Mounted On Wall, Ceiling Or Spaced Panels Patents (Class 312/245)
  • Publication number: 20080203869
    Abstract: An aesthetically concealed key cabinet integrated into a kitchen or other household cabinet system and comprising a back wall, two side walls, a top, a bottom and a door. The side walls are a contiguous extension of the front and back of a cabinet in the cabinet system and the top and bottom are a contiguous extension of the top and bottom of a cabinet in the cabinet system. The back wall is coincident with the side wall of a cabinet in the cabinet system. Key holding devices are appended to the back wall. The door matches the decorative design of the cabinet door fronts of the cabinet system but neither a door knob nor a hinge nor other hardware is visible when the door is closed thereby providing a concealed cabinet for storing household keys and key chains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Carolyn P. Mallory
  • Patent number: 7416162
    Abstract: A system comprising a tram-rail assembly attachable to a downwardly facing surface (e.g., the underside of a cabinet), a movable carriage assembly, locked into, and suspended on the tram-rails, and a clamshell-configured, pull-down easel attached to the underside of the carriage assembly. The system allows the user to mount, move, remove, and store articles such that the articles are inconspicuous or essentially hidden from view under a downwardly-facing surface, and such that pull-down access to said articles can be gained easily by a user and can be adjusted for height, tilt and depth relative to the user and laterally along the entire, continuous facing edge of a downwardly-facing surface and whereby said access orientation adjustments and said manipulations can be executed easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Beanius, LLC
    Inventor: Ryan H. Behroozi
  • Publication number: 20080180006
    Abstract: A force supporting device for assisting a force required to move a flap of an overhead baggage compartment from an open position to a closed position includes a blockable piston cylinder unit attached to the flap for assisting the force required to move the flap, and a triggering device for blocking and releasing the blockable piston cylinder unit as a function of loading of the flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Jorg Hillen, Peter Kohns, Thorsten Muller, Michael Rudesheim, Dieter Wendling
  • Publication number: 20080180003
    Abstract: A wall-mounted cabinet style display case for displaying an athletic uniform jersey neatly inside. The back frame of the cabinet is fastened to the wall first. The back frame has a flat open pocket inside and the jersey is neatly displayed by hanging the jersey on uniform specific shaped hangers and folding the jersey inside and around the pocket for proper jersey display length. A completely removable front frame fastens to the back frame by first latching the top back of the front frame to the top of the back frame. The front frame is secured using metal plates on the back of the front frame and opposable magnets located on the back frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: CASEWORKS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Norman H. Alman, Steve Block, Gerald Davis
  • Publication number: 20080169739
    Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a portable, wall mountable tool storage system and kit comprising a container formed with a substantially rigid base, two side walls, a front panel and a rear panel. Each of the panels is pivotally articulated to the base and each has a free end adapted for securing at a top side of the container. A plurality of various articles retaining elements is provided at least within the container. The tool storage system further comprises at least one carrying element for carrying the tool system at a substantially upright position, and at least one wall mounting arrangement for retaining the tool storage system at a substantially horizontal wall mounted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: Keter Plastic Ltd.
