Pivoted Closure, Horizontally Movable Component Patents (Class 312/311)
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Publication number: 20120062087Abstract: A jewelry organizer configured to hold various sizes and types of jewelry items so that all pieces of a particular style or color may be stored and displayed in one location. The jewelry organizer includes at least one card including a frame and at least one crossing bar secured to the frame. A web panel is connected to each crossing bar. The web panel includes a plurality of holes and openings. A plurality of hooks is attached to the crossing bars and a hanging rod is located on the top end of the frame. The holes and openings are adapted to receive a plurality of different jewelry items.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Inventors: Bernard Francis HAVLOCK, Priscilla Rose HARDY
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Patent number: 8113606Abstract: An adaptable furniture system includes a frame having an upper portion and a lower portion; at least one upper article of furniture located in the upper portion of the frame; at least one lower article of furniture located in the lower portion of the frame and underneath the at least one upper article; a moving system attached to the frame and the at least one upper article for moving the at least one upper article vertically within the frame; and a sliding system attached the at least one lower article to the frame for moving the at least one lower article forward and backward.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Inventor: Bertram M. Greenberg
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Patent number: 8109581Abstract: A transparent rollout pantry organizing system for kitchen cabinets has at least two rollout shelf units that are constructed of planar clear sheet material that is cut and fused together to form a rigid structural shape with shelves having heavy duty drawer guides fastened to the rollout unit which can be extended out of the pantry cabinet so that items can be easily accessed, and having at least one pair of side by side drawers above the rollout units also made of clear material used for the rollout units. By using clear material, items on upper shelves can be seen through the drawer bottoms, and by using the drawers in pairs, items on upper drawers at the rear of the drawer can be easily accessed by extending one drawer at a time and reaching over the sides.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Inventor: James W. Lazenby
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Patent number: 8100281Abstract: A sterilization case assembly including a plurality of sterilization cases having a first sterilization case and a second sterilization case. The second sterilization case is stacked upon the first sterilization case in a vertical direction. The second sterilization case is offset from the first sterilization case in a direction transverse to the vertical direction. In another embodiment, the second sterilization case is configured for both stacking offset from the first sterilization case in a direction transverse to the vertical direction and stacking inline from the first sterilization case in a direction transverse to the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2005Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Symmetry Medical, Inc.Inventors: Daniel L. Sands, Jon D. Shoemaker, Chad M. LaMar
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Publication number: 20110279956Abstract: A server cabinet includes a cabinet, a first slide rail, and a second slide rail. The cabinet includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear wall, two sidewalls, and two doors. The first slide rail is mounted on an inner surface of one of the sidewalls. The first slide rail has a first end and an opposite second end. The first slide rail defines a first slide groove. The first end is adjacent to the doors, and the second end is close to the rear wall. The second slide rail has a first and a second connection ends. The second slide rail defines a second slide groove. The first connection end is rotatably coupled to the first end so that the second slide rail is capable of rotating relative to the first slide rail to a position where the second slide rail aligns with the first slide rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: ZHENG-HENG SUN
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Patent number: 8037839Abstract: A device for handling a load hoisted between two locations offset both vertically and horizontally is described. In particular the device is useful for transferring an outboard motor between an operating location on a dinghy and a storage location on a larger boat. The device makes use of existing lifting devices such as sail halyards and winches and provides both guidance and stabilization of the motor during the transfer.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Inventor: Owen James Thistle
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Patent number: 8011744Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body, a receiving portion defined within the main body, a shelf disposed within the receiving portion having at least one auxiliary hinge portion disposed at a rear thereof, a storage tray slidably extractable from within the receiving portion and adjacent the shelf when the storage tray is received within the receiving portion, and a front cover disposed on a front surface of the storage tray to be rotated upward and opened when the storage tray is extracted from within the receiving portion and having at least one holder portion disposed on a rear surface thereof to be coupled to the at least one auxiliary hinge portion. By the configuration, the front cover is structurally reinforced, and it is possible to prevent the front cover from drooping and prevent a gap between the front cover and the upper shelf.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lim, Youn Tae Shin
