positioned along an inner surface of the at least one aperture. A puller assembly may also be positioned in the aperture and includes a longitudinal puller body that supports an engagement member adjacent a rear end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Emerson B. Donnell, Daniel Kelly
  • Wine refrigerator white shelf having elastic support members
    Patent number: 7377397
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a shelf of a wine refrigerator including a frame disposed inside a chill room in the horizontal direction, a plurality of support wires formed long inside the frame in the forward and backward directions of the frame at predetermined intervals in the right and left directions of the frame, and a plurality of elastic support members inserted onto each support wire, for elastically supporting wine bottles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dong-Hoon Lee, Tae-Hee Lee, Young-Hoon Yun, Yong-Gu Kim
  • Organizer and storage rack
    Patent number: 7360661
    Abstract: A plurality of containers (32) are pitiable into tubular shelves (22). The containers (32) are cylindrical in shape and are sized so that they can be pushed sideways into a slot-like opening (26) in the tubular shelf (22). The containers (32) cam open the slot opening (26) both when they are pushed into the tubular shelves (22) and pulled out from the tubular shelves (22). End portions of the tubular shelves (22) fit within sockets (24) formed in, or on axles formed on, the side walls (16, 18) of a storage rack (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Inventor: Curtis M. Nickerson
  • RACK FOR CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20080083683
    Abstract: A rack for securing containers includes a plurality of bays into which one or more containers are received. The rack includes an upper section and a lower section defining a bay therebetween. The bay has a concave support surface for supporting an object. A plurality of columns connect the upper section to the lower section. The upper section and the lower section each include a plurality of complementary interlocking members aligned with the plurality of columns, such that the interlocking members on the upper section would interlock with the interlocking members on the lower section of a similar rack stacked thereon. Each bay may include a resilient member, such as an expandable clamp or a resilient bumper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: William P. Apps, Andrew William Wiseman
  • Lumbar puncture fluid collection device
    Patent number: 7335188
    Abstract: A device for collecting spinal fluid during a lumbar puncture or other medical procedure includes: a) an upper, generally cup-shaped portion including an open top, an upper cup side wall, an upper cup base plate at a lower end of the upper cup side wall, and a drain hole in the upper cup base plate; b) a lower, generally cup-shaped portion including an open top, a lower cup side wall, and a lower cup base plate at a lower end of the lower cup side wall, the lower cup base plate including a plurality of generally circular openings; wherein the upper, generally cup-shaped portion is removably insertable in and rotatable in the lower, generally cup-shaped portion, and the upper, generally cup-shaped portion includes a rotation mechanism for rotating the upper, generally cup-shaped portion in the lower cup-shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Inventor: Christian D. Graf
  • Specimen-container rack for automated clinical instrument
    Patent number: 7331474
    Abstract: A magnetically-attractive specimen-container rack for use with a magnetic transport system for transporting racks of specimen-containers to or within an automated clinical instrument for analysis and/or processing. The specimen-container rack comprises a pair of U-shaped magnetically-attractive members mounted in the base section of the rack housing so that the distal ends of such members extend towards the base of the rack and terminate in a plane slightly short of the plane in which the rack is supported for movement atop a rack-supporting surface. Such members are adapted to cooperate with similarly-shaped permanent magnets carried by an X/Y-movable truck that underlies a non-magnetic rack-supporting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig R. Veiner, Frank M. Tappen, Roberto Del Valle, Richard A. Marquis
  • Rack for pressurized gas bottles
    Publication number: 20080023422
    Abstract: A rack assembly for transportation of pressurized gas bottles in a vehicle has a first rack on one side and a second rack on the other side each supporting five upright bottles in a row, together with a rigid transverse brace structure connecting between an upper part of the first rack and an upper part of the second rack to hold the first and second rack members in braced position at said first and second sides. Each of the racks is formed by an inner and an outer plate member each having five part circular cut outs in the adjacent surfaces surrounded by a resilient strip for clamping the bottles side by side by an over-center latch which tightens the members together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventor: Randy A. Praud
  • Clip for supporting wine bottles or the like
    Patent number: 7322482
    Abstract: A clip adapted to be mounted on a support such as a conventional pot rack holds a long-necked bottle, such as a wine bottle, in display position with the tip of the bottle neck engaging the lower edge of the support and with the clip engaging a portion of the bottle neck spaced from the tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: AC2 Studio, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Caradonna
  • Shelf devide for maximizing cold vault use
    Publication number: 20080000852
