Abstract: A housing holder for a medical monitor, which can be a cardiotocograph, includes a housing reception unit provided with several recesses. The monitor housing of the medical monitor has a plurality of protrusions provided on the back wall thereof, and arranged such that they are adapted to be inserted into the recesses of the housing reception unit. At least one of the protrusions has a stationary, downwardly directed projection for engagement with the side of the housing reception unit facing away from the monitor housing, the engagement being effected in the area of the respective recess. At least one additional protrusion is equipped with a spring-loaded snap member for engagement with the side of the housing reception unit facing away from the monitor housing, the engagement being effected in the area of another of the recesses.

Abstract: A motor driven movable cabinet that provides top shelf accessibility by being lowered outwardly onto the underlying counter top and retracted back to its original position against the wall. A motor driven threaded screw lifting mechanism powers the cabinet's movement and consists of a reversible electric motor and a drive shaft assembly, including a drive shaft and a threaded screw drive rod. The motor is attached to the drive shaft assembly by a universal joint and a load bearing bracket pivot assembly. This motorized mechanism is then fastened to a wall frame that is secured to the wall behind the cabinet. The cabinet is also attached to the wall frame by at least four L-shaped swing arms and to the motorized mechanism by a pivot mount bracket hingedly attached to the bottom of the cabinet. The pivot assembly supports the drive shaft assembly and the universal joint allows for a change in the angle from the pivot assembly along the drive shaft and threaded screw drive rod to the bottom of the cabinet.

Abstract: A container for a fire extinguisher is of a lazy susan type including an inner housing and an outer housing on which the inner housing is rotatable about a vertical axis. The outer housing includes an octagonal top with a depending surrounding flange. The inner housing includes two side flanges which project outwardly to engage cooperating flanges on the outer housing for providing a vertical lip seal along the sides of the inner housing. The top and bottom panels of the inner housing are spaced from the top and bottom panels of the outer housing to allow an air flow through this area to maintain the housing free from condensation of the moisture.

Abstract: A display unit that can retract heavy monitors into a stowing cavity when the retracting actuator of the unit becomes inoperative. The display unit has a spring motor with at least two nested torsional springs attached in parallel to provide the torque necessary to retract the monitor. The monitor is connected to a frame such that the monitor can move from a first stowed position to a second viewing position. Attached to the frame and monitor is an actuator typically of the ball screw variety, that rotates the monitor into the two position described. The monitor moves into the viewing position when the ball screw is rotated in a first direction, the monitor further being lifted into the stowed position when the ball screw is rotated into a second opposite direction. The actuator is typically driven by an electric motor adapted to rotate the ball screw in both directions.

Abstract: A portable soap caddy assembly with a toiletry receptacle having an opening and a sidewall for holding various toiletries and having means for mounting the receptacle to a vertical wall with opening facing upwardly. This assembly provides an auxiliary receptacle with an opening and sidewalls and a mounting assembly for movably mounting the auxiliary receptacle to the toiletry receptacle between a first open position where the sidewall of the toiletry receptacle closes the opening of the auxiliary receptacle and a second position where the auxiliary opening is opened facing upwardly. A further assembly has an auxiliary receptacle with an opening, sidewall and bottom and means for mounting the auxiliary receptacle to the toilety receptacle to close the opening of the toiletry receptacle.

Abstract: A display unit that rotates a video monitor between a stowing cavity and an exposed position so that viewers can see the monitor. The monitor is attached to a frame which is typically mounted into the ceiling of the passenger cabin of an airplane. Also attached to the frame is an electric motor that rotates the monitor into the stowed and exposed positions. Attached to the output shaft of the electric motor is a slip clutch that allows the monitor to rotate up from the exposed position when a predetermined force is applied to the viewing device. A spring is operatively connected to the monitor and electric motor, that pulls the monitor up into the stowed position if the electric motor becomes disabled. An electric brake is also attached to the output shaft of the electric motor to hold the monitor in the exposed position.

