Rectilinear Movement Patents (Class 312/139.2)
  • Patent number: 12075926
    Abstract: A museum showcase includes a base, with a laterally accessible technical compartment and an upper platform, and an exhibition space above the platform, delimited by vertically extended glass walls. The glass walls include at least one multi-layered special glass wall, formed of an inner glass pane and an outer glass pane. The inner glass pane extends downwards to cover the base and includes an opening at the technical compartment. The outer glass pane extends downwards only to a height such that the opening in the inner glass pane remains free. The special glass wall includes an openable door shaped and sized to form an extension of the outer glass pane downwards to cover the base. In this way, the opening of the technical compartment is accessible by opening the door, without having to open access to the exhibition space. The inner glass pane ensures that the exhibition space remains closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: GOPPION S.P.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Goppion
  • Patent number: 12031370
    Abstract: An oven comprising a multi-door operating apparatus is provided. In one example, the multi-door operating apparatus comprises a first panel comprising a first plurality of grooves that traverse a first inside surface of the first panel and a second panel comprising a second plurality of grooves that traverse a second inside surface of the second panel, wherein first inside surface faces the second inside surface, and wherein the first plurality of grooves and the second plurality of grooves extend in a first direction and then turn to extend in a second direction. The multi-door operating apparatus further comprises two or more oven doors configured to move in the first direction and turn to the second direction via projections that extend from the respective oven doors into the first plurality of groves and the second plurality of grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: TPS IP, LLC
    Inventors: Lyle Oscar Dingman, Michael Abraham Schneck, Gary Allen Hanson, David Allen Strand, Michael Laddie Grande, Geoffry Allen Gromiuk, Steven Edward Kempowski, Jon Allen Ludlum, Zachary Alan Griffa
  • Patent number: 11864670
    Abstract: The invention features a refrigerator cabinet door frame. The frame includes a thermally conductive outer frame, a thermally insulating inner frame member, and a sealing plate. The outer frame member includes a forward end having an outer surface that is disposed outside of a refrigerated cabinet with the frame mounted, and a rearward end defining a joint. The inner frame member includes a first end retained in the joint, and a second end. The sealing plate includes a first edge coupled to the outer frame member at the rearward end, forward of the joint, a second edge supported by the second end of the inner frame member, and a thermally conductive sealing surface. The first edge of the sealing plate is coupled to the outer frame member such that the sealing surface and the outer surface of the outer frame member together form a continuous heat transfer path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Anthony, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Artwohl, Jeffery W. Nicholson, Matthew Rolek, David Briggs Baugh
  • Patent number: 11769364
    Abstract: A cartridge having a housing, an outer looped element affixed at least partially in a cavity that spans substantially all of a length of the housing. A movable inner looped element is mounted a roller and positioned inside the outer looped element. Panels are radially attached to the movable inner looped element such that each of the plurality of panels extends toward the outer looped element. Movable chambers defined by a space between the panels. A first opening that spans substantially all of a first side of the outer looped element. A second opening is disposed on the outer looped element proximate to a bottom end of the outer looped element providing access to outside the cartridge. A second movable door covers substantially all of the second opening and partially defining the outer looped element when the second movable door is in a second movable door closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Braido, Audley Wilson
  • Patent number: 11478088
    Abstract: A museum showcase includes a guide system for a sliding door, including upper and lower guide mechanisms. The upper guide mechanism includes primary and secondary rails. The upper guide mechanism also includes a first slide unit and a second slide unit. The first slide unit has a rolling member on an upper horizontal track of the secondary rail, and a sliding block engaged on a vertical track of the secondary rail. The second slide unit has a rolling member on a lower horizontal track of the primary rail, and a sliding block engaged on a vertical track of the primary rail. Thereby, the upper guide mechanism is extremely strong. The weight of the door, entirely supported by the secondary rail, is discharged on the first rail by the two slide units to transmit both vertical and horizontal loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: GOPPION S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Goppion
  • Patent number: 11335154