    Abstract: A shelf device for a cooler has a pair of front uprights and a pair of rear uprights. A shelf is attached to uprights is adapted to hold beverage containers in an upright position. Left and right edge portions of the shelf are disposed behind the front uprights and a front edge portion of the shelf is disposed between the front uprights. Left and right guide panels respectively extend from the left and right edge portions toward the front edge portion creating channels for guiding containers from behind the posts for removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventor: Bernard Primiano
  • Headroom shelf for a cooler
    Publication number: 20080000856
    Abstract: A shelf device for a cooler has a plurality of shelves adapted to hold beverage containers in an upright position and a top shelf disposed in the headroom space above the plurality of shelves adapted to hold beverage containers disposed on their sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventor: Bernard Primiano
  • Oven-supportable canning implement sterilization rack
    Patent number: 7293665
    Abstract: A canning implement sterilization rack includes a canning jar receiving grid, a ring or band receiving receptacle and a water bath which is supported in a cradle. The rack is adapted to be supported in an oven and is adjustable in width so that it can be used with a variety of oven sizes. In use, the rack's three areas each receive their intended ones of the canning implements. The rack is placed in an oven and is heated for a time sufficient to sterilize the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Inventors: Beverly Ann Hardy, Lillie Jo Young
  • Apparatus for storing bottles
    Patent number: 7287653
    Abstract: A module for a structure for storing bottles includes an elongate member having opposite end portions which each have either a channel or ridge configured for connection with a respective ridge or channel of like modules and a body portion extending in a general axial direction, wherein each end portion extends in substantially opposite lateral directions from the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Inventor: William Timaru Rhodes
  • Bottle storage for refrigerator
    Publication number: 20070228242
    Abstract: A storage device for bottles with a neck, comprising at least one coupling member suitable for suspending the device beneath a shelf of a domestic refrigerator, and a hollow dispensing guide extending longitudinally from a rear end to a front end having a dispensing opening. The dispensing guide has a top face provided with the coupling member, a bottom face and a C-shaped cross section with an opening into the bottom face. The opening has a width suitable for allowing the narrowed portion of the neck of a bottle to slide freely and so that the longitudinal rims of the opening oriented toward the inside form bearing rails of a length more than twice the diameter of the widened portion of the neck of the bottle, on which this widened portion rests when the bottle is suspended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE
    Inventor: Christophe Martin
  • Bottle support device
    Patent number: 7275662
    Abstract: A bottle support device for supporting a water bottle at angle to facilitate dispensing water in the water bottle. The bottle support device includes a body member comprising a first end and a second end. The body member tapers from the second end to the first end. The body member is designed for being positioned on a shelf of the refrigerator. The body member is designed for being positioned under the water bottle whereby the body member supports the water bottle at an angle to concentrate the water around a water nozzle of the water bottle to allow the pressure from the water to increase the rate at which water is dispensed from the water nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Inventor: Steve Milcetich
  • Sample carrier having sample tube blocking member
    Patent number: 7276208
    Abstract: A sample carrier comprising a lower support wall, a base joined to or in fixed proximity to a bottom end of the lower support wall, and sample tube receiving areas in fixed proximity to the lower support wall for receiving and holding a plurality of sample tubes in substantially vertical orientations. The sample carrier further comprising a blocking wall joined to a top end of the support wall which extends laterally over portions of sample tubes held by the sample carrier, thereby limiting vertical movement of the sample tubes during automated sampling procedures. The contents of sample tubes held by the sample carrier can be accessed by a robotic pipetting device. Additionally, a drip shield comprising a cover plate, a pair of through-holes for accessing sample tubes held by a the sample carrier, and a depending runner for maintaining the sample carrier on a sample carousel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Gen-Probe Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerard J. Sevigny, Mark A. Talmer, Matthew W. Webb, Gus G. Tseo
  • Blood bank testing workstations
    Patent number: 7258240
    Abstract: A platform or workstation comprising a plurality of various size holes and slots for holding blood specimens, test tubes, gel-cards and reagent bottles in an organized arrangement to simplify testing of the blood specimens and to eliminate the likelihood of human error. The platform comprises a top plate, a middle plate and a bottom plate which are spaced apart in a parallel plates arrangement. The top plate and the middle plate each comprise a plurality of holes in a matrix configuration for receiving blood specimen tubes and test tubes, and one or more columns of slots adjacent to the matrix configuration of holes for receiving gel-cards. Other size holes are provided for receiving the reagent bottles. The workstation organizes blood specimens, test tubes and gel-cards in a row and stores reagents needed to perform tests using 57 holes of 3 sizes and 16 slots in a predetermined arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventor: Harvey M. Wescott, III
