Rigid Wire Bent To Form Portion Of Bottom Wall And Sidewall Patents (Class 220/491)
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Patent number: 11344115Abstract: A system of racks comprising of at least two racks that can be nested together when they are not in use thereby minimizing the space required for their collective storage. Each rack is comprised of a frame having two or more frame elements linked together by at least one Z-shaped bracket. Each frame element is comprised of two vertical support members linked by a plurality of tray holders at spaced apart distances along the interior side(s) of the vertical support members. The plurality of tray holders on each of the frame elements linked by a Z-shaped bracket are substantially aligned in the vertical direction thereby forming a set of pairs of tray holders. Each pair of tray holders is configured to receive and support the placement of trays. The trays comprise of a flat base portion with upstanding side edges which may be welded to a wire element to reduce crevices where debris and contaminants may otherwise be trapped and to assist with cleaning of the trays.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: HARVEST SUPPLY CANADA INC.Inventors: Albert E. Mitchell, Lily Zhou, Ryan Gu, Bryan Paul Huisman
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Patent number: 10947032Abstract: A packaging box for a liquid crystal panel includes a box and a reinforcing member, the box includes a bottom board and a side frame, and the reinforcing member is fixed on the bottom board. Since the reinforcing member is fixed on the bottom of the box, the supporting strength of the bottom board is enhanced. Thus, the thickness of the box is decreased, which is advantageous to decrease the thickness of the whole stacked pallet and warehousing spaces of logistics.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: HUIZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Chengling Lv
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Patent number: 8985374Abstract: An object carrying device includes a first net body, a frame, a front baffle panel, and a rear baffle panel. The first net body has a bottom portion and two lateral portions. The bottom portion has a front side, a rear side, and two opposing lateral sides. The two lateral portions extend from the two opposing lateral sides of the bottom portion, respectively, and face each other. The frame is clipped to the first net body and disposed at the outer periphery of the first net body. The front baffle panel is fixed to the frame and disposed between the front side of the bottom portion and the two lateral portions of the first net body. The rear baffle panel is fixed to the frame and disposed between the rear side of the bottom portion and the two lateral portions of the first net body.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Dongguan Master United Plastic & Hardware Products Co., LtdInventor: Tsung-Yu Tsai
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Patent number: 8678223Abstract: An assembly having a pan and a formed wire rack for receiving and supporting the pan. the rack includes a pair of handles freely and rotatably attached to a closed rim-rack section of the wire rack. Each handle includes a lateral portion and a pair of arms having first arm ends attached to the lateral portion, and the pair of arms having second arm ends separately terminating to a flat section, distal ends of the flat sections being rotatably secured about the closed rim-rack section, and wherein the flat sections include loops freely rotatably secured about the closed rim-rack section.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Handi-Foil CorporationInventors: Norton Sarnoff, Raj Patel
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Patent number: 8256637Abstract: Wire formed products are formed of wires of various cross-sectional shapes and sizes shaped and assembled to form containers, holders, dispensers and the like for household and office use. In preferred arrangements, the wire formed product comprises a weldment of frame and connecting wires. The connecting wires form arches that each include an arcuate end extending to spaced legs that overlap with the legs of adjacent wires.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2010Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Spectrum Diversified Designs, Inc.Inventors: Sheldon H. Goodman, Omer I. Sazir, Elizabeth A. Cho
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Patent number: 7578408Abstract: A patterned frame structure including a plurality of wire frame elements. The frame elements are made of wire shaped by press plates. The frame elements overlap each other, so that the frame elements create a basket or pad that has a bottom mesh and containment space. The frame elements have a central area and a plurality of petal-shaped portions extending therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: DECORWAY Co., Ltd.Inventor: Steven Lin
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Patent number: 7267308Abstract: An apparatus includes a base member formed from wire strands conjoined to each other, defining outwardly flanging sides and a bottom surface. One wire has a unitary body provided with ends disposed along sides of the base, support pegs monolithically formed therewith, and lip portions spaced along a longitudinal length of the base member. The wire further has an annular portion monolithically formed with the lip portions, extending upwardly from the base member and traveling inwardly towards a center thereof. Another wire has opposed ends conjoined to the annular portion and one of the base member sides. A tray is seated on the base member and includes a bottom surface and monolithically formed edges. The tray is positioned beneath the annular portion for catching fluids and debris. Rubber caps are positioned about the support pegs for increasing surface area friction and assisting to maintain the apparatus at a stable position.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2005Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Inventor: Duane R. Jenson
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Patent number: 6971535Abstract: A containment vessel formed from at least two rigid panels placed in a parallel plane having a spacer positioned between the panels wherein a containment area is formed along an upper surface of the spacer and inner surface of the rigid panels. The spacer can be formed into any shape with a distal end and proximal end of the spacer forming an inlet to the containment area. The containment vessel employs a reusable securement fastener allowing for the disassembly of the panels and replacement or reshaping of the spacer to form different shaped containment areas. The containment vessel can be pre-shaped or fixed.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2001Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Inventors: Peter Weiss, Joel Haas