    Abstract: A cartridge for food delivery apparatus is disclosed. The cartridge is for storing and conveying items. The cartridge includes a housing and an outer looped element affixed at least partially in a main cavity of the housing. A movable inner looped element is mounted on rotatable rollers. A plurality of panels defines a plurality of movable chambers between the outer looped element and the movable inner looped element. Each of the plurality of movable chambers is defined by a space between a first panel and an adjacent panel of the plurality of panels. A first movable door partially defining the outer looped element covers a first opening providing access to at one of the chambers. A second movable door is on the outer looped element and allows items to exit the cartridge. Generally, the cartridge enables the on-demand delivery of food items having a generally planar shape or surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Braido, Audley Wilson
  • Patent number: 11208750
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining an aperture in a front surface thereof. A drum is disposed within the cabinet. The drum defines an access opening that aligns with the aperture. A door is coupled to the cabinet and is operable between closed and opened positions relative to the aperture. A bellows extends along a perimeter of the aperture and proximate the access opening. A deflector extends along at least a portion of the perimeter of the aperture. The deflector extends into an interior of the drum over the bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Darryl C. Bodine, Donald E. Erickson, Gregg P. Fitzgerald, Stephen D. Ostdiek, Marcel Schmidt, Todd J. Tunzi
  • Patent number: 10641034
    Abstract: Disclosed are a frame assembly structure of a wooden doors and windows and a corner assembly method. The window includes, at least, a window frame or a casement window frame mainly formed by joining adjacent profile frame strips via a corner assembler on adjacent connecting end surfaces. The connecting end surfaces of two adjacent profile frame strips are respectively configured to be cross sections of 0° to 180°. A positioning notch of the corner assembler is at least provided on the cross sections. Two half corner assemblers of the corner assemblers are respectively embedded and fixed into the positioning notches on the adjacent cross sections. The two half corner assemblers are connected by an intermediate fastening piece and a fastening bolt to form a complete corner assembler, and the two adjacent profile frame strips are connected tightly and fixedly. The frame assembly structure is easy to assemble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG ROOMEYE ENERGY-SAVING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chengming Dong, Lijiao Yin, Weixing Wu, Yibin Jiang, Zhixiang Xu, Haihua Xu, Linjie Pan, Jun Huang
  • Patent number: 10617236
    Abstract: A bagging station with a bag holder includes a box that encloses a bag dispenser. The bag holder is mounted at a bagging station in a retail store so the bag dispenser can hold and dispense shopping bags at the bagging station. The bag holder includes a rectangular box with a sliding door front that encases the bag dispenser and the shopping bags. The sliding door slides between a closed position and an open position. In the open position, the bag dispenser is accessible at the bagging station, and is used to dispense shopping bags. In the closed position, the bag dispenser and the shopping bags are enclosed in the bag holder. In the closed position, the shopping bags will not fall off the bag dispenser, or be stolen from the bag dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Yurgis Mauro Bacallao, Carolyne Wendel
  • Patent number: 10575659
    Abstract: An access door for use in a cooling device for keeping products chilled and displaying them, in particular food and/or beverages, wherein the access door is substantially transparent and includes a first wall and a second wall parallel to each other, made of plastic, and joined at the edges to form a cavity between the walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: POLYPLASTIC GROEP B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Peter Veeneman, Robin Van Den Hooven
  • Patent number: 10422067
    Abstract: A pretreat cover for a washing machine appliance is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the stowed position, the pretreat cover is spaced apart from an opening defined by a top panel of the washing machine appliance. In contrast, the pretreat cover is at least partially disposed in the opening when the pretreat cover is in the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander B. Leibman, Lucius Levon Cole, James Quentin Pollett, Manidhar Vvs Yandamuri
  • Patent number: 10138666
    Abstract: An anti-fall flip-up sliding mechanism includes a hinge having a first hinge plate affixed to a cabinet and a second hinge plate pivotally connected the first hinge plate, a buffering device including a first damper connected between the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate and a second damper mounted at the second hinge plate, and a sliding device affixed to a door panel and slidably coupled to the second hinge plate and meshed with the second damper such that when the door panel is biased relative to the first hinge plate and received to the top side of the cabinet, the first damper and the second damper produce a buffering effect to avoid the door panel from sudden falling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Nan Juen International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: I-Hsiang Chiu
  • Patent number: 9115534
