Vertically Patents (Class 248/327)
  • Patent number: 6736372
    Abstract: A lift, a system and a method for elevating a trailer are provided. The lift may have an “A” frame for supporting the trailer. The trailer may be placed on the lift and secured to the lift. A cable attached to the lift is used to pull the lift and the trailer towards a wall. The cable, with the use of a pulley system, pulls the trailer in an upward direction towards the wall such that the lift and the trailer may be elevated in a vertical direction. The lift with the trailer may be attached to the bracket on the wall and locked into place. The lift and the trailer may be removed from the wall by releasing a lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventors: Craig A. Earsley, Susan E. Earsley, Kent E. Erickson, Renee Erickson
  • Publication number: 20040079851
    Abstract: There is disclosed a support mount for stage equipment. The support mount may be attached to a rail. The support mount may include a mount device, a base plate and a knob assembly. The knob assembly may include a knob, a stem and a bolt. The bolt fits into a channel in the rail. The support mount may be quickly easily attached to and removed from the rail by rotating or otherwise engaging the knob assembly. Lighting and other stage equipment may be attached to the mount device when the support mount is coupled to a rail that is secured to a wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventor: Philip Berardi
  • Patent number: 6719255
    Abstract: A suspending device for suspending an item such as a speaker onto a bar has a plate, a body and a retaining member. The plate is pivotally connected to an end of the body and the retaining member is connected to the other end of the body by screws. A first recessed end and a second recessed end are respectively formed on the body and the retaining member so as to firmly sandwich the bar between the first and second recessed ends. The item is connected to the plate so that the item can be securely suspended on the bar. Moreover, the item can be rotated with respect to the body so as to adjust its facing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Inventor: Ting-Pang Chen
  • Patent number: 6688568
    Abstract: The invention concerns a fixing device comprising a vertical rod (10) used for fixing an object in front of a wall (2) hanging from a horizontal rail (1) by it top end zone (12) which is deformed so as to co-operate with the rail to maintain the rod stable by the effect of its own weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Groupe SMS
    Inventor: Claude Moufflet
  • Patent number: 6659415
    Abstract: A ceiling mount for a medical light shall positions a light body at different points of a treatment table in a simple manner. A bracket system is fastened to a lifting arm that can be actuated by a motor and which has at its free end a bracket guided in parallel for the mounting flange of the bracket system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Dräger Medical AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ryszard Kummerfeld, Lothar Petermann
  • Patent number: 6637711
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a projector lift is provided to raise and lower a projector from the ceiling. The projector lift includes a first mount normally coupled to the ceiling, a second mount supporting the projector, a driver configured to raise and lower the second mount and projector, and a stabilizer extending between the first and second mounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Draper, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve E. Enochs
  • Patent number: 6604320
    Abstract: A support for branches and vines consisting of a base which has a hole, a stem which has many holes at different levels and facing in various directions, many rods which may have many holes, many branch support assemblies each of which consist of a string which has at least two hooks, and a holder which may have many holes; the stem penetrating through the hole of the base; the rods being able to penetrate the stem through its holes; one of the hook of a branch support assembly being able to hook on a hole of a rod; another hook of the branch support assembly being able to hook on the holes of the holder of the branch support assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Inventor: Chih-Yu Hsia
  • Patent number: 6575416
    Abstract: An adjustable length over-the-door hanger for hanging a wreath or other hanging objects on a door whose length can be adjusted to position the hanging object at the desired height. The hanger is made of two vertical supports that are held together and where the lower vertical support can slide along the upper vertical support to lengthen or shorten the overall length of the hanger. A track on one support is engaged by a finger on the other support thereby allowing the hanger to be locked into any one of a number of fixed positions corresponding to the desired height for the wreath to be hung on the door. This positioning allows the hanger to be easily adjusted while in place on the door. The hanger has a hook that allows it to hang over the top of the door and another hook at the bottom on which the hanging object can be hung.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Gemmy Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew G. Avinger
  • Publication number: 20030006352