    Inventor: Ruth Goldenberg
  • Patent number: 7384107
    Abstract: A closet inside part modular system made of agglomerated material units, preferably 12 mm. thick and mass manufactured, of adjustable sizes, with combinable systems to increase their amplitude, standardized according to modern standards of popular or residential housing, characterized because it is easy to assembly, shows a high resistance to impacts and item overload, making optimum use of the available wardrobe space, with or without lateral edge reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Inventor: Orozoo Gavaldon Humberto
  • Patent number: 7377603
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing device includes an outer housing having opposed sides, and a mounting feature provided on one of the opposed sides of the outer housing, the mounting feature being configured to secure the computing device to another object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: David Quijano
  • Publication number: 20080048537
    Abstract: A retractable electrical casing structure includes a casing and a sliding bracket connected to the casing. The casing comprises a hollow body and sliding members. The sliding bracket comprises sliding sections. The sliding bracket is able to slide with respect to the casing to vary the size of the electrical casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Shih-Kuo Chang
  • Patent number: 7334852
    Abstract: A shelving system for displaying audio visual components that may be configured into multiple positions is disclosed. The system includes a base that supports a center platform disposed between right and left platforms. The center platform and the right and left platforms all may assume multiple positions for displaying and demonstrating different audio visual components of varying sizes. In a first upright position, the right and left platforms provide an open three walled platform for holding a large speaker or other component in an inclined position. In second inverted positions, the right and left platforms are useful for supporting a component, such as a smaller speaker, in an elevated position above the base. In a first upright position, the center platform provides an elevated platform for a larger component, such as a monitor with or without other components such as a DVD player and a video cassette recorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Sears Brands, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Daniel W. Marihugh
  • Patent number: 7258249
    Abstract: The system for controlling and tracking medical items (830) includes a plurality of medical item storage cabinets (878). Each cabinet includes a plurality of doors (888-894). The doors control access to shelves (902, 904) and support modules (1210). Shelves and support modules include user interfaces (938, 1214). Authorized users desiring to take medical items from storage locations in cabinets for use in treating patients are enabled to provide inputs through a display terminal (880) adjacent to cabinets and/or interfaces to indicate the taking of medical items. Storage cabinets include visual indicators so that users may be guided to find a selected medical item for which information is input at an associated display terminal. Alternatively, authorized users gain access to the interior of the cabinet and indicate through appropriate inputs through interfaces the types and quantities of items being taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: AutoMed Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Frederick, James A. Michael, R. Michael McGrady
  • Patent number: 7249700
    Abstract: A storage unit/workstation is described which allows efficient storage and use of several rolls of package wrapping material in conjunction with the tools needed to perform such wrapping. The storage unit/workstation includes a cabinet wherein the rolls of wrapping material are mounted to allow the wrapping material to be dispensed by unspooling it from the rolls. A working platform is situated below the cabinet so that the user may place a package on the platform and wrap it with wrapping material pulled from the cabinet. The platform may be stowed when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Inventors: Julia Gay Marie Watson, Kim Dietrich Backenkeller
  • Patent number: 7246771
    Abstract: The application concerns a lifting device for a luggage compartment in an aircraft, wherein the luggage compartment can be moved between an open and closed position, and the lifting device includes a power generation element that exerts a lifting force on the luggage compartment. The application also concerns an aircraft with a lifting device for a luggage compartment. The power generation element is an electrical power generation element, and the lifting device has a rechargeable energy accumulator to store energy for operation of the electrical power generation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Bodo Wisch, Lars Rowold
  • Patent number: 7228669
    Abstract: A suspended table assembly includes a first support and a second support that are vertically spaced from each other. A plurality of legs is provided. Each of the legs has a first end and a second end. Each of a plurality of first brackets is pivotally coupled to one of the first ends. The first brackets are attached to the first support. A plurality of second brackets is also provided. Each of the second brackets is pivotally coupled to one of the second ends and each of the second brackets is attached to the second support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Inventor: Steven M. Yaraschefski
  • Patent number: 7222925