    Abstract: A mounting (28) for a side panel (26) of a weighing machine (10) has two rails (30, 32) which lie opposite one another and extend substantially parallel to each other. The side panel (26) is guided between the rails and thereby moves between a closed position and an open position. A stop (46) on the first rail (30) co-operates with the side panel (26), such that the completely open position is defined, and the second opposite rail (32) lies opposite the first rail (30) with such a spacing that the side panel (26), when being located in the open position, can be moved away by lifting of the rear edge (29) of the side panel (26) over the stop (46), but the opposing front edge (27) of the side panel (26) cannot be lifted or can only be lifted insignificantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sartorius Lab Instruments GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Otto Kuhlmann
  • Patent number: 8950829
    Abstract: A cabinet includes a top wall, a bottom wall, two opposite sidewalls, and a sliding door. One of the sidewalls defines an opening. A rail perpendicular to the sidewalls protrudes from an inner surface of each of the top and bottom walls, extends to the opening. The sliding door defines a slide slot in each of a top and a bottom. The sliding door is capable of sliding into the cabinet through the opening, with the two slide slots fitted around the corresponding rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Szu-Wei Kuo
  • Patent number: 8905500
    Abstract: A storage assembly includes a base assembly having a base member and a back member, first and second cabinet assemblies slidable with respect to the base assembly and having top members and front members, and cooperating with the base assembly to define an interior space. The storage assembly further includes a first guide assembly including a first track member secured to the back member and roller assemblies secured to the top members, and that track within the first track member, and a second guide assembly including a second track member secured to the base member and guide members secured to the front members, and that track within the second track member, and roller assemblies secured to the front members, wherein the roller assemblies are adapted to roll along the second track member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin Larson, Wei Song Lee
  • Publication number: 20140319980
    Abstract: A display case for exhibiting objects is described. The display case has a support base for a display plane and for at least a first shell exhibiting at least a crystal delimiting wall, at least a first linear guide for the support of the first shell, the first linear guide exhibiting a part of fixed guide solidly constrained to the base and a part of mobile guide solidly constrained to the first shell, the part of fixed guide exhibiting at least a first rail for one or more first support bearings solidly constrained to the part of mobile guide, the part of mobile guide exhibiting a rail, for one or more second support bearings solidly constrained to the part of fixed guide. The display plane being associated to the part of fixed guide by means of one or more third bearings for the support of the display plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: GOPPION S.P.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Mauro Massimo Goppion
  • Patent number: 8860574
    Abstract: A cabinet lock for protecting merchandise within a merchandise display cabinet having an inner door and an outer door. The cabinet lock includes a strike plate affixed to the inner door and a lock housing affixed to the outer door such that the cabinet is in a locked configuration that prevents access to the merchandise when the lock housing is operably engaged to the strike plate. A programmable electronic key communicates a security code with the cabinet lock and transfers electrical power to the cabinet lock to operate a lock mechanism between the locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. An indicator is provided for indicating whether the cabinet lock is in the locked configuration or the unlocked configuration. The indicator includes a first segment and a second segment that can be energized to visually indicate the status of the cabinet lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: InVue Security Products Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Grant, David N. Berglund, Hrishikesh P. Gogate, Justin A. Richardson, William M. Warren, Andrew W. Moock
  • Publication number: 20130285518
    Abstract: A display case panel mounting system includes a mounting bracket, sliding panel mount, and a slider. The sliding panel mount may include a first slide profile and a second slide profile. The mounting bracket may be capable of connecting to a display case and the slider may connect to the mounting bracket and the first slide profile to facilitate rotational movement of the sliding panel mount. The second slide profile may engage the first slide profile to facilitate linear movement of the second slide profile with respect to the first slide profile. A panel clamp may connect to the second slide profile to receive a panel for the display case to facilitate rotational movement and linear movement of the panel and various orientations of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Gregory A. Stelmasik
  • Patent number: 8491065
    Abstract: A cabinet forming a showcase is provided and includes at least one glass door fastened on a ferrule moving along a rail, and a latch housed in the structure of the cabinet. When the door is in a locking position, the bolt of the latch is engageable in a notch formed in the ferrule or in an endpiece mounted at the end of said ferrule. This notch-includes an internally chamfered wall with a rake angle to prevent the bolt from returning to the retracted position under the effect of movement transmitted via the door as a result of residual slack between the ferrule and the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Adler S.A.S.