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing device (1) for fixing at least one support arm (45), in particular a spring arm. Said device comprises a base body (2), which has a connecting section (4) located in the axial direction (28) at the upper end of the base body (2) for suspending the fixing device (1) and at least one bearing section (5), which is at least partially cylindrical, whereby a bearing sleeve (44) of the support arm (45) can be mounted onto said bearing section (5). The latter (5) lies in the axial direction (28) at the lower end of the base body (2) and projects axially beyond the rest of said base body (2). In addition, a retaining ring (46) can be fixed to the bearing section (5) for retaining the bearing sleeve (44) of the support arm (45) on the bearing section (5). The bearing sleeve (44) is at least indirectly supported on the retaining ring (46) and can be rotated about the axis (3) of the bearing section (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventor: Peter Kuhn
  • Patent number: 6464190
    Abstract: A self-winding-type fixture-lifting/lowering device comprising a secure block fitted at an elevated position, and a lifting/lowering block that carries a fixture to be installed at an elevated position and that hangs from the secure block by a pair of wire cables in such a manner as to move upwards and downwards, with the lifting/lowering block including an electric motor for lifting operation and a battery for supplying electric power to the electric motor. When the lifting/lowering block reaches the uppermost position, it is kept in position by a lock mechanism, but it can move downwards by its own weight by rotating the electric motor in the reverse direction when the locked feature of the lock mechanism is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Aramaki Technica Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Noriyoshi Aramaki
  • Publication number: 20020075689
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved lifting apparatus (1), particularly for lighting fittings and not, for shooting studios, comprising a pair of pantograph structures (2, 3), provided side by side, spaced and substantially parallel each other, provided above with coupling suspension means (7) and at the bottom with means (8) for coupling the fitting to be lifted, motorization means (10), to operate both said parallelogram structures, provided above, between said two parallelogram structures (2, 3), and coupling means to connect said motorization means with each one of said parallelogram structures, said apparatus (1) being characterized in that the upper and lower end arms (4) of each one of said pantograph structures are provided with teeth (12) meshing with corresponding teeth (12) provided on the corresponding arm of the same pantograph structure (2, 3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Mario De Sisti, Fabio De Sisti
  • Patent number: 6367757
    Abstract: A hanging device is characterized, by comprising a base frame to be mounted to a ceiling beam, a second frame to be lifted to the base frame, a base body hung from the second frame, a means for lifting up the second frame together with the device body to the base frame through a hole formed to a ceiling board under the ceiling beam, a flange mounted to the device body so as to fit the ceiling board, and a means for engaging the second frame in the base frame at a position in such that the device body is set up to the ceiling board and simultaneously, the flange fits to the under surface to the ceiling board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Aramaki Technica Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Noriyoshi Aramaki
  • Patent number: 6345799
    Abstract: A device for suspending loads includes an adjusting device (1) to permit the position of loads to be adjusted for height and a structure (9, 11) of articulated bars which can be extended as a double pantograph. Connectors to the overlying structure and a connection to the suspended loads are provided. Combined horizontal (17A, 1713; 17C, 17D) and vertical (28; 30) guides fixed to the connection means (12, 14). Corresponding pairs of terminal bars in the structure of articulated bars slide in the combined horizontal (17A, 1713; 17C, 17D) and vertical (28; 30) guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Industria Fototecnica Firenze S.r.l.
    Inventor: Giuliano Fusi
  • Patent number: 6299118
    Abstract: A plant hanger is provided for adjustably supporting an article, such as a potted plant and a plant holder along a vertical axis. The plant hanger includes a first piece having an elongated body provided with a support arrangement spaced therealong, and a hook at one end thereof adapted to be suspended from a support structure. A second piece has a series of flexible rods provided at one end with bent portions adapted to engage and support the plant holder and provided at the other end with a common hook bracket adapted to be engaged with the support arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Inventor: Brian P. Farrell
  • Patent number: 6216884
    Abstract: A portable fabric bolt hanger in the form of a substantially planar frame includes an upper portion, a body portion, and a base. The upper and body portions fit inside the hollow core tube of a fabric bolt, so that the fabric bolt is supported by the base. A handhold and a hanging hook are formed in the upper portion so that the fabric bolt hanger supporting a fabric bolt may be easily handled and may be hung from conventional display racks. Hinges are provided in the hanger allowing the hanger to be folded and its length thereby adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: L.A. Darling Company
    Inventors: Larry K. Terry, D. Deane Allinson, Robert S. Old
  • Patent number: 6152426