  • Spice rack
    Patent number: 7237686
    Abstract: A spice rack including an array of sliding drawers positioned on a base. The assembly will be placed on an existing kitchen cabinet shelf. It should be noted however, that the assembly may be made to replace the existing shelf if desired. The assembly is designed to store spice containers in a relative small space, which containers may be easily identified and retrieved. Each drawer includes a planar, horizontal bottom surface having a knob secured to the front end. Plural dowels are positioned along each side of the planar surface to define an enclosed area for the spice containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventors: Richard L. Bertrand, Denise C. Bertrand
  • Bottle rack retainer leash
    Patent number: 7234254
    Abstract: A seismic anchoring system to prevent damage to wine bottles during earthquakes, including a resilient leash having a ring on a free end and connected at its other end to or proximate to a holding bin. In use, the ring is disposed over the neck of a bottle in a bottle holding bin and thus prevents excursion of the bottle from the bin. The leash further provides means for displaying bottle content information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventor: Edmund Schmidt
  • Container storage organizers
    Patent number: 7232039
    Abstract: Container storage organizers are provided by an integral and preferably molded plastic shell having a profile defined by top panels and side panels of the shell, which side panels meet the top panels and extend to an open bottom. The profile provides a shape enabling one or more of the shells to be assembled in adjacent and preferably adjoining relationship. The top sides of the profile meet at an acute angle preferably about 90° while the sides are generally parallel, preferably having a slight taper so as to enable several shells to be stacked on top of another for ease of shipment and handling. One of the top panels has a plurality of side-by-side openings which receive the containers, such as cans, through lips which guide the cans into the shell so that they rest on a base to which the shell is attached, preferably by tabs which extend laterally from the lower edges of the side panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Inventor: Gerald H. Doran
  • Disposable test tube rack
    Patent number: 7232038
    Abstract: A test tube rack for supporting, storing and carrying a plurality of test tubes in a laboratory environment comprising a tray, a central support panel and/or lower support panel and a cover. The tray and cover are identical and interchangeable, and tapered for storage in nested stacks. Wells in the tray bottom are in alignment with corresponding openings in the central support panel and corresponding holes in the lower support panel and with domes in the cover, and serve to locate and retain test tubes within the test tube rack. The cover snap-attaches to the tray with at least one molded-in tab on the tray or cover which is received and frictionally retained by a corresponding well on the opposite element, thereby locating and securing the cover to the tray, and also locating and securing the central support panel between the tray and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Inventor: Steven G. Whitney
  • Modular storage and dispensing assembly
    Patent number: 7207447
    Abstract: A modular storage and dispensing assembly for storing and selectively dispensing objects, such as cans, includes a plurality of panels and a connector assembly for connecting adjacently disposed panels such that a chute is formed between each of the adjacently disposed panels. A rail assembly is provided in each chute for defining a travel path through the chute. The rail assembly includes an upper rail and a lower rail, each being supported by adjacently disposed panels such that the upper rails in the chute are spatially disposed and in a facing relationship and the lower rails in the chute are also spatially disposed and in a facing relationship. The upper rails each have a first end and a second end and are sloped in a downward direction from their first end to their respective second ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Excell Products
    Inventors: Merle D. Medcalf, Michael D. Medcalf
  • Wine bottle supports
    Patent number: 7195125
    Abstract: A wine bottle rack that includes a first substantially rigid wall with an aperture adapted for accepting the neck of a wine bottle, and a second substantially rigid wall, the second substantially rigid wall having a plurality of apertures adapted for accepting the neck of a wine bottle. The apertures have been adapted for supporting the wine bottles in a cantilevered manner from the rack. The first substantially rigid wall is attached to the second substantially rigid wall, so that the first substantially rigid wall and the second substantially rigid wall are at an obtuse angle to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Inventor: Gary L. Wolseth
  • 8GC platform
    Patent number: 7191904
    Abstract: A platform comprising a plurality of holes and slots for holding blood specimens, test tubes and gel-cards in an organized arrangement to simplify testing of the blood specimens and to eliminate the likelihood of human error. The platform comprises a top plate, a middle plate and a bottom plate which are spaced apart. The top plate and the middle plate each comprise rows of holes in a matrix configuration and a column of slots adjacent to the rows of holes. The bottom plate only has 5 screw holes for securing the top plate, middle plate and bottom plate together. A first row comprises a 16 mm hole followed by nine 12.5 mm holes equally spaced adjacent to each other and a slot (2 mm×72 mm) positioned adjacent to the last 12.5 mm hole. The testing platform comprises a total of eight rows, each row being parallel to said first row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Inventor: Harvey M. Wescott, III