    Abstract: A wall-mounted information appliance assembly includes an information appliance (10) defining a recess (132) therein, a pivot base (30), and a screw (40). The recess includes a plurality of spaced indents. A plurality of spaced projecting portions (33) is formed on the pivot base, and the projecting portions are partly engaged in the recess. Each projecting portion includes at least one tooth (35). The screw is for attaching the pivot base to a wall (50). The information appliance is attached to the pivot base, and is switchable between different attachment orientations with the indents of the information appliance being selectively engaged with the teeth of the pivot base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu Hui Yu, Cheng Kuang Chung
  • Patent number: 7207635
    Abstract: A jewelry display case serves as artwork enabling a jewelry collection to form part of the artwork. The display case includes a cabinet having at least a bottom, sides and a top, and a plurality of jewelry supporting components. At least one of the jewelry supporting components includes a jewelry display assembly having a pair of sidewalls disposed spaced from each other in facing relation, at least one jewelry bar fixed to and extending between the sidewalls, and a supporting axle extending through a center of each of the sidewalls. The sidewalls and at least one jewelry bar are rotatable relative to the supporting axle. Additionally, the supporting axle is fixed to one of the cabinet sides. Other jewelry supporting components provide added functionality and artistic appeal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Inventor: Cindy Dawson Simmons
  • Patent number: 7172167
    Abstract: The invention provides a reading stand. The reading stand may include a base including a base member case. Further, the reading stand may include a reading lid disposed upon the base member case, the reading lid including a reading platform having a front side and a backside; and at least one page holder adjustably mounted on the reading platform so as to assist in retaining a document on the front side of the reading platform. Further, a support member is provided. The support member extends from the backside of the reading platform, and is adapted to engage with the base so as to support the reading lid upon the base. For example, the support member may be in the form of a side support clip that substantially vertically supports the reading lid upon the base for side reading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Phifer Incorporated
    Inventors: Beverly C. Phifer, M. Scott Clark, Thomas G. Grammer
  • Patent number: 7118068
    Abstract: A lowerable luggage compartment (10); in particular for a passenger aircraft, comprises a force assistance device (12) disposed behind the back of the luggage compartment (10) for providing an assistance force during opening and/or closing of the luggage compartment (10). The force provided by the force assistance device (12) is transmitted by means of a flexible force-transmitting device (cable 14) to the luggage compartment (10). The force assistance device (12) is the sole force assistance device acting upon the luggage compartment (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Aircabin GmbH
    Inventors: Oleg Graf, Ralf Poberschnigg
  • Patent number: 7100882
    Abstract: A system comprising a tram-rail assembly attachable to a downwardly facing surface (e.g., the underside of a cabinet), a sliding carriage assembly, slidably locked into, and suspended on the tram-rails, and a clamshell-configured, pull-down easel attached to the underside of the sliding carriage assembly. The system allows the user to mount, move, remove, and store articles such that the articles are inconspicuous or essentially hidden from view under a downwardly-facing surface, and such that pull-down access to said articles can be gained easily by a user and can be adjusted for height, tilt and depth relative to the user and laterally along the entire, continuous facing edge of a downwardly-facing surface and whereby said access orientation adjustments and said manipulations can be executed easily by hand and without the use of tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Beanius, LLC
    Inventor: Ryan H. Behroozi
  • Patent number: 7044178
    Abstract: A tool storage and workbench assembly includes a housing that has a back wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends away from the back wall. The peripheral wall includes a bottom wall, an upper wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The back wall has a plurality of bores extending therein. A table is hingedly coupled to the bottom wall. The table is selectively positioned in a stored position extending upwardly from the bottom wall and located within the housing or in an extended position extending outwardly away from the back wall. A first door is hingedly coupled to the first side wall and a second door is hingedly coupled to the second side wall. The first and second doors are each selectively positionable in a closed position or in an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Inventor: Terry D. Campbell
  • Patent number: 7008029
    Abstract: Invention discloses a wall suspendible cabinet for storing and displaying jewelry items, especially of the type for storing and displaying earrings having a looped hook, or a post and lock. The cabinet comprises a first section and at least a second section hinged thereto, pivotal from an open or jewelry displayed mode, to a closed or storage mode. The respective sections, along the inside faces thereof, includes means for suspending such jewelry items. One such means comprises a pleated mesh having a mesh face lying against a section backing face, and a series of laterally oriented, meshed flaps extending from the mesh face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Inventor: Faith E. Aclin
  • Patent number: 6964343