    Abstract: An extensible boom or strut has a telescoping action easily adjusted for appropriate length, and further is capable of attachment to a fixed point such as on a ceiling or wall at one end, and a lighting fixture or such at the other end. A torque tube is engaged with a cable winding device for playing out and winding up the cable which pulls on the innermost segment of the boom to shorten it or relaxes to allow gravitational force to lengthen it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Inventor: Eric Eugene Von Fange
  • Patent number: 6152427
    Abstract: A truck cap hoisting system includes a winch, at least one pulley, at least two support channels, at least two lifting strap assemblies, and a lifting line. The truck cap lifting system is preferably installed in a garage. The winch and a guide pulley are attached to a wall of the garage. The lift pulley is attached to a ceiling or an overhead beam. The lifting line is fastened to a lift ring and a reel of the winch. Each lifting strap assembly is threaded through one end of the at least two support channels. The truck cap is hoisted off the pick-up truck by first placing spacers between the truck box and the truck cap and sliding support channels in the gap. The same procedure is repeated for the opposite side. Four S-hooks extending from the at least two lifting assemblies are attached to the lift ring. The winch is then rotated until the truck cap is hoisted to a suitable height. The at least two support channels could be eliminated by forming at least four slots in the bottom of the truck cap sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Inventor: Glenn J. Hoslett
  • Patent number: 6145798
    Abstract: A quick release mount for mounting a fan to a static structure includes a handle for moving a movable member between a locking position and a non-locking position. The handle being operable to move the moving member into and out of an opening in the fan such that the fan can be removed from the quick release mount by moving the handle and moving member to the non-locking position. Some embodiments do not require any tools for removal of the fan and allows the mount to be locked at a predetermined angle relative to the static structure. The other embodiment only requires simple tools. Thus, once the fan is reattached, it need not be readjusted to return to its desired angled position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Markrep Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Janisse, Kevin Kayne, Jeffrey Kayne
  • Patent number: 6142439
    Abstract: A lifting apparatus for installation or maintenance of an elevated installation in order to simplify installation work and perform maintenance work at a lower place. The lifting apparatus comprises a fixed part to be fixed at a high place, and a lifting part which comprises an installation to be installed at the fixed part and a power source for at least moving up the lifting part and which is suspended from the fixed part to move up and down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Aramaki Technica Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Noriyoshi Aramaki
  • Patent number: 6112914
    Abstract: The present invention beneficially provides an improved method and apparatus for cleaning window coverings. The apparatus comprises a flexible strip and a hanging unit. The flexible strip engages a portion of a window covering and includes a fastening feature to secure the flexible strip to the portion of the window covering. The hanging unit couples with the flexible strip and a support structure, wherein the hanging unit and the flexible strip can support at least part of the weight of the window covering when hanging from the support structure. The method comprises hanging the window covering from a support structure using the apparatus. In one embodiment, the window covering is removed from a window frame, hung from a support structure using the apparatus, washed, rinsed, allowed to dry, and repositioned in the window frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Inventor: Anne-Marie Naficy
  • Patent number: 6073892
    Abstract: A modular projector lift system for moving a projection device along a path between an extended position and a retracted position. The modular projector lift system includes a drive assembly expandable along a first axis. At least one movable support is mechanically engagable with the drive assembly at a plurality of positions along the first axis. The movable support moves the projection device between the extended position and the retracted position. A brake mechanism is optionally included for retaining the projection device at a particular location. The brake mechanism includes a plurality of rotating brake plates connected to the drive shaft of the drive assembly and a plurality of static brake plates connected to the drive assembly compressively engaged with the rotating brake plates. Adjustable limit switches are optionally provided for adjusting a location of the retracted and the extended positions along the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Chief Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay S. Dittmer
  • Patent number: 6068230
    Abstract: A holding device for storing a hard-top including a belt system into which the hard-top can be placed in such manner that the weight of the hard-top is supported essentially entirely by the belt system. The belt system enables the hard-top to be fixed in the holding device and attached thereby to a wall or a ceiling of a room. A protective cover into which the belt system is sewn, can also be provided. The holding device is suitable for hard-tops with attachment pins as well as for hard-tops without attachment pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Inventor: Manfred Baecker
