Abstract: A compact, mobile serving cart for efficient preparation and service of cocktails, beverages, food, and/or other items to be served configured for service in a mobile, serve on the go configuration or service in a compact, stationary service configuration. The mobile serving cart includes a frame, side panels, wheels, and a user handle for pushing and maneuvering the cart. The mobile serving cart further includes a cooler assembly; a designated work tray space; a garnish and tool holder assembly; and driver-side drawers openable toward a user and configured for housing various ingredients, service tools, glassware, and other objects desirable for service of beverages, food, etc. In an exemplary embodiment, the mobile serving cart further includes removable caddies and mountable service accessories for smooth transition from service on the go to a compact, stationary, full-service bar.

Abstract: The portable cooler with fold out bar comprises a bar body, a cooler, an ice well, a multi-use bucket, a speed rail, and one or more bar accessories. The bar body may be transported to a venue using a pair of all terrain wheels located on the bottom of the bar body. The bar body may be opened to provide access to the cooler, the ice well, the multi-use bucket, the speed rail, and the one or more bar accessories. The bar body may be operable as the bottom support of a bar. A left counter top and a right counter top may be unfolded to align with a main counter top to form a counter top at the top of the bar body.

Abstract: A user programmable hearing aid allows a user to select acoustical configuration programs that provide optimum performance for the user. The user may cycle through and evaluate various available programs by momentarily pressing a push button on the hearing aid housing. When a preferred program is active, the user can press the push button for an extended time to designate that program as a selected program. The acoustical configuration programs include initial-tuning programs that are operable in an initial-tuning mode and fine-tuning programs that are operable in a fine-tuning mode. The hearing aid may also operate in a Configuration Mode wherein configuration settings may be changed using the push button and a volume control. In the Configuration Mode, a clinician or patient may easily change configuration settings manually, with no need to connect the apparatus to a computer or other programming interface.

Abstract: A scrapbook workstation includes a base workstation member including a first plurality of adjustable shelves, at least one bi-fold door rotatably coupled to the base workstation, and a foldaway table fixedly coupled to the base workstation member, wherein the at least one bi-fold door further defines a table recess configured to receive the foldaway table when the workstation is in its closed position.

Abstract: A scrapbook workstation includes a base workstation member including a first plurality of adjustable shelves, at least one bi-fold door rotatably coupled to the base workstation, and a collapsible table rotatably coupled to the base workstation member, wherein the at least one bi-fold door further comprises a second plurality of adjustable shelves formed in a first panel and a coupling board formed on a second panel.

Abstract: A safety cabinet includes an enclosure defining an opening and a door rotatably attached to the enclosure. The door is movable between an open position and a closed position, the door configured to selectively cover the enclosure when in the closed position. The safety cabinet comprises a spill-sloped shelf for directing fluid into a sump area of the cabinet and preventing damage to objects in the safety cabinet or harm to users of the safety cabinet.

Abstract: Front decorative panel can be moved from its storage position directly in front of the desk into a deployed, horizontal work space position near or at the height of the desk's top. When deployed the panel provides additional workspace arranged to run in parallel with the front of the desk or perpendicular to the desk top as a long extension. At least one support member that can be moved into position beneath the front panel after horizontal deployment to keep the front panel in its upright, horizontal position. Control hardware enables the front panel to be physically manipulated into deployed or storage positions by a user. A safety mechanism associated with the control hardware can restrict the speed or movement of the front panel. The front panel can be used by meeting collaborators when deployed and enable the maintenance of open office space when the front panel is stored.

Abstract: A room partition system for a room having a central connecting panel and hingeably attached, foldable lateral storage units. Each of the lateral storage units has a bottom-mounted wheel assembly, thereby allowing the partition system to be rolled to various locations within the room. The lateral storage units have a plurality of shelves and provide substantial storage volume for containment of various items of clothing and other accessories. The lateral storage units are attached by hinges to the central connecting panel, thereby allowing a user to fold the storage units partially or fully against the connecting panel. The partition system has an open position, wherein the storage units extend parallel to the connecting panel, and also a folded position, wherein each lateral storage unit is rotated upon its hinges to a position perpendicular to that of the connecting panel, thereby forming a partially enclosed area for use as an entertainment center, a study center, or a work center.

Abstract: A method and structure to attach a table to a tool box. A table is pivotally attached to a first side of a tool box. An adjustable brace mechanism is used to support the table at a plurality of angular levels with respect to the first side of the tool box.