Abstract: Merchandise display assembly including a vertical bin having an upper filling opening and a lower dispensing opening, mounted by a suspension linkage on brackets attached to a vertical support structure, to swing the bin outwardly and downwardly from an upper storage position at which the bin rear is adjacent the support structure and the lower opening is at a height at which merchandise items in the bin can be readily removed by a consumer, to a lower filling position at which the bin rear is outwardly spaced from the support structure and the upper opening is at a height at which such items can be readily filled thereinto, while maintaining the bin vertical in any movement position thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for suspended storage.According to the invention, a storage unit in the opening of a supporting structure comprises an articulated panel in two parts and, the second being linked and articulated on the supporting structure by a suspension system of the quadrilateral four-bar linkage type, of which the first part forms a limb. Storage means are provided on the two parts respectively.The application of the invention is, in particular, for the overhead fitting out of all domestic premises, for the purpose of storage.

Abstract: A jewelry closet including three relatively pivotally mounted sections is set forth wherein a first section includes a parallel series of removable ring support rods reciprocatably mounted in the first section with an overlying pivotally mounted earring support panel and an underlying resilient pin cushion. The second section includes a medially mounted plate with threadedly mounted hooks selectively positionable within the plate, both forwardly and rearwardly of the plate. The third section includes a further series of hooks threadedly received within a support plate wherein the support plate is oriented for securement to a horizontal support surface.

Abstract: A cabinet is disclosed which is adapted to be mounted in a vertical plane. Mounted on an inside sidewall of the cabinet adjacent the opening edge is a base plate having a flat portion which fastens to the wall and turned upper and lower edges which function as stops. A pedestal is mounted for rotation on the base plate and has stops which act with the stops on the base plate to determine a first and second position for the pedestal. A writing instrument support is mounted on the pedestal and moves with the pedestal to a first position where the writing instrument is stored within the cabinet and then to a second position to which it freely falls under the pull of gravity when the cabinet door is opened.

Abstract: An equipment stand, in particular for dental implements, which consists of a carrier possessing holders for the dental implements or instruments. A stand which extends in a vertical direction, concurrently forms the carrier possessing the implement holders, so as to thereby eliminate a separate component as a carrier in the form of a cross-bar, and consequently avoids a complex construction. Furthermore, through a superimposed arrangement of the implement holders there is afforded a good overview of the implements which are located in the holders.

Abstract: This invention discloses a storage system for personal care products used for dental hygiene and oral care. The device has a storage tube with an interior and exterior surface and two ends, one end closed and used as the base and the other end open. A toothbrush ring with outer and inner rims is mounted on the open end of the storage tube, the outer rim of toothbrush ring extends beyond the exterior surface of the storage tube and contains a plurality of apertures in which toothbrushes hang and the inner rim extends inside the interior surface of the storage tube. Inserted in the storage tube is a rinse cup with an exterior flange on the open end which catches the interior rim of the toothbrush ring. The rinse cup lid rests on the inner rim of the toothbrush ring covering the exterior flange of the rinse cup. Alternatively, the rinse cup lid is removably connected to the exterior rim of the toothbrush ring. An optional wall bracket can be used to mount the storage system on the wall.

Abstract: A storage device for cabinets is disclosed wherein shelves are carried by pairs of spaced, pivotally mounted arms. The arms are adapted to swing outwardly and downwardly, with the shelves maintaining a substantially horizontal attitude. A flexible cord is attached to a drawbar affixed to the shelf assembly, and a power unit is provided for extending and retracting the cord to move the shelf assembly between storage and retrieval positions.

Abstract: A gravity dispensing bin system includes one or more gravity dispensing bins in which bulk product supplied through an open top of the bin moves under gravity to a lower dispensing opening as product is dispensed, and a frame on which the dispensing bins are mounted. A plurality of bins may be mounted in vertically and/or horizontally aligned arrangement on the frame and the frame with the bin or bins mounted thereon may itself be mounted on any suitable structure, such as a wall, pegboard or column, or alternatively, may be free-standing. Each bin has an open top which is normally covered by the bottom of the next upper adjacent bin or an overlying frame portion in the case of the uppermost bin. The bins are hingedly mounted on the frame so that each can be tilted to provide access to the open top for filling with product.

