Bracket Interengaging Portion Includes A Hook Patents (Class 248/225.21)
  • Patent number: 7490800
    Abstract: A hanging device for a wireless transmission media comprising at least one engaging fastener formed on a housing of the wireless transmission media, and a hanging base. The engaging fastener shaped in an ā€œLā€ configuration is provided with a sliding hook having a positioning recess formed on an upper surface thereof, a connecting portion, and a rib projected from a center portion of an inner surface of the sliding hook adjacent to the connecting portion. The hanging base is provided with at least one engaging recess which includes an inserting portion and a sliding portion, wherein the inserting portion has an elastically positioning piece and a positioning projection while the sliding portion has a slide track, a sliding opening, and a positioning frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Cameo Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Kuo Chiang Tu
  • Patent number: 7416160
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a coupling assembly for releasably connecting a trash container with a fixed object, such as a wall or cabinet. The coupling assembly acts to prevent the trash container from being easily tipped onto its side, while allowing user to easily disconnect the trash container from the fixed object. The coupling apparatus includes a first coupling connected with the fixed object a second coupling member connected with the trash container. The second coupling member includes an extended portion adapted to be received within a pocket on the first coupling member. The coupling assembly can be configured to work with trash containers having different shapes and sizes. The trash container can also include a lid further restrict access to the inside of the trash container. As described below, a latch or clasp can also be used to selectively lock the lid in closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Inventor: Edwin L. Cies
  • Patent number: 7344116
    Abstract: An improved pony bottle bracket that is light weight, compact, simple to use, and facilitates a quick and easy set-up is disclosed. A push button latch enables a diver to quickly disconnect the pony bottle from the main bottle. The pony tank bracket and base unit bracket are mounted by use of a belt and adjustable band straps. The locking mechanism is self-contained, thereby eliminating or minimizing the use of separate components (e.g., no clevis, hitch, cotter or quick release pins) which may be lost. The bracket also eliminates or reduces the use of any items which may entangle the diver or entangle other objects in the diver's surroundings (e.g., no string, cord, chain or lanyards). The bracket is bidirectional (e.g., reversible) such that the top bracket mount may be rotated between about 0 and 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: North South Machine Shop, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Ficarra, Joseph Ficarra
  • Patent number: 7334762
    Abstract: A flat panel display mounting apparatus that enables quick and easy mounting and dismounting of the flat panel display. The system includes a first bracket having a periphery defining a plurality of spaced apart notches and a second bracket selectively removably receivable on the first bracket that includes a plurality of fastening buttons, each fastening button defining a slot. The fastening buttons are spaced apart and positioned correspondingly with the notches of the first bracket so that the slot of each fastening button receives the periphery of the first bracket at a separate one of the notches when the second bracket is received on the first bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: CSAV, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay Dittmer
  • Patent number: 7318568
    Abstract: A device is for releasably mounting a bundle of bags on a wall. The device has a wall-mounted suspension fitting. One rear major surface of the bag bundle is connected to a sheet which is parallel with said bundle and which is adapted for releasably co-action with the fitting. The bags are releasably connected to said sheet at there respective opening regions. The sheet has an opening midway of its width and the fitting has upwardly directed clip-finger that includes in an upper portion of its side facing towards the wall a projection that can be received in the opening in the sheet. The projection has two vertically separated oblique surfaces which are mutually convergent in a direction towards said wall for co-action with the upper and lower edges of the sheet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Inventor: Tony Barouta
  • Patent number: 7191998
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for mounting an electric water pump adjacent the exterior wall of a bathtub or the like. The pump is fitted with mounting brackets having hooks and a separate mounting stand is provided to received those hooks and thus secure the pump at a desired location. The stand comprises an integral bottom plate and vertical plate preferably at right angles to one another. The vertical plate has numerous hook hanger slots located virtually from the bottom to the top of the plate and provided in numerous columns and rows to receive the hooks on the pump mounting plates. On the illustrated embodiment of the vertical plate there are 90 such hook hanger slots distributed in two spaced sections. A first section receives two hooks from one of the pump mounting brackets and a second section receives two hooks from another of the pump mounting brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Inventors: Philip E. Chalberg, Patrick B. Healy
