Plural, Diverse Types Patents (Class 312/309)
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Patent number: 6595609Abstract: A jewelry chest and box for storing jewelry having a plurality of compartments to store jewelry items of various configurations. The jewelry chest includes pivoting cabinets having earring stands that are slidably received in the cabinets. Pivoting trays have various compartments to hold jewelry items such as bracelets, rings and pins. The jewelry box has a bottom tray and an upper tray each having divided compartments. The upper tray is slidably mounted in the box and preferably can be removed from the box.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2000Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Inventor: Lori Greiner
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Patent number: 6227633Abstract: A device for the storage and stretching of resilient headbands of the type having two sides joining to form a curved top. The device is described in various embodiments, providing ample storage for a myriad of hair care and styling items typically possessed by ladies and young girls. A frame closely receives the headbands and secures them separately from the various interior and exterior drawers or compartments. Both vertical and horizontal frame positions are described and both are supported by either fixed structure or by a fixed or rotatable base. Both straight and curved frames are provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1997Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Inventor: Sandra Elaine Castillo
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Patent number: 5758933Abstract: A utility box for use in shooting sports comprising a top, a base, a front, a back and spaced apart ends defining a substantially hollow interior. The container further comprises a plurality of drawers for receiving a variety of tools, accessories and supplies. A portion of the interior includes a plurality of shelves, which are accessible through a hinged door attached at a side of the container. The container further includes a pair of support arms pivotally attached at the ends of the container. The support arms include notches configured to receive a firearm. The container further includes a pair of legs extendable from a housing in the base of the container. The legs and the interior of the housing include cooperating wedging surfaces for locking the legs into a variety of user selected positions. The legs and the interior of the housing further include a tab and a plurality of teeth, respectively, which cooperatively engage to lock the legs into any of a plurality of user selected positions.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1996Date of Patent: June 2, 1998Inventor: James Randall Clendening
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Patent number: 5755499Abstract: A device for separately storing items which are intended to be used together. The device has a pivotable front wall which exposes items stored therewithin when opened. As the pivotable front wall is opened, a linkage assembly between the pivotable frontwall and an elevating platform simultaneously raises an elevating platform and contents stored thereon, thereby allowing access to these items.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1996Date of Patent: May 26, 1998Inventor: Norman C. Hillesland
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Patent number: 5716113Abstract: A beverage vending machine having a sliding shelf for supporting thereon one or more beverage containers. Folding legs are provided under the shelf for supporting the weight of the shelf when the shelf is in an extended position. The deployment and retraction of the legs is effected by a pair of pantograph actuators, coincidently with a movement of the shelf when the shelf is within a minimal distance from the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1996Date of Patent: February 10, 1998Inventor: Donald G. Plourde
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Patent number: 5662396Abstract: A bedside cabinet having a generally U-shaped forward access area within which a portable commode may be stored. The cabinet includes an upper drawer cabinet section an a pivoting top panel under which is stored an adjustable shelf. The top panel is pivoted to a vertical position, the adjustable shelf is elevated and locked in a desired position and the top panel is then lowered to its normal horizontal position. The portable commode is designed to ft within the cabinet for storage; and in addition, a walker is designed to fit around and be stored on the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1995Date of Patent: September 2, 1997Assignee: Hill-Rom, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Anthony Reeder, Ares Marasligiller
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Patent number: 5460441Abstract: A rack mounted computer system has a vertically elongated cabinet structure in which a specially designed server unit is mounted. The server unit includes a slide-out outer drawer having a power supply box mounted in a lower interior portion thereof. An inner tray is slidably mounted in an upper interior portion of the outer drawer, over the power supply box, and has a system planar board and associated riser cards mounted on its top side. When the outer drawer is pulled out service access is provided to the circuit board apparatus on the inner tray. Access is provided to the power supply box by simply sliding the inner tray rearwardly relative to the opened outer drawer to expose the power supply box. Cooling fans are carried on the inner tray and within the outer drawer to cool the various computer components mounted within the server unit by flowing cooling air generally horizontally therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1994Date of Patent: October 24, 1995Assignee: Compaq Computer CorporationInventors: Robert J. Hastings, Paily T. Varghese