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Publication number: 20040084462Abstract: This invention relates to a disposable foil roaster tent having at least three walls, two of which are side walls and a third of which is a top wall. The perimeter of the side and top walls preferably is formed into a rolled-over bead. The disposable roaster tent is preferably constructed to be used with a roasting pans that has a retaining means on the rim of the pan such as a bead or in the case of a disposable foil pan, a rolled-over bead on the perimeter of the pan so that the roaster tent can be easily held on or easily removed from the pan.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2002Publication date: May 6, 2004Inventor: Norton Sarnoff
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Patent number: 6354455Abstract: A folding collapsible container basket is constructed to include a rectangular top open frame, a plurality of U-shaped bottom wire rods pivotally connected between two long sides of the top open frame and arranged in parallel, a bottom rack coupled to the U-shaped bottom wire rods, and a handle detachably coupled to the bottom rack. The U-shaped bottom wire rods are turned upwards and closely attached with the bottom rack to the top open frame after disconnection of the handle from the rack, keeping the folding collapsible container basket in a collapsed, flat condition.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: Racer Sporting Goods Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shyan-Wei Chen
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Patent number: 6237803Abstract: An assembly of a formed wire roasting rack, a roasting pan and a foil cover, each of which is removable from the rack. Each of the pan and cover has a base, an upstanding sidewall, a rim and a peripheral bead formation surrounding the rim. The rack has a first pair of parallel elongated wire form sections terminating in upwardly extending portions providing outwardly extending wire handles, and a second elongated wire form section extending transverse to the first wire section and terminating in an upwardly extending portion at each end. At each end thereof, a bead gripping formation is provided. The bead gripping formations are sized and proportioned to grippingly retain the pair of pan and cover bead formations when one of the pan and covers is inverted to overlie and cover the other.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2000Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Handi-Foil CorporationInventors: Norton Sarnoff, Kraig Fletcher
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Patent number: 6062503Abstract: A hose storage device that can be removably or permanently attached to a vehicle or to the frame unit of a portable power unit, such as those used with hydraulic rescue tools for the extrication of persons trapped in automobiles, trailers, buildings, etc. One or more of the devices can be used with a single power unit depending on the number of hoses to be used with the power unit. Hose storage devices are lightweight, durable and help prevent the damage to hoses that can result from other storage systems.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Fast Basket, Inc.Inventors: William Blake Blair, Daniel Godfrey
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Patent number: 6029841Abstract: A new waste container attachment for mounting to the handle of a lawnmower. The inventive device includes a frame having a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion of the frame defines a top opening. The bottom portion of the frame has a pair of spaced apart elongate side rails and a cross rail extending between the side rails. Each of the side rails is coupled to the top portion. A container member has a base and a perimeter side wall extending around the base. The perimeter side wall defines an upper opening into the container member. The container member is insertable through the top opening of the top portion of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1998Date of Patent: February 29, 2000Inventors: William A. G. Fotherby, John K. Summerhill
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Patent number: 5970856Abstract: A device for grilling small pieces of food is described which is a basket made of a perforated metal. The device fits inside of conventional grills even when the lid of the grill is closed and can be easily removed for shaking and turning over of the small pieces of food without their falling out. The basket has upper and lower portions each with two outwardly extending flaps. When the upper portion is placed over the lower portion the flaps interface so that the basket may be easily shaken or turned over. Furthermore, when the upper portion is placed inside the lower portion stacking during shipping and storage is facilitated.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1997Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Inventors: Marvin Fabrikant, Patricia Fabrikant
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Patent number: 5853781Abstract: A container supporting French fries to be heated in a toaster. The toaster has an article receiving slot. The container comprises an upright structure having a closed bottom and a front and a back parallel to the front which are held together along adjacent side edges by mechanical means. The upright structure has an openable top for access to heated French fries. The front and back have apertures located above the closed bottom. The apertures provide an open area in the front and the back to pass toaster radiation heat into the container to heat the food article and for steam from heated French fries to exit the container. The upright structure has a portion extending sufficiently above the toaster which is cool-to-the-touch and electrically non-conductive to enable a user to lift the container from the toaster without a finger burn or electrical shock. The closed bottom of the container forms a drip trough.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1996Date of Patent: December 29, 1998Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: James L. Bono, Lewis A. Tucker, Deborah J. Yee
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Patent number: 5782173Abstract: A device for grilling small pieces of food is described which is a basket including a mesh. The device fits inside of conventional grills even when the lid of the grill is closed and can be easily removed for shaking and turning over of the small pieces of food without their falling out. The basket optionally has a removable lid that can be used independently of the device as a cooking surface. When the lid is in place, the entire device may be turned over. When the lid is either off or in the up position, the food inside the basket may be stirred or moved.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1996Date of Patent: July 21, 1998Inventors: Marvin Fabrikant, Patricia Fabrikant
