Including Roll-out Assembly Patents (Class 312/249.9)
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Patent number: 12123642Abstract: In an example embodiment, a refrigerator a cabinet having slotted rail. The cabinet defines a food storage chamber. Also, a door is coupled to the cabinet and is configured to open and close the food storage chamber. Additionally, a shelf is mounted inside the food storage chamber, and a rack is positioned central in the food storage chamber proximate the shelf. The rack includes a back support, a slider coupled to the back support, and a knob coupling the rack to the slider.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Srinivas Pasham, Rukmini Harika Relangi, Avishrant Kamble, Ashok Kumar Adari
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Patent number: 8789899Abstract: A merchandiser rack comprising a rear storage module having a storage area including at least one shelf and at least two display modules. The display modules have shelves, with at least a portion of the rear of the display modules having shelves being open to allow stocking of the shelves from the rear. The display modules are pivotally connected to the rear storage module to allow the display modules to be rotated relative to the rear storage module between an open position and a closed position. The open position allows access to the rear of the display modules. The merchandiser rack, when in the closed position, has an outside periphery, and the display modules are not accessible through the rear of the display modules from the outside periphery along any horizontal line.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2008Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Pirro, Matthew W. Farrell, Kevin C. Joyce, Jamie A. Zettlmeier
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Patent number: 8164888Abstract: A computer having a mounting structure can be easily mounted to a wall. A bracket of the computer can receive a computer enclosure of the computer and easily mount a display and the computer enclosure of the computer to the wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiao-Feng Ma, Lei Liu
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Patent number: 7828253Abstract: A portable laptop computer stand comprises a support assembly mounted atop a pedestal. The pedestal includes a base assembly having a post extending upwardly therefrom. The base assembly is supported by a plurality of radially outwardly extending spokes having castors mounted on free ends thereof. The post may include a telescopic mechanism to allow for vertical height adjustment of the support assembly. The support assembly includes a support panel atop of which is mounted the laptop computer in a secured manner via a pair security devices mounted on opposing sides thereof. The support assembly may further include a pull-out drawer, pull-out keyboard tray having a pull-out mouse panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2007Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Inventor: Christopher E. Meyer
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Patent number: 7669740Abstract: A beverage vending machine installation comprising a cabinet and a trolley unit, the cabinet defining a void in which, in use, the trolley unit can be positioned. The cabinet has an opening and at least one door moveable between open and closed positions. A trolley unit comprises at least one beverage vending machine. The trolley unit is moveable relative to the cabinet between an installed position and an uninstalled position. In the installed position the trolley unit is positioned within the void of the cabinet such that at least one door may be closed to allow operation of the vending machine installation. In the uninstalled position, the trolley unit is removed from the cabinet after opening at least one door to allow access to the trolley unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2004Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Kraft Foods R & D, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Kevin Saunders, Neil Martin Rogers, Andrew Charles Bentley
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Patent number: 7610864Abstract: A support table assembly for a food product breading machine. The support table assembly includes a support table defining an upper support surface for supporting a breading machine, a guide coupled to the support table assembly and a slide assembly that is slidable beneath the support table along the guide between a first and a second position. The slide assembly defines an opening sized to receive a lug. In the first position of the slide assembly, the finished product lug is aligned with a first end of the breading machine such that finished products discharged from the breading machine drop into the lug and, in the second position of the slide assembly, the lug is aligned with a second end of the breading machine such that materials discharged from the breading machine during a cleaning operation drop into the lug.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2006Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Bettcher Industries, Inc.Inventors: John H. D. LaMarche, II, Jason Alexander Sukey, Scott M. Muniga, Jeffrey A. Whited
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Publication number: 20080265725Abstract: There is provided a cart and method for manufacturing wood furniture assemblies, such as wood frames for couches and other upholstered furniture. The method includes cutting stock wood at a cutting location to predetermined dimensions to form wood frame members of a plurality of different configurations. A plurality of kits of the wood frame members are selectively disposed on a wheeled cart at the cutting location, each kit including each of a plurality of wood frame members for assembling one furniture frame assembly. The cart is then transported with the kits of the wood frame members to an assembly location remote from the cutting location. The cart can generally include first and second cargo portions that are supported by a wheeled support frame. The cargo portions define horizontal and vertical compartments for receiving all of the wood frame members for assembling a plurality of the wood furniture frame assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2007Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Michael Ruch, Patrick Ramey, Michael Watts, Craig Larsen