    Inventors: Bourgain Eric, Masson Jean-Jacques, Martin Christophe
  • Patent number: 8438886
    Abstract: The invention provides a showcase having at least two glass doors, a first door being fastened to a front ferrule and a second door being fastened to a rear ferrule, each of the ferrules moving along a respective rail, said locking device comprising a lock for locking the two doors together, wherein the showcase includes a locking device comprising a slider mounted to move in said front ferrule transversely relative thereto, and having a rotor of the lock installed thereon, wherein said rear ferrule includes an opening that comes into line with said rotor in a position for locking the two doors together, and that is suitable for receiving a bolt mounted at the end of said rotor, and wherein said slider includes a relatively flat face plate coming substantially flush with said ferrule in the locked position of said doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Adler S.A.S.
    Inventors: Eric Bourgain, Jean-Jacques Masson, Christophe Martin
  • Patent number: 8430460
    Abstract: A merchandiser includes a case defining a product display area, and a lid disposed over the product display area and substantially enclosing at least a portion of the product display area. The lid is movable between an open position providing access to the product display area and a closed position limiting access to the product display area. The merchandiser also includes a handle assembly that has a handle coupled to and rotatable relative to the lid as the lid moves between the open position and the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Estefania Erro, Asier Esnal
  • Publication number: 20120280600
    Abstract: A retail product display system 72, comprising a retail product drawer 20 slideable between a closed position and an open position, a demonstration product locator 30 arranged at the front of the retail product drawer 20 and movable between two extreme positions respectively an inclined display position and a horizontal display position, wherein the system is arranged for allowing the demonstration product locator 30 to be in the inclined display position when the retail product drawer 20 is in the closed position and for allowing the demonstration product locator 30 to be in the horizontal display position when the retail product drawer 20 is in the open position. The invention makes it possible to offer greater space for accommodating demonstration products or displaying information with easy access to the retail product for purchase by the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Harold Noel, Fabien Brossard, Patrick Ple-Boishardy
  • Patent number: 8303050
    Abstract: A display case having a preferably square or rectangular outline and a front (1), a rear (2), an upper (5), a right (3) and a left side face (4), a base (6) or in addition an upper part (14) instead of the upper side face (5), all the side faces or at least a part of the same being formed of panes of glass, the interior being sealed in its lower region with a support surface (7) and the display case being sealed extensively in an airtight manner relative to the external air. The display case being formed from two symmetrical halves (8, 9) which are separated from each other vertically, the base (6) and the possibly present upper part (14) forming a part of the front (1), rear (2), right (3) and left side face (4) and the two halves (8, 9) being able to be moved away from each other or towards each other horizontally and parallel, the support surface (7) being excluded from the movement. Such a display case has no door, access to the interior is nevertheless provided in the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Glasbau Hahn GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Hahn
  • Patent number: 8294046
    Abstract: A draft protection device for a laboratory instrument. The device encloses a weighing compartment that surrounds a balance pan. The draft protection device includes a rear wall, a front wall, two sidewalls, a top cover, and a floor that is delimited by border edges. The draft protection device further includes at least one guiding means that is connected to the top cover and serves to guide the movement of at least one horizontally slidable sidewall, and/or a holder means that is connected to the top cover and serves to hold the front wall in place, wherein the guiding means and/or the holder means supports the weight of the at last one sidewall and/or the front wall in such a way that the wall(s) is pushed by a biasing torque against the floor of the weighing compartment. This torque is supported by the border edge facing towards the respective wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo AG
    Inventors: Paul Lüchinger, Sandra Ehrbar
  • Patent number: 8182052
    Abstract: A cupboard forming a display cabinet includes at least one pane fixed on a shoe moving along a rail and an electromagnetic lock housed in the frame of the cupboard, so that its bolt can interact with a notch formed on the shoe when the pane is in the locked position. In order to identify the locking of the pane, the rail may have a lateral protrusion and the cupboard may contain an electric circuit including a contact between the bolt of the lock and the protrusion, the closure of the circuit allowing the desired identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Adler S.A.S.