  • Patent number: 7175152
    Abstract: A flat panel display mounting apparatus that enables quick and easy mounting and dismounting of the flat panel display. The system includes a first bracket having a periphery defining a plurality of spaced apart notches and a second bracket selectively removably receivable on the first bracket that includes a plurality of fastening buttons, each fastening button defining a slot. The fastening buttons are spaced apart and positioned correspondingly with the notches of the first bracket so that the slot of each fastening button receives the periphery of the first bracket at a separate one of the notches when the second bracket is received on the first bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: CSAV, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay Dittmer
  • Patent number: 7070156
    Abstract: An adjustable securing rack for plasma TV is disclosed. The securing rack is conveniently used for mount a plasma TV, allowing the TV to be adjusted in various positions and angle. The rack comprises a base seat, an adjusting plate and a suspension plate. The base seat has a base plate having circumferential edges being bent to form side plates, and the side plate surface of the top and bottom side edge is formed with at least one adjusting hole, and the two ends of the adjusting plate of the L-shaped steel are correspondingly mounted to the adjusting hole of the base seat so that the adjusting seat can move to the left and right side. The suspension plate is locked to the adjusting plate and is an L-shaped steel, and the corresponding side of the plasma TV has at least one adjusting hole for adjustment of the locking hole on the plasma TV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Inventor: Jung Huang Liao
  • Patent number: 7014155
    Abstract: In a cabinet having vertically extending side members (5) forming part of a chassis of the cabinet, panel mounts (1), also to extend vertically in the cabinet and to have panels mounted thereupon, are mountable to the side members (5) by integral members (3) which extend parallel to the outer face of the panel mount (1) at a spacing from the outer face and in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the panel mount (1), i.e., horizontally. The integral members (3) are engaged in respective apertures in the side members (5) or in braces (7) extending between the side members (5) followed by forward or rearward movement to effect securement, retaining means such as pins or studs then being inserted in aligned bores (8, 9) in the panel mounts (1) and side members (5) to prevent return movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: APW Electonics Limited
    Inventors: John David Schnabel, John Richard Parkin
  • Patent number: 7000876
    Abstract: A tray for use in conjunction with a ladder bracket includes a plurality of upwardly opening compartments that may be used to hold paint, tools, or other painting supplies or implements. The bottom of the painter's tray is provided with structural features to engage a ladder bracket. A pair of downwardly opening channels are formed in the bottom surface, the channels being continuous, concentric, and curved in circular fashion to receive the hoop portion of two common sizes of ladder brackets. Both channels open to a slot opening that receives the tang portion of the ladder bracket. A plurality of tab members are mounted on posts extending downwardly from the bottom of the tray, and are rotatable to extend over the channels and secure a ladder bracket hoop portion therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Searcy Enterprises
    Inventor: Marilyn Searcy
  • Patent number: 6935605
    Abstract: A keyboard-holding device detachably holds a keyboard to a stationary support. The keyboard is of the type having keys and a shell surrounding the keys. The shell has a front surface, a back surface, and a bottom surface. The keyboard-holding device has a first elongate member, a pivot, and a locking mechanism. The first elongate member has a first end, a second end, and a pivot located between the first and second ends. The locking mechanism is attached with respect to the second end for unlockably locking the first elongate member to a holder, said holder fixedly attachable to the support. A fulcrum is rotatably attached with respect to the pivot and fixedly attached with respect to the shell. A spring mechanism provides a restoring force tending to maintain the locking mechanism in locked engagement with the holder, but is manipulable to unlock the shell from the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: TG3 Electronics Incorporated
    Inventors: John T. Giles, Wayne A. Pietluck, Anthony J. Ceschin, Brian K. Carpenter
  • Patent number: 6923413
    Abstract: A mount for attaching a flat screen display panel is disclosed in which a wall bracket is attached to a support surface, a panel bracket is secured to a display panel, and the two brackets then cooperate to securely affix the display panel to the support surface while allowing subsequent lateral and pivotal adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Premier Mounts
    Inventor: Leonard Dozier
  • Patent number: 6866940
    Abstract: A decorative ornament which may be attached to a shutter, wall, door, fence or other structure typically outside a home or business to enhance the appearance of the structure or to express seasonal, holiday, scholastic or other sentiment. The decorative ornament includes an ornament mount block which removably engages the structure. An ornament body which is shaped in the configuration of a flower or other selected design is removably attached to the ornament mount block typically using brackets. In one embodiment, a hook mount spring is provided on the ornament mount block. A pair of hooks terminate respective ends of the hook mount spring for removably engaging louvers or slats on a shutter, for example, or other elements on an alternative structure. In another embodiment, the ornament mount block may be attached to the structure using fasteners such as screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Harold Patrick Laughlin
