Shelf Support Swings Vertically Patents (Class 248/240.4)
  • Patent number: 11918111
    Abstract: In the specification and drawings a utility table for mounting to a cooler is described and shown with a work surface; a vertical support member; at least one work surface support rail connected to the work surface and pivotally connected to the vertical support member so that the work surface may pivot from a horizontal position for use and a vertical position for storage and transport; and a mounting bracket configured to securely receive the vertical support member and to be attached to the cooler using the existing structure of the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: OVERBOARD PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Ryan White, Chris James Latting
  • Patent number: 11918110
    Abstract: In the specification and drawings a utility table for mounting to a cooler is described and shown with a work surface; a vertical support member; at least one work surface support rail connected to the work surface and pivotally connected to the vertical support member so that the work surface may pivot from a horizontal position for use and a vertical position for storage and transport; and a mounting bracket configured to securely receive the vertical support member and to be attached to the cooler using the existing structure of the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: OVERBOARD PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Ryan White, Chris James Latting
  • Patent number: 11889967
    Abstract: A sliding-pivoting mechanism of a shelf of a piece of furniture or household appliance includes two pivot arms pivotally secured to a body and forming a parallel guide for a pull-out guide having at least one guide rail and a running rail. A locking mechanism is arranged on the guide rail and on one of the pivot arms for preventing a simultaneous pivoting and sliding movement. The locking mechanism has a locking pin moveably arranged on one of the pivot arms, and a locking plate mounted stationarily relative to the guide rail and with which the locking pin cooperates in such a way that a pivoting of the pivot arm is blocked when the shelf is raised into an upper loading and unloading position. An unlocking device is coupled to the locking mechanism and includes an actuation element and an unlocking element, with which the locking pin can be moved out of a blocking position into a release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oscar Garcia, Ander Martinez, Patrick Bon, Thomas Wieder
  • Patent number: 11801779
    Abstract: A seat for a vehicle is provided. In the seat for a vehicle, a second row center seat and a second row side seat are mounted using a partition located behind a driver seat, and the second row center seat is configured to have a movable structure and a mounting location thereof is movable toward the partition wall or a vehicle body side part when necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Dae Won San Up Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Eun Sue Kim, Dong Woo Jeong, Myung Hoe Kim, Dae Hee Lee, Min Ki Jeon, Jae Kwang Shin
  • Patent number: 11779137
    Abstract: Furniture articles have an integrally formed shell that generally has rounded features, the shell diminishing in circumference outwardly from a mounting surface, and a mounting portion configured to secure the shell to the mounting surface. A perimeter edge of the shell defines a mounting plane against which the mounting surface is to be secured. When the shell is secured to the mounting surface, the mounting portion is inaccessible and hidden from view. Furniture includes a shelving unit, a desk unit, a seating unit, and a bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ASTRA CAPITAL INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Szekely
  • Patent number: 11744366
    Abstract: An adjustable deck shelf assembly has repositionable components to enable the assembly to be secured to variably dimensioned and assembled deck railings. A shelf is secured to a hinged shelf support board with a removable locking shaft in a mechanical interference fit to permit removal and storage of the shelf and assembly. Hinged truss shelf supports secured to support legs can be deployed to support the shelf and retracted for storage. An adjustable deck shelf/seat assembly incorporates variable-height outriggers attached to truss shelf supports and a variable-height shelf support board to enable the assembly to be arranged as a shelf or as a seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Peter E. Wiggin
  • Patent number: 11559879
    Abstract: A power tool can absorb the shock from suspension resulting from falling while preventing the power tool from falling on the ground. A power tool includes a tool holder attachable to the power tool. The tool holder includes an annular portion that receives a suspension member through the annular portion, a base supporting the annular portion, and at least one bend located between the annular portion and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Machida
  • Patent number: 10434366
    Abstract: A collapsible exercise assembly for performing dip exercises includes a pair of uprights that may each be vertically oriented on a support surface. Each of the uprights may be gripped thereby facilitating dip exercises to be performed. A folding unit is coupled between the pair of uprights. The folding unit is selectively positioned in a deployed position having the uprights being spaced a selected distance apart from each other. The folding unit is selectively positioned in a folded position having each of the uprights being spaced a minimum distance apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Dungee
