Container Has Hook Means Engaging Wall Upper Edge Patents (Class 220/482)
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Patent number: 10160392Abstract: A seating assembly includes a base. A cushion assembly is rotatably coupled with the base proximate a forward portion of the cushion assembly. A first removable peripheral bin is disposed on a side wall of the base. A second removable peripheral bin is disposed on a rear wall of the base. A power and data assembly includes a power relay and a data relay configured for use with mobile devices. The power and data assembly is disposed proximate a rear of the first removable peripheral bin and a side of the second removable peripheral bin.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Keith Allen Godin, S. M. Akbar Berry, Kevin Preuss, David Frederick Lyons
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Patent number: 9850622Abstract: The front-loading laundry basket is adapted for use with a front-loading washing machine. The front-loading laundry basket is adapted for use with a dryer. The front-loading laundry basket is adapted for use with a laundry basket. The front-loading washing machine is further defined with a first circular door. The front-loading dryer is further defined with a second circular door. The front-loading laundry basket is an accessory that attaches the laundry basket to a circular door selected from the group consisting of the first circular door or the second circular door. The front-loading laundry basket comprises a laundry basket and a bracket. The bracket attaches the laundry basket to the circular door selected from the group consisting of the first circular door or the second circular door.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Inventor: Henry Lavernia
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Patent number: 9500441Abstract: A storage clipboard has a quick-access weapon holder assembly wherein the storage clipboard has an exterior appearance that is the same as a conventional storage clipboard so as to not raise awareness of the existence of the weapon to a person viewing the container. The actuator is disposed in the bottom of a storage-style clipboard so that the user may actuate the weapon deployment with a finger of his hand holding the clipboard while grasping the weapon with the other hand. The clipboard may be configured to be carried by either hand of the user. When actuated, the weapon holder opens a door panel in the side of the clipboard to present the weapon in an accessible location.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Inventor: Daniel Keith Kirby, Jr.
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Patent number: 8910498Abstract: The lockout cabinet can comprise a body with a front opening circumscribed by a front edge, and a rear wall recessed from the front edge, for receiving lockout equipment, a first side laterally opposite a second side, and a tab extending from the first side, passed the front edge, and having a plurality of shackle engagement apertures interspaced from one another in an orientation parallel to an adjacent portion of the front edge; and a door matching the shape of the front opening, being hingedly connected to the second side of the body and having a slot shaped and positioned for the tab to extend through it when the door is closed, with the plurality of shackle engagement apertures on a side of the door opposite the body, able to receive a corresponding plurality of padlock shackles for preventing subsequent unauthorized opening of the door.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: 6251374 Canada Inc.Inventors: Mario Saucier, Sylvain DeschĂȘnes
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Patent number: 8887940Abstract: A container is provided for carrying a quantity of paint and a plurality of tools; a flange element is comprised having a variety of holes, recesses and magnets to receive tools and supplies; the container optionally comprising a bail type handle, sealing lid and carrying strap.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Inventors: Taras Kiceniuk, Jr., John Denton Lockwood
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Patent number: 8881939Abstract: An inverted bottle holder intended to hold two bottles with necks upside down inside a container is described. The bottle holder includes a clip having an inner wall and an outer wall spaced to accept the exterior wall of the container in between, where the clip is formed at an arc corresponding to the arc of the exterior wall of the container, and a deck connected in a permanently fixed relationship to the clip and extending into the container. The deck includes two apertures each sized to accept the neck of one of the bottles, such that each bottle is held upside down in the container when inserted into the aperture. In addition the bottle holder may include an integral bottle opener in either the single bottle or double bottle designs.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Inventor: Alexander K. Miller
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Patent number: 8863980Abstract: An inverted bottle holder is described for holding a bottle with a neck upside down inside a container having an exterior wall. The bottle holder includes a first clip that is intended to fit glasses with a first range of angles of exterior wall, and a second clip that is intended to fit glasses with a second range of angles of exterior wall, wherein each clip is formed having an arc corresponding to the arc of the container, and a deck integrally formed with the first and second clips and extending into the container, the deck including an aperture sized to accept the neck of the bottle, such that the bottle is held upside down in the container when inserted into the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Inventor: Alexander K. Miller