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Publication number: 20110204760Abstract: A cabinet having a deep shelf with limited access is described and includes at least two opposite sides carrying track means to permit easy adjustment of the shelf between two or more levels by a single person maneuvering only the one accessible end of the shelf. The cabinet can be mounted on wheels to form a cart. One or more such adjustable shelves can be provided. The shelves may be positioned just above the bottom of the cart to provide a maximum depth cart for use, in intermediate positions for use with smaller objects and/or at the very top and/or side of the cart and locked in position to provide a secured interior for the cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Clemance Bernard Finstad, III, Merle Arvid Larson, Michael Piontek
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Patent number: 7997667Abstract: A rack and pinion storage system for use in a refrigerator compartment defined by a liner includes a pair of supports attached to opposing sidewalls of the liner. First and second gear covers snap-fittingly connect first and second gear wheels to respective first and second mounting brackets extending from a storage basket, such that the gear wheels are rotatably connected to the storage basket and have equal rotational and linear motion along the respective supports. Retaining bars extending from the storage basket are held within channels defined between the bottom walls of the supports and top walls of opposing telescoping slide assemblies used to movably support a door of the compartment. Tabs extending from the supports limit the sliding movement of the storage basket. A removable divider connects to the storage basket, sectioning the basket into multiple storage compartments.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Chad J. Rotter, Lester J. Ott, Steven G. Herndon
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Publication number: 20110193457Abstract: The present invention relates to a dishwasher (1) that comprises a body (2), a door (3) allowing access into the body (2), at least two hangers (4) secured oppositely on the ceiling (T) of the body (2), at least two rails (5) each secured to the hangers (4) and at least one drawer (6) installed to the rails (5) from the opposite sides to be movable thereon, wherein the items to be washed are emplaced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2009Publication date: August 11, 2011Inventor: Ismail Cem Bastuji
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Publication number: 20110110075Abstract: A furniture article that comprises a furniture housing which is configured to rest on a surface, and a cord-retractor that is configured to supply power from a wall outlet to an outlet located in or on the furniture housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: Sharon Lynne SmithInventor: Sharon Lynne Smith
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Publication number: 20110037286Abstract: A storage box comprises a housing with open ends and a tray that slides out either open end and up to at least fifty percent or up to at least sixty percent of the length of the tray may slide out either open end. Latch members operable from either open end of the housing selectively hold the tray in a centered position and can be released to allow the tray to slide out a selected end of the housing. Multiple latch member mating members may be associated with the housing for selective engagement by the latch members to latch the tray in multiple extended positions between the centered position and fully retracted positions out either the first or second open ends. Latch engagement members mounted on the doors engage latches connecting the tray to the housing when the doors are shut to prevent the latches from becoming unlatched when the doors are shut.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Inventor: Michael W. Nebel
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Patent number: 7794027Abstract: A lifting mechanism for a storage bin is positioned in a cabinet having a countertop. The lifting mechanism has a base adapted to be supported in the cabinet, a moveable member operably connected to the base, a support member connected to the moveable member, and a storage bin supported by the support member. The moveable member is moveable between a first position, wherein the storage bin is adapted to be positioned within the cabinet, and a second position wherein the storage bin is raised such that the storage bin is adapted to be positioned out of the cabinet. When the storage bin is raised, a top of the storage bin is adapted to be positioned proximate the countertop.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2006Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Newell Operating CompanyInventors: Melanie Calabria, Joseph Edward Jasinski, Kevin Owen Roughton, Sherry Eckholm, Brian Joseph Wismann, William Myles Riley, Bruce Seymour Ferris, Paul Gilbert Rockwell
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Publication number: 20100156259Abstract: A dishwasher includes a door assembly that has an outer door panel with a vent. At the end of a wash cycle, the outer door panel tips outwardly to expose the vent. Steam is evacuated from the dishwasher through the vent via a duct extending through the door assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: BRIAN W. MAY, MICHELLE L. OAKES, RYAN KEVIN ROTH