Abstract: A method and structure to attach a table to a tool box. A table is pivotally attached to a first side of a tool box. An adjustable brace mechanism is used to support the table at a plurality of angular levels with respect to the first side of the tool box.

Abstract: A clothes drying, dewrinkling and ironing cabinet comprising a main enclosure (2) for housing clothes, access to said main enclosure (2) being by way of a door (3), and means for drying and dewrinkling the clothes in said enclosure (2), said cabinet also having an ironing board unit (4).

Abstract: A clothes drying, dewrinkling and ironing cabinet comprising a main enclosure (2) for housing clothes, access to said main enclosure (2) being by way of a door (3), and means for drying and dewrinkling the clothes in said enclosure (2), said cabinet also having an ironing board unit (4).

Abstract: A portable information processing apparatus is configured to dissipate heat generated in a cabinet mainly from a part which a user hardly touches, and thus the temperature at a palm rest is suppressed. The cabinet includes a heat conducting spacer 16 provided over a heat-generating component 15 to conduct heat thereof, a heat absorption area 10ah to absorb the heat of the heat-generating component 15 through the heat conducting spacer 16, and a heat conduction obstructing area 10rb provided on a heat conduction path between the heat absorption area 10ah and the palm rest 11 to reduce a cross-sectional area of the heat conduction path. Accordingly, heat conduction from the high-temperature heat generating component 15 to the palm rest 11 is restricted, and thus the temperature of the palm rest 11 can be limited.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A portable workshop includes a storage cabinet having shelves in lower portions thereof for receiving relatively large, heavy items and drawers in the upper portion thereof for receiving relatively small tools, accessories, and supplies. The storage cabinet is supported on wheels and casters for movement. The storage cabinet includes a top comprising the work surface. A work table top is supported on the storage cabinet for pivotal movement between a storage orientation and a working orientation. A retractable handle is utilized for manipulating the portable workshop on the wheels and casters.

Abstract: A collapsible workstation, a collapsible service unit, a system of workstations, and a system and method for providing work environments is disclosed. The workstation has a first and second side wall and a third side wall hingedly attached to the first and second wall. A first worksurface is attached to one of the walls. A second worksurface moves between a vertical and a horizontal orientation, extending beyond the space within the side walls. A transportable and collapsible service unit comprises at least one device shared by a plurality of workstation users. A system of workstations comprises workstations and a service unit having a device shared by a plurality of the workstation users. A system and method for providing work environments at remote locations includes maintaining an inventory of workstations adapted to be arranged with other workstations to define a work environment. An order specifies a remote location and the workstations requested. A transporting means transports the workstations.

Abstract: A space saver, pivotal work bench assembly comprising a fixed tool storage housing mounted on a wall, and a pivotal work bench having pivotal and lockable legs. In a preferred embodiment, cooperative latching members are provided between the tool storage housing and pivotal work bench to temporarily secure the assembly to the wall.

Abstract: The disclosed apparatus and system provides for two or more interacting screens that have elements such as shelves, tables, desks, lamps, lights, beds, sinks, ranges or drawers stored within the appropriate screen, when not in use, and in most instances suspended from the appropriate screen or screens, when in use. The screens and most of the elements interrelate when in a fully set up configuration. The screens with elements in the stored configuration may be moved against a wall, into a space in the wall or into a closet. The screens with elements in a set up configuration are stabilized by interacting hinges, locks and stabilization legs. The screens are also interconnected with conduits to permit utility, electrical, water and communications connections to be available at the appropriate screen. The system provides a quickly and easily set up and stored environment for use as a work, play, privacy or sleep area. Some of the elements are designed to be free standing when in use.

Abstract: A portable office unit has an enclosure including two hingedly connected shells. Each shell has a back, a top, opposing sides, and an open front. The shells are pivotable between a closed position in which the open fronts of the shells face each other, and a closed position in which the shells are in side by side relation, with the open fronts facing generally in the same direction. Each shell has a work surface mounted to swing between a vertical position in which the work surface extends generally vertically inside the shell, and a horizontal position in which the work surface extends generally horizontally from the open front of the shell.

Abstract: A desk includes a top which has four legs extending from a bottom thereof. A frame is disposed to the bottom of the top and which has two tracks formed on two opposite sides thereof for a sliding plate to be slidably received therein which has an L-shaped plate disposed thereto. An auxiliary rack has one end thereof pivotally connected to the L-shaped plate and the other end of the auxiliary rack has wheels disposed thereto so as to roll on the ground. The auxiliary rack includes two horizontal first side rails and two vertical second side rails and a board disposed between the two first side rails. The auxiliary rack has a section where the board does not extend and two rods are connected between the two first side rails within the section so as to hang suspension files between the two rods. A rectangular support is pivotally disposed to the bottom of the top for a key board to be put thereon.