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Publication number: 20140238991Abstract: An apparatus for containing tools and other work items including a box having a bottom, two sides, a front and a back. A rail is positioned along an inside face of the back of the box, the rail having an upper edge that is spaced from the inside face of the back of the box. At least one hanging bin is configured to be removably mounted on the rail and to be slideable along the rail. A plurality of hooks is attached to an outer surface of one of the front or the back of the box for mounting the box over a railing of a lift cage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Lift-Mate LLCInventor: Doug Morrell
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Patent number: 8690166Abstract: A cup holder for a shopping cart includes a container ring and a securing mechanism. The container ring is configured to removably hold a beverage container while the securing mechanism is configured for removably securing the container ring relative to a shopping cart. The securing mechanism includes a first portion configured for slidable mounting in a first direction onto a top edge of a wall of a basket of the shopping cart. A second portion of the securing mechanism is configured for slidable insertion, in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction, into a hole in the basket of the shopping cart.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Robert D. Peota, Scott A. Meyer, Paul A. Yun, Levi Wilson, John W. Watkins, Jerrod D. Mullins
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Patent number: 8662501Abstract: A portable beer pong table including a table having a plurality of coextensively shaped apertures formed therein, a plurality of flexible rings removably attached to the table and positioned about the apertures respectively, a plurality of rigid first support members attached to the table and spaced from the apertures, a plurality of rigid second support members attached to the first support members and extending downwardly from the table, a plurality of rigid third support members adjustably coupled to the second support members and disposed opposite to the first support members, and a plurality of anchoring sleeves positioned along a portion of the third support members and remaining spaced from the second support members respectively. In this manner, the second support members cooperate with the third support members to maintain the table at a substantially stable position.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Inventor: Michael Perales
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Patent number: 8640906Abstract: A multipurpose cooking stove container is described having a cavity for storing items such as cleaning products and hand sanitizer. The cooking stove container may further comprise a paper towel support and mounting bracket for attachment to a cooking stove or side shelf of a cooking stove. The cooking stove container may also be configured to be resistant to environmental elements such as rain, wind, dust, pollen and the like. A tray portion may be used for storing items and a removable cup may be inserted into the tray for more secure storage of smaller items. The cooking stove container may in one embodiment comprise a front and back member that are attached about a pivot. The front member may pivot to allow access to the inside cavity.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Cathal Patrick GordonInventors: Cathal Patrick Gordon, David Dean McClanahan
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Patent number: 8584888Abstract: A debris receptacle is removably attachable to an edge or lip of a work surface. A receptacle portion of the device has vertically extending sides and defines a volume for receiving debris swept from the work surface. Panels with clamp arms that are configured to extend over a work surface are pivotally attached with pivot pins to each side of the receptacle portion. The pivot pins also secure helically coiled springs disposed in cavities formed within the sides. The springs provide a biasing force that urges the clamp arms toward clamp surfaces at each side of the receptacle portion, gripping an edge of a work surface. The debris receptacle is thus mounted to receive debris swept from the work surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Inventor: Mark Buerk
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Patent number: 8505728Abstract: A portable tool storing device includes first and second modular shelves configured to be brought into fitting engagement with each other in an upright direction by a back-to-back engagement manner so as to permit crosspieces to be juxtaposed to and combined with each other to form a handle for carrying. Each shelf includes a plurality of flank segments, each having an indented region. A modular container has a clip lug disposed to be clipped on the indented region to detachably hold the container on the flank segment so as to provide easy access to a tool in the container body.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Inventor: Chung-Hsiu Su
