Abstract: A shiftable article storage device having a plurality of shiftable article storage units each adapted for mounting articles to be stored thereon and provided with a driving source. The article storage units are put together with no interval between each other when not in use but shifted, when an article on one of them is desired to be taken out, in such a manner that an aisle is formed on one side of one article storage unit to provide access to the article.

Abstract: A composite modular element structure for furnishings comprises side elements, back elements located in guides at the vertical edges of the side elements, roof and base panels adapted for assembling to the side elements and tie members for assembling the side elements and roof and base panels together.

Abstract: A folding clothes hanger including a first wall member, at least one clothes hanger mounted on the first wall member, a second wall member, at least one clothes hanger mounted on the second wall member, and a central post portion and with both the first and second wall members extending from and attached to the central post portion at angularly spaced positions and with at least one of the first and second wall members pivotably mounted to the central post portion for providing for at least a closed position with the first and second wall members lying substantially parallel to each other and an open position with the first and second wall members lying at an angular relationship to each other.

Abstract: A locker having a rear wall, two side walls, and a frame-shaped front wall which are all interconnected to form a box-like structure, which together with a top and bottom part can be shipped disassembled. The locker can be assembled on the site where it is received in reduced amount of time since screws, rivets, soldering joints, and other types of fastening means are avoided. The assembly or locker contemplates the walls having bent portions which can be pivoted and hooked to one another to form a joint and will not separate. In addition, the top and bottom portions of the locker can be held in place by embossments located on the side walls, as well as the rear wall of the locker. In addition, the frame-shaped front wall of the locker is held in place by vertical front edges of each side wall which are U-shaped in cross-section and tightly engage corresponding vertical parts of the frame-shaped front wall.

Abstract: A cabinet comprising a cabinet body, a rail continuously laid in the cabinet body, and a glass doors each of which consists of a plurality of glass strips foldably connected together. The glass doors are retracted into or withdrawn from the cabinet body while slidingly moving the glass doors such that they are folded along the rail, to open or close the whole of the front side of the cabinet body. A cabinet according to the present invention permits minimizing the space in which the glass doors are opened or closed, and opening the whole of the front side of the cabinet body.

Abstract: A refrigerator door structure comprising a door hingedly mounted on a mullion is disclosed, one or more of which may be mounted in a suitable opening through the wall of a refrigerator compartment without a frame and with or without a starter mullion to close such opening while providing access therethrough. The door and mullion are designed to be inverted to provide for either right-hand or left-hand opening of the door. The packaging of the door structure with appropriate shelving elements is described.

Abstract: A storage system comprising at least one panel member which may be in the form of a hingedly mounted door or the like and including a pair of spaced parallel mounting sections on one side of the door, a plurality of storage containers adapted to be mounted on the panel at selected vertical locations thereon and mounting elements extending between the containers and the panel for removably connecting the containers thereto; the panel may comprise one of a plurality of coplanar doors or partitions normally closing an access opening to a storage area, such as a closet or the like, whereby the storage containers are normally hidden from view but are readily accessible upon opening of the doors. It is contemplated that the storage system may be embodied in a unitized closet structure which may be placed in its entirety within a recess of suitable dimensions in order to minimize assembly time and effort to the extreme.

Abstract: A portable medical kit is provided which maintains medicines, instruments and equipment secure when the kit is closed, presents all of the contained items in a readily visible and easily accessible manner when the kit is open, and provides unambiguous interrelation between specific medicines and instruments to aid the user. The kit can be wall-mounted, as when used in a hospital emergency room; is easily portable, and can be used free-standing on any suitable support surface.

Abstract: A modular piece of furniture such as a room divider, with a compartmented skeletal structure forming shelves and cabinets, has its horizontal and vertical wall members interconnected by moldings extending along orthogonally adjoining edges thereof with ribs fitting into longitudinal grooves of these edges. Other profiles, of generally trapezoidal cross-section, have exposed longitudinal slots accommodating inserts which carry hinge elements for the connection of swing doors to certain of these wall members. Similar profiles along the free edges of door leaves are fitted with bumper or sealing strips.

Abstract: A movable storage unit system comprising a plurality of individually driven storage units at least some of which are movable toward and away from one another into contact with one another to define an access space between a pair of the units. A logic control circuit is provided on each unit and a limit sensor is provided on each movable unit including a sensor circuit for creating a signal in response to contact of a pair of storage units. A safety sensor is also provided on each unit and includes a safety sensor control circuit for creating a signal upon engagement of the safety sensor and an object or person in the path of the unit. A pair of reset controls is provided on each unit including a reset control circuit for creating a logic signal when actuated, and a run control is provided on each unit for creating a logic signal when actuated. The storage units are electrically connected such that a logic signal from the run control directs a run signal to a next adjacent unit.