    Inventors: Eric Michel Bourgain, Jean-Jacques Claude Roger Masson
  • Patent number: 8162413
    Abstract: A cover for a merchandising display unit (1) disclosed. The cover of the rectangular top opening of the storage compartment includes displaceable lids (9) arranged in two rows along opposing longer sides (2,4) of the storage unit so that access is provided to the storage compartment from both sides of the storage unit. The cover has a stationary cover plate (6) along a mid section of the storage unit and a rail system (5) with a number of parallel transverse rails between the two longer sides, and the lids (9) mounted between separate tracks in adjacent rails and are displaceable in a direction perpendicular to the longer sides (2,4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Behr A/S
    Inventors: Kristian Behr, Peter Behr
  • Publication number: 20110273066
    Abstract: The invention provides a showcase having at least two glass doors, a first door being fastened to a front ferrule and a second door being fastened to a rear ferrule, each of the ferrules moving along a respective rail, said locking device comprising a lock for locking the two doors together, wherein the showcase includes a locking device comprising a slider mounted to move in said front ferrule transversely relative thereto, and having a rotor of the lock installed thereon, wherein said rear ferrule includes an opening that comes into line with said rotor in a position for locking the two doors together, and that is suitable for receiving a bolt mounted at the end of said rotor, and wherein said slider includes a relatively flat face plate coming substantially flush with said ferrule in the locked position of said doors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: ADLER S.A.S.
    Inventors: Bourgain Eric, Masson Jean-Jacques, Martin Christophe
  • Publication number: 20110266931
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cabinet forming a showcase, including at least one glass door fastened on a ferrule moving along a rail, and a latch housed in the structure of the cabinet in such a manner that the bolt of the latch is engageable, when the door is in a locking position, in a notch formed in the ferrule or in an endpiece mounted at the end of said ferrule, wherein the notch includes an internally chamfered wall with a rake angle to prevent the bolt from returning to the retracted position under the effect of movement transmitted via the door as a result of residual slack between the ferrule and the rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: ADLER S.A.S.
