Abstract: A bottle rack configured to be at least partially recessed in a wall.

Abstract: Recessed shelves and cabinets designed for insertion into an installation aperture cut in a gypsum board panel between two studs of a hollow wall of frame construction are manufactured of paintable polymeric plastic material that has been injection molded. Each shelf or cabinet includes a box portion which includes a generally laminar rear panel and a plurality of mutually-intersecting side panels which are continuous with the rear panel and generally perpendicular to the rear panel. Each shelf or cabinet also includes a perimetric rim or bezel that is continuous with and generally perpendicular to the side panels. The rim serves both as a trim piece to cover the cut edges of the installation aperture cut into the gypsum board, and as a perimetric limit stop which sets the depth that the box portion is inserted into the hollow space of the frame wall.

Abstract: A computer assembly that is configured as a wall. The computer includes a processor that is located within an inner cavity of a frame. The frame may be covered with a fabric and have a dimensional aspect ratio that simulates a wall. A video screen may be coupled to the frame. A bracket or other fastening system may be employed to mount the frame to another structure such as a wall, or a piece of furniture.

Abstract: Apparatus for storing and concealing a toilet plunger in a bathroom wall. The storage apparatus comprises restraint means for compressing the toilet plunger cup or bulb and retaining it in a compressed state. In a preferred embodiment, the plunger cup or bulb is compressed to substantially less than its nominal diameter so that the storage apparatus may be substantially contained within the wall.

Abstract: A hardened Operator Interface Terminal (OIT) in an environmentally harsh area interfaces with computer components such as a control computer and a computer monitor in a controlled environment that is separated from the harsh environment by a wall or door. A sealed front panel mounts on the front side of the wall or door, and is exposed to the harsh environment while the computer components mount on shelves that are located on the back side of the wall or door. One of the shelves holds the monitor and is adjustable to align the monitor with a touch screen panel that is sealed in a window in the front panel. The shelves provide easy access to the computer components for service. A pivoting keyboard tray on the front panel holds a keyboard and mouse, and is fully sealed. The OIT is easily disassembled and packaged into a compact size for shipping.

Abstract: An installation structure is so configured as to allow a panel-type display device to be installed in the following manner. A fixing frame is fixed and fastened to a rectangular opening portion of a wall in advance. After being placed in the fixing frame, the panel-type display device is pressed by a pressing member against the fixing frame.

Abstract: An article holder includes a case to be assembled into an assembling subject and having an opening vertically disposed; a lid rotatably assembled to the case to be rotatable from a stand-up position for closing the opening to a flat-down position for opening the opening; and an article holding member disposed to an inner surface side of the lid. A lift arm is rotatably connected to the inner surface portion of the lid and the article holding member, and a linking mechanism is disposed for rotating the lift arm. Thus, when the lid is opened, the article holding member is separated from the inner surface of the lid and moved in front of the opening of the case.

Abstract: A valve outlet assembly for mounting to a building structure and adapted to interconnect a water supply line to a plumbing fixture or an appliance. The outlet assembly has a housing enclosure, an exterior cover and alignment and mounting assemblies which cooperate with the housing structure. A valve structure is mounted in the housing to a conduit fitting which extends through a housing wall. The valve structure is constructed and arranged to receive a water line extending to the appliance. The housing enclosure has opposing alignment and mounting assemblies which provide for various securement options to position the valve outlet assembly within a building wall.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an audio speaker within a wall such that the apparatus and speaker are attached to and supported by one or more wall studs and so that a face of the audio speaker is substantially flush with the wall. The apparatus broadly comprises a substantially rectangular box having a backwall and four upstanding sidewalls. One or more of the sidewalls is provided with an aperture, and inside the aperture is located a fixture assembly. The fixture assembly comprises a spacer mount through which is threaded a spacer having a bore. The spacer is threadably extendable and retractable, and can be extended to a length sufficient to contact the nearest wall stud. A fixture is then inserted into and through the bore in the spacer and is driven or screwed into the wall stud to as to secure the apparatus and speaker in position.