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Patent number: 7712848Abstract: A storage device includes a base bounding a storage space and an opening into the storage space, a first panel pivotally attached to the base and a second panel pivotally attached to the first panel. The first and second panels pivot between a stored position including the first panel positioned against the base and the second panel positioned against the first panel, and a closed position including the first panel first panel positioned against the top of the base and the second panel received against the base overlying the opening into the storage space enclosing the storage space.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventor: Valerie S. Frost-McKinley
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Patent number: 7651180Abstract: A height adjustment device for a dishware basket which can be removed from the rinsing container of a dishwashing machine. The height adjustment device is mounted on the dishware basket and includes at least one basket support plate mounted on the dishware basket. A swivel-mounted handle is mounted on the support plate for moving the dishware basket between an upper and a lower position.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2003Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Ulrich Deiss, Bernd Schessl, Rainer Schütz
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Patent number: 7621605Abstract: A cabinet having opposing side walls and an open, or openable, frontal area, provides a pair of arms pivotally engaged with each of the side walls. The arms are rotatable between a downwardly and rearwardly directed position and a forwardly directed position extensive of the frontal area for exposing a shelf or basket. Each of the pair of arms is engaged with slots in a guide plate fixed at one side of the shelf or basket, whereby the basket is driven linearly, by the arms, between a retracted position inside the cabinet to a frontal position, while the arms traverse the slots, and then the arms lift the basket in an arc to an extended and raised convenient height. Such movement is facilitated by a motor driven linear actuator or by pulleys rotated by drive cords or belts.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2006Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Easy Lift LLCInventors: Steve Bond, Andrew Tiffin
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Publication number: 20090267470Abstract: The main purpose of the present invention is to provide an improved frame used to support pull-out and rotating racks for cabinets, which comprises guiding means able to prevent the rack from accidentally rotating during pull-out, it being provided that these guiding means have no effect when the rack reaches the end of the pull-out travel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2006Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventor: Rossano Compagnucci
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Patent number: 7585033Abstract: A multi-functional table comprises an adjustable second support surface recessed below the upper support surface which extends outward therefrom for use as by a person seated adjacent to the table. When not in use, the second support surface is stored beneath the upper support surface of the table, requiring no additional storage or space requirements for the second support surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2006Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Inventor: Gary W. Holt
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Patent number: 7434427Abstract: A vault for a weapon having a handle generally comprises a lock box defining a cavity having a front opening, a door hingly attached to the box, a slider assembly including a slider and a holster mounted to the slider adapted for holstering a weapon with the handle forward, wall guides guiding the slider in the box for sliding reciprocating movement in the front to rear direction, and links linking the door and the slider such that moving the door between the closed position and the open position moves the slider from the storage position wherein the weapon in the holster is within the cavity to the deployed position wherein the handle of a weapon in the holster protrudes from the opening for gripping by a user.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Inventor: Masoud S. Miresmaili
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Patent number: 7410228Abstract: A vertical height adjustment mechanism for a dish rack includes a slide member fixedly mounted relative to a support member, a housing secured to the dish rack, and a latch member. The housing includes a central guide channel that slidably receives the slide member. The latch member includes a support leg, an actuating arm and an intermediate portion joining the support leg and actuating arm. The sliding element includes an end portion that receives and retains the support leg of the latch when the dish rack is in the raised position.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2004Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Harry W. Dickson, Kory A. Gunnerson, Kristen K. Hedstrom, Mark E. Palm, Michael C. Simmons, Daniel R. Teteak, Chad M. Thomas, Wayne M. VanLandingham, Rodney M. Welch, Karl R. C. Wendt, Jeffrey N. Williams
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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: 20070290587Abstract: A medical treatment cart includes two compartments, each housing five individually slidable drawers which can be closed and locked by vertically pivoted doors in turn carrying individual and distinct locking mechanisms, such as different keys for associated locks or different combinations for combination locks. At least some of the drawers include patient baskets containing appropriate treatment supplies and medications with each patient basket being identified by name and room number with all odd numbered patient rooms being located on one side of the medical treatment cart and all even numbered patient rooms being located on another side of the medical treatment cart. Preferably, two nurses or like care-givers utilize opposite sides of the medical treatment cart to treat patients on opposite sides of the corridor in a typical medical facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Gordon Bud Jeansonne, Maureen Gallagher