  • Patent number: 6031182
    Abstract: A strain relief mechanism for securing a cable that runs through a knockout portion disposed on the surface of a building entrance terminal is provided. The mechanism utilizes two or more brackets, where each bracket has a mounting and a clamping end. The mounting ends are fixedly securely to the inner surface of the building entrance terminal at a distance away from the knockout portion. The clamping portions are rotatable to constrain the circumference of the cable that is inserted into the building entrance terminal. A cable tie may be utilized for further constraining the clamping ends of the brackets about the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Bassel Hage Daoud
  • Patent number: 5984275
    Abstract: A truck cap hoisting system includes a winch, at least one pulley, a pair of support channels, a pair of lifting strap assemblies, and a lifting line. The truck cap lifting system is preferably installed in a garage. The winch and a guide pulley are attached to a wall of the garage. The lift pulley is attached to a ceiling or an overhead beam. The lifting line is fastened to a lift ring and a reel of the winch. Each lifting strap assembly is threaded through one end of the pair of support channels. The truck cap is hoisted off the pick-up truck by first placing spacers between the truck and truck cap and sliding support channels in the gap. The same procedure is repeated for the opposite side. Four S-hooks extending from the pair of lifting assemblies are attached to the lift ring. The winch is then rotated until the truck cap is hoisted to a suitable height. The pair of support channels could be eliminated by forming at least four slots in the bottom of the truck cap sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventor: Glenn J. Hoslett
  • Patent number: 5967482
    Abstract: A system for supporting and stabilizing a Christmas tree and the like that includes an anchor secured to an overhead structure, such as the ceiling of a room. A clamp is connected to a portion of the tree, such as the tip of the trunk, and an elongate flexible leash is connected between the anchor and the clamp. The clamp is secured to the tree by encircling its tongue around the tree trunk and then threading the tongue through a retainer formed on the end of the tongue that slidably retains the tongue. The leash is slidably attached to the clamp by means of one or more retainers attached to the clamp. The tongue and the leash have ribs spaced along their lengths. The retainers have deformable members that engage the ribs so as to permit the tongue or leash to slide through the retainer in a first direction during insertion but that prevent the tongue or leash from withdrawing from the retainer by sliding back out in an opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Inventor: Louis J. Holod, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5897104
    Abstract: A hardtop storage apparatus for storing a removable automobile hardtop has an overhead hoist including a depending lifting member attached to a sling including sling members which extend around and under opposite extremities of the hardtop and across the underside of the hardtop and are releasably joined at the underside of the hardtop in such a way that the sling members support the hardtop with a cradling action and without any direct attachment of the sling members to the hardtop when the hoist is operated to lift the sling and hardtop to an elevated storage position. Certain of the sling members are spaced by a stabilizing member to maintain the cradled hardtop in a balanced position. One disclosed embodiment of the hardtop storage apparatus has a fabric cover which encloses the stored hardtop and mounts a sleeve containing the stabilizing bar of the hardtop sling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Inventor: Michael J. Garbiso
  • Patent number: 5845454
    Abstract: A system whereby a user can adjustably interconnect a drop ceiling frame to an existing ceiling joist. In its broadest context, the system includes a ceiling joist screw which is adapted to be positioned within a ceiling joist; a linkage which is adapted to be connected to the joist screw; an adjustment cylinder which is secured to the lower end of the linkage; and a threaded J-hook which is adapted the adjustably positioned within the adjustment cylinder. With this system, a user can easily install a drop ceiling frame to the desired height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Inventor: John T. Malizia
  • Patent number: 5803418
    Abstract: This convertible structural element comprises two link chains (1, 2) which, after assembly, are capable together of assuming the form of a rigid beam. The links (3, 4) of the two chains are provided with antagonistic bearing points (10, 11), the first bearing point (10) of a link of rank n of each chain interacting with a second bearing point (11) of a link of rank n-1 in order to trap fastening elements which the pins (7, 8) of the links of the other chain form, when the element is made rigid. At least some links of at least one of the chains of the structural element exhibit a row of teeth (13) which, together with the teeth of the neighbouring links in the direction of the length of the element, form a continuous toothing extending laterally over the entire length of the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: BBD, S.A.