Abstract: A coin operated infant changing table includes a generally rectangular housing supporting a movable cover unit secured to the housing in a pivotal fashion. A coin receiving unit controls an internal lock which releasably secures the pivotable cover unit to the housing in a closed position. Automatic product dispensing means are provided which dispense a convenience product during the opening motion of the cover unit and hinged support arms secure the extended position of the cover unit while providing safety members to partially enclose the infant placed upon the cover unit. A disposable paper roll provides a supply of fresh paper to the infant changing surface.

Abstract: A fold-out door is hinged at its bottom to the bottom of a cabinet frame. Parallel first spaced apart side support members are integral with the inner surface of the door and are connected by multiple parallel dowels mounted at right angles to the side supports. Parallel second spaced apart side supports are hinged to the first side supports and are connected by multiple additional dowels. Removable compartments rest on a dowel connecting the first side support members and another adjacent dowel connecting the second side support members. The compartments remain in a level upright position whether the door is latched to the cabinet or in a folded out position.

Abstract: A foldable-screen room divider in combination with a curio cabinet, wherein the room divider is defined by at least three screen sections, the central or intermediate screen section having a curio cabinet mounted thereon, so as to allow ornamental objects or articles to be stored and displayed. The curio cabinet can be mounted in two modes. In one arrangement, the cabinet is hinged to the center screen section for access to the section having a transparent panel. In the other arrangement, the curio cabinet is fixed to the screen section which has a hinged door provided with a transparent panel for viewing the interior of the curio cabinet. The side screen sections are hinged to the central section and can be adapted with ornamental panels.

Abstract: For obtaining a damped movement into the opened position in a glove compartment lid in a motor vehicle, a piston-cylinder unit constructed as brake is provided whose piston rod is operatively connected with a retaining member pivotally connected at the glove compartment lid. The air compressed during the opening operation by the piston leaves through a calibrated opening into the free atmosphere.

Abstract: A food bin is hinged to a pair of vertical supports beneath a shelf of a refrigerator to enable the bin to pivot open for access. The hinges of the bin disengage when the bin is pivoted open beyond a predetermined angle to enable the bin to be removed from the refrigerator for cleaning. A pair of cords connected between the bin and supports limits the extent to which the bin can be pivoted open, maintaining the hinges coupled together. The cords are somewhat resilient to absorb shock when the bin bottoms as it is pivoted fully open and are releasable from the supports to enable the bin to be pivoted beyond the predetermined angle for removal.

Abstract: A hood device for use with a cooking range including an outer hood chamber, a central air opening for emission of gases emitted from the cooking range where at least one generally rectangular chamber is provided on one side of the center section and includes inwardly directed lip means on opposite sides of the area, with a hinge arrangement adjacent to one of the lip areas. A utensil holder is pivotally connected to the hinge arrangement adjacent to the lip area where the utensil holder has a generally planar back surface and where the hinge includes an arrangement to allow longitudinal (fore and aft) movement of the back panel so that the back panel can be swung upwardly into the retangular opening and can then be moved forward so that an edge of the back panel is located on the second lip to retain the utensil holder in a stored position and where the back panel can be moved aft in the opposite direction to allow the back panel and utensil holder to be lowered into an accessible position.

Abstract: A front serviceable appliance includes an outer removable cabinet having side walls, a front wall and an upper wall on which is mounted a control console. The cabinet is mounted on a support structure on which are mounted the internal components of the appliance. The support structure includes a base frame and a rear panel which supports components of the appliance. The rear panel is attached at its lower end to the base frame with its upper end extending upwardly beyond the upper wall of the cabinet. The cabinet is held in position relative to the rear panel and the base frame by the control console interacting with the upper end of the rear panel and the upper wall of the cabinet. The control console includes end walls which are secured to the upper wall of the cabinet. A pair of locking members arranged on the upper end of the rear panel adjacent each end wall are secured to the end walls to thereby removably retain the cabinet relative to the rear panel and base frame.