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Patent number: 8469220Abstract: The envelope holder generally consists of a main body forming a pocket to accept and store the envelopes. The main body has a front on which a size indicator is affixed. A ledge is approximately perpendicular to the front of the main body such that when a card sits on the ledge the size indicator will alert the user whether or not the envelope is the correct size. A back attachment is attached to the main body such that the envelope holder can attach to the card rack.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Inventor: Chastine Van Fleet
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Patent number: 8418309Abstract: A tray for paint or other coatings may be disposed on a horizontal surface and also may be suspended vertically, for example from the belt or waistband of a user. The tray is especially adapted to be used in a vertical orientation with a roller-type coating applicator, and comprises a front wall, back wall, oppositely disposed side walls and a bottom wall cooperating to define a coating receptacle, with the front wall, back wall, and side walls each having a top edge cooperating to define an open top of the coating receptacle. The tray is adapted to be suspended by a bracket at the side of a user, for example by the belt and/or waistband of the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Inventor: Michael Williams
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Publication number: 20120267374Abstract: A display package includes a blister assembly and a storage container. The blister assembly includes a front blister surface having a first opening therein and a rear blister surface coupled to the front blister surface and defining a first cavity. The storage container includes a first container portion secured within the first cavity, a second container portion hingedly coupled to the first container portion for pivotal displacement between an open position and a closed position, and a magnet fixed to an outer surface of the second container portion. The magnet is located at or beyond an outer perimeter of the blister assembly when the first container portion is secured within the first cavity. The magnet is configured to secure the display package to a metallic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Stanley K. Kotula, Darren B. Moss, Daniel G. Findle, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee, Lauren M. Wenchel
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Patent number: 7766294Abstract: A holder for supporting a beverage container against an automobile air conditioner/heater grill includes a housing having a base for holding a beverage container bottom, and open top surrounding the beverage container sides, an open back and upstanding sidewalls inner connecting the base and the open top. Sidewalls include an open front for enabling passage of air therethrough and circulation of air around the container sides. A pair of spaced apart ribs extending vertically between the base and the top across the open back and a slidable element disposed between the ribs enable vertical positioning of the housing in front of the grill. Arms, separate from the housing, are provided for engaging the grill and including an interconnecting portion for removably engaging a slidable/deflecting element. An elastic member spanning the housing open back and a pair of spaced apart hooks attached thereto enable attachment of the holder to the grill.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2009Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Inventor: Werner K. Schimmeyer
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Patent number: 7712718Abstract: A holder for supporting a beverage container against an automobile air conditioner/heater grill includes a housing having a base for holding a beverage container bottom, and open top surrounding the beverage container sides, an open back and upstanding sidewalls inner connecting the base and the open top. Sidewalls include an open front for enabling passage of air therethrough and circulation of air around the container sides. A pair of spaced apart ribs extending vertically between the base and the top across the open back and a slidable element disposed between the ribs enable vertical positioning of the housing in front of the grill. Arms, separate from the housing, are provided for engaging the grill and including an interconnecting portion for removably engaging a slidable/deflecting element.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventor: Werner Schimmeyer
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Patent number: 7530537Abstract: A holder for holding a plastic shopping/grocery bag open includes a bracket joined to U-shaped frame formed by a base and a pair of coplanar bag support arms, the frame forming an outwardly open U-shaped space to receive and hold the bag by the handles at the openable end of the bag and suspend and maintain the mouth of the bag in an upwardly open position. The bracket is designed for mounting the holder atop a kitchen cabinet door or held by hand. Each support arm includes two axially spaced slots that open outwardly and away from the U-shaped space to hold a respective looped handle of the bag. Reinforcing rib structure operates to resist flexure between the arms, bracket, and base. In use, the looped handles of the bag are secured into the slots and the bag suspended from the extensions and held open by its looped handles being secured into slots of the extensions.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2007Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Inventor: Hanna F. Kandah