Abstract: A building includes an exterior wall provided with a door which can be opened to expose a plurality of compartments for receiving a wide range of deliverable products. The compartments are defined as sections of one or more appliances. Preferably, the exterior door can be used to expose both fresh food and freezer compartments of a refrigerator, as well as one or more compartments of an oven unit. Each of the compartments is also accessible from an interior of the building through an associated inner door. The inner and outer doors can be electronically latched and are linked together such that at least the exterior door is prevented from being opened whenever a specified interior door is open.

Abstract: A baggage bin has a floor and side walls, and is lowerable from a housing. Guide bolts secured to one side wall are movably engaged in front and rear arcuate grooves with a common arc center point in the other side wall. A guide roller or slide block secured to one side wall is movably engaged in a linear guide track or groove on the other side wall. To lower the bin, it first moves linearly downward, until the rear guide bolt reaches an end of the rear groove, and then pivots about the rear guide bolt as the front guide bolt moves farther in the longer arc of the front groove, so that the front loading edge of the bin tilts downward. The components are simple, and the lateral space required between the side walls of the bin and the housing is small.

Abstract: A medicine cabinet assembly for providing a roomier medicine cabinet. The medicine cabinet assembly includes a cabinet having a middle section and end sections with the sections being separated by vertically-disposed inner walls and having open fronts and with the cabinet being mounted to a wall structure with fasteners; and also includes mirror doors being hingedly attached to the cabinet and being closable over the open fronts of the sections; and further includes drawers being removably disposed in the cabinet.

Abstract: A security wall safe specially adapted for securing weapons such as pistols. The safe is made of sheet steel or other strong and inexpensive material such as plastic or composite and is sized to conveniently fit between conventional wall studs so that it can easily be installed in a manner similar to installation of a bathroom medicine cabinet. It includes a touch keypad on a surface that is exposed to view when in use (e.g., the door or the front facing adjacent the door if a front facing is provided); and provision is made for the optional selection or change of door-opening code for the keypad to any selected three to nine digit number. The electronic control, in addition to locking/unlocking the wall safe, is compatible with conventional security systems and may optionally be set to activate the panic mode of an attendant security system and/or transmit electronic indicia thereof to one or more remote monitoring/law enforcement installations.

Abstract: An in-wall speaker mounting apparatus adapted to attach to adjacent studs in a wall is provided. Such stud attachment permits the weight of the apparatus as well as any speakers attached to the apparatus to be supported by the studs and not the wall in which the apparatus is mounted. The apparatus comprises a backwall and four upstanding sidewalls. At least one sidewall or the backwall is provided with an access hole which serves as an entry point for speaker wire or the like. At least one, and preferably two opposing sidewalls are provided with a pair of apertures each having a fixture assembly mounted thereto. The fixture assembly comprises a spacer mount having a flanged portion flush with the exterior portion of the sidewall and an exteriorly threaded region extending into the apparatus. A flanged hex nut is threaded onto the threaded region of the spacer mount with the flanged portion of the hex nut flush with the interior portion of the sidewall.

Abstract: A hidden photograph storage and display device including an open front boxlike formation providing for display of a very large number of photographs mounted on multiple photographic panel or sheets. A cover is hingedly mounted on the boxlike formation for closing off the front of the boxlike formation and concealing the hundreds of photographs mounted on the photographic panels or sheets. The photographic panels are mounted in a unique parallel manner to provide for storage of such a large number of photographs. When the cover is closed, the device appears to be a picture, photograph, wall unit, cabinet, or other surface.

Abstract: The drop-bin unit has at least several bins arranged to pivot outwardly about a generally horizontal axis, from a closed position where outer faces of the bins are generally aligned vertically with each other, to an open position where the outer surfaces angle outwardly from their closed positions. The bins are stacked one above another within a housing, and are connected together, for example via at least one gang bar, such that pivoting one bin outwardly causes all of the bins to pivot outwardly in unison. The units may be sold separately, for use as stand-alone containers, or may be sold to be placed in a holder which holds one or preferably a number of the units. The holder can be sold with one or more of the units, or may be sold as a completely separate item. The holder can take a variety of forms. The units on their own or in holders provide flexibility for carrying job-specific items, avoiding the need to carry an entire toolbox to a particular job.