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Patent number: 7216944Abstract: An outer door panel for an appliance door assembly is provided which includes a frame comprising opposite lateral sides, an outer surface extending from the frame and bowed between the lateral sides, and a recessed control mounting surface extending from the outer surface between the lateral sides.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2001Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Max Douglas Oyler, Jeffrey Thomas Kiesler, Deryl Craig York, Lance Alan Wolf
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Patent number: 7178887Abstract: Storage apparatus (10) comprising a pair of storage members (54) pivotally mounted about a lifting arrangement (32). The storage members (54) and lifting arrangement (32) are locatable in a base assembly in a stored condition and can be slid outwardly and one of the members (54) raised, to provide convenient access to the respective member (54).Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2002Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Inventor: William David Steadman
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Patent number: 7165767Abstract: Dispenser modules include structure permitting their securement in stacked and aligned relation. The dispenser modules can contain sheet media such as notes and other items. The dispenser modules can be used in an automated banking machine operative to dispense multiple types of sheet media. Modules include a projection plate and a biasing latch arm on side walls thereof. The projection plate includes a pin adapted to be received in a side wall slot. A first module is locked to a second module through a first module latch preventing movement of a second module pin from a first module slot. Disassembly of the locked modules can occur with compressing of the latch to release the modules relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2003Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems a division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: H. Thomas Graef, Michael S. Johnson, Michael Harty, Jonathan M. Peritt, Ken Kontor
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Publication number: 20040201337Abstract: A dishwasher door includes an outer panel assembly which is quickly, easily and removably mounted on an inner door assembly. The outer panel assembly includes fasteners with rearwardly extending enlarged heads adapted to extend through key slots in the inner door assembly so as to mount the outer panel assembly onto the inner door assembly. Additional fasteners may be utilized to further secure the outer assembly to the inner assembly. Access to the inner cavity of the door is unnecessary for mounting or removing the outer panel assembly to the inner door assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2003Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: Maytag CorporationInventors: Thomas J. Wuestefeld, David G. Hartz
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Patent number: 6769751Abstract: Provided herein is a storage shelf upon which various wares which are commonly stowed during times of their non-use, including kitchen utensils such as pots, pans, and other wares having handles intended to be grasped by their user. The present invention provides a sliding storage assembly which stores such wares with their handles in a stowed position, until the storage shelf of the invention is moved laterally, such as pulling towards the user, at which time the handles of the wares are automatically caused to be tilted upwards towards the user for ready grasping and added convenience over storage devices of like import contained in the prior art.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2003Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Inventor: Randall J. Harbison
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Patent number: 6755490Abstract: A dishwasher is provided with an adjustable rack that can be moved upwardly and downwardly within the washing chamber to accommodate different sized objects to be washed. The lift mechanism for the rack is housed within the sidewalls of the dishwasher. The lift mechanism employs a cable system to raise both sides of the rack simultaneously, with the rack positioned within or outside the washing chamber and with the rack either loaded or unloaded. In one embodiment, the lift mechanism is manually actuated by turning a handle. In another embodiment, the lift mechanism includes an electric motor with a switch on the control panel for raising and lowering the rack.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2001Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: Maytag CorporationInventors: Rodney M. Welch, Robin K. Phifer, Wayne M. VanLandingham, Tiffany H. Shellabarger
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Patent number: 6722748Abstract: A sewing accessories box includes a bottom part, as a set-up base, a back wall, a front wall, which is designed as a door, two side walls, a deck and interior shelves, which serve as receiving shelves for receiving accessories, such as bobbins or presser feet for a sewing machine. Each individual accessory is able to be retained in a holding and transport position on the receiving shelf so that, by way of actuation by a release key or by a swivelling movement of an individual accessory, the accessory can be moved from its holding and transport position into a removal position.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2001Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Fritz Gegauf AG Bernina-NähmaschinenefabrikInventors: Jurg Eichmann, Richard Amiel