  • Patent number: 6786012
    Abstract: A photovoltaic mounting apparatus for use with a solar panel includes a base element having an elongated upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion is structured for engagement with a rooftop by being positioning underneath the shingles of a rooftop and secured thereto through the apertures of the upper portion and/or lower portion of the base element. One or more support elements extend perpendicularly from the lower portion of the base element. A front plate is situated upon the support elements and is parallel to the base element and structured for engagement with the solar panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Solar Strategies Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Bradley, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20040084586
    Abstract: A mounting device for a display device comprising a mounting bracket coupled to the underside of a body and a pivot bracket coupled to the mounting bracket. A pivot bracket is coupled to the mounting bracket at one end thereof. A tilt block is coupled to the pivot bracket and is rotatable about an axis substantially parallel to the body. A carriage bolt is coupled to the tilt block and is rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the body. A display system bracket is operatively connected to the carriage bolt. An interface bracket is connected to the display system bracket and is capable of engaging a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: Peerless Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John Gillespie
  • Patent number: 6702505
    Abstract: A hook element for detachably connecting two objects with one another has a first hook shank, a second hook shank, and a hook bow connecting the first and second hook shanks with one another. The hook bow has a lateral cutout. At least one of the first and second hook shanks has a slanted contact surface. The slanted contact surface extends on the front side of the hook shank from the outer side to the inner side and extends along the forward edge of the hook shank over the entire length of the hook shank. The hook elements can be easily connected to one another even when not aligned but rotated relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Inventors: Uwe Nutto, Melanie John
  • Patent number: 6685150
    Abstract: A speaker mounting system includes a first bracket member for attachment to a support structure, a first pair of conductor contacts on the first bracket member for connection to a pair of speaker conductors, a second bracket member for attachment to a speaker and for detachably attaching to the first bracket member, and a second pair of conductor contacts on the second member for connection to the first pair of conductor contacts on the first bracket member and to pair of speaker conductors on the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Inventor: Ross Anderson
  • Patent number: 6666221
    Abstract: A chair provides a chair seat portion and a chair back portion and an umbrella assembly adapted for mounting on the chair back portion. The umbrella assembly includes a receiver tube adapted for receiving an umbrella post to support the umbrella in an upright attitude. The receiver tube provides a pair of L-shaped ears extending from an exterior surface, and the chair back portion provides a mounting block engaged on a rear surface of the chair back portion. The mounting block is adapted for receiving the pair of L-shaped ears within a corresponding pair of L-shaped holes within the mounting block so as to stabilize the umbrella assembly on the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Inventor: Tamme Glanise Booth
  • Publication number: 20030230685
    Abstract: A mounting back is provided for mounting a display hanger to a vertical support having a plurality of spaced apertures, such as pegboard. The mounting back generally comprises a main body, a first prong, and a positioning member. The first prong is connected to the main body and projects rearwardly therefrom. The first prong has a general L-shape and is positioned to extend through an aperture in the vertical support for attaching the mounting back thereto. The positioning member is connected to the main body and extends rearwardly relative to the rear surface. The positioning member is positioned to extend into an aperture for preventing inadvertent removal of the first prong, and hence the mounting back, from the vertical support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley C. Valiulis, Craig Zadak
  • Publication number: 20030173484
    Abstract: A folding arm mounted on a column of a musical instrument stand has a seat mounted on the column. The seat has a ring. A tube is perpendicular to the column and extending outwards from the ring. A passage is longitudinally defined in the tube. A slot is longitudinally defined through a front end of the tube. An elbow has a rear part pivotally mounted in the slot by a pivot pin. Two movable pieces are received in the passage and pushed by the rear part to tightly abut the column when the elbow is perpendicular to the column. A bar is mounted on a front part of the elbow. Whereby, when the elbow is perpendicular to the column, the arm is secured on the column. When the elbow is pivoted to a position parallel to the column, the arm is movable for adjusting the support height of the stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Wu-Hong Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20030150968