    Abstract: A container system for organizing items that makes use of wasted space in or around cabinets, for use in organizing items such as spices or items used in construction and repair. The system comprises a substantially linear holder with apertures, containers that fit into the apertures, and caps that close the containers and stop the containers from going all the way through the apertures. The holder provides removable access of containers. The containers may be labeled for easy identification and organization. The holder may have a cover with hinges and a latch. The system may be sold as a kit. The kit may be designed to match the cabinet it will be installed on. The apparatus, kit, and methods of installation and use are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Inventor: Jeffrey Tilly
  • Patent number: 6935600
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a support component for suspending a load, comprising: a main body, wherein the main body comprises: a hollowed portion bordered by a top side wall opposite to a bottom side wall, and a proximal lateral side wall opposite to a distal lateral side wall, wherein the proximal and distal lateral side walls join the top side wall to the bottom side wall; a top surface extending perpendicularly outward from the top side wall; and an extension element extending perpendicularly outward from the bottom side wall. Further disclosed herein is a suspension holding device suitable for suspending loads from a hanging element and a method of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Inventor: Christopher R. Barrepski
  • Patent number: 6926136
    Abstract: A jewelry box including a cabinet with an open front and a closed back. A set of inner doors is hingedly secured within the cabinet for selectively providing access to the closed back of the cabinet. A set of outer doors is hingedly secured to the cabinet for selectively closing its open front. A number of hooks are secured to the back of the outer doors for hanging jewelry. A number of resilient strips are affixed to the front of the inner doors. The resilient strips and the inner doors are perforated for the passage of earring posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Inventor: Sandra Lynch-Bass
  • Patent number: 6904719
    Abstract: A storage shed for attaching to the railing at the edge of a deck, such shed having an enclosure assembly mounted on the deck railing while being held in place by doors. The shed preserves deck floor space by hanging principally within and on the outside of the deck railing, and provides a stable storage container that may securely hold a variety of items. The shed can be finished to match the deck or the building to which the deck is attached. A plurality of shelves, hooks, drawers, pegboard, hangers, and partitions within the shed can be arranged for convenient storage of a variety of items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Inventor: J. Richard Braun
  • Patent number: 6902242
    Abstract: An apparatus for supplying items to be used in garages includes a fixing device including two supporting elements and at least two associated suspending elements. The supporting elements include front supporting surfaces, and they are designed and arranged to approximately extend in a vertical direction and to define a vertical plane. The suspending elements have a hook-like design, they are connected to the supporting elements, and they are designed and arranged to freely protrude in a direction approximately perpendicular with respect to the vertical plane. The suspending elements are arranged to be spaced apart and to be aligned in a horizontal direction with respect to one another. At least one box is designed to transport and dispense the items. The items are located in the box in a protected and detachable way as a roll of a plurality of interconnected identical items. The box includes a rear supporting wall and two openings. The rear supporting wall is approximately flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Horn & Bauer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jörg Horn
  • Patent number: 6877702
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods provide a tool support assembly that is capable of being attached to a telecommunications or an electrical cabinet (e.g., mounted to an inside door or an inside wall). This invention provides for a telecommunications cabinet having the means to hold or otherwise support a variety of tools including flashlights, umbrellas, test sets, screwdrivers, wrenches, and other hand tools, and thereby increases access to the hardware and equipment housed within the cabinet, increases the environmental protection of the cabinet and of the hardware and equipment contained within the cabinet, and increases access to the surrounding work area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick James Diggle, Paul Brent Rivers
  • Publication number: 20040263030
    Abstract: A closet inside part modular system made of agglomerated material units, preferably 12 mm. thick and mass manufactured, of adjustable sizes, with combinable systems to increase their amplitude, standardized according to modern standards of popular or residential housing, characterized because it is easy to assembly, shows a high resistance to impacts and item overload, making optimum use of the available wardrobe space, with or without lateral edge reinforcement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventor: Orozoo Gavaldon Humberto
  • Publication number: 20040251800
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for suspending an appliance from a plurality of support members which depend from overhead beams and structures of a building. A lower frame has a base with side walls extending from the base and joined to form a fluid tight container. The base has sufficient strength to support the appliance thereon when the lower frame is suspended from the support members and all the weight of the appliance is carried by the base. At least three connectors are provided, each fastened to at least one of the side walls and base. Each connector removably fastens to a different one of the support members. An upper frame can be fastened to the depending support members to further stabilize the frame. Straps can encircle the appliance to stabilize the appliance on the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Virgil E. O'Neil, Larry D. Brown