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Publication number: 20040066122Abstract: A cabinet for the storage of aerosol containers, which may satisfy the storage cabinet construction requirements of NFPA 30A, the cabinet including a top wall, a bottom wall, and a number of side walls defining an interior. Each wall is of double-wall construction, and one side wall includes an opening for storage and removal of aerosol containers. A closeable door of double-wall construction is hingedly attached to the side wall including the opening, wherein the door may be secured, in its closed position, by a latching mechanism. The cabinet may also include fixed-position, adjustable, or sliding shelves with retainers to receive and secure aerosol containers within the cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2002Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: JUSTRITE MANUFACTURING COMPANY LLCInventor: Ted E. Holmes
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Publication number: 20040051428Abstract: A removable track stop for a dishwasher track movably carrying a dishrack. The track stop has a hollow sleeve that fits into the end of a generally C-shaped track and has a grip that extends from the sleeve and the end of the track. A movable lock member in the sleeve and grip has a lock button extending beyond the grip for actuation by a user at one end. The lock member has locking arms extending from the other end of the lock member inside the sleeve. The locking arms include locking prongs that project through openings in the hollow sleeve and engage locking slots in the upper and lower legs of the C-shaped track to lock the track stop to the track. Pressing on the lock button causes the locking prongs to be withdrawn from the locking slots in the track allowing the track stop to be removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2002Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: William F. Bartloff, Michael L. Beidler
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Patent number: 6702411Abstract: A waste receptacle or other household items are placed upon a movable shelf or drawer under the counter in a space covered by an openable door. The shelf or drawer is movable between a first, retracted, mounted position stowed within the cabinet and a second, deployed, position removed from the cabinet. The user can withdraw the shelf or drawer hands-free from the cabinet and place items within the waste receptacle or drawer by simply opening the cabinet door. To stow the tray or drawer, the user simply pushes the tray or drawer back within the cabinet, into the retracted position. A novel latch assembly retains the drawer or tray, and, hence the receptacle or other item(s), in the retracted position, and the door can be closed to conceal the same. Upon closing the door, a lever attached to the door causes the latch mechanism to unlatch, releasing the drawer, which then abuts against the cabinet door.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2002Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Inventor: Oscar Helver
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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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Publication number: 20030230956Abstract: A dishwasher includes a tub, a frame extending around the tub, and a door pivotally secured to the frame for movement between a vertical closed position and a horizontal open position. Hinges are provided on each side of the door to provide a door pivot axis, and are fixed to the frame of the dishwasher. The hinges are accurately positioned relative to the tub by providing at least one boss on each side of the tub, and a recess or hole in each hinge to receive the boss. The hinges are then secured to the frame with screws or by welding. Thus, the hinges are accurately aligned with one another at the proper location on the frame so as to provide proper sealing between the door and the tub when the door is in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2002Publication date: December 18, 2003Inventors: Christopher L. Flowers, Thomas M. Johnson, Barry E. Tuller
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Publication number: 20030205954Abstract: An outer door panel for an appliance door assembly is provided which includes a frame comprising opposite lateral sides, an outer surface extending from the frame and bowed between the lateral sides, and a recessed control mounting surface extending from the outer surface between the lateral sides.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2001Publication date: November 6, 2003Inventors: Max Douglas Oyler, Jeffrey Thomas Kiesler, Deryl Craig York, Lance Alan Wolf
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Publication number: 20030201699Abstract: A tool cabinet includes a cabinet frame unit with an open top portion, and open front, rear, left and right sides. A receiving tray is mounted in the top portion of the frame unit, and is covered by a top lid. A rear board member is mounted on the frame unit to close the rear side thereof. Parallel slide rails are mounted in the frame unit and cooperate with the receiving tray to define a drawer-receiving space in the cabinet frame unit below the receiving tray. A drawer member is disposed slidably in the drawer-receiving space. Left and right door panels are mounted pivotally on the rear board member and the cabinet frame unit for closing the left and right sides thereof. A front door panel is mounted pivotally on the frame unit for closing the front side thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2002Publication date: October 30, 2003Inventors: Chin-Chuan Hong, Lian-Kuei Lu