Abstract: A suspended arrangement of juxtaposed individual tilting compartments, made of a plurality of shelving compartments, each placed onto a flat, rectangular or square panel articulated around an axle parallel to one of its longitudinal sides and in the vicinity of the latter, on two pieces fixedly mounted on two lateral ends of the panel, with means being provided to lock the panels in the horizontal position and to limit their opening in the downward direction essentially to the vertical, the panels are aligned side by side at very small distances, without any stationary structural elements being interposed between them in the direction of their orthogonal alignment with the tilting axles.

Abstract: A utility bin for enclosure in structures such as furniture, cabinets, and closets for storage of such objects as magazines, newspapers, books, wearing apparel and linen. As storage for wearing apparel and linen, forward and rear pivot arms on each end of the bin control the movement of both the upper and the lower area of the bin outward to a tilted position. As storage for magazines, newspapers, and books, the bin also has an automatically positioned panel for support of upright placed contents. Rollers attached to the support panel contact a downward sloping rear to front surface such as the bottom to effect movement forward for contact with the contents of the bin when the bin is placed in home position. Flexible retainers such as chains attached to the rear of the support panel and to the rear of the enclosure structure retain the upright support panel to the rear when the bin is moved outward allowing unobstructed access to the contents of the bin.

Abstract: A container having a transparent base is pivotally mounted between the spaced apart rafters in a ceiling so that the container can be maintained in a first relatively fixed position, moved to a second position supported by the pivot mounting so that objects may be placed into or removed from the container or completely removed to be transported to any desired location.

Abstract: A magazine for sound recording media suitable for vehicle installation comprises an outer housing which defines, through the use of a plurality of inwardly extending ribs, a recess which receives the inner housing or housings which include the media receiving drawers or sliders. An impact absorbing frame is provided around the access opening at the front of the outer housing. The outer housing is mounted, by means of integral hubs, from a support by means of a yoke. The hubs are relatively rotatable with respect to the yoke to permit the outer housing to be positioned in a desired angular orientation.

Abstract: The device for mounting a cooking apparatus of the present invention on a wall and the like in a kitchen comprises a wall fixing member to be fixedly mounted on the wall and provided with reinforcing members projecting forward; a supporting member rotatable up-and downwardly and provided with grooves in which the legs of the cooking apparatus are to be put; and a stopper member for preventing the legs of the cooking apparatus from coming off the grooves of the supporting member in case that the cooking apparatus is supported by said supporting member. Accordingly, the cooking apparatus can be easily mounted on the wall and the like in the kitchen without any extra members to be mounted on the cooking apparatus, so that a cooking apparatus of such a type originally used by being placed on a cooking counter and the like can be easily mounted on a wall in a kitchen.

Abstract: The combined multi-purpose kitchen appliance includes a bracket unit for attachment beneath a kitchen cabinet and an appliance assembly which is pivotally mounted within the bracket unit to permit movement of electric kitchen appliances mounted on opposite sides of the appliance assembly into use positions. The appliance assembly is a unitary assembly which may be inserted or removed from the bracket unit without the use of additional mounting components, and the appliance assembly is designed to enhance the rigidity of the bracket unit when the appliance assembly is in a use position.

Abstract: A storage turntable is comprised of a prism having spaced apart polygonal ends connected by a plurality of rectangular sides. Each of the sides provides a desired storage accessory such as a beverage container receptacle or a coin storage device. One side of the turntable is a plain planar surface which merely closes the opening. The console has a rectangular opening and the turntable is rotatably mounted within the opening by axles which extend from the polygonal ends of the prism and are rotatably journaled in bearing blocks attached to the console housing so that rotary movement of the prism sequentially registers a desired one of the storage accessories with the console opening for access by the vehicle occupant. A round thumb wheel is attached to the prism and extends above the surface of the console to provide a convenient means by which the turntable can be rotated. A detent is provided to retain the turntable at the selected position.