    Inventors: Bourgain Eric, Masson Jean-Jacques, Martin Christophe
  • Patent number: 7896451
    Abstract: A movable beverage cooler includes a storage organizer below an insulated cooler tub. The storage organizer has a plurality of adjustable horizontal racks for accommodating individual rows of various sized containers. The racks employ grip-in-place sidewall adjustment pads. The tub has a drop-in top, sliding door sub-assembly, with locking screws. The storage organizer may be enclosed with access through sliding doors. The structure is supported on legs with adjustable leveler extensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Inventor: Thomas Jerome Walsh
  • Patent number: 7789238
    Abstract: A storage bin assembly has a container base with a front, a back, a bottom, a perimeter side wall extending up from the bottom, and a storage space above the bottom within the side wall. A base lid is positioned over a top of the storage space. An access opening into the storage space is positioned near the front of the container base. A cover is selectively movable relative to the lid between a closed position closing off the access opening and two optional open positions. One of the positions is a rear position rearward of the access opening and the other of the positions is a front position forward of the access opening. Each optional open position exposes the storage space through the access opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher J. Claypool, Jason E. Begin
  • Patent number: 7425045
    Abstract: The disclosed supporting system is designed for use with any closet system containing a sliding door and bottom row of two or more drawers. The components of this system transfer the weight of the sliding door and of the upper compartments of the closet to the floor. The system comprises of two outer supporting braces attached to the closet's inners side walls, at least one inner brace attached the drawer divider, and a metal profile attached along the front edge of the shelf above the drawers, reaching the closet's sliding doors' rail. The lower part of each brace is situated on the floor and the upper end of an outer brace supports the shelf above the drawer, while the upper end of an inner brace connects to the lower end of the metal profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Hardoor Mechanism Productions Ltd
    Inventors: Mordechai Harari, Amos Halfon
  • Patent number: 6966618
    Abstract: A furniture unit having a dual slider mechanism with an outer carriage and an inner carriage. Both the outer carriage and the inner carriage may include stoppers at opposing ends. A bearing or wheel assembly is provided. The bearing or wheel assembly may be positioned between the side rails of the outer carriage and the inner carriage, and which allows the inner and outer carriages to freely slide. The sliding mechanism may be used with a furniture unit in order to allow a door to open in a first open position or a second closed position or remain in a closed center position. A locking mechanism may be used to lock the door to the frame of the furniture unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Pulaski Furniture Corporation
    Inventor: Richard Eugene Delph
  • Patent number: 6830299
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement for mounting a door or other element to an article of furniture using an existing slide mechanism of the type known for use in drawers, wherein the slide mechanism is hidden from view when the door or other element is in both a closed and in an open position to enhance the aesthetic design of the article of furniture. The slide mechanism is mounted to a rear or interior surface of the article of furniture, and a bracket connects the slide mechanism to a door or other element which is disposed adjacent a front face of the article of furniture. In this manner, the slide mechanism and bracket are hidden from view regardless of the position of the door or other element. In one embodiment, a cabinet with a door connected thereto by hidden slides is provided, and in another embodiment, a display board with covers connected thereto by hidden slides is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay M. Henriott, Kevin T. Rauscher
  • Patent number: 6793298
    Abstract: A furniture unit having a dual slider mechanism with an outer carriage and an inner carriage. Both the outer carriage and the inner carriage may include stoppers at opposing ends. A bearing or wheel assembly is provided. The bearing or wheel assembly may be positioned between the side rails of the outer carriage and the inner carriage, and which allows the inner and outer carriages to freely slide. The sliding mechanism may be used with a furniture unit in order to allow a door to open in a first open position or a second closed position or remain in a closed center position. A locking mechanism may be used to lock the door to the frame of the furniture unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Pulaski Furniture Corporation
    Inventor: Richard Eugene Delph
  • Patent number: 6758539
    Abstract: The opening system entails a longitudinal translation and a rotation of plates of a counter or display unit along the customer's side; each plate is fixed to a first bar; the latter is hinged to two supporting arms by pivots and at its turn each supporting arm is hinged to a lower bearing bar by two further pivots; the supporting arms are parallel and the pivots insist on their ends; a gas-actioned piston is connected to a supporting arm; the lower bearing bar is shaped in such a way to house in its section all the moving mechanics of plates; the two supporting arms of each plate in co-operation with each bar on which the plate-holding clamps are attached and the lower bearing arm form a parallelogram-like moving system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: N.E.M. Nord EST Meccanica S.n.c.