  • Patent number: 9511689
    Abstract: A seating apparatus for a vehicle, in which a seat cushion supported on the vehicle body by a link member can be flipped up toward the front of the vehicle from a use position and which includes a locking mechanism that operates only when the seat cushion is acted upon by an inertial force greater than a predetermined force in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, to temporarily prevent the seat cushion from flipping up. The locking mechanism includes a locking plate supported on the seat cushion and rockable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle between a normal position and a rocked position, and a spring for urging the locking plate toward the normal position. The locking plate locks the seat cushion to the link member when it is moved inertially to the rocked position against the force of the spring, to prevent the seat cushion from flipping up, and the locking plate unlocks the seat cushion when it is located in the normal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Mabashi, Yoshiyuki Shimomura, Shigeya Fujino, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Kazuya Imayou, Toshiki Igarashi, Masao Ishihara
  • Patent number: 9004427
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for connecting a light shelf to a structure in cantilever fashion. A pair of receiver units attach to the structure and each has a pair of brackets with a slot there between. A recess is formed on an upper interior surface of the upper bracket. The lower bracket has an abutment support surface distal to the structure. A pair of inserter units attach to opposite sides of the shelf, each having an insertion leg and an abutment support. The insertion leg inserts into the recess of a corresponding receiver when the abutment support rests on the abutment surface. The weight of the shelf pulls the abutment support into engagement with the abutment surface and pushes the insertion leg into engagement with the recess, holding the shelf horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Prashanth Philip Irudayaraj, Jeffrey Scott Dolby, Jotpreet Singh Chahal, Gregory B. Mckenna, Robert Holcombe
  • Publication number: 20150048228
    Abstract: A worktop (1) comprising a leaf (3) hingedly coupled to a wall (6) about a hinge axis (7) by a pair of support mechanisms (91) between a usable state and a folded state. Each support mechanism (91) comprises a first mounting member (93) and a second mounting member (92) which are pivotally connected by a main pivot pin (94) which defines the hinge axis (7). A strut (15) extends between the first and second mounting members (93,92). A first pivot pin (19) at a first end (17) of the strut (15) is slideable and pivotal in an elongated first guide track (96) in the first mounting member (93) between first and second positions (73,74). A second pivot pin (20) at a second end (18) of the strut (15) is pivotal in a slideable element (25), which in turn is slideable in a second guide track (14) of the second mounting member (92) between first and second positions (26,27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: John Mullins
  • Patent number: 8919715
    Abstract: A folding shelf holder is strong and folds easily. A wall side member has a pin as a rotational axis of a shelf side member relative to the wall side member and a rotation limiter limiting rotation of the shelf side member relative to the wall side member. The shelf side member has a long groove for inserting the pin of the wall side member. When the folded shelf side member is opened to be approximately orthogonal to the wall side member and the shelf side member is slid toward the wall side member and in a direction where the long groove extends, the shelf side member abuts, at a back side of the pin, to the rotation limiter of the wall side member, preventing rotation of the shelf side member relative to the wall side member. Then, the shelf side member cannot fold relative to the wall side member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masao Terada
  • Publication number: 20130161463
    Abstract: A foldable support mechanism attachable to a wall or other fixed support, comprising a platform member movable between a substantially horizontal, deployed position and a substantially vertical, stowed position in which the platform member is adjacent to and substantially parallel to the said wall or other fixed support and in which a support surface of the platform member faces away from the said wall or other fixed support, and a support structure comprising two links, each pivotally connected to the platform member and at least one of which is pivotally connectable directly or indirectly to the said wall or other fixed support, in which the links of the said support structure each include a respective limb, the two limbs being so formed or so positioned that, in the said stowed position, at least a portion of the said limbs lies in substantially the same plane as one another, parallel to the wall or other fixed support, in which the said limbs are shaped or profiled at the regions where they meet in the st
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Impey Showers Ltd.