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Patent number: 7407238Abstract: A dispenser comprising: (1) a dispenser housing that includes: (a) a dispenser body that defines both an interior portion and an access opening, and (b) an access door that is mounted to selectively restrict access to the interior portion through the access opening; (2) a storage cartridge that is mounted on wheels to roll adjacent the dispenser body; and (3) a storage cartridge positioning system that is adapted to facilitate moving the storage cartridge into a “loading position” in which the storage cartridge is positioned to be loaded into the dispenser. The motion of the access door from an open position to a closed position may serve to urge the storage cartridge from the “loading position” into a “loaded position” in which the storage cartridge is disposed substantially within the dispenser housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2005Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Innovative Product AchievementsInventor: Robert M. Fitzgerald
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Publication number: 20080164791Abstract: The suspendable locker has a plurality of side walls and a top wall interconnected to define an interior space. The suspendable locker has an open bottom leaving the interior space exposed from below. A door is hingedly connected to a side wall to provide an access opening into the interior space along a side at the bottom so a cart can be rolled into and from the interior space. An attachment structure for suspending the locker from a storage cabinet is connected to a side wall. The attachment structure includes a pair of L-shaped flanges connected to an exterior surface of a side wall. The L-shaped flanges engage a lip on a tool storage cabinet, enabling the suspendable locker to be cantilevered from the storage cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Jack A. Parise, John J. Landree
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Patent number: 7147290Abstract: A heavy-duty workbench with strong metal legs and a thick hardwood top. The workbench can provide docking space for three modules that can function as an additional work surface when pulled out from under the workbench or when used alone. The modules can be provided with an optional hardwood top. The modules can have large heavy-duty casters to facilitate easy movement for use and cleaning. The workbench and modules are designed for use in non-climate controlled spaces such as a garage where temperature and humidity extremes are common. Electrical outlets can be provided in an optional backsplash mounted at the rear edge of the workbench.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2005Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Thomas Wesley Arent, Todd Christopher Starr, Allan Ray Steinkuhl, Mark Allen Stout, John Richard Wisnoski, Kenneth L. Patricio
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Patent number: 7140701Abstract: A heavy-duty workbench with strong metal legs and a thick hardwood top. The workbench can provide docking space for three modules that can function as an additional work surface when pulled out from under the workbench or when used alone. The workbench and modules are designed for use in non-climate controlled spaces such as a garage where temperature and humidity extremes are common. Electrical outlets can be provided in an optional backsplash mounted at the rear edge of the workbench.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2005Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Thomas Wesley Arent, Todd Christopher Starr, Allan Ray Steinkuhl, Mark Allen Stout, John Richard Wisnoski, Kenneth L. Patricio
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Patent number: 6926160Abstract: A space-efficient workroom organization system comprising a slotwall panel with at least one repositionable slotwall-mounted storage cabinet, and a workbench system comprising a workbench having a work surface and defining a storage recess beneath the work surface, with at least one mobile storage cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2003Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Travis Michael Perkins, Thomas Wesley Arent, Todd Christopher Starr, Tyree Edward Sampson, Kenneth J. Rasche, Steven Edward Tolliver, Brent A. Junge, Duane A. Schmidt, Brian J. Stewart, Mark Allen Stout
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Patent number: 6926376Abstract: A heavy-duty workbench with strong metal legs and a thick hardwood top. The workbench can provide docking space for three modules that can function as an additional work surface when pulled out from under the workbench or when used alone. The modules can be provided with an optional hardwood top. The modules can have large heavy-duty casters to facilitate easy movement for use and cleaning. The workbench and modules are designed for use in non-climate controlled spaces such as a garage where temperature and humidity extremes are common. Electrical outlets can be provided in an optional backsplash mounted at the rear edge of the workbench.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2002Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Thomas Wesley Arent, Todd Christopher Starr, Allan Ray Steinkuhl, Mark Allen Stout, John Richard Wisnoski, Kenneth L. Patricio