Abstract: Hanging components of the enclosed or open shelf type for an interior space dividing system utilize a disappearing pivoting hook at the upper rear corners and a pivoting mounting bracket or foot at the lower rear corners, the latter being pivoted to two alternative positions depending on the supporting horizontal frame element of the system or elevation at which the component is supported. Such hooks and mounting brackets are for the most part enclosed within the back-to-back face plates of the vertical panels of the components, such panel forming face plates having rounded edges forming a peripheral slot, such slot being enlarged to accommodate the pivoting movement of the disappearing hook and mounting foot. The face plates are readily assembled and disassembled by an internal tongue and slot connection at the front and by fasteners at the rear which extend through collars forming the pivots for the hook and bracket.

Abstract: A refrigerator, including a freezer compartment and a door for closing the access opening to said compartment. There is an opening through the door and an ice piece receptacle on the inner surface of the freezer door. A closure member is pivotally mounted at the bottom thereof to the door and movable outwardly therefrom and the closure member has side panels secured to the inner surface and extending rearwardly of the closure member. The ice storage receptacle supported on the inner surface of the door has the interior thereof accessible through the opening in the door and the receptacle has a floor movable from a first position when the closure member is closed to a second elevated position when the closure member is opened to permit manual removal of ice pieces from the ice receptacle without opening the door.

Abstract: A shallow cabinet attachable to the surface of a wall and resembling a framed picture when closed, and suitable for storing small objects of value such as jewelry. The cabinet comprises a pair of shallow box-like elements; a first element or wall box is attachable to the surface of a wall with its open side facing outward, and a second, cover-like element is hinged to the wall box element and disposed to cover and conceal it when swung closed. The outer face or panel of the cover-like box element may be ornamented by a picture or the like, or may be covered by a mirror. The vertical interior surfaces of both elements are preferably lined with cork board or like material covered with felt or velvet, to accept pins or hooks on which, e.g., bracelets and necklaces may be hung.

Abstract: A storage tray assembly for packaged articles where the tray has a plurality of parallel spaced upstanding panels adapted to engage a packaged article. The tray may be fixed on an angled bracket means or be slidably mounted in the bottom of a housing. The tray also may be pivotally mounted in the bottom of a housing and connected by levers to the housing such that when the front of the housing is opened, the tray is raised to a substantially tilted position and moved forward in the housing. Clamping means may be associated with each panel so as to resiliently engage a packaged article to prevent its rattling in the tray.

Abstract: The storage cabinet comprises a lid hingedly mounted thereon, an arcuate arm extending from the lid inwardly of the cabinet and having a slot formed at the end remote from the lid, and a coil spring having one end born at a convenient stationary part and the other end slidably received in the slot, whereby the lid can be passively held in a half-open position while being manually movable to a full open position against the action of the spring.

Abstract: The drawings disclose a closure mechanism for an ashtray and the like, including a pivotal cover member and a "U" shaped leaf spring, the cover member having detent projections formed on a portion thereof for cooperation with the spring. The spring exerts a force on the detent projections to retain the cover member in its closed position. The detent projections force the spring outwardly while the cover member is pivoted through a predetermined angle until the detent projections are pivoted over-center, after which the spring retains the cover member in its open position.

Abstract: A kitchen cupboard assembly has a lower floor mounted cupboard unit with an upper working surface and an upper wall mounted cupboard unit which is mountable thereabove. A frame is hinged about a horizontal axis between a lower position in which it rests on the working surface and a raised position in which it forms a front door of at least one cupboard of the upper cupboard unit. The upper surface of the frame is used to support an item of kitchen machinery such as a domestic mixer, or the like, and this is folded away into the upper cupbard when not in use.

Abstract: By providing a display and holding rack which is easily mounted to the gunwale, a bulkhead or the cockpit coaming of a boat and which incorporates a plurality of fishing lure retainers, a unique fishing lure rack is achieved which is readily accessible to the user to assure quick availability of all important fishing lures. In the preferred embodiment, a pivotable cover is mounted to the display rack and is movable from a closed position, surrounding the barb portions of the fishing lure hooks to protect against inadvertent snagging, to an open position in which the fishing lures can be quickly and easily removed.