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Patent number: 5775209Abstract: A multi-layer or multi-shelf baking and cooling rack which provides a plurality of layer surfaces which will fit into an oven of a stove for receiving articles to be baked thereon. Its lower layer will rest upon the lowest positioned oven shelf and provide three layers in spaced vertical relation thereabove with the normal second shelf of the oven being positionable upon the upper oven rack supports to provide four baking levels. The unit is removable from the oven for cooling of the baked products. The unit consists of a lower rack having a forward and rearward leg rotatable thereon into vertical positions. The rearward leg is provided with a pair of spaced shelf elements rotatably attached thereto with the frontmost ends of such shelf elements provided with hook elements to engage with the forward leg of the lower rack when the same is shifted to its vertical position. The rotatable connections allow for complete collapsing of the unit for storage purposes.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1997Date of Patent: July 7, 1998Assignee: T&L Nifty Products Co. Inc.Inventor: Frank Tiemann
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Patent number: 5642829Abstract: An article container is formed by two generally interlocking wire sheet pieces which fold together in clamshell fashion to provide a container for articles to which access may be had.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 1996Date of Patent: July 1, 1997Assignee: Perky-P Co., A Colorado PartnershipInventor: Stewart Hardison
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Patent number: 5560286Abstract: A device for grilling small pieces of food is described which is a basket including a mesh. The device fits inside of conventional grills even when the lid of the grill is closed and can be easily removed for shaking and turning over of the small pieces of food without their falling out. The basket optionally has a removable lid that can be used independently of the device as a cooking surface. When the lid is in place, the entire device may be turned over. When the lid is either off or in the up position, the food inside the basket may be stirred or moved.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1995Date of Patent: October 1, 1996Inventors: Marvin Fabrikant, Patricia Fabrikant
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Patent number: 5520098Abstract: A device for grilling small pieces of food is described which is a basket including a mesh. The device fits inside of conventional grills even when the lid of the grill is closed and can be easily removed for shaking and turning over of the small pieces of food without their falling out. The basket optionally has a removable lid that can be used independently of the device as a cooking surface. When the lid is in place, the entire device may be turned over. When the lid is either off or in the up position, the food inside the basket may be stirred or moved.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 1995Date of Patent: May 28, 1996Inventors: Marvin Fabrikant, Patricia Fabrikant
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Patent number: 5339728Abstract: A cooking rack is provided for use with an aluminum foil pan. The rack comprises wire segments for supporting a food item to be cooked. The wire segments define a planar array and are disposed above the pan base. The rack includes a pair of oppositely disposed handles, including a hand grip overlying the pan rim and a clamp below the pan rim for clamping the rim therebetween. The clamp is movable to a retracted position for assembly of the pan to the cooking rack and for detaching the rack from the pan.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1993Date of Patent: August 23, 1994Assignee: Handi-Foil CorporationInventors: Zbigniew Marchwiak, John Kapica
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Patent number: 5279441Abstract: A method of storing, compacting and baling loose waste or recyclable materials such as: corrugated cardboard, paper, foam products, fiberglass wool, wood strips, plastic strips, etc.The device being of a lightweight, tubular, rectilinear construction of varied size, thus enabling the user to quickly and easily apply strapping or binding material through a system of semicircular linear troughs around the contents of the device and compress the waste or recyclable materials into a bale of desired size to facilitate shipping and storage.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1992Date of Patent: January 18, 1994Inventor: J. Ronald Featherall
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Patent number: 5203254Abstract: A combination cooking rack and aluminum foil pan assembly. The rack comprises wire segments for supporting a food item to be cooked. The wire segments define a planar array and are disposed above the pan base. The rack includes a pair of oppositely disposed handles, including a hand grip overlying the pan rim and a clamp below the pan rim for clamping the rim therebetween. The clamp is movable to a retracted position for assembly of the pan to the cooking rack and for detaching the rack from the pan.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1992Date of Patent: April 20, 1993Assignee: Ensar CorporationInventor: Carl R. Fletcher
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Patent number: 5148939Abstract: A storage and transport container for a fluent material has a stiff outer vessel having an upright side wall formed of a grid of steel bars and a floor. The floor is inclined with respect to the horizontal downward to a predetermined low point at the side wall. An elastically flexible liner in the vessel has a side and a base respectively generally corresponding to the side wall and floor of the vessel and is provided at the low point with a drain fitting. The base is inclined when the liner is only partially filled with the fluent material to the horizontal to the low point at an angle substantially greater than that between the vessel floor and the horizontal but forms the same angle and lying on the floor when fully filled with the fluent material.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 1991Date of Patent: September 22, 1992Assignee: Soltralentz S.A.Inventor: Georges Roser
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Patent number: 5060815Abstract: A transport and storage container for flowable materials comprises an annular and erect outer wall member in the form of a gridwork of horizontal rods and vertical bars and having a lower edge, a generally planar floor member having an outer edge at the lower edge of the wall member and formed as a gridwork of horizontal bars not unitary with any of the bars of the wall member, and an inner vessel composed of a plastic material enclosed by the outer support member and supported on the bottom member. The bars of the planar floor member are separate from and not unitary with the bars of the wall member and the rods of at least one of the members have L-shaped end extensions that extend past the respective edge and are joined to the rods of the other member by welds. The upper edge of the wall member is provided with an annular collar formed by a profiled steel element welded to the tops of the steel vertical rods.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1989Date of Patent: October 29, 1991Assignee: Sotralentz S. A.Inventors: Bruno Wendling, Andre Hamm