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Patent number: 5458412Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage compartment having a door at its front end which is hinged to swing about a horizontal pivot axis disposed along a lower edge of the door. The hinge is mounted on a slidable member for forward and rearward sliding movement. The door is connected to the refrigerator body by a pivoted arm arrangement which is connected to the slidable member to cause the hinge to be slid forwardly when the door is opened, and to be slid rearwardly when the door is closed. The slidable member can be connected to a slidable food-supporting tray to cause the tray to slide along with the slidable member.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1993Date of Patent: October 17, 1995Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sun G. Lee, Jae H. Lim
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Patent number: 5427447Abstract: A drawer unit which includes a unit body 2 in the form of a parallelepiped box which is open at the front thereof and a drawer member 4 accommodated for drawing out movement in the unit body 2 is constructed such that, when the drawer member 4 is drawn out from the unit body 2, as the drawer member 4 moves forwardly in the unit body 2, a guide projection 47 on the drawer member 4 is slidably moved in a guideway 25 of the unit body 2 such that it is slidably moved laterally sidewardly under the guidance of an oblique portion 25a of the guideway 25.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1993Date of Patent: June 27, 1995Assignee: Nifco, Inc.Inventor: Tomoaki Satoh
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Patent number: 5022722Abstract: A portable clothes closet designed to provide extra storage in small homes or recreation vehicles is tall, narrow and thin so that it could fit behind a door. The closet is fitted with a pivoting trouser hanger that is held up in a horizontal position by the open door, a pivoted shirt hanger for about a dozen shirts and both tie and belt racks.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1989Date of Patent: June 11, 1991Inventor: Maynard A. Wallin
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Patent number: 4934527Abstract: A multi-purpose stationery box set including a semi-spherical lower casing, an upper cover pivotally coupled to the semi-circular lower casing, an inner holder set disposed in the lower casing, a bottom block having a drawer and being connected to the lower casing at the bottom thereof. The inner holder is integrally formed therein by an injection molding process to provide a variety of spacings having different sizes and shapes for the convenient arrangement of various stationery accessories in an efficient way with minimized space consumption. By means of the professional design of the stationery box, an attractive outer appearance is provided. Thus, in addition to its multi-purpose usage, it is also very practical and can serve as a decorative ornament.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1989Date of Patent: June 19, 1990Assignee: Patent Master International Corp.Inventor: Teng L. Ho
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Patent number: 4913502Abstract: A work station comprising a cabinet (11) normally storing a work surface (18) which can be slid forward as shown. The flap (15) normally covers the front face of the cabinet but can pivot about an intermediate transverse axis thereof, to allow access to the cabinet interior. In various alternatives the flap is pivoted to the cabinet sides or to the work surface either directly or via support arms. In use, the work station may be used to accommodate a personal computer whereby the surface (18) supports a keyboard, the top (14) of the cabinet a VDU, the interior of the cabinet accommodates a disc drive, etc. while the pivoted flap serves as a support for paperwork. A transparent support may be attached to flap (15). It can be flexed or bent outwardly about integral hinge portions to allow insertion of paperwork between the support and the flap.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1988Date of Patent: April 3, 1990Assignee: Ergonomic Designs Ltd.Inventor: Edwin R. Russell
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Patent number: 4870315Abstract: Garbage pail adapted to be installed in a cabinet having a swinging access door, with a bearing axis extending vertically, laterally of the wall surface of the pail, on which axis there is seated a pail support, and a pail coupling for movement of the pail in response to opening of the door, the coupling being both automatically mechanically and/or manually disengageable and, upon closing of the door, automatically reengageable.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1988Date of Patent: September 26, 1989Assignee: Westermann KommanditgesellschaftInventor: Josef Neuhaus