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Publication number: 20030193277Abstract: A dishwasher rack handle to minimize the amount of bending required by a user in order to remove the lower rack in a dishwasher is disclosed. The handle is removably secured to the lower rack which is generally formed from a plurality of wire members arranged in an open network construction. The handle is snap fit or pressure fit to the lower rack. The handle is L-shaped and includes upper arms with a grip portion capable of being gripped by a user and lower legs. The legs terminate in a pair of tabs which are woven around the open network construction of the lower rack to secure the handle to the rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: Maytag CorporationInventor: Wayne M. VanLandingham
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Patent number: 6582035Abstract: A product display includes a housing for sheltering and protecting a displayed product whether indoors or outdoors, a support frame mounted within the housing and adapted for displaying the product within the display and venting members for allowing air circulation. The housing has a front and rear wall each formed by a series of vertically extending, transparent doors, a roof, a floor and side walls. Each door selectively pivots between an open position and a closed position and has side lips that engage and extend over a side edge of the housing when in the closed position. At least some of the doors have a bottom lip that engages and extends over an adjacent door's front surface, and at least one of the doors engages a pivotable roof flap when in the open and closed positions, to continuously shelter the displayed products whether the doors are in an open or closed position. The support frame includes sets of cross-bars, each set having a top bar spaced apart from a bottom bar.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2002Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignees: Midwest Quality Gloves, Inc., Midway Displays, Inc.Inventors: Wayne Lucht, Stephen J. Franke
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Publication number: 20030076014Abstract: A desk having a traditional appearance incorporates an easel or workstand for supporting a work piece in a closeable drawer adjacent the work surface of the desk. The easel comprises a folding panel pivotally mounted on edge of a side drawer. The panel pivots from a closed position, wherein the panel is folded into the top of the drawer and the drawer can be closed, to an open position, wherein the panel is upwardly and outwardly inclined so as to be in position to support work on the easel. A rail on the bottom of the easel supports work on the easel. The easel can serve as a writing surface when the easel is closed and the drawer is open. The desk includes a central drawer having a fold-down front panel that serves as a keyboard drawer, and computer accessory storage areas in other portions of the desk.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: James O. Kelley, Ralph J. Byma, Gregg J. Persons, Michael D. Warren
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Publication number: 20020163285Abstract: A dishwasher rack handle to minimize the amount of bending required by a user in order to remove the lower rack in a dishwasher is disclosed. The handle is removably secured to the lower rack which is generally formed from a plurality of wire members arranged in an open network construction. The handle is snap fit or pressure fit to the lower rack. The handle is L-shaped and includes upper arms with a grip portion capable of being gripped by a user and lower legs. The legs terminate in a pair of tabs which are woven around the open network construction of the lower rack to secure the handle to the rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2001Publication date: November 7, 2002Inventor: Wayne Vanlandingham
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Patent number: 6471057Abstract: A functional and decorative housing for a beverage container is disclosed in this invention. The decorative housing is provided with a mechanism for supporting a beverage container and safely withdrawing the beverage container from the housing. A decorative beverage container is described that is placed in the decorative housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2000Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Inventor: Darrell Bird
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Publication number: 20020140327Abstract: In a cabinet having a double locking mechanism, a cabinet has a case, an ejection portion installed to be capable of being ejected from the inside of the case and on which various devices can be mounted, and a door sealing the case, so that the door can be locked to the ejection portion and the door locked to the ejection portion is locked to the case. Thus, since the case can only be opened by an authorized person, the cabinet is safe.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2002Publication date: October 3, 2002Applicant: FL Technology Inc.Inventor: Dong-gyun Kim
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Patent number: 6428123Abstract: A product display includes a housing for sheltering and protecting a displayed product whether indoors or outdoors, a support frame mounted within the housing and adapted for displaying the product within the display and venting members for allowing air circulation. The housing has a front and rear wall each formed by a series of vertically extending, transparent doors, a roof, a floor and side walls. Each door selectively pivots between an open position and a closed position and has side lips that engage and extend over a side edge of the housing when in the closed position. At least some of the doors have a bottom lip that engages and extends over an adjacent door's front surface, and at least one of the doors engages a pivotable roof flap when in the open and closed positions, to continuously shelter the displayed products whether the doors are in an open or closed position. The support frame includes sets of cross-bars, each set having a top bar spaced apart from a bottom bar.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2000Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignees: Midwest Quality Gloves, Inc., Midwest Displays, Inc.Inventors: Wayne Lucht, Stephen J. Franke