  • Patent number: 6811235
    Abstract: A refrigerator-mounted medicine box assembly for safeguarding and protecting medicines from children. The refrigerator-mounted medicine box assembly includes a shelving rack being adapted to be mounted in a refrigerator unit; and also includes a container assembly including a container member having top, side, and bottom walls and also and open front side, and also including a door being hingedly attached to the container member and being closable over the open front side with the container member being removably suspended from the shelving rack; and further includes fastening members for suspendably fastening the container member to the shelving rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Kimberly A. Brunette
  • Publication number: 20040189158
    Abstract: The medication cabinet/dose organizer is a simple design created to assist in the taking of multiple medications or other such pills. By this design users will be able to see if a dose has been missed or not. The cabinet has the ability to stand alone on a counter, be hung on the wall, or be built into the wall. With the capability to hold medication in dosed form for up to a month and have enough room to hold medication supply bottles, gives the user one common place to keep all or most of their medications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: Carolyn Ann Zahari
  • Publication number: 20040173549
    Abstract: A vertically stabilized shelf bracket assembly having at least two support strips on which a plurality of shelf brackets are mounted. A cover is provided that aesthetically enhances the shelf bracket assembly and stabilizes it at the same time. In one embodiment, the cover includes a cap and a hanging casing. In one embodiment, apertures are provided in the shelf brackets to support a rod. In another embodiment an adjustable mounting slot is provided in the support strips to facilitate their parallel installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Warren L. Herron, Warren L. Herron, Mark Bennett, Randall Bachtel
  • Publication number: 20040150301
    Abstract: A pre-insulated cabinet comprises a cabinet body and a fire retardant backing covering the outer surfaces of the cabinet. Fireproof seal may be further attached on the outer edge of peripheral surfaces of the cabinet to further strengthen the fire retardancy of the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Barnet L. Liberman
  • Publication number: 20040140741
    Abstract: A cabinet comprises a first panel, a frame supporting the first panel, and a second panel adapted to slidingly engage with the frame. At least one game apparatus is mounted to a first surface of the first panel. The cabinet is adapted to function as a wall-mounted board game cabinet in a wall-mounted configuration and as a table-mounted board game cabinet in a table-mounted configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: DMI Sports, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Giegerich
  • Publication number: 20040113529
    Abstract: A water bottle delivery, storage, and retrieval system is provided which comprises an enclosed structure having an upper shelf and a lower shelf having opposing inclines. The structure may also have access doors positioned to allow storage and retrieval of the full and empty water bottles. Bottles filled with water may be loaded onto the bottom shelf. The shelf is inclined so the bottles can roll along the plastic ribs of the bottles guided by rails which are attached to the upper surface of the bottom shelf. The rails are attached to the shelf so that they are positioned between the ribs of the bottles. The empty bottles may also be stored in the dispenser on the upper shelf. The upper shelf may be inclined in a direction opposite to the incline of the lower shelf. The upper shelf may also have rails to guide the empty bottles as they roll along the shelf. Other embodiments of the invention may be freestanding systems with or without enclosures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventor: Martin C. Goldin
  • Publication number: 20040108796
    Abstract: A modular organizing system having one or more modular storage units having a top wall, bottom wall and two opposing sidewalls. One modular storage unit includes an upper compartment and a lower compartment. The upper compartment includes one or more hanging devices for hanging necklaces, chains, beads, and other jewelry or personal accessory items. The upper compartment is enclosed by a transparent door. The lower compartment also include one or more drawers. A second modular storage unit includes two or more drawers. Each drawer of the modular organizing system are dimensionally compatible and are interchangeable. An interchangeable drawer insert for storing and displaying a specific jewelry item and/or personal accessory item. Each modular storage unit includes one or more mating systems for allowing the modular storage units to be stacked. The mating system includes a mating rib and mating depression with each being on a modular storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventor: Susan Brower
  • Patent number: 6733061
    Abstract: A stowage cabinet installs within a motor vehicle frame using cabinet and roof cleats. The cabinet cleat mounts to the stowage cabinet before installing the cabinet within the motor vehicle. The cabinet cleat engages a roof cleat that is fastened to the roof. The stowage cabinet is held in place by the cabinet cleat nested within the roof cleat while the stowage cabinet is fastened at other locations to the vehicle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: International Truck and Engine Corporation Canada