    Inventors: Serge Bringolf, Alain Burri
  • Patent number: 5794894
    Abstract: A selectively adjustable suspension support and a method for suspending a supported member from an overhead support member at a selected distance below the overhead support member includes an elongate flexible cable, a bead affixed to the cable adjacent each end of the cable, and a plurality of separate, discrete tabs affixed to the cable, spaced apart along the length of the cable, each tab including a catch for receiving and capturing a bead in the tab, whereby capture of a bead within a selected tab establishes the distance between the overhead support member and the supported member, and juxtaposition of the cable with the catch precludes inadvertent release of the bead from the catch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Carl Stahl Sava Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Zdenek A. Fremund
  • Patent number: 5621846
    Abstract: A radiant electric heater has a pair of bracket arms rotatably attached to opposite ends of a housing secured to a support bracket attached to a ceiling over a work space. A control switch mounted on one of the bracket arms and a control knob secured to the switch are substantially centered on the housing's axis of rotation. The housing is rotatable relative to the bracket arms throughout an angle of not more than 90 degrees and can be held in any one of several angular positions. The control knob may have a ball chain attached thereto to control operation of the heater from a position remote from the heater. In a modification, heat shields are provided along the upper and lower margins of a reflector assembly to prevent extreme heat build-up on the heater housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: The W. B. Marvin Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Barry W. Smith, Michael T. Kopczewski
  • Patent number: 5482240
    Abstract: A suspended horizontal ceiling system includes an upper support member vertically below a built ceiling, a suspension member to support a ceiling panel below the support member, and a support arrangement for providing vertical adjustment to the panels of such ceiling system. The support arrangement includes a spring clamp fixedly mounted to the support member, and an axial support rod connected to the suspension member. The clamp includes a positioning lip to assure proper and rapid placement of the clamp to the support member and a pair of resilient cantilevered plate sections which extend from the plate and away from one another to grip the outer periphery of the support rod whereby to prevent vertical movement of the support rod and deflect towards one another to release and permit vertical movement of the support rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Inventor: Thomas R. Caraher
  • Patent number: 5428936
    Abstract: An insert for attaching at least one object to a concrete structure includes an insert element in the form of a plate defining an aperture. An elongated connector shaft is positioned in the plate and extends through the plate. The elongated connector shaft is threaded along at least portion of the length thereof. An anchor element is affixed to the elongated shaft for embedment in concrete when the insert apparatus is attached to a concrete structure. The plate is secured between two female connectors threadedly engaged with the elongated connector shaft. The outermost female connector can be unthreaded from the elongated connector shaft even after the concrete has hardened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Inventor: Steven A. Roth
  • Patent number: 5397090
    Abstract: Adjustable hangers used in hanging loads from joists that extend across a room downward in the ceiling toward the room's floor are disclosed. The hangers have a mount for attaching to a joist, the mount having a support that joins a guide and is adapted to fit against a side of the joist and the guide to fit against a side of the joist that runs along the first side at a right angle. The support carries first and second cups at different vertical levels from one another on the support. The hangers also comprise a strand having enlargements spaced equally along its length. The strand also carries a hook for carrying the load, e.g. ceiling tile frame. Placing a select-enlargement of the strand in a cup allows for adjustment in the height of the hook. Placing the same enlargement in a different cup permits refinement in the height of the hook. Positions of the first and second cups include adjacent the support and remote from the support respectively, as well as adjacent and remote from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Inventors: Bradley C. Carson, Russell L. Heckenberg
  • Patent number: 5379977
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for vertically raising and lowering a unit, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Per Gunnar Ronn AB
    Inventors: Per G. Ronn, Leif Svedberg
  • Patent number: 5364053
    Abstract: An apparatus for hanging suspended ceiling structures from an overhead surface, such as a spanning joist or beam, includes a fastener adapted for adjustable securement into the overhead surface and a flexible, elongated, suspension wire having a first end for attachment to the fastener and a second end for attachment to the suspended ceiling structure. Integrally formed from the wire at the first end are a plurality of adjacent coils which are adapted to encompass the fastener. The coils loosely contact the fastener so that free rotation of the fastener, for selective adjustment in the overhead surface, can be accomplished without turning and binding the pendent wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Inventor: Robert A. Rodgers
  • Patent number: 5350141