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Publication number: 20020096975Abstract: A storage assembly includes a main body defining a first storage space therein, and having a first opening for access into the first storage space. A door unit is mounted on the main body, and is movable relative to the main body between open and closed positions. The door unit includes a door frame and a storage unit. The door frame is attached to a periphery of the first opening. The storage unit projects from the inner surface of the door frame in a transverse direction relative to the door frame into the first storage space of the main body when the door unit is at the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2001Publication date: July 25, 2002Inventor: Jackson Yu
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Publication number: 20020011765Abstract: A sewing accessories box includes a bottom part, as a set-up base, a back wall, a front wall, which is designed as a door, two side walls, a deck and interior shelves, which serve as receiving shelves for receiving accessories, such as bobbins or presser feet for a sewing machine. Each individual accessory is able to be retained in a holding and transport position on the receiving shelf so that, by way of actuation by a release key or by a swivelling movement of an individual accessory, the accessory can be moved from its holding and transport position into a removal position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2001Publication date: January 31, 2002Inventors: Jurg Eichmann, Richard Amiel
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Patent number: 6338535Abstract: An apparatus is provided having, a set of small drawers that hold a specific type of medication and can be pulled and the contents emptied when needed. Medications are placed within the drawers and labeled. When it is time to ingest the medication, one simply pulls out a drawer and takes out its content. The present embodiment provides as step-like arrangement and hold multiples of 7 days of medication. The device can have holes on the back for hanging or magnets for securing to a metallic surface. Additionally, a smaller unit can be made transportable with the addition of a carrying strap.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1999Date of Patent: January 15, 2002Inventor: Marie Barna Rickert
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Publication number: 20010043032Abstract: A secretary with work surface wings has a base, a desktop connected with the base, a wing support connected with the base, and a wing hingedly connected with the wing support. The base may be a floor standing base. The desktop may have first and second desktop ends and provide a user with a work surface. The wing may have a wing mating edge that is adapted to mate with the first desktop end. The wing hinges between stored and extended positions with the wing mating edge mating with the first desktop end in the extended position and adding to the work surface. A releasable coupling may further be used between the wing and the desktop. Also, a pivot may be interposed between the wing support and the base, with the wing support pivoting between open and closed positions relative to the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2001Publication date: November 22, 2001Inventors: James O. Kelley, Ralph J. Byma, Gregg J. Persons
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Patent number: 6203130Abstract: An enhanced telecommunications cabinet assembly for enclosing wiring interconnections includes a chassis defining an interior cavity, a movable interconnect management adapter tray positioned in the interior cavity of the chassis, a plurality of modular interconnect panels mounted on the movable adapter tray, and front and top covers on the chassis. The chassis has a bottom wall and a pair of opposite sidewalls extending upward therefrom so as to define the interior cavity between the sidewalls and above the bottom wall. The chassis further has a pair of lower guide members positioning the movable adapter tray in the interior cavity of the chassis for movement relative thereto.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1999Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: Rudolph A. Montgelas, Dale D. Martin, William G. Sobieski, Robert C. Brown, Alan C. Miller
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Patent number: 6203087Abstract: A vehicle mounted storage unit, adapted to be mounted to a floor portion of a vehicle having a sidewall and a wheel well that extends outwardly from the sidewall by a first distance, includes a mounting bracket fixed to the floor portion of the vehicle and a plurality of connecting members that connect the mounting bracket to the floor portion. The mounting bracket has a width that is less than the first distance, and the mounting bracket is fixed to the floor portion of the vehicle at a mounting point adjacent the sidewall of the vehicle and adjacent the wheel well of the vehicle. The storage unit is provided with a cabinet that is attachable to the mounting bracket, with the cabinet being removable from the mounting bracket and having a width not greater than the first distance. The cabinet is adapted to be mounted adjacent the sidewall of the vehicle and adjacent the wheel well of the vehicle, with no portion of the cabinet extending beyond the wheel well of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1999Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Geneva Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Marshall Lance, Sandra Lance