    Inventors: Mark H. Dykema, Sonny S. Galea
  • Patent number: 6726034
    Abstract: A modular furniture system having at least one rail that has a grooved surface, at least one clip adapted to cooperatively engage the grooved surface of the rail(s), a fastener for securing the clip(s) to the rail(s), and at least one fixture mounted over the clip(s) and onto the rail(s). The clip(s) have a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end having two arms facing each other separated by a channel. The arms are capable of being biased toward each other as the clip is inserted into the grooved surface and maintains the clip in the grooved surface after the clip is inserted. The fastener is dimensioned to pass into the channel to secure the clip(s) to the rail(s). Several fixtures can be used with the furniture system to provide a number of different configurations, including surface mounted furniture systems, mobile furniture systems, and furniture systems that are either integral parts of other pieces of furniture or stand alone systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Teknion, LLC
    Inventors: Richard M. Holbrook, Filiberto Betancourt, Jeffrey Bentzler, Darren Mark
  • Publication number: 20040074857
    Abstract: A face plate system including at least one sliding face plate panel, and at least one shelf or other stable surface. A modular face plate, with specially fitted tabs on its top and bottom, slides upright into matching grooves cut into a shelf or shelves. The grooves may be cut either into the top or bottom of the shelf, or the face of the shelf. No glue or permanent joinery is needed to secure the face plate, making it easy to remove, and allowing a set of face plates to be interchangeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Grad Kalin, Melissa Yaeko Slaker
  • Patent number: 6715246
    Abstract: A ceiling tile transmitter and receiver system having at least one transmitter/receiver device located in a ceiling panel either during or after the ceiling panel fabrication process. In one embodiment one or more pockets of variable size and shape are created on a surface of the ceiling panel during or after the ceiling panel manufacturing process and then a transmitter/receiver device, such as an RF antenna, is inserted in the pocket. In another embodiment, the transmitter/receiver device is embedded in the front side (lower surface) of the ceiling tile and a “scrim” covering is placed over it to secure it in place. The transmitter/receiver device can also be embedded inside the ceiling tile or on an upper, lower or side surface of the ceiling tile. Various combinations of these embodiments can be used with a single ceiling tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandor A. Frecska, John E. Cronin
  • Publication number: 20040055514
    Abstract: A shelving display system comprising a conventional gondola made up of a generally horizontal base and at least two upstanding posts to which generally horizontal top and bottom tracks are attached. Support/display members, such as decorative panels, standards for shelf brackets and shelves, and partitions may be attached to the top and bottom tracks to complete the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Martin L. De Land, D. Mark Pritchard, Steven C. Thompson
  • Patent number: 6704952
    Abstract: A storage locker for a sleeping cot (L) comprises a rigid container (90) of predetermined height, length, width, and cross-sectional shape, with a top (91), a bottom (92), a front (93), a back (94), a right end (95), a left end (116) and a recessed handle assembly (104). Vertical partitions (117, 119, and 120), and horizontal partitions (124, 126, and 128) within container (90) bound drawers (106), open-face compartments (108), and closed-faced compartments (118 and 121) fronted by access doors (110). Drawers (106) and doors (110) are locked closed by conventional cam locks (114). Container end apertures (96) facilitate optional attachment of prior-art foldable beverage container holder(s) (172) using various conventional fasteners including variable depth push fasteners (180). And apertures (100 and 101) in top 91 of container 90 facilitate its demountable attachment to a variety of sleeping cots (C) using conventional u-bolt assemblies (160).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Inventor: Eugene Daniel Kurtz
  • Publication number: 20040032190
    Abstract: A portable wall mountable storage cabinet adapted for use with vaporous compound storage, tools, and other items, including a drop down storage table, which secures stored items within the storage cabinet when the storage table is not opened and in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventor: Kevin J. Condas
  • Patent number: 6692091
    Abstract: A table top or wall mountable organizing station for mail or other documents and related items is disclosed. The organizer is centered around an open fronted box having a plurality of adjustable, vertical dividers which typically define 31 slots for organizing documents, such as bill, by due date or other sorting criteria. Drawers below and above the sorting slots, and a tray between the upper drawers, provide storage for unsorted mail, including magazines and similar sized documents, as well as related items, such as scissors, paper clips, postage, and the like. An ancillary sorting and storage tray which may be placed atop the upper drawers provide vertical sorting/storage slots for additional mail/documents, and open topped storage boxes allow additional storage for small related items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Inventor: Azanaw Mulaw
  • Patent number: 6691964