    Abstract: A versatile support apparatus and method primarily for use aboard ships includes a stud welded to an overhead deck plate or to a vertical bulkhead or side wall of the ship. Securing to the stud and extending to the article supported is an elongate support assembly including a bracket portion supportingly engaging the article. The support assembly includes a bolted joint providing for large scale adjustment of the length of the support assembly, and of the position of the article supported. Also, the support assembly includes a threaded join providing fine-dimension adjustment of the support assembly. The support assembly is of simplified construction, is economical to make and install, maintains its large scale and fine-dimension adjustments once installed, allows easier maintenance of suspended articles in the usually crowded shipboard environment, and is very versatile in its application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Inventors: Frederick Perrault, Raymond E. Perrault
  • Patent number: 5333827
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for suspending the housing of a radio or other electrical appliance from the elevated bottom wall of a kitchen wall cabinet includes first and second concentric substantially circular members which are turnable and axially movable relative to each other and one of which is fixed to the top of the radio housing, stepped surfaces extending along respective arcs adjacent a periphery of the first member and being selectively engageable by seating elements extending radially from the second member for adjusting the axial position of the second member relative to the first member in dependence upon the rotational position of the first and second members relative to each other, and fasteners adapted to be extended from above through the bottom wall of the cabinet and then through holes in the second member into engagement with tapped bores in the first member for securing the latter to the bottom wall of the cabinet and preventing relative turning of the first and second members so that the adjus
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Sony Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Gioscia
  • Patent number: 5263687
    Abstract: An automobile hardtop storage apparatus that includes a flexible cover adapted to be draped over the outer surfaces of a hardtop while in position on the automobile. Attachment devices are carried on edge areas of the cover for attachment of the cover to the hardtop. An overhead lifting device is connectable to the cover for lifting the cover and hardtop to an elevated storage position. Cradle elements at opposite ends of the lifting device support the hardtop when in its storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Inventor: Michael J. Garbiso
  • Patent number: 5160107
    Abstract: A downcomer shaped as a channel is attached to a four-sided stud welded to a supporting surface. The central web of the downcomer engages one side of the stud and its side flanges are spaced from two additional sides of the stud. A U-shaped member overlies the remaining side of the stud, with side flanges of the U-shaped member positioned in the spaces between the side flanges of the downcomer and the adjacent sides of the stud. Fasteners hold the assembly together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Inventors: Frederick Perrault, Raymond E. Perrault
  • Patent number: 5137241
    Abstract: A burner mounting enables a longitudinally extending burner to be removably suspended from a framework without requiring the use of any tools or the manipulation of any fasteners associated with the mounting. The burner mounting comprises an angle fastened to each end of the burner and having one horizontal leg. The upper leg of a channel is secured to the framework above each burner angle. Shims or other adjustment means are interposed between the channel upper leg and the framework to locate a channel lower leg at a selected vertical location. The horizontal legs of the angles rest on the lower legs of the respective channels. Pins in the angles engage slots in the channel lower legs. The slots accommodate thermal expansion of the burner while maintaining transverse positioning of the burner relative to the framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Harbridge, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Ahern
  • Patent number: 5108064
    Abstract: An appliance support as used in particular in intensive care stations of hospitals comprises a support arm for receiving support members for the appliances and supply connections for operating the same. Such an appliance support shall be modified to allow as many appliances, such as pumps and the like, as possible to be mounted thereto and to be movable relative thereto. To this end the support arm comprises a longitudinally extending groove and a support member being slidable in the groove and being pivotable around an axis relative to the support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: F.M.K. Kreuzer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Friedhelm Kreuzer
  • Patent number: 5088675
    Abstract: A support is provided for attachment to a four-sided stud welded to a supporting surface. The support includes a tube carrying a lower member adapted to connect to an item to be supported. The upper end of the tube is collapsed and given a U-shaped configuration so that it can extend around a portion of the stud. Fasteners hold the upper end of the tube to the stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Inventors: Frederick Perrault, Raymond E. Perrault
  • Patent number: 5083739
    Abstract: A concrete supporting bridge overhang bracket system which can be lifted and transferred in gang fashion from a first section of a bridge after it has been formed to a subsequent section. The system includes a series of longitudinally spaced apart laterally extending overhang brackets to which concrete forms are secured. A lift bracket assembly is attachable to a pair of overhang brackets and can be clamped to the deck to support the overhang brackets and the forms from the deck so that the brackets can be disconnected from the deck. Once disassembled, the lift bracket assembly can be supported by a crane and unclamped from the deck, the crane thereafter moving the lift bracket assembly, the overhang brackets and the forms to the subsequent section. Also disclosed is a pivotably adjustable edge form which permits the outer edge of the deck to be vertically inclined irrespective of the horizontal inclination of the deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Symons Corporation