Abstract: A wall mounted tool cabinet easily assembled from a kit of parts comprises three units hinged to one another to form a complete enclosure with each unit formed of four frame sections and a section of pegboard material. Hooks detachably engaged in the pegboard material in each of the units serve to position tools therein to present the tools in side by side array when the units are opened.

Abstract: A cabinet-like furniture unit of cellular structure having generally large area door arrangements for closing the open fronts of the cells; handling ledges or strips are mounted at the edges of the doors, with finger grooves provided in the outer surfaces of each of the handling ledges opening in a direction generally parallel to the main exterior surface of the respective door, and with profile bands of generally T-shaped transverse cross section sheathing the front edges of the cell walls; the handling ledges and profile bands are arranged in such manner that in the closed condition of the doors, the inner longitudinal edge of the outer surface of the handling ledge is in close proximity to the adjacent edge of the cross bar of the profile band, whereby, as viewed from the front, the handling ledge and associated profile band form a homogeneous whole. A novel profile band comprising two separate parts is also disclosed.

Abstract: A storage system comprising at least one panel member which may be in the form of a hingedly mounted door or the like and including a pair of spaced parallel mounting sections on one side of the door, a plurality of storage containers adapted to be mounted on the panel at selected vertical locations thereon and mounting elements extending between the containers and the panel for removably connecting the containers thereto; the panel may comprise one of a plurality of coplanar doors or partitions normally closing an access opening to a storage area, such as a closet or the like, whereby the storage containers are normally hidden from view but are readily accessible upon opening of the doors. It is contemplated that the storage system may be embodied in a unitized closet structure which may be placed in its entirety within a recess of suitable dimensions in order to minimize assembly time and effort to the extreme.

Abstract: A shelving system is provided utilizing elongated shelf assemblies or units with at least one of the assemblies being provided with rollers supported on a flat surface or floor to allow movement in the lengthwise direction. Standard shelving units with corner posts rest on a plurality of platform mounted rollers. Side access openings of the shelf assemblies face each other so that a fully closed system is formed when the assemblies are pushed together. When opened, sufficient space between the adjacent corners of the assemblies allows full unobstructed access to the shelves of both. Groups of juxtaposed rollers are positioned on at least two axles carried by inverted U-shaped frames at each of the corners. The corner posts of the assemblies are connected by the horizontal shelves and paneling or sheet steel serves to close and reinforce the assemblies. The system embodies a modular concept so that groups of two or three units may be provided.

Abstract: An improved modular type safety deposit box system. In preferred form, each module is comprised of the same basic casing structure, and an initially separate door frame structure, these two components then being assembled into a completed module after pre-assembly of each component. Each module's casing may be subdivided into more than one compartment by use of a plurality of standardized horizontal dividers and, if desired, standardized vertical dividers, the dividers being arranged as desired in operative engagement with the casing through a slot and tab structure. Each module's door frame is comprised of a hoop-shaped frame adapted to be subdivided into a plurality of access ports corresponding to the same number of compartments provided in the basic casing. The doors for each access port of the frame may be installed to hinge from one side of the frame if no vertical dividers are used in the casing, or from a center hinge post fixed in the frame if vertical dividers are used in the casing.

Abstract: This invention relates to a knockdown cabinet and particularly to a one-piece molded plastic door frame and front wall having unique means for hinging the doors to the cabinet frame opening.

Abstract: An electrically-operated shiftable article storage device in which a plurality of shiftable article storage units adapted for movement in a direction normal to the article storage faces thereof to form a plurality of article handling aisles therebetween are normally arranged closely adjacent to each other to leave a limited space corresponding to at least one article handling aisle, and at least one of the article storage units is moved in either direction to form said article handling aisle opposite to the article storage face of a desired one of said article storage units so that articles can be handled in said article handling aisle.

Abstract: Storage apparatus for small vehicles and the like such as bicycles and motorcycles and the like including at least one storage unit having a roof, end members and rigid channel means for joining and supporting said roof and end members over a supporting surface, and for joining one of the units to another storage unit, side closure, wall, or the like. The rigid channel includes a recessed portion to drain rain water from the unit or units and secures interior divider panels which separate the interior of one unit from the interior of another and also segregate the interior of each unit into discrete storage areas.