Abstract: A compact portable workstation designed for the tradesman and equally for the home person. In closed position, the workstation is small enough to transport by car. In open position, the workstation provides an enormous uniquely inviting work space and is inviting to perform almost any task upon. The workstation totes like an upright dolly and features two independent work surfaces (46,50) each which hinge atop the workstation and have folding legs (48,52) opposite hinges (54). Work surfaces (46,50) boast a size of 51.times.69 cm. and 51.times.74 cm. while the station base (8) is 31.times.41.times.84 cm. high. A middle leaf of the extended work surface doubles as a collapsible stool (38) which is 31.times.41 cm..times.36 cm. high. Full work surface length is 173 cm. Station base appropriately is designed to house heavier, bulky items in a bottom bin and by virtue of the two walled simplistic design structure, is easy to access bulky items. Similarly, three storage drawers (28) also access from two sides.

Abstract: Furniture including a pop up table feature, wherein glide track structure in opposing interior panels of a base cabinet receives pins, rollers or similar hardware carried by a table or similar work surface of a mobile cart to permit the table and mobile cart portions of the furniture to assume either use of storage positions with respect to the base cabinet. Other embodiments of the present invention may include an upper and/or lower set(s) of alignment/locking blocks that mobile cart portions of the device to be securely closed and positioned into the stationary base cabinet. Other embodiments of the present invention include the use of set of spring-biased or locking guide pins attached to the table, guide pin exit ports as well as other means to permit the unit to be readily disassembled, while providing stable yet collapsible storage and work areas.

Abstract: Furniture including a pop up table feature, wherein a glide track and interlocking pin and detent structure in opposing interior panels of a base cabinet are used to permit the table and mobile cart portions of the furniture to be easily disassembled from the stationary base cabinet of the device. Other embodiments of the present invention may include an upper and/or lower set(s) of alignment/locking blocks that mobile cart portions of the device to be securely closed and positioned into the stationary base cabinet. Other embodiments of the present invention include the use of set of spring-biased or locking guide pins attached to the table, guide pin exit ports as well as other means to permit the unit to be readily disassembled, while providing stable yet collapsible storage and work areas.

Abstract: Furniture including a pop up table feature, wherein a glide track and interlocking pin and detent structure in opposing interior panels of a base cabinet are used to permit the table and mobile cart portions of the furniture to be easily disassembled from the stationary base cabinet of the device. Other embodiments of the present invention may include an upper and/or lower set(s) of alignment/locking blocks that mobile cart portions of the device to be securely closed and positioned into the stationary base cabinet. Other embodiments of the present invention include the use of set of spring-biased or locking guide pins attached to the table, guide pin exit ports as well as other means to permit the unit to be readily disassembled, while providing stable yet collapsible storage and work areas.

Abstract: A portable, multi-use, self-storing, wall mounted fold down desk/work center providing interior storage with applications for home, office and institutional uses. A box-like storage cavity is mounted on a wall and may be positioned at various selected heights. A single piece desk member having a flat work surface is hingedly attached at its back edge to the bottom frame of the storage cavity. First and second doors are hinged to the edge of the desk member and fold shut against the under edge of the desk member to make a compact box. When open the desk is in a horizontal position and the doors are folded to a vertical position. On one edge of each door is an extendable leg which extends to the floor to give the desk added stability. A collapsible dollhouse may be stored in its carrying case in the storage cavity. Alternatively, a vanity insert is provided so that when the desk is opened it converts into a dressing table. The unit may be a workcenter, game center or other utilitarian uses.

Abstract: A portable cabinet is disclosed having wheeled housing with an internal storage compartment separated by midsection into an upper compartment including an open sink area, a glassware area and a supply area and into a lower compartment having a refrigerator area and food or bottled drink storage areas. The primary feature resides in a pair of pivotally mounted panels on the cabinet having a closed position of covering the upper and lower compartments respectively and having an unfolded or open position wherein the upper mounted panel is deployed as a counter and the lower mounted panel is deployed as a support for the upper panel when used as a counter.