    Inventors: Hal C. Shook, Carmon D. Holland, Ray J. Bridges
  • Patent number: 5040765
    Abstract: A support system comprises a cantilever for taking up objects running on roller wheels. The cantilever is formed to roll the objects onto the cantilever in a first direction up to a lock position and to remove them from the cantilever by rolling in a substantially opposite direction. The roller wheels shall be locked in a rest position and removal of the objects by rolling the roller wheels from the cantilever shall be eased. In order to achieve this object the cantilever comprises a depression formed at the lock position of the roller wheels and extending transversely to the roll-on direction. A substantially plane portion is provided at the roll-on side of the depression and a roller wheel arriving in the depression contacts said plane portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: F.M.K. Kreuzer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jurgen Schonfelder
  • Patent number: 4993683
    Abstract: An overhead support for receiving medical appliances comprises an extension arm and appliance receiving means and is modified for receiving various chassis-mounted appliances on said appliance receiving means. To this end the appliance receiving means is level-adjustable such that it receives a medical appliance carried on a chassis by grabbing the chassis from below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: F. M. K. Kreuzer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Friedhelm Kreuzer
  • Patent number: 4978095
    Abstract: A harness for hitching a moistened-tissue dispenser onto a conventional toilet-tissue roll holder so that a user has ready access to either type of tissue. The dispenser is formed by a cylindrical can housing a roll of pre-moistened tissue perforated along its length to provide individual tissues that are successively withdrawn through an orifice in the cover of the can below which is an annular groove. The harness, which is formed of flexible plastic material, consists of a hoop adapted to encircle the can groove and a pair of straps extending from the hoop at diametrically opposed positions. Adjacent the free end of each strap is a hole, making it possible to link the strap to an end journal of a spring-biased, retractable spindle supporting the toilet-tissue roll, the spindle journals being received in bearing sockets on the holder. The straps suspend the moistened-tissue dispenser below the toilet-tissue roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Plus Marketing Corp.
    Inventor: Gregory Phillips
  • Patent number: 4973021
    Abstract: System for hanging pictures and the like, consisting of a carrier rail (1) to be secured horizontally to a wall, a wire (6) extending vertically, a hook-shaped element (3) at the top end of the wire (6) for connecting the wire (6) to the carrier rail (1) and an identical hook-shaped element (3) for connecting the wire (6) to hanging means at the back of the picture or the like, each hook-shaped element (3) being provided with a through channel (5) for allowing the wire (6) through, and having exclusively essentially the form of a rectangular parallelpiped with a slot (4) crossing perpendicularly the channel (5) for the wire (6) and adapted to cooperate with the carrier rail (1) and with the hanging means at the back of the picture or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Inventor: Johannes L. B. Schuite
  • Patent number: 4901967
    Abstract: A selectively transportable equipment support system is provided for operative association with an invalid transport vehicle such as a hospital bed. The system includes a transport bracket for selective secured association with a hospital bed or a service column. Various patient care items are secured to the transport bracket. Such items preferably comprise infusion pumps with associated fluid bags that are typically transported with the patients and employed in surgical rooms or intensive care units. The transport bracket includes a pivot post for reception in a service column latching assembly which allows pivotable movement of the transport bracket when it is secured to a service column support arm. The service columns are pneumatically powered for powered lifting and positioning of the transport bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventor: John H. Petre
  • Patent number: 4846433
    Abstract: An adjustable hanger for supporting a concrete form which includes a first bracket having a downwardly-extending portion for engaging an edge of an I beam flange, a second bracket for engaging an I beam flange, and a threaded rod screwed into and extending between the first and second brackets so that the second bracket can be adjusted in spacing from the first bracket to enable the hanger to accommodate a variety of I beam flange widths. In the preferred embodiment, the second bracket includes an upwardly extending portion having a wedge-shaped slot and an outer arcuate bearing surface. The upwardly extending portion receives a bolt for supporting cantilevered formwork and the bolt is retained within the slot by a nut which rests against the arcuate bearing surface. The retained bolt can be pivoted throughout a range of angular orientations relative to the second bracket as the circumstances of use may require.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Dayton Superior Corporation
    Inventors: Peter D. Courtois, Roy L. Edgar
  • Patent number: 4787592
    Abstract: A device for hanging a building member contains a gripper adapted to be secured to an anchor member embeded in a ceiling wall of a building, a wire article hanging from and secured to the gripper at its one end, and a second gripper adapted for securing the other end of the wire article and for hanging a building member. The gripper allows the wire article to pass in one direction along the longitudinal direction of the wire article but not in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Assignee: 501 Ultima Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayuki Aoshika