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Patent number: 4854656Abstract: A jewelry storage apparatus for the tangle-free and orderly storage of necklaces, earrings, and the like is set forth. Jewelry is positionable within the apparatus on one of a plurality of elements, such as openings for earrings, and hooks positioned a distance above a floor of the apparatus for tangle-free and dust-free orderly securement of the jewelry. A cabinet-like member is securable to a vertical wall or support surface with a slidable rack reciprocatable therefrom having secured thereto a horizontal rack having formed thereto the aforenoted hooks and earring post openings. An alternative embodiment of the invention includes an addition to wall hanging openings formed within a rear wall of the rack, a "U" shaped hook latchable within the container for securement about a typical coat rack, as is found in motel closets, for securedly attachment of the apparatus during travel by users thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1988Date of Patent: August 8, 1989Inventor: Ellen O'Keefe
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Patent number: 4822118Abstract: A rotating pastel storage tabouret has a pyramidal compartmentalized storage tray for storing and organizing pastels. The storage tray is rotatably mounted on a supporting base. In a second embodiment, the storage tray is provided with a plurality of grooves for holding the pastels and a mechanism for adjusting the angle of the storage compartments. A removable lid having a sponge rubber lining is secured to the tabouret by a plurality of spaced resilient clips. In use, the rotating tabouret serves to organize and safely store a large number of artist's pastels.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1988Date of Patent: April 18, 1989Inventor: James A. Watkins
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Patent number: 4801182Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus having a plurality of containers removably stored on the inner liner portion of the refrigeration apparatus door. A number of different forms of the containers is disclosed. The containers may be chosen by the user to have different desired heights and capacities commensurate with the user's needs. The containers are preferably formed of materials permitting their removal from the refrigerated environment to heating or serving environments, as desired. Releasable locking structure is provided for retaining the containers in association with the door, notwithstanding the normal movement thereof in the ordinary use of the refrigeration apparatus. In one form, shallow containers are utilized as covers.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1987Date of Patent: January 31, 1989Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: L. D. Metcalfe, Michael J. Maczuzak, Curtis J. Bailey, Paul R. Deyo
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Patent number: 4799743Abstract: In a kitchen unit specifically designed for use by physically handicapped persons sitting in a wheelchair, a pair of base cabinets mounted under a countertop are laterally spaced to define therebetween a wheelchair space opened forward and downward for allowing rolling entry of the wheelchair. With the kitchen unit thus configured, the physically handicapped person can use the kitchen unit satisfactorily and comfortably with the wheelchair extending into the wheelchair space under the countertop. Preferably, the kitchen unit includes an armrest table slidably mounted in one of the base cabinets adjacent the wheelchair space to provide a support or aid for the handicapped person during the kitchen work. A sink and surface cooking elements are located on the end portions of the countertop so as to leave therebetween a center cooking work surface while ensuring facilitated use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1987Date of Patent: January 24, 1989Assignees: Kouichi Imai, Matsushita Electric Works, LimitedInventors: Nobuaki Kikuchi, Hirohisa Fukuyama, Tamio Hirabayashi, Kouichi Imai
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Patent number: 4723819Abstract: A merchandizing device is shown in the preferred form according to the teachings of the present invention as including a display portion for displaying a plurality of one half pairs of products and a storage portion associated with the display portion for storing all of the mates of the one half pairs of products displayed in the display portion. the display portion includes a frame including a rectangular back portion and isosceles trapezoid-shaped top and bottom portions for rotatably mounting three shelf units arranged in a clearing, triangular configuration. Each of the shelf units include vertically arrayed, horizontal, adjustable shelves. The storage portion is shown in the preferred form as first and second cabinets movable between a first position behind the display portion such that the display portion prevents access to the interior of the cabinets and a second position located to the side of the display portion allowing access to the cabinets' interiors.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1986Date of Patent: February 9, 1988Assignee: Shoe Spa Inc.Inventor: Rodney G. Ramberg
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Patent number: 4610490Abstract: A door-operating apparatus for an analyzer, comprising first and second rails provided on an analyzer body, a movable member provided on said first rail, a slider fixed to said movable member, a sample table and an angle piece provided on said slider, a window frame provided movably on said second rail, a holding member attached to said window frame, and a pivotable link of which ends are supported on said holding member and said angle piece respectively, said slider being moved along said first rail so that said sample table is controlled from the outside.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1984Date of Patent: September 9, 1986Assignee: Seiko Instruments & Electronics Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuo Naito, Toshio Watanabe