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Patent number: 7494102Abstract: A handheld holder is mountable on a support structure such as a bed headboard or seat back of a wheel chair and holds a body of a medical alarming device having an alarming switch and a cord extending outwardly from the switch. Typically, a downwardly opening support-receiving space receives the support structure to support the holder thereon and an upwardly opening medical alarming device-receiving space receives and supports the body of the alarming device. The holder may include a flexible outer skin or sleeve preferably formed of a non-scratching material such as a textile. One or more elastic straps are typically used to secure the body of the alarming device, and preferably are configured to alternately secure bodies of different sizes. A substantially rigid frame of the holder may have an S-shaped configuration, may be formed as an integral one-piece member and may have a flat plate construction.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2007Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Inventor: Robert B. Deal
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Patent number: 7322467Abstract: A receptacle stores and keeps items, such as toiletries and medicine, within close proximity to a tissue box. The receptacle includes a bottom wall, a plurality of walls and a hook element. The plurality of walls extends outwardly from the bottom wall to define a storage space. The hook element has an edge for forming a hole in a top surface of the tissue box.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Tissue Box Caddy, LLCInventor: David Youngblood
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Publication number: 20080000910Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a Clamp-On Tray for Neurosurgical Patties comprises a rectangular tray having a well at each end, parallel individual channels for the patty strings running between the wells and C-clamps mounted on one side for attaching to a Mayo stand encased in sterilized covering material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2007Publication date: January 3, 2008Applicant: Innovative Surgical Solutions, L.L.C.Inventor: Johnnie M. Gaillard
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Patent number: 6938765Abstract: A razor blade holder can attach to structure at a site in order to provide blade storage and accessibility. The holder has a receptacle sized to hold at least one razor blade and to keep exposed and accessible an upper edge thereof. The receptacle has a back panel adapted to be attached to the structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2002Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Inventor: Hassan Awad
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Patent number: 6793070Abstract: A shipping case and display apparatus for transporting articles to a display and vending location, comprising a blank having bottom, rear, side and front panels therein, and further having a hook for releasably attaching said apparatus to a pegboard. Upon articulating the blank into a tray, the hook may be positioned in an undeployed orientation in a rear panel region, and the tray may be stocked with articles and sleeved for shipping. Upon arrival at the vending location, the hook may be positioned in a deployed orientation, the shelf may then be hung on a pegboard and the sleeve may then be removed.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Stone Container CorporationInventor: Robert George Dye
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Patent number: 6783021Abstract: An animal feed apparatus comprises in combination, a circular container having a peripheral sidewall closed by a bottom panel, and at a top end outwardly extending with an integral lip. An interior surface of the sidewall is formed with an inwardly directed slope, and a lid provides an annular lip having a pair of annular, outwardly facing and outwardly extending, spaced apart ribs positioned for intimate frictional contact with the sloped sidewall of the container and adapted for vacuum engagement with the container so as to seal an interior space of the container.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: Kamaljit S. Kaura
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Patent number: 6732879Abstract: A device for the hanging of screw-top bottles and tubes such as shampoo bottles and toothpaste tubes on a shower curtain rod, towel rod, storage rack, toothbrush rack or any other bar, rail or line. The device has threads on its bottom or lower section that screw to the top or neck of a shampoo bottle or tube and threads on its top or upper section that screw into the cap of the bottle or tube. The device also contains a hanger that hangs it over a rod or bar. The device allows bottles and tubes to be stored out of the way while still allowing for easy and safe access to the stored bottles and tubes.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2002Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Inventor: David Hamann
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Patent number: 6666347Abstract: A storage device assembly adapted for attachment to a computer tower housing has a pair of opposing side panels and includes a storage member having a main panel and at least one pair of opposing walls extending from the main panel defining therein a storage area for retaining objects therein. It also includes an attachment assembly which is coupled to the storage member. The attachment assembly has a pair of adjustable members. Each of the pair of adjustable members has side portions which engage a corresponding one of the pair of opposing side panels of the computer tower for retaining the attachment assembly thereto.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2001Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Inventor: George A. Diamond