Abstract: A delivery box 10 for groceries, other goods, mail, etc., to enable their delivery even to an unoccupied building, is built into an external wall 12 of the building and has an outer door 20 which is openable to enable deliveries to be placed inside the box but which locks automatically when it is then closed. It has a rear door 28 openable directly into, and lockable from, the interior of the building. The box has separate chilled and frozen compartments 30 and 32 respectively, and is accordingly supplied with mains electricity. The outer door is substantially flush with the exterior surface of the wall, and has either a digital computerized locking system operable by pre-arranged single use code numbers or a high-security Yale-type lock.

Abstract: A hanging closet apparatus for storing items in the ceiling. The hanging closet apparatus includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. A plurality of apertures is in the first and second side walls. A latch means selectively holds the housing in an extending position from the ceiling and a retracted position in the ceiling. The latch means extends through the apertures in the housing in a locked position. An enclosure receives the housing in the ceiling. The enclosure is mounted in the ceiling. The enclosure has two pairs of opposing walls. A first pair of opposing walls has apertures therein. The apertures in the enclosure are positioned such that the apertures in the housing are aligned with the apertures in the enclosure when the housing is in the enclosure. A biasing means biases the housing toward the retracted position in the enclosure. The biasing means comprises a pulley system.

Abstract: A door closet for holding articles. The door closet includes a door having a hollow interior, a volume of the hollow interior bounded at least by a backing and at least one sidewall. At least one secondary door is mounted to the door by a hinge, the secondary door further providing a boundary of the volume and including an interior wall and an exterior wall. At least one hooking device, such as a “T”-type straight pin, may be mounted to the backing or to the interior wall.

Abstract: Improved outlet boxes are provided for installation in a wall to connect water supply lines and drain lines to the corresponding lines from an appliance. Molded plastic outlet boxes having dual drains; left-to-right reversibility; adaptability to multiple drain and inlet line configurations, including top, bottom and side inlets; inclined bottom walls with gutters and removable webs facilitating drainage; and rear walls with recesses accommodating flushable water supply line connections are disclosed. Dual drain connectors adapted to combine the flows from dual drain outlets into a single drain pipe and knock-outs with downwardly extending, elongated tabs are also disclosed.

Abstract: A sealed system for handling, manipulating and formulating materials in an isolated environment which includes an isolation system for performing operations on the materials, an accessory for receiving, performing a procedure, and providing items, and a sealing device interconnecting the isolation system and the accessory. The isolation system has an interior at least partially defined by a plurality of walls and a transfer port positioned on one of the walls for transferring items into and out of the isolation system. The accessory is selectively coupled to the transfer port and has an interior accessed by an opening. The sealing device includes a trough of predetermined configuration and a blade of corresponding configuration. The trough has a sealing substance disposed therein, and the blade and the trough each surround one of the transfer port and the opening. The blade is sealingly mounted to a mounting member which is sealingly mounted to the accessory to seal the interior of the accessory.

Abstract: A washer box has a hollow housing with top and bottom walls and a front wall defining a window providing access to the housing interior. A pair of laterally spaced ports in the bottom wall are aligned in a first reference plane parallel to and spaced rearwardly from the front wall, and are configured and arranged to accommodate the connection of hot and cold water supply lines to valves located within the housing. A pair coaxially aligned alternatively useable drain openings in the top and bottom walls are located rearwardly of the first reference plane in a second reference plane extending perpendicular to the first reference plane and bisecting the distance between the laterally spaced ports.

