Having Sliding Drawer Patents (Class 312/249.4)
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Patent number: 8894929Abstract: An example rack accommodation device includes a base capable of supporting supporters on a plurality of stages in a first direction and in a plurality of rows in a second direction across the first direction. The supporters are each configured to hold a rack capable of holding a plurality of upright sample holders each accommodating a sample. A first movement mechanism is configured to move the supporters in the first direction, and a second movement mechanism is configured to move the supporters in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Aoi Seiki Co., Ltd.Inventor: Teruaki Itoh
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Patent number: 8456860Abstract: An exemplary electronic device includes a housing, a left rail and a right rail assembled in the housing, and a holder assembled on the left and right rails and received in the housing. The holder can slide out from the housing for securing a functional module thereon. The holder includes a bottom plate glidingly assembled on the left and right rails, and front and rear plates both pivotally secured on the bottom plate. The front and rear plates are both elastically biased to rotate about the bottom plate. When the holder is at least partially received in the housing, the front and rear plates are in original closed positions. When the holder is almost totally slid out from the housing, the front and rear plates rotate about the bottom plate to be in open positions for providing resilience to secure the functional module.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wen-Tang Peng, Xin-Hu Gong, Gao-Liang Xia
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Publication number: 20120181907Abstract: A storage unit has a top, a bottom, and a carousel upon which the bottom rotates thereupon. A plurality of drawers is disposed symmetrically between the bottom and the top. Each drawer has a pentagonal shape having a front wall, a pair of front side walls each of which extends from the front wall and are parallel to each other, a pair of back side walls each of which extends from a front side wall and converges towards an other of the back side walls and a back wall attaching to each of the back side walls. Each back side wall of one drawer contacts an adjacent side wall of an adjacent drawer and the back walls of the drawers define a space.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: Neil Edwards, Laura Oldham, Stephen Bowden
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Patent number: 8132819Abstract: A rolling container assembly includes a base container, wheels to provide rolling support, at least one removable container, and a container engaging region with an automatic lock interacting between the removable container and the container engaging region. The automatic lock is releasable so that the removable container can be released to enable the at least one removable container to be carried by its carrying handle and transported separately from the base container. The assembly has a lower drawer and an upper drawer, and a slide structure having a first portion mounted to the upper drawer and a second portion mounted to the lower drawer to facilitate movement of the drawers. The lower drawer and upper drawer are independently movable between their respective open and closed positions. The apparatus includes a central frame structure carrying a lock member that enables the upper drawer to be locked in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: The Stanley Works Israel Ltd.Inventors: Eitan Landau, Noam Twig
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Patent number: 7984954Abstract: A mounting member for a cabinet tray or drawer includes: an elongate body portion having a front mounting surface and a longitudinal axis; and a plurality of substantially rectangular apertures located in the front mounting surface. The body portion is a unitary structure and being formed of a polymeric material. This mounting member can be employed in cabinets to mount trays or drawers.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2005Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Tenn-Tex Plastics, Inc.Inventor: Robert C. Hightower
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Patent number: 7766435Abstract: A tool box includes a body with drawers and the body is rotatably connected to a base. A brake unit is received in the base and includes a first board fixed to the base and a second board movably located on the first board by connection plates pivotably connected between the first and second boards. A brake disk is rotatably located on the first board and the shaft is securely connected to the brake disk so that the brake disk is co-rotated with the body. The second board is controlled to move and contact the brake disk on the first board by a clutch pedal. When the second board contacts the brake disk, the body together with the base is moved as one piece, and when the second board is disengaged from the brake disk, the body can be rotated independently relative to the base.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Inventor: Chih-Ching Hsieh
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Publication number: 20090309469Abstract: A shelf assembly for a confined space formed within a structure is provided. The shelf assembly includes a fixed portion having a structure attachment interface to fixedly attach the shelf assembly to the structure and a slideable portion that is operable to slide out and extend from the fixed portion of the shelf assembly. The slideable portion has an enclosure attachment interface to attach an electronics enclosure to the slideable portion of the shelf assembly. The slideable portion has a first state and a second state in which the slideable portion is held in a first position or second position, respectively. In the first state, the entire slideable portion of the shelf assembly is positioned within the structure. In the second state, at least the enclosure attachment interface is positioned outside of the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2008Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventor: Michael J. Wayman
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Patent number: 7547080Abstract: A connector for supporting one or more mounting members that may be used in mounting a drawer within a cabinet includes: a vertically elongated base configured to abut an interior face of a wall of the cabinet and vertically elongated first and second mounting panels that are connected to and projecting outwardly from the base. The second mounting panel may be spaced apart from, and substantially parallel to, the first mounting panel, and the first and second mounting panels may extend from a base panel that extends perpendicular to the first and second mounting panels. The connector may also include an end panel that connects the distal end of the first mounting panel to the distal end of the second mounting panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2003Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Tenn-Tex Plastics Inc.Inventor: Robert C. Hightower
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Patent number: 6840590Abstract: A mounting member for a cabinet tray or drawer includes: an elongate body portion having a front mounting surface and a longitudinal axis; and a plurality of substantially rectangular apertures located in the front mounting surface. The body portion is a unitary structure and being formed of a polymeric material. This mounting member can be employed in cabinets to mount trays or drawers.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2002Date of Patent: January 11, 2005Assignee: Tenn-Tex Plastics, Inc.Inventor: Robert C. Hightower
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Patent number: 6425647Abstract: A rotatable jewelry cabinet is provided with numerous mechanisms for holding and displaying large quantities of jewelry by providing a domed enclosed structure with four curved glass doors, an upper service tray and a lower service tray for receiving numerous bottles of creams, lotions, cosmetic and nail polish bottles and the like, a plurality of hooks depending from the top of the interior of the rotatable jewelry cabinet for hanging necklaces and bracelets therefrom, a plurality of circular curtain walls containing apertures adapted to receive pierced earrings within the apertures or clip earrings directly on the curtain walls, and finally, a plurality of wedge shaped drawers located in the base of the cabinet for receiving other miscellaneous items which cannot be otherwise secured.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1999Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Inventor: Florence Pothin