    Inventor: Impey Showers Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8469148
    Abstract: A tray for supporting tools, paint cans, painting supplies and the like is pivotally held in a selected position by an elongated frame removably attached to a ladder rail. The ladder tray includes a folding shelf, a shelf support, a rail embracing frame, a hinge means connecting the shelf and support to the frame, and hooks for engaging the rungs of the ladder. A variety of apertures, depressions and/or raised areas exist on the tray in various sizes and shapes and are adapted for holding tools or for temporary placement of cans, bottles, jugs, tools and the like on shelf. When mounted, the ladder tray extends out from one side of the ladder and does not prevent a user from climbing up or down the ladder. It may be folded down alongside the rail of the ladder to a space saving transport or storage position or may be folded and removed from the ladder to store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Inventor: Calvidge C. Perry
  • Patent number: 8376155
    Abstract: A hingedly adjustable two-sided storage system and device having a front and back portion that may be secured to a fixed structure through a plurality of adjustable attachment mechanisms to allow a user to access both portions during operation and configure the storage device with a plurality of attachment hangers and components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventors: Henry Olko, Marie W. Olko
  • Patent number: 8267017
    Abstract: A folding workbench includes a work surface pivotally mounted to a wall for movement between a raised, horizontal use position and a lowered, vertical storage position. The workbench includes a pair of legs which are pivotally mounted at opposite ends to the wall and to the work surface. Each leg includes a knee joint. The legs are straight when the work surface is up and bent when the work surface is down. A lock prevents the legs from accidentally folding when the work surface is in the raised, use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventors: Daryl A. Michael, Richard Allen Welsh
  • Patent number: 7726615
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved shelf system which is characterized by the following features: an anchoring pot is provided which can be inserted in a fixed and captive manner into a corresponding bore of a shelf bottom, said bore facing the shelf bottom support; a slot opening and a screw path for a locking screw, which is offset relative thereto and runs diagonally, are provided in the anchoring pot; a portion of an anchoring section that is part of the shelf bottom support can be inserted into the slot; and the locking screw can be twisted in such a way that the shelf bottom support is directly or indirectly fixed at least in a non-positive and preferably a positive fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Steelcase Werndl AG
    Inventor: Josef Rutz
  • Publication number: 20100043680
    Abstract: A fixed top, for example a top of a dinner table (11) has a drop leaf (12) fastened by a hinge (13). The support assembly for the drop leaf consists of two links, one of which (16, 17) fastened to the fixed top (11) and the other (20, 21) fastened to the drop leaf (12), which are coupled together by a hinge (24) so that the links become approximately parallel or form an acute angle together when the drop leaf is swung back to a position approximately parallel with and in back of the fixed top and so that the links form a blunt angle when the extension drop leaf is swung out to extend the fixed top. A releasable locking link (26, 27) is arranged to lock the links in the position in which the extension drop leaf forms an extension of the fixed top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventor: Olsson Tegelmark Dag
  • Patent number: 6694964
    Abstract: A barbecue grill assembly includes aside rack mounted foldably on a main frame, which has a mounting seat formed with an insert hole for access to a slide passage and installed with a resilient locking pin and an operating shaft coupled to the locking pin. The side rack has an insert rod extending slidably into the slide passage and formed with an engaging groove for engaging the locking pin so as to retain the side rack at a horizontal unfolded position. The insert rod extends through a side hole portion of the insert hole when in the unfolded position. The operating shaft is operable against restoring action of the locking pin so as to disengage the locking pin from the insert rod. The insert rod is slidable outwardly and is turnable downwardly to extend through a bottom hole portion of the insert hole when disengaged from the locking pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Tsann Kuen USA Inc.
    Inventor: Tsan-Kuen Wu
  • Patent number: 6527341
    Abstract: A seat is pivotally mounted to a wall by means of at least one hinge assembly, enabling the seat to be folded. The hinge assembly provides an upward and rearward movement as the seat pivots from a horizontal to a vertical orientation during folding. The hinge assembly has a seat mounting bracket mounted to the lower surface of the seat and a wall mounting bracket mounted to the wall. The seat mounting bracket is connected to the wall mounting bracket via a pair of pivoting arms. Each pivoting arm is pivotally connected at one end to the wall mounting bracket and at an opposite end to the seat mounting bracket. The pivot locations are selected such that as the arms pivot in a clockwise direction, the seat mounting bracket pivots in a counterclockwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Genmar IP LLC
    Inventor: Craig A. Martin
  • Patent number: 6354548
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shelf assembly for a cooking apparatus such as a barbeque grill, and method of using same. The shelf assembly has a shelf component which can rotate about a generally horizontal axis of rotation located generally at a first end of the shelf component, from a lowered position to a raised position. The cooking apparatus or an associated apparatus has a frame member which supports the first end of the shelf component about the axis of rotation. The shelf assembly also has a support extending downwardly in relation to the shelf component when the shelf component is in the raised position. The support is capable of rotating about the axis of rotation with the shelf component. The shelf assembly further has a stationary coupler located generally below the axis of rotation in the vicinity of where the support is capable of rotating about the axis of rotation with the shelf component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Company
    Inventors: Robert T. Stephen, Erich J. Schlosser, J. Michael Alden, Ewald Sieg, Mark Johnson