Abstract: Improved outlet boxes are provided for installation in a wall to connect water supply lines and drain lines to the corresponding lines from an appliance. Molded plastic outlet boxes having dual drains; left-to-right reversibility; adaptability to multiple drain and inlet line configurations, including top, bottom and side inlets; inclined bottom walls with gutters and removable webs facilitating drainage; and rear walls with recesses accommodating flushable water supply line connections are disclosed. Dual drain connectors adapted to combine the flows from dual drain outlets into a single drain pipe and knock-outs with downwardly extending, elongated tabs are also disclosed.

Abstract: Communications cable is routed within horizontal pathways between the structural ceiling and drop ceiling to a fire-resistant cabinet mounted between the ceilings. Communication cable switching and termination equipment is carried by the cabinet for providing a consolidation point and cross-connect location for both copper wire and optical fiber cables serving work stations within an open office architecture. The cabinet includes an access door opening into a room below the drop ceiling for providing user access to the equipment. The door lies within the drop ceiling plane when in the closed position. A removable equipment mounting plate is carried by the cabinet for lowering the equipment below the drop ceiling when the door is in the open position. Cabinet fire-resistant side wall penetrations permits the communications cable routed between the ceilings to enter and exit the cabinet for connection with the communications cable switching and termination equipment.

Abstract: A hidden photograph storage and display device including an open front boxlike formation providing for display of a very large number of photographs mounted on multiple photographic panel or sheets. A cover is hingedly mounted on the boxlike formation for closing off the front of the boxlike formation and concealing the hundreds of photographs mounted on the photographic panels or sheets. The photographic panels are mounted in a unique parallel manner to provide for storage of such a large number of photographs. When the cover is closed, the device appears to be a picture, photograph, wall unit, cabinet, or other surface.

Abstract: A molded plastic housing is mounted within an opening of predetermined size in the front wall of a cabinet beneath a counter top. Evenly spaced parallel grooves in the top wall of the housing receive dispensing modules constructed with peripheral pairs of upwardly protruding fins which are spaced distances which are multiples of the spacing between the parallel grooves. Each module, be it a napkin dispenser, a straw or stir stick dispenser, other box-like unit, may be inserted at any location within the housing. The volume within a single housing may thus be occupied by many different dispensing modules, or by multiple modules of the same type. Differentiated dispensing cavities may be formed by one or more dividers having a single upwardly extending fin which engages within a housing groove, and a lower base which engages the housing lower wall. A transparent face plate has two rearwardly extending ears which are flexible to extend into the housing on either side of the dispensing modules.

Abstract: An automated banking machine includes a housing (10) which is mounted through an opening (24) in a building wall (26). A fascia (32) is removably positioned in a front opening (14) of the housing. Fastening mechanisms (38) releasably hold the fascia in engagement with the housing. A surround (34) is releasably positioned to cover the fastening mechanisms. A latching mechanism for holding the surround in engagement with the housing includes interengaging posts (52) and key slots (40). A bolt (44) engages in an aperture (54) in the surround to prevent the surround from being removed unless the latching mechanism is disengaged.

Abstract: A base for a built-in oven wherein the oven is configured to be received into a cabinet cavity and the combined height of the base and oven equals the height of the cabinet cavity. The base comprises a first elongated support runner and a second elongated support runner. The support runners are positioned in a substantially parallel orientation with respect to each. A cross brace member extends between the support runners and has a first end connected to the first support runner and has a second end connected to the second support runner. A face plate assembly is attached to the front ends of the support runners. The face plate assembly includes a rigid panel connected to the front end of the first and second support runners, a frame disposed about the periphery of the rigid panel, and a thin panel secured by the frame adjacent the rigid panel.

Abstract: A storage unit for articles which is interfaced with a suspended ceiling, wherein the articles are stored above the suspended ceiling, yet readily accessible whenever they are needed. The suspended ceiling storage unit includes an outer frame which is dimensioned to rest upon the support lips of the runners of a rectilinear opening of the suspended ceiling, and an inner frame which is pivotably connected with the outer frame and is nestable therewith in a common plane. The inner frame has a lower flange for supporting a ceiling panel, and further has connected thereto a storage member for holding articles. The preferred storage member is a peg board and its interfaced pegs. In operation, a user places the storage unit into a selected rectilinear opening of a suspended ceiling, whereupon the outer frame rests upon the support lips of the adjoining runners.