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Patent number: 6612457Abstract: A refuse container for receiving refuse being mountable to a stable surface such as wall or a ground surface comprising: an anchoring structure; an anchoring structure-to-stable surface attachment for solidly attaching the anchoring structure to said stable surface; a protective casing defining an enclosed casing volume, and defining a casing aperture for allowing the refuse to be inserted into the casing volume; a casing-to-anchoring structure releasable attachment for releasably attaching the protective casing to the anchoring structure; an open top refuse receptacle mounted within the casing volume and positioned so as to receive the refuse when dropped into the casing volume from the casing aperture; a theft prevention means for selectively preventing the detachment of the protective casing from the anchoring structure and selectively preventing the withdrawal of the refuse receptacle from the casing volume.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2000Date of Patent: September 2, 2003Inventor: Pierre-Nelson Caron
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Patent number: 6607088Abstract: A bin carrier attachment is provided for a portable waste container. The attachment includes a mounting member adapted for securing the attachment to the waste container. A bin support member is attached to the mounting member, and is adapted for supporting a separate bin used for containing articles outside of the waste container. The waste container and bin are movable together in a single trip between a storage site and a waste collection site.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2001Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: P.I.C.K. IncorporatedInventor: Peter A. Cestrone
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Publication number: 20030025057Abstract: A tissue case holder is provided which is simple in structure and on which a tissue case can be easily and rigidly set. A pair of hooks having tip portions having different lengths from each other are provided on the plate to be mounted on a wall surface or the like. The long tip portion has its back face inclined toward said plate. The short tip portion having its back face inclined away from said plate. By inserting the tip portions of the hooks into holes formed at both ends of a tissue case, and sliding the tissue case toward the proximal end of the short tip portion, due to the inclination of the tip portions, the tissue case is brought into close contact with the plate and is held stably.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2002Publication date: February 6, 2003Inventor: Yukiharu Furukawa
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Patent number: 6394297Abstract: A container attachment device for attaching a container to a storage container has first and second attachment elements that can be attached to the storage container and the container, respectively, to make them readily interconnectable. The first attachment element has a first anchor having a first adhesive backing for attaching the first attachment element to the storage container; and the first attachment element has a rigid tongue extending upwardly. The second attachment element has second and third anchors connected by a bridge. The second and third anchors have second and third adhesive backings, respectively, for attaching the second attachment element to the storage container. The bridge is shaped to connect the second and third anchors such that when the second and third anchors are attached to the container by the second and third adhesive backings, the rigid tongue of the first attachment element can be removably engaged between the bridge and the container.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2000Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Inventor: Gary Nance
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Publication number: 20010050283Abstract: A condiment cup for containing a condiment and for attachment to a storage container sidewall of a storage container has a condiment container for storing the condiment, an attachment arm for attaching the condiment container to the storage container, and a sealing lid for sealing the opening of the condiment container. The condiment container is typically filled with the condiment, such as ketchup, sealed with a sealing lip, and then distributed to a consumer. The consumer then peels off the sealing lid and hangs the condiment container on the storage container using the attachment arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2001Publication date: December 13, 2001Inventor: Gary Nance