    Abstract: An easy viewing invisible mounting system includes a right angle bracket and a substantially planar, longitudinally extending hanger. The hanger defines, adjacent its top end, a circular aperture adapted to receive a fastener therethrough to mount the hanger on the wall, and, remote from its top end, a longitudinally aligned and spaced apart pair of elongated slots oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the hanger. A fastener extends through each slot to secure the hanger to the bracket vertical edge while enabling limited relative vertical sliding movement thereof along the hanger longitudinal axis, whereby the hanger may be slid in one direction for storage with the entirety of the hanger disposed on the bracket vertical edge or slid in the opposite direction to expose the aperture above the bracket for viewing during mounting of the hanger on the wall. The system may include a pair of the hangers, one on each bracket edge, and one or both hangers may afford a shelf-lock feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: PGM Products, LLC
    Inventor: Markus V. Schaefer
  • Patent number: 6681941
    Abstract: A multi-purpose storing and organizing assembly for effectively storing items. The multi-purpose storing and organizing assembly includes a main member and a pair of side members. The main member has an open main front face, a pair of main side walls, a top end and a bottom end. A plurality shelves extend out from an inside surface of the main side walls. The shelves are spaced a predetermined distance away from each other. A pair of item holding members for hanging items on is coupled to an inside surface of the top end of the main member. Each side member has an open front side face. In addition, each side member has a connecting side. The connecting side of each side member is selectably attachable to an outside surface of an associated side wall of the main member. Moreover, each side member includes a top compartment for storing items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Inventor: Kevin D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6672690
    Abstract: A method of constructing a wardrobe or cupboard is disclosed which comprises securing to a wall two vertical tracks each having an apertured surface. Two side panels each having projections at its rear edge that engage in the apertures in the tracks are then mounted on the tracks to secure the side panels to the wall without the tracks supporting the weight of the side panels. Subsequently, horizontal elements of the wardrobe or cupboard are secured to the side panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Workshop for Housing Limited
    Inventor: Laurence Graham Williams
  • Patent number: 6663201
    Abstract: A vertically stabilized shelf bracket assembly having at least two support strips on which at least one cabinet and preferably one or more shelves are mounted. The shelving is stabilized in several ways. First, the brackets are provided with a shelf engaging recess. Second, the brackets are provided with a vertical member which engages the shelves. Preferably, the recess and the vertical member will engage the shelf at opposite ends of the shelf, securing the shelf to the bracket. The shelves can be further stabilized by securing the brackets against vertical displacement. This can be accomplished by securing the shelf brackets to the support strip with a locking pin. With the locking pin in place, the shelf bracket cannot be moved upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventors: Warren L. Herron, III, Warren L. Herron, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20030218407
    Abstract: A combinational case has a top plate, a base plate, a rear plate, a pair of lateral plates, and a door plate. The lateral plates are disposed on the base plate. The rear plate is disposed on the base plate. The rear plate is disposed between the lateral plates. The top plate is disposed on the rear plate and the lateral plates. The door plate is disposed between the top plate and the base plate. A plurality of connection plates fasten the top plate and the lateral plates together. A plurality of connection bars fasten the base plate and the lateral plates together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventor: Ming-Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 6652047
    Abstract: A device for storing pills and indicating quantity of the pills to be taken at times specifically indicated thereon that includes a housing and a dial rotatably mounted to the housing. The housing has a plurality of drawers for storing different pills. The dial includes an axle that is rotatably mounted along the top of the housing, a pair of end caps that are disposed over the pair of ends of the axle, respectively, quantity indica disposed in line along the axle and aligned with the drawers, respectively, and time indica that are disposed on the longitudinal side wall of each end cap and aligned with the quantity indica associated with that time so as the dial is rotated to the specific time indica, the quantity india in line therewith indicates quantity of the pills to be taken from the drawers aligned therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventor: Peter C. Maguire, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6641237
    Abstract: Cabinet modules are readily attached and removed from selected attachment parts on a vertical support to provide customized portable storage and instrument mounting. Drawers may be accommodated within a module. A lock on a single drawer can secure all other drawers and modules on one side of the vertical support. An uninterruptable power supply can e incorporated into an enclosed, ventilated module and located at an attachment point low on the vertical support to maintain a low center of gravity while supplying portable power to electronic instruments carried on the vertical support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Pryor Products
    Inventors: Jeffery W. Pryor, Paul E. Pryor, Kevin Donahue