Abstract: A modular, one piece two-stepped cabinet which provides expanded storage capacity is shown. The cabinet is intended for use in the spacing between two adjacent studs in a wall. The cabinet comprises a first-step portion with lateral sides spaced to fit within a cabinet space, upper and lower sides and a rear wall. A second-step portion, integrally formed with the first, comprises lateral sides, upper and lower sides which are spaced further apart than those of the first portion, and a rear wall extending inward and joining the sides of the first portion at their forward edges. Shelves, which may be re-positionable, are provided and a mirror is provided on the rear wall of the first-step portion. In addition, a removable, re-positionable convenience cup is provided.

Abstract: A fire extinguisher cabinet especially adapted for a residential-office installation which includes emergency lighting automatically energized when house power is interrupted, powered by a rechargeable battery in a battery storage-wiring junction box hung below the cabinet. A selectively turned on night light is also included. The cabinet includes a main housing piece molded integrally with a hinged door having a lightly colored panel allowing viewing of the fire extinguisher within. A mounting frame abutted against the inside of the wall panel is secured to an outside flange on the main housing piece. A sheet metal shielding housing is secured covering the inside of the main housing piece, attached to the mounting frame.

Abstract: A mounting arrangement for mounting and providing a safety support of cabin fixtures such as baggage compartments in a passenger cabin, especially in an aircraft, includes substantially rigid mounting hardware and substantially non-rigid safety support elements. The mounting hardware mounts the baggage compartments to the aircraft fuselage structure in a substantially rigid manner, with adequate strength for normal operating conditions and certain overload conditions. The safety support elements provide an additional connection between the baggage compartments and the fuselage structure, and are installed in such a manner that they are not load bearing under normal conditions, but rather only come into play under extreme load conditions in which at least one of the substantially rigid mounting hardware elements has failed.

Abstract: A residential fire equipment cabinet and method therefore typically employed in a residence or other habitable structure for storing emergency fire equipment including at least one standard size fire extinguisher container is disclosed. The fire equipment cabinet includes a construction incorporating a plurality of features including a box-shaped enclosure for housing the emergency fire equipment. The enclosure includes a top portion, an elevated base portion, a back portion and a pair of parallel side portions. A first arcuate-shaped door is provided for sealing the enclosure and includes a mechanism for rotatively attaching the first arcuate-shaped door to the front of the enclosure. Finally, at least a first recessed cavity is formed within the elevated base portion for securing a fire extinguisher container within the enclosure.

Abstract: A zone cabling termination cabinet of fire-resistant metal, provides a non-plenum enclosed space, close to the work station it serves, recessed into the plenum above a suspended ceiling, for housing communications cable connections and switching, without the need to use high-cost plenum fire-rated materials. The cabinet has an equipment mounting plate removably mounted on the interior surface of an access door, which when closed is flush with the bottom wall of the cabinet, which in turn is flush with the suspended false ceiling. The exposed lower surface of the door is clad with fire resistant ceiling tile material, the utility thereof being two-fold: the cladding makes the cabinet more fire resistant, and visually it blends with the rest of the ceiling, is inconspicuous and not readily detected by the unsuspecting eye, thus providing some measure of security from unauthorized meddling.

Abstract: A new DOOR IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM for ALLOWING HOMEOWNERS TO RECEIVE AND VERIFY IDENTIFICATION FOR A PERSON KNOCKING ON THEIR DOOR. The inventive device includes an interior door sleeve positioned within a hole through a door. A sliding tray is slidably received within the interior door sleeve. The sliding tray includes an outwardly sliding portion and an inwardly sliding portion with a hinge disposed therebetween. A safety clip is secured to and extends upwardly from a front wall of the inwardly sliding portion of the sliding tray.