  • Glide
    Patent number: 7182209
    Abstract: A glide (20) includes a base (22), a front member, and a number of walls (26) extending front-to-back. Both the base and the front member are advantageously formed as a number of pieces secured side-by-side to provide expandability. The front member may be secured to the walls via dovetail interaction and different front members may be provided for different wall spacings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Display Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony C. Squitieri
  • Stopper holder for beverage bottle
    Patent number: 7175147
    Abstract: A stopper holder for a beverage bottle is comprised of a first helical gripping member for positioning on the neck of the bottle, and a second helical member connected to the first gripping member for holding a stopper therein. The first and second helical gripping members are comprised of a continuous rod wherein the upper end of the first helical gripping member is connected to a lower end of the second helical gripping member by an integral connecting portion. Resilient cushions are positioned along the first helical gripping member for a snug fit on bottles of different sizes. The second helical gripping member is positioned above and to a side of the first helical gripping member for positioning the stopper away from the mouth of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Inventors: Matthew Marks, Cris Alegria
  • Rack
    Patent number: 7168580
    Abstract: A first section of a rack includes a first lower wire bend, a second lower wire bend, a first upper wire bend, and a second upper wire bend. The first section also includes a first pivot coupling into which is received a first end of each of the first and second lower wire bends and into which is received a first end of each of the first and second upper wire bends. The first section also includes a second pivot coupling into which is received a second end of each of the first and second lower wire bends and into which is received a second end of each of the first and second upper wire bends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: MetroKane, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Larimer, Edward Kilduff
  • Foam material specimen transport apparatus
    Patent number: 7152736
    Abstract: A specimen transport apparatus utilizes a rectangular block of high density foam material containing a plurality of elongated receptacles formed in the block. The receptacles are arranged in a grid formation in two orthogonal directions. Each receptacle is provided with a foam extension extending into the receptacle space from a receptacle wall to firmly hold specimen vials in place within the receptacle. The block of foam material is contained within a box provided with different indicia in two orthogonal directions for identifying each receptacle whereby any vial contained in any receptacle may be positively identified by a combination of one of each of the two different indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Inventor: Frank A. Menichini
  • Wall conforming wine rack for a plurality of bottles
    Patent number: 7131544
    Abstract: A wine rack for holding a plurality of bottles is configured to follow the contour of a curvilinear structural wall, whether convex or concave. The wine rack has a frame for holding open-ended elongated compartments. The compartments are loosely attached together at their respective first ends. Unattached second ends of the wine bottle compartments are free to flex laterally such that their ends generally follow the contour of the curvilinear structural wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Long-Stanton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel B. Cunningham
  • Sample carrier having releasable locking mechanism
    Patent number: 7132082
    Abstract: A sample carrier comprising a frame and one or more sample tube receiving structures pivotally connected to the frame. Each sample tube receiving structure includes a bottom member adapted to receive a plurality of sample tubes and a top member having a plurality of aligned apertures sized to receive sample tubes therethrough. The sample tube receiving structures can be releasably locked relative to a support wall of the frame, thereby substantially immobilizing sample tubes that are held by the sample carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Gen-Probe Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert C. Aviles, Mark A. Talmer, Gerard J. Sevigny, Matthew W. Webb, Gus G. Tseo
  • Merchandising system
    Patent number: 7124898
    Abstract: A merchandising system for articles comprising a connector, a first divider coupled to the connector, and a second divider coupled to the connector wherein a compartment of a first size is provided when the first divider is coupled to a portion of the connector and the second divider is coupled to a portion of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: DCI Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary M. Richter, Allen E. Johnson, M. Scott Bryson, Daniel J. Schiffer, Terrence G. Berglund
  • Display track device with anti-torsion bar
    Patent number: 7104410
    Abstract: A merchandising display shelf track device for receiving a row of articles for sliding movement therealong has non-planar front face members connected to a base wall and sidewalls. Racking forces exerted on the front face members are transferred through the non-planar face members to the base wall and sidewalls to minimize racking. An anti-torsion bar connects the front face members to prevent spreading of the sidewalls and thereby minimize racking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.