    Abstract: A device for fixing a mesh cable tray to a profiled support section having a plurality of apertures formed in a surface for supporting the tray is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: LEGRAND S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luca Garassino, Alan Finco
  • Patent number: 6575657
    Abstract: A device for fastening of attachment elements, such as mounting rails, mounting plates, deposit plates and the like on a frame leg of a switchgear cabinet rack, wherein the frame legs are designed symmetrically in relation to their cross-sectional diagonal line and are aligned with the latter with the diagonal line of the rack. On the inside of the frame legs oriented toward the interior of the rack, the frame legs form a fastening receiver with two fastening profile sides which are disposed vertically in respect to each other and extend parallel to the facing outsides of the switchgear cabinet rack. The frame legs form system fastening receivers in the form of square or rectangular openings and fastening bores and make transitions into additional profile sides having corresponding rows of fastening receivers, which extend perpendicular to the facing exteriors of the switchgear cabinet rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Reuter, Rolf Benner
  • Publication number: 20030080266
    Abstract: A heat sink retaining bracket having a first surface for engaging a heat sink and a second surface for engaging a chassis wall or other substantially rigid support member. The first surface may include an opening having a rim around its periphery. The rim may be adapted to engaged the top and sides of the heat sink such that sideways and upward translational movements are restrained. Air may pass through the opening as it enters or exits the heat sink so that the cooling efficiency of the heat sink is not substantially impaired by the bracket. The second surface may be adapted to engaged the chassis wall or support member using a hook-and-slot arrangement and a fastener or fasteners. In one embodiment, the fastener or fasteners may be applied in a compression mode. In another embodiment, the fastener or fasteners may be applied in a tension mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Erick J. Tuttle, Ronald P. Dean, Douglas A. Fleecs
  • Patent number: 6550732
    Abstract: A heat sink retaining bracket having a first surface for engaging a heat sink and a second surface for engaging a chassis wall or other substantially rigid support member. The first surface may include an opening having a rim around its periphery. The rim may be adapted to engaged the top and sides of the heat sink such that sideways and upward translational movements are restrained. Air may pass through the opening as it enters or exits the heat sink so that the cooling efficiency of the heat sink is not substantially impaired by the bracket. The second surface may be adapted to engaged the chassis wall or support member using a hook-and-slot arrangement and a fastener or fasteners. In one embodiment, the fastener or fasteners may be applied in a compression mode. In another embodiment, the fastener or fasteners may be applied in a tension mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Erick J. Tuttle, Ronald P Dean, Douglas A. Fleecs
  • Patent number: 6536858
    Abstract: A furniture system includes a low-height partition having a horizontal row of discrete attachment sites, such as slots on each side, and having a top surface. A binder bin has a continuous horizontal attachment feature, such as an “L” groove, along an upper portion of its rear side. A bracket system attaches the binder bin to the partition in a raised position, and includes a bent-rod top bracket and bottom brackets configured to engage the slots on opposite sides of the partition. The binder bin is initially attached at a desired location along the partition by selectively engaging the brackets with the slots and by engaging the bracket with the groove. The angle of the binder bin is adjustable with respect to the top surface of the partition by threadably finely adjusting a nut on the brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt R. Heidmann, Thomas B. Eich, Karl H. MĆ¼ller, George J. Simons, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6515867
    Abstract: A screw-less fixing structure is provided for users to mount the add-on card onto a PC. The screw-less fixing structure comprises a support plate, a rotational pressing plate, a positioning device, and a spring wire. When a user attempts to replace an old add-on card with a new one, he needs only to release the screw-less fixing structure by grasping and pulling the handling portion of the spring wire, replace the old add in card with the new one, and finally tighten the screw-less fixing structure by grasping and pushing the spring wire to reach the tightening state. In the above procedures for replacing the add-on card, the user does not need any additional tool nor screw so that the present invention has the advantages of safe, fast, easy and convenient to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Aopen Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng Sheng-Hsiung, Peng Kang-Chih
  • Patent number: 6489566
    Abstract: A device for fixing a wire to a support member in which there is at least one opening and a support member for a cable duct including the fixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Metal Deploye S.A.