    Inventor: Alessandro Cianetti
  • Patent number: 6655760
    Abstract: There is disclosed a cold storage which improves a door insulating performance, and which is preferable particularly for low-temperature insulation of chemicals, and the like. A low-temperature insulating showcase is formed by openably closing a storage chamber opening constituted in an insulation box by a door, the door is constituted of a transparent panel and a see-through composite layer glass, and a panel is detachably attached to the storage chamber side of the composite layer glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Sakata, Yasuhide Watanabe, Kazuhiko Okazaki, Toshimi Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 6641238
    Abstract: A temperature and/or humidity controlled cabinet includes an environmentally controlled compartment having a main access opening and a swing door that is configured to selectively permit access to the inside of the environmentally controlled compartment via at least a portion of the main access opening and to close off access to the inside of the temperature controlled compartment via at least a portion of the main access opening. The cabinet further includes at least one sliding door that is defined in a portion of the swing door and that is configured to selectively permit access to the inside of the environmentally controlled compartment and to close off access to the inside of the environmentally controlled compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Carrier Commercial Refrigeration, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Branz, Hing Wah Chiu
  • Patent number: 6474757
    Abstract: A first device for use in conjunction with display cases include a frame, a support member slidably disposed on the frame, an arm disposed on the support member for slidable movement therewith, a first work surface disposed on the support member, and a dampening member disposed between the second work surface and the support member for reducing vibration transfer to the first surface. A second device comprises a rail, a support member slidably disposed on the rail, and a dampening member disposed between the rail and the support member. A third device includes a window frame slidably engaged with a display case, a window supported by the frame member, and a work surface disposed on the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Inventors: Donald M. Hall, Ross M. Hall, Morison Ryan Hall
  • Patent number: 6467859
    Abstract: A temperature and/or humidity controlled cabinet includes an environmentally controlled compartment having a main access opening and a swing door that is configured to selectively permit access to the inside of the environmentally controlled compartment via at least a portion of the main access opening and to close off access to the inside of the temperature controlled compartment via at least a portion of the main access opening. The cabinet further includes at least one sliding door that is defined in a portion of the swing door and that is configured to selectively permit access to the inside of the environmentally controlled compartment and to close off access to the inside of the environmentally controlled compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Specialty Equipment Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Branz, Hing Wah Chiu
  • Publication number: 20020084727
    Abstract: Disclosed is an entertainment center having a moveable front and shelves to hold a television, electronic entertainment components, and other household items. The front has an open area through which the television, or another desired item, is exposed and accessible when the front is in a closed position. Thus, the contents of the entertainment center, except for the television or other item, are concealed when the front is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventor: Joseph E. Miller
  • Patent number: 6315375
    Abstract: A device for displaying items having a top layer of material and an item supporting material joined together and having at least one aperture therein for receiving a portion of the item to be displayed is provided. A bottom layer of material is joined with the item supporting material. A frame receives the joined top layer of material, item supporting material and bottom layer of material. A method of constructing the device includes joining the top layer of material and the item supporting material, forming at least one aperture therein, joining the bottom layer of material to the item supporting material and receiving the joined top layer of material, item supporting material and bottom layer of material in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: New Century Displays, Inc.
    Inventors: Lisa Marie Reeves, Devlan Duane Reeves
  • Patent number: 6247773
    Abstract: A cooling storage cabinet in which condensation is prevented from being produced under such conditions that the condensation occurs on the glazing of its doors. The cooling storage cabinet is formed of a heat insulating housing having an opening that is opened and closed by one or more slidable doors. Each of the doors is constructed of a heat insulating wall with the periphery portion of each of two opposing sides being thinner and a door sash into which each peripheral portion is fitted to slide on the cabinet adjacent the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Harigai, Hiroshi Naganuma, Zenichi Kakinuma, Daisaburo Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 6168246
    Abstract: In an article providing apparatus, a storage rack (1) has a front face through which articles are loaded in the storage rack. The front face of the storage rack is covered by a covering member having a sample showcase (4) for showing a sample. The sample showcase is displaceable to enable the front face of the storage rack be exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Sanden Corp.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kurihara