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Patent number: 6273289Abstract: The invention is a portable container capable of holding paint cans, paint supplies, brushes, and paint-related tools. The container is shaped like a trapezoidal prism with the front and back being parallel and the top and bottom also being parallel to each other. The container on the top has a number of wells that allows for placement of cans of paint and other paint-related material, including brushes. There are also openings in the side where paint-related materials can also be placed as well as paint scrapers, hammers, hooks, and rags. On the back of the container are four hook-like devices that are designed to fit over the rungs of a ladder. When the painter uses the container he first places the ladder up against the building. He then fills the invention with the paint can and brushes he wishes to use. He picks up the invention, carries it up the ladder to the rung in which he wishes for the invention to be on and places it over that rung.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2000Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Inventor: Monte L. Bowman
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Patent number: 6213333Abstract: A utensil tray comprises a planar elongated member which hangs from a window sill by a pair of brackets and is supported by a pair of threaded members to adjustably position the tray relative to the interior surface of the wall. The tray comprises two containers, one of which is generally rectilinear and the other of which is an irregular hexagon. A method of hanging and using the tray comprises hanging the tray over a window sill proximate a sink and manipulating the faucet handle without interference.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1999Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Inventor: Johnny J. Icard
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Patent number: 6132088Abstract: There are provided a mounting device, an inner bag for a cargo accommodating space and a water damage preventing curtain for a cargo accommodating space provided with such a device whereby a mounted article can be mounted in a desired condition by making the position of the mounted article movable. An inner bag 10 has a bag body 12 and a connecting element 14 whereby bag body 12 is connected to a container 50. Connecting element 14 is provided along the junction line between left face 20 and top face 16 of bag body and along the junction line between right face 22 and top face. Mounting devices 38 having a sliding fastener 34 and mounting member 36 are provided on this connecting element 14. Sliding fastener has a pull and a slider that is capable of being slid along a track. A mounting member is connected to this slider. Mounting member 36 is capable of being connected to container mounting members 64 provided at the top part of left and right walls 56, 58 of container.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1998Date of Patent: October 17, 2000Assignees: Ogawa Tent Co., Ltd., Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.Inventor: Michiharu Suzuki
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Patent number: 5924615Abstract: A hanging storage box for truck beds comprises a main housing having a hollow interior, a lid, a floor, a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls, the lid including a top surface and four side edges extending therefrom, the lid being coupled to the rear wall by a plurality of hinges, the lid being couplable to the front wall by a securing device, each side wall including a handle; and a plurality of hanger members each being formed with a short side member and a long side member, the long side member including a plurality of adjustment apertures therethrough, each hanger member being coupled to the rear wall of the main housing, the adjustment apertures allowing a user to mount the hanger members at a variety of different heights, in an operative orientation a user suspending the main compartment from a wall of a truck bed.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 1997Date of Patent: July 20, 1999Inventor: Tony D. McGarrah
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Patent number: 5899420Abstract: A rectangular container has a back surface which has an upper edge and a lower edge. The container also has a lid which is hingably connected to the upper edge of the back surface in order to allow access to the container via rotation of the lid about the upper edge. There is also a plurality of inverted, substantially U-shaped members located on the back surface of the container. These members each have a first prong and a second prong. The first prong of each member is fixably attached to the back surface of the container, and the second prong is adapted to slidably engage a fence. There is also a mounting device located on the bottom of the container. This device can be adapted to receive a cylindrical pole, a square post, or a T-shaped fence post, among other shapes. Any of these support members can support the container.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1997Date of Patent: May 4, 1999Inventor: Karen L. Gerardi
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Patent number: 5765868Abstract: A portable accessory container for mounting on a supporting structure, such as a rear wall of a hand-drawn wagon. The container comprises a receptacle portion for carrying articles and an attachment or mounting portion for attachment to a supporting structure, such as a vertical wall. The receptacle portion is preferably an open-top structure having a horizontal bottom wall and four vertical side walls, which may be either slatted or imperforate. The attachment or mounting portion may comprise either a pair of spaced hooks or an inverted U-shaped sheet attached to the receptacle portion. Either hooks or an inverted U-shaped sheet are adapted to extend over an upper edge of a rear wall of a hand-drawn. A container assembly comprising a container mounted on a wagon provides appreciably more storage space for articles than does the wagon alone. Various modifications and improvements are possible.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1996Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Inventors: Jon E. Ventrone, Terri L. Ventrone