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Patent number: 6824231Abstract: A storage cabinet for use in an office environment including a stationary housing defining a hollow interior which opens frontwardly, and a drawer-type cart defining storage space thereon which is movable into the interior of the housing when not in use and out of the housing when access to the storage space is desired. The cart mounts thereon a wheel or roller arrangement on a lower front end thereof for engagement with a floor surface, and a roller arrangement at an upper rear end thereof which is engaged within a track or rail mounted along a top of the housing so as to suspend a rear end of the cart therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Smed InternationalInventors: Rupert Jakob-Bamberg, Kevin Domagala
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Publication number: 20040124751Abstract: A heavy-duty workbench with strong metal legs and a thick hardwood top. The workbench can provide docking space for three modules that can function as an additional work surface when pulled out from under the workbench or when used alone. The modules can be provided with an optional hardwood top. The modules can have large heavy-duty casters to facilitate easy movement for use and cleaning. The workbench and modules are designed for use in non-climate controlled spaces such as a garage where temperature and humidity extremes are common. Electrical outlets can be provided in an optional backsplash mounted at the rear edge of the workbench.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2002Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventors: Thomas Wesley Arent, Todd Christopher Starr, Allan Ray Steinkuhl, Mark Allen Stout, John Richard Wisnoski, Kenneth L. Patricio
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Patent number: 6719384Abstract: The suspendable locker has a plurality of side walls and a top wall interconnected to define an interior space. The suspendable locker has an open bottom leaving the interior space exposed from below. A door is hingedly connected to a side wall to provide an access opening into the interior space along a side at the bottom so a cart can be rolled into and from the interior space. An attachment structure for suspending the locker from a storage cabinet is connected to a side wall. The attachment structure includes a pair of L-shaped flanges connected to an exterior surface of a side wall. The L-shaped flanges engage a lip on a tool storage cabinet, enabling the suspendable locker to be cantilevered from the storage cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2001Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignee: Snap-on Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jack A. Parise, John J. Landree
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Patent number: 6692092Abstract: A transportable play center that has a center housing and two side housings attached to opposite sides of the center housing is provided. The play center is configured to provide a child with multiple play opportunities. The play center can be configured with a plurality of shelves that have transparent sliding doors. Further, the play center may be configured with a plurality of removable pockets. Still further, the play center may be equipped with removable carts that have a plurality of drawers in the carts. A tabletop may be slidably received in the center housing and a collapsable chair stored in the play center.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2000Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Inventor: Gail W. Evans
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Patent number: 6679571Abstract: A furniture kit includes several pieces of furniture which can be combined in one way to produce an infant changing table and in another way to produce a desk. The furniture kit includes a table, a drawer, a chest, and an infant changer.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2001Date of Patent: January 20, 2004Inventors: Jack L. Lawson, Nancy J. Rasche, Dennis M. Turner, Edmund M. Apperson, IV
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Patent number: 6595606Abstract: A cash dispenser (10) includes a secure enclosure (11, 12, 14) with an enclosure body (11), a door (12) on one side of the enclosure body (11) for opening and closing an access opening (9) into the enclosure (11, 12, 14), a lock (14) for securing the door (11) to the enclosure body (12), and a cash drawer assembly (20) with a plurality of drawers (22) for holding a plurality of denominations of cash. The drawer assembly has a frame with sliding members (28) near the top and wheels (21) at the front for moving the drawer assembly (20) out of the secure enclosure (11, 12, 14) through the access opening (9). The enclosure (11, 12, 14) has a bottom wall (11b) with an aperture (11d) therein sized to allow the wheels (21) to rest on a supporting surface (35) for the enclosure (11, 12, 14) and being open to a front side when the door (12) is open, to allow the drawer assembly (20) to be rolled forwardly through the access opening (9) along the supporting surface (35).Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2002Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: De La Rue Cash Systems Inc.Inventor: Robert E. Gunst
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Patent number: 6209977Abstract: A mobile work station has a generally compact configuration in the closed position. When opened, it has a lower drawer for access to stored material and may function as a filing cabinet and an upper work surface which may be used in a similar manner to the top surface of a desk.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Global Contract Limited Partnership, an Ontario Limited PartnershipInventor: Frank Vondrejs