    Inventor: Michel Durin
  • Patent number: 6488247
    Abstract: A supporting system for air conditioning duct housings or register boxes including a housing member with perpendicular walls defining corners and a flat surface on the bottom and a connecting casing defining an aperture with one or more corner clips that are removably mounted from the outer surface of the walls. The corner clip includes a plate with two arms that are receivable within a longitudinally extending fixed structural member, such as a rail, provided with a longitudinal channel that has a longitudinal trough and opening. Resilient raised tabs provided in the arms keep the latter locked within the channel. Rigid tab members extend perpendicularly from the inner edges of the arm members and are lockingly receivable within the housing member through cooperating slots. A vertex portion between the arm members provides support to the corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Inventor: Isidro Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 6467740
    Abstract: A cupholder for use on a boat having a pedestal guard pipe having a generally inverted U-shape with first and second mutually parallel vertical legs. The cupholder includes a first generally planar member having at least one recess defined therein that is dimensioning configured for receiving at least a first cup, a second generally planar member, and spacer means separating the first and second generally planar members and holding them in substantially mutually parallel relationship. The apparatus also includes first and second recesses on the first generally planar member dimensioned and configured for respectively engaging the first and second mutually parallel vertical legs; and first and second recesses on the second generally planar member dimensioned and configured for respectively engaging the first and second parallel vertical legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Inventor: Johannes Derr
  • Patent number: 6462959
    Abstract: An interface card and interface cardholder mounting arrangement in which the interface cardholder has parallel tracks for holding interface cards, each track having a springy retaining strip, a positioning pressure strip disposed in parallel to the springy retaining strip and defining with the springy retaining strip a sliding groove for the insertion of one interface card, a stop block extended from the free end of the springy retaining strip and disposed at one end of the sliding groove for keeping the inserted interface card in the sliding groove, and an outer protruding finger strip extended from the free end of the springy retaining strip for m pulling by hand to deform the free end of the springy retaining strip and to move the stop block away from the sliding groove for removal of the corresponding interface card from the respective track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Enlight Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Yu Fu, Lin-Sung Peng
  • Publication number: 20020109056
    Abstract: An adjustable bracket assembly has a hooked attachment prong or flange that is adjustable at the end of a faceout by way of a threaded screw between the end of the faceout and the bracket flange. The hooked attachment flange is shaped to fit within all slots within the various manufacturers' standards. Generally, once the attachment flange is inserted within a slot, the flange end cannot turn within the standard. The faceout is attached to the standard from outside the display by remotely inserting the flange into a slot and turning the faceout bar, thereby screwing the faceout tightly against the standard. The faceout bar could be telescoping to allow the attachment flange to be inserted within the slot from an even greater distance away.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Weshler, Stephen Moore, Jeffrey Fox
  • Patent number: 6412835
    Abstract: A cargo door saver (10) having a first member (14A) connected at an approximate 45 degree downward angle to proximal end of a second member (14B) which is connected at distal end at an approximate 45 degree upward angle to a proximal end of a third member (14C). A holder (16) having a holder opening (16A) therethrough is securely attached to a face of the first member (14A). A distal end of a cargo bar (12) is removably insertable into the holder opening (16A). A “U-Shaped” clip (18) is securely attached to a face of the third member (14C). The clip (18) functions to attach the cargo door saver (10) to an E-Track which is attached along a side at the rear of a moving van.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Inventor: Richard Patterson
  • Patent number: 6398179
    Abstract: A fastener-less spring assembly for a vehicle includes an axle spring seat adapted to be secured to an axle of a vehicle. The fastener-less spring assembly also includes a frame spring seat adapted to be secured to a frame of the vehicle. The fastener-less spring assembly further includes an inflatable air spring having a base for attachment to the axle spring seat and a mounting cap for attachment to the frame spring seat. The frame spring seat has at least one slot extending therethrough and the mounting cap has at least one projection extending through the slot and being rotated relative to the frame spring seat to prevent the projection from exiting the slot to attach the mounting cap to the frame spring seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Peter J. Soles