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Patent number: 5660298Abstract: The present invention includes a container with a rectilinear configuration for storage of reading material. Further provided is a mounting assembly including a first planar strip with a thin rectangular configuration. The first planar strip is integrally coupled along a first long edge coincidentally along a top edge of the rear face of the container. The mounting assembly also includes a second planar strip with a thin rectangular configuration hingably coupled to the first planar strip, whereby the mounting assembly may be situated on a bed rail of an associated bed or situated between two mattresses for affording a user in the bed convenient access to the reading material.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1996Date of Patent: August 26, 1997Inventor: Gerald W. Thompson
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Patent number: 5641007Abstract: The present invention relates to a device which can support a plurality of paint brushes and/or paint rollers and enable them to drain in an efficient manner. In its broadest context, the present invention includes a housing having rear wall component and a container component. The container includes a bottom surface which is tapered inwardly toward a draining aperture. This draining aperture can be connected to a receptacle by way of a length of tubing. Thus, the user of the device can support it upon a wall or upon the edge of a bath tub. A number of brushes and/or paint rollers can then be supported within the container portion of the device and have any paint dripping therefrom run off into the bottom surface of the container through the tube and into a receptacle for disposal or reuse. The various components of the present invention, and the manner in which they interrelate, will be described in greater detail hereinafter.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1996Date of Patent: June 24, 1997Inventor: Peter M. Falk
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Patent number: 5601190Abstract: The newspaper carrying pouch is provided with attachment means (4, 5) for securing on a carrying strap, newspaper wagon (12) or the like. For filling up of the newspaper carrying pouch (1) an opening (6) is provided. The newspaper carrying pouch (1) is constructed as a tubular shaped container for insertion of a roll pack (7), whereby the container is closed off on its first end with a first lid part (2) and on its other end, through which the roll pack (7) is introduced into the newspaper carrying pouch (1), with at least a partially closeable second lid part (3).Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1995Date of Patent: February 11, 1997Inventor: Thomas Weber
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Patent number: 5597087Abstract: The disclosed sports bottle has a liquid-tight body with a top wall defining a fill opening that can be closed by a removable cap. The fill opening is angled between 20 and 40 degrees relative to its circumferential wall, allowing nearly complete bottle filling with the bottle tilted, such as when filling from a drinking fountain with low water jet. A downwardly open hook formed off of the body near the its top, in close proximity with the longitudinal axis and laterally spaced from the fill opening, can suspend the bottle in a substantially upright leak-proof orientation, and within reach of an exerciser while on and possibly even using exercise equipment. A thermal chiller pack fits into the bottle interior via a bottom wall opening, being removably sealed as a unit in the bottle. The chiller pack has a solution sealed therein that can be cooled to freezer temperatures without solidifying or leaking from the pack, suited to be sealed to the bottle to keep the bottle liquid chilled for an extended duration.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1995Date of Patent: January 28, 1997Inventor: Michael A. Vinarsky
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Patent number: 5531238Abstract: An improved apparatus for attaching a walker caddy container to a conventional walker is provided, wherein the apparatus is easily adjustable, without additional adapters, to accommodate attachment to a variety of walker designs. The apparatus comprises a pair of hanger arms which are adjustable and which provide vertical support by hanging from a horizontal connecting member of the walker, while a pair of support arms provide horizontal support by pressing against one each of a pair of forward leg members of the walker. The support arms are attached to a rotatable disc positioned beneath the walker caddy container, thereby to provide extendable adjustability to the support arms in order to accommodate horizontal support against a variety of walker designs. The support arms are slidably mounted to the walker caddy container and are lockable into a desired position.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 1995Date of Patent: July 2, 1996Inventors: Paul T. Azzarelli, Carol Azzarelli