Abstract: A fire extinguisher system is provided including a wall mount with an open front. The wall mount is adapted to be situated within an opening formed in a recipient surface such that the open front is in coplanar relationship therewith. Next provided is a housing having a closed front face with an aperture formed therein. A fire extinguisher is provided having an actuation assembly adapted to release the fire extinguishing material upon the detection of a temperature above a predetermined amount. The fire extinguisher is situated within the housing with the actuation assembly protruding from the aperture thereof. During use, the housing may be removably situated within the wall mount with the front face of the housing remaining in coplanar relationship with the open front of the wall mount.

Abstract: A recessed storage cabinet includes a face, a back, a top, a bottom, and opposite sides. A plurality of vertically elongated compartments are defined by a plurality of partitions extending between the top and bottom, and between the face and back. An in-feed aperture and an out-feed aperture are positioned through the face at respectively the top and bottom of each compartment. Articles are stored in the compartments by being inserted individually through the in-feed apertures, and retrieved individually through the out-feed apertures. A door is hinged to the face at a vertical side. The cabinet is sized for recessed mounting within wall between studs.

Abstract: A vandal-proof vending machine includes a rigid frame housed within an opening of a building with a cabinet of the dispensing machine being housed entirely within the building and thereby being rendered inaccessible from the exterior. A front opening of the frame to which products housed in an interior of the cabinet can be viewed is protected by a laminate of tough transparent material and tough metal mesh. The cabinet has rollers at a bottom thereof and one corner is secured by pivots to a side of the frame. The cabinet can thereby be rolled between a closed dispensing position and an opened servicing position.

Abstract: An office coral has a wall that supports a desktop on which various items of office equipment are to be connected with power and data communication cables within the coral structure. A desktop raceway is secured to the wall or desk top and defines both a wireway for the connecting cables and a storage facility for the cabling normally provided on the equipment. The raceway is made up of two generally L-shaped extrusions, one a back plate, the second a cover. The cover has a front panel that defines a slot in cooperation with the back plate's lower edge. A wireway is provided inside the cover adjacent its top panel, and cabling storing or wrapping clips are provided on both the back plates and inside the cover.

Abstract: Communications cable is routed within horizontal pathways between the structural ceiling and drop ceiling to a fire-resistant cabinet mounted between the ceilings. Communication cable switching and termination equipment is carried by the cabinet for providing a consolidation point and cross-connect location for both copper wire and optical fiber cables serving work stations within an open office architecture. The cabinet includes an access door opening into a room below the drop ceiling for providing user access to the equipment. The door lies within the drop ceiling plane when in the closed position. A removable equipment mounting plate is carried by the cabinet for lowering the equipment below the drop ceiling when the door is in the open position. Cabinet fire-resistant side wall penetrations permits the communications cable routed between the ceilings to enter and exit the cabinet for connection with the communications cable switching and termination equipment.

Abstract: To provide an electronic equipment mounting device having flexibility in the mounting direction, the device is provided with a mounting jig on which a plurality of tongues are formed and a housing whose flat faces having different areas have slits in them, the tongues being inserted into the slits in a detachable manner. The mounting jig is mounted on, for example, the surface of a wall, and then the housing is coupled to the mounting jig by selectively using one of its side faces.

Abstract: The disclosed apparatus and system provides for two or more interacting screens that have elements such as shelves, tables, desks, lamps, lights, beds, sinks, ranges or drawers stored within the appropriate screen, when not in use, and in most instances suspended from the appropriate screen or screens, when in use. The screens and most of the elements interrelate when in a fully set up configuration. The screens with elements in the stored configuration may be moved against a wall, into a space in the wall or into a closet. The screens with elements in a set up configuration are stabilized by interacting hinges, locks and stabilization legs. The screens are also interconnected with conduits to permit utility, electrical, water and communications connections to be available at the appropriate screen. The system provides a quickly and easily set up and stored environment for use as a work, play, privacy or sleep area. Some of the elements are designed to be free standing when in use.