    Inventor: Bernard Primiano
  • Cleaning jig
    Patent number: 7100778
    Abstract: A cleaning jig for cleaning a plurality of liquid crystal containers includes a first fixing part provided with first holes within which flanges are arranged, a supporting die made, and a second fixing part for being coupled with the supporting die, arranged over the first fixing part, and including second holes arranged in correspondence with the first holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: LG.Phillips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyug Jin Kweon, Hae Joon Son
  • Apparatus for holding an inverted container
    Patent number: 7090087
    Abstract: The present invention has a radius rectangular base with a platform lying in a base plane. Four slots are through, the base in a generally rectangular configuration around the perimeter of the base. Four members are provided, one for being removeably inserted into each slot. The members preferably snap fit into the base, and have lengths that upstand from the base. Each member has a wall lying in a respective plane. The members are resiliently deflectable throughout their respective lengths that upstand from the base. Each side member deflects so that the top of a container received within the present invention rests on the surface of the base. The side members engage the body of the container to keep it in an inverted and vertical orientation. The center of gravity of the container is kept as low as possible in this regard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Inventor: Daniel M. Guralski
  • Retail display unit
    Patent number: 7083054
    Abstract: A glide (20) includes a base (22), a front member, and a number of walls (26) extending front-to-back. Both the base and the front member are advantageously formed as a number of pieces secured side-by-side to provide expandability. The front member may be secured to the walls via dovetail interaction and different front members may be provided for different wall spacings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Display Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony C. Squitieri
  • Wine bottle supports
    Patent number: 7080743
    Abstract: A wine bottle rack that includes a first substantially rigid wall with an aperture adapted for accepting the neck of a wine bottle, and a second substantially rigid wall, the second substantially rigid wall having a plurality of apertures adapted for accepting the neck of a wine bottle. The apertures have been adapted for supporting the wine bottles in a cantilevered manner from the rack. The first substantially rigid wall is attached to the second substantially rigid wall, so that the first substantially rigid wall and the second substantially rigid wall are at an obtuse angle to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Inventor: Gary L. Wolseth
  • Vented cooler door shelf device
    Patent number: 7080744
    Abstract: A shelf device for mounting on an inside surface of a cooler door comprises a bottom panel and left and right mounting flanges connected to the bottom panel along left and right side edge portions thereof. Each flange has a pair of openings therein vertically spaced from one another and adapted to mount and support the shelf device. A partition panel is connected to the bottom panel and mounting flanges divides the bottom panel into a plurality of compartments. Vertically extending ribs are attached to the partition panel at junctions of adjacent compartments. A display panel is spaced from the bottom panel and attached to the ribs. The display panel includes top and bottom lips forming a slot for slidably receiving a display insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.
    Inventor: James David Robertson
  • Plural container base attaching apparatus
    Patent number: 7066330
    Abstract: A base and a plurality of containers is described. The base may have a plurality of receptacles, each of the plurality of receptacles having a first dimension. Each of the plurality of containers may correspond to one of the plurality of receptacles. Each container may have a first dimension which is about the same as the first dimension of its corresponding receptacle. The base may have a top surface and each of the plurality of receptacles may be comprised of a plurality of walls, each of which extends upward from the top surface of the base. Each of the plurality of containers may have a lid which can be sealed and unsealed. The plurality of receptacles can be arranged in a plurality of rows and columns. Each of the plurality of containers may have protrusion at its top and a recess at its bottom so that a first container can be stacked on a second container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Inventor: Natalie Lashley
  • Neck-hanging cooler door shelf device
    Patent number: 7066340
    Abstract: A shelf device for an inside surface of a cooler door has a bottle neck-hanging device and a display panel. The bottle neck-hanging device has a sidewall with at least two slotted openings therein. The display panel is adjacent the sidewall and has slotted openings therein aligned with the openings of the sidewall. At least two suction cups attach the sidewall and display panel to the cooler door. Each of the suction cups has a protrusion extending through one of the openings in the display panel and a corresponding opening in the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.
    Inventor: James David Robertson
  • Adjustable wine rack
    Patent number: 7063219
    Abstract: An adjustable wine rack supports one or more wine bottles in a substantially horizontal or inclined position. The adjustable wine rack generally includes a frame that may be rollably disposed within a refrigerator. The frame supports a bottle support that is adjustable from a substantially horizontal position to an inclined position. A prop is also connected to the frame and engages the bottle support so as to maintain the bottle support in the inclined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Viking Range Corporation
    Inventors: Billy Ray Fann, Ray Nilssen, Kim Harris, Martin Wesemann
  • Can holder
    Patent number: 7048130
    Abstract: A can holder including an elongated body with a plurality of holes and a plurality of slots spaced along its length. Each of the slots intersects a respective one of the holes. A strap is positioned within each one of the holes. One end of each strap is affixed to the elongated body and the other end of each strap slidably extends through a respective one of the slots. A number of releasable fasteners selectively secure the strap ends extending through the slots to the elongated body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventor: Donald H. Hurst