  • Publication number: 20020011546
    Abstract: The present invention is an inventive plant holder, which includes a base, mountable to a vertical surface. The vertical surface is normally expected to be a window frame, but can be other surfaces. The plant holder further includes an arm, swivelably attached to the base. Finally in the broadest embodiment of this invention, the plant holder includes a plant supporter, attachable to the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventor: Todd S. Smith
  • Patent number: 6340145
    Abstract: To place a desktop computer effectively on a desk, a desk fastening member is located so that it encloses an edge of a top of the desk and the desk fastening member is fastened to the desk by tightening screws. Hooks of a computer holding member are engaged in holes of an extending member of the desk fastening member from an inside I of a kneehole of the desk, and then, the computer's main body is held in a space outside of the kneehole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Tagami, Masayuki Terao
  • Patent number: 6336616
    Abstract: A movable projection screen hanger with steadfast clips is provided where the upper surface and inward side surface of the hanger are each respectively provided with a sliding rail. Each steadfast clip is secured to a preferred position on a wall. Each steadfast clip is composed by a main body and a pulling button. On the bottom end and near the central position of the inner side surface of the main body a hook block and a reinforcing block are respectively provided to respectively engage the sliding rail on the inward side surface of the hanger and to act as a stop against side surface of the hanger. A pair of catching flanges are formed on the bottom of the pulling button to engage the sliding rail on the upper surface of the hanger, so that each steadfast clip on a wall firmly secures the hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Peace Ship International Enterprises Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsin-Fu Lin
  • Patent number: 6286694
    Abstract: A display stand including a plurality of vertical uprights defining a plurality of holes. Four vertical uprights are joined together and a shelf is attached thereto with a first set of clips fixedly attached to a first end of the shelf and a second set of clips slidably attached to the second end of a shelf. The first set of clips are first engaged with holes defined in the vertical uprights. Next, the second end of the shelf is lowered into position substantially at the same height as the first end of the shelf, whereby the second set of clips is slid from the first position flush with the first end of the shelf to the second position extending into the holes defined in the vertical uprights in order to support the shelf within the vertical uprights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Battaglia, Rafael T. Bustos
  • Patent number: 6237886
    Abstract: A vehicle light attachment mechanism is disclosed for attaching a vehicle light to a vehicle body. The attachment mechanism includes a pair of hooks arranged on the vehicle light, one of which is elastic and the other of which is non-elastic. Each hook can engage an aperture of the vehicle body in opposing directions. A positioning boss can be placed adjacent either the elastic hook or the non-elastic hook for extending through a positioning through hole on the vehicle body having a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the positioning boss. Furthermore, at least one projection boss may be provided to distance the housing and the vehicle body and spread external forces applied from the vehicle light toward the vehicle body over an outer surface of the vehicle body. At least one projection boss can also be used as a positioning boss to provide at least two positioning points in combination with said positioning boss for the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Katsumata, Masaki Konaka
  • Patent number: 6171062
    Abstract: A fitting includes a mounting bracket to be fixed on a ceiling wall, and with two side edge portions opposite to each other to define an uppermost abutment plane. Two mounting walls extend downwards from the side edge portions, and have positioning walls axially spaced apart from the plane. An anchoring seat is disposed on one of the mounting walls immediately upstream of the positioning wall in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, and is spaced apart from the plane with a width larger than that between the positioning wall and the plane. A protective covering member includes an upper annular secured portion, an anchored portion extending from the secured portion radially, inwardly and downwardly so as to engage the anchoring seat for suspending the covering member from the mounting bracket in a non-fastened state, and a supported portion extending from the secured portion radially and inwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: King of Fans, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Bucher, Charles E. Bucher