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Patent number: 5470537Abstract: A tip on a conical bottom of a conical-bottom vial fits snugly in a receptacle in a central portion of a base. The base can be attached to the conical bottom for use as a stand for the vial. The tip is generally truncate-spherical. An entrance to the receptacle is flexible and resilient to contain the tip with resistance to a designed amount of pulling force. Base walls comprised of a flexible and resilient material on an outside periphery of the base are extended from the base to a position of contact with an outside periphery of a top portion of the conical bottom. The base walls maintain the vial concentric with the base. The vial is attachable to the base by inserting the tip into the receptacle with the base held concentric to the vial. A vial with a bulb tip is separable most easily and quickly from the base by eccentric pivoting of the vial and the base. The base generally has an outside periphery that has the same circumference as an outside periphery of the vial.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1993Date of Patent: November 28, 1995Assignee: National Scientific CompanyInventor: Barney Siegel
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Patent number: 5294194Abstract: The present invention is a catch container for retaining debris or other materials wiped from the edge of a work surface. The present invention catch container includes a receptacle structure, a mounting bracket adjustably attached to the receptacle structure, and a sloped surface descending toward the receptacle from the mounting bracket. The present invention catch container is mounted under a work surface so that debris displaced from the work surface lands upon the sloped surface. The sloped surface then guides the debris into the receptacle without slashing or spillage.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1992Date of Patent: March 15, 1994Inventor: Thomas Lombardo
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Patent number: 5279603Abstract: A one piece self-supporting collapsible plastic urology drain bag 24 is mounted to an examination end 14 of a urology table 10. The pan includes a vertical inner end wall 28, a sloping outer end wall 34, a pair of opposite side wall 30, 32, and a bottom wall 36 through which a drain port 38 is defined. The inner end wall 28 of the drain pan is secured between plates 50 and 52. The drain bag is sufficiently flexible to allow a physician to collapse the outer end wall 34 against inner end wall 28 yet with sufficient plastic memory to enable the drain pan to return to its non-flexed position when the collapsing force is removed. A retaining means 56 is disposed on each end of the upper edge of plate 52. Each retaining means comprises a support means 58 and pin 60 arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1993Date of Patent: January 18, 1994Assignee: Picker International, Inc.Inventors: Dennis K. Everett, Victor J. Hrdlicka
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Patent number: 5236340Abstract: A container, such as a bucket, for containing tools of particulate material, such as mixed sand and cement, which has two leg members extending from its underside, the leg members being arranged to sit astride the apex of a pitched roof so that the container can sit stably on the roof apex. The container is useful for working on a roof, particularly when fitting the ridge tiles.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1992Date of Patent: August 17, 1993Inventors: David J. Hall, Dennis Schofield
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Patent number: 5213294Abstract: Support structure for a refuse can comprises a base support adapted to receive the flange of a conventional refuse can. A locking bracket comprises a male member fixed to the can and fitting within an aperture in a female member mounted on a support structure and lockable therein, to prevent the refuse can from being removed from the base support. The lid of the can may be hinged to the support structure or to the can, to encourage users to replace the lid over the open end of the can.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1992Date of Patent: May 25, 1993Inventor: Walter J. DeBord
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Patent number: 5097975Abstract: A caddy for recyclable paper materials constructed from a linear blank of double-faced corrugated plastic sheet material such as polyethylene, with a metal hanger member allowing the caddy to be mounted in hanging relation to the rim of a conventional wastebasket. The caddy includes an open top, with a higher rear wall, lower front wall, and convexly curved side walls. The ends of the hanger member are received between a rear panel and a rear foldover panel which are hingedly connected and folded into parallel abutting contact to form the rear wall, and the central portion of the hanger member extends upwardly and rearwardly through a slit formed between those panels. The front and rear foldover panels are shortened, and the front foldover panel is held in place by a pair of side struts extending from front to rear along the side walls of the caddy.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1991Date of Patent: March 24, 1992Assignee: Liberty Diversified IndustriesInventors: Rebecca L. Waterston, Mark S. Stoll
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Patent number: 5092487Abstract: A receptacle comprises an upright container having a rear portion formed with a pair of slides and a cover hingedly operably at the top to open at least rearwardly therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1991Date of Patent: March 3, 1992Inventors: Andre Richer, Robert Katz, Jean-Pierre Lefebvre