Abstract: A storage cabinet for guns or the like wherein the storage cabinet includes rollers for pivotingly suspending the storage cabinet on a set of tracks located between adjacent joists so that the storage cabinet can be swung from a first accessible position where one can access the contents of the storage cabinet to a second inaccessible position. In the inaccessible position, the gun-storage cabinet can be slid to an out-of-sight overhead space defined by adjacent joists to hinder access to the storage cabinet as well as to conceal the gun-storage cabinet from view.

Abstract: A structural furniture in which at least a portion thereof has a strength required for a structural member and constitutes a structural member bearing loads in a vertical direction and a lateral direction. Back plate constituents made of structural plywoods are stood vertically in parallel with each other on bottom plates and side plates 4 are stood vertically being joined at a right angle to the back plate constituent members 3 so as to form a U-shaped lateral cross section.

Abstract: A self-retracting, wall-mounted desk and chart holder especially useful as a decentralized nurses' station is provided having a slim profile, compact construction, and being specifically designed for mounting on walls outside patient rooms. The chart holder includes a body having structure for defining a side entry storage slot of sufficient width to receive a medical chart standing on edge and extending parallel to the wall on which the chart holder is mounted. The slot is shorter than the chart so that a portion of the chart may project out beyond the slot and above the slot to make it visible at-a-glance. The chart holder further includes a desktop which is swingably attached to the body for movement of the desktop between a horizontal open position for use as a work surface, and a vertical closed position.

Abstract: A space-saving wall-mounted cabinet and mounting method, for storing and/or displaying typical home items such as books, trophies, ornaments, linens, tools.

Abstract: A hidden photograph storage and display device including an open front boxlike formation providing for display of a very large number of photographs mounted on multiple photographic sheets. A cover is hingedly mounted on the boxlike formation for closing off the front of the boxlike formation and concealing the hundreds of photographs mounted on the photographic sheets. The photographic sheets are mounted in a unique parallel manner to provide for storage of such a large number of photographs. When the cover is closed, the device appears to be a picture, photograph, wall unit, cabinet, or other surface.

Abstract: An angle stop box includes a generally rectangular housing having a bottom wall and a pair of sidewalls connected to the bottom wall The bottom wall has a pair of holes extending therethrough. A pair of angle stop valves have their male shanks mounted in corresponding holes in the bottom wall of the housing. A drain fitting receptacle is formed in an upper part of the housing for coupling to a downstream end of a P-trap on a forward side of the drain fitting receptacle and for coupling to drain and vent pipes on a rear side of the drain fitting receptacle. The drain fitting receptacle includes a cylindrical sleeve for receiving a forward end of a pipe fitting, such as a ninety-degree elbow or a T-shaped fitting. The housing has a flange that extends around an entire periphery thereof for facilitating the attachment of the box to one or more studs by nailing therethrough.

Abstract: A structural member-supported storage box. An open-top case projects at least two rod-engaging hooks so as to effect a constrainable pendulous or cantilevered fixation. Rods engagable by the hooks are fixed as orthogonal transversals to a pair of adjacent ceiling joists, wall studs or similar beams. The hooks of the invention, by engagement of the rods, cause the box to be nested between the paired joists, studs or beams. The books are movably fixed to the box in a number of arrangements to be complemented by the rod emplacement.

Abstract: A simple and inexpensive, but highly effective, single-walled fire-rated enclosure for a fire extinguisher cabinet which maintains the integrity of 1- and 2-hour fire-rated walls. The enclosure requires only five panels of fire-rated material which are firmly secured in place around the cabinet by a single pair of identically constructed metal mounting brackets which are oppositely secured to opposed walls of the fire extinguisher cabinet. Each bracket is generally planar, but has peripheral portions formed into a pair of oppositely facing channels offset from its outwardly facing surface, a flange extending from the bottom of each channel and away from the inwardly facing surface of the bracket, and a retaining element at one of its sides which also extends away from said inwardly facing surface. Each of the above elements is integrally formed with the more central portions of the bracket.