Abstract: Improvements to standard sewing machine cabinets are disclosed which provide for use of an additional sewing machine such as a serger. The improvements include a swivel panel secured to a side panel of the sewing machine cabinet which is hinged so as to swing between a position parallel to and perpendicular to the side panel of the cabinet. A work table is hinged at one end to the top of the swivel panel and can be moved between a folded position when parallel to the swivel panel and in an erected position when in a position perpendicular to the swivel panel. When in erected position, the work table may be swiveled between straight positions in line with the cabinet top to an L position when perpendicular to the cabinet top or alternately folded away in a compact position.

Abstract: A portable, multi-use, self-storing, wall mounted fold down desk/work center providing interior storage with applications for home, office and institutional uses. A box-like storage cavity is mounted on a wall and may be positioned at various selected heights. A single piece desk member having a flat work surface is hingedly attached at its back edge to the bottom frame of the storage cavity. First and second doors are hinged to the edge of the desk member and fold shut against the under edge of the desk member to make a compact box. When open the desk is in a horizontal position and the doors are folded to a vertical position. On one edge of each door is an extendable leg which extends to the floor to give the desk added stability. A collapsible dollhouse may be stored in its carrying case in the storage cavity. Alternatively, a vanity insert is provided so that when the desk is opened it converts into a dressing table. The unit may be a workcenter, game center or other utilitarian uses.

Abstract: In a lateral file of the receding door type, the improvement comprising support means retained on the underside of a receding door for engagement with the front file frame vertical edges to retain the door in a horizontal position as a posting shelf. The support means includes left hand and right hand support brackets which are retained against the recessed door inner surface, are manually movable into engagement with the file frame and are automatically returnable to the door inner surface to permit door closing or receding door movement into the file frame.

Abstract: A kitchen table, for use with a motor vehicle camper, which is collapsible as a storage unit to carry cooking utensils. The table comprises a pair of panels which face each other to form a closed unit. The panels are hinged to open outwardly with one edge of the unit engagable with a wall hanger and an extensible leg to support the unit in a horizontal position. When the unit is opened one panel acts as a table and the other panel acts as a backboard carrying the utensils.

Abstract: A primary storage or support unit adapted to rest on a floor or be supported above the floor. The unit pivotally mounts a flat work panel which can be moved into a horizontal orientation where it serves as a desk or table or moved into a vertical orientation where it serves as part of a display and/or a cover for the storage unit. The work panel pivotally carries a utility member which supports the panel when it is horizontal and which frames intelligence on the work panel when it is vertical and serves as a display.

Abstract: A sewing machine supporting work table including a pair of front legs is connected to a chest of drawers by parallel links on which the table is movable between alternate positions in an arc carrying the legs over an underlying surface. In one position of the table, the top of the table is a top for the chest of drawers and the legs blend into the chest, whereas in the other position of the table the top projects frontally therefrom providing space for the knees of an operator and the legs are separated from the chest.

Abstract: Portable desk having a main rectangular body including one or more compartment areas for storing items, having a foldable table portion which, on closure, covers the storage compartments, and having a plurality of extendable legs which are collapsible into the main body portion. One or more bar elements are adaptable initially for storage within the table element and, on fold-out of the desk, to be fitted within aligned slots in each the table porton and main body to support a table and supplementally to assist in bracing the extended leg members against lateral movement. Supplemental means also are provided to render the extended leg members to be respectively adjustable to various lengths to allow the desk to be leveled when unfolded and set up on an uneven surface or terrain.

Abstract: A wall-hung cabinet comprising a body portion fixedly attached to a wall. A door is hingedly mounted to said body portion and equipped to independently store items therein. A foldable work bench extends from the bottom body portion of the cabinet. In one embodiment, the bottom of the cabinet is at approximately table height. In another embodiment the cabinet extends practically to the floor. The top of the cabinet is approximately no higher than the reach of an average person. Thus, the wall-hung cabinet provides an ideal and compact unit for storing and making use of craft and hobby tools and apparatus.

Abstract: A table surface member is movable between a vertical storage position against a wall and a usable positioned horizontally extending from the wall. The table member connects to the wall by means of a hinge assembly which permits folding of the table such that the upper edge of the table in the storage position is the edge adjacent the wall in the usable position. In a preferred embodiment latch means are provided for latching the edge of the table to the wall or wall mounting bracket in the usuable position, so that no supporting legs for the outer end of the table are required. Alternatively, another disclosed embodiment uses folding legs to support the outer edge of the table in the usuable position. A preferred hinge assembly includes upper and lower hinge arms pivotally connecting to the wall and the table. The pivotal axis of the lower arm or arms to the table is spaced below a plane passing through the pivot axis of the upper arm to the table and parallel with the table surface.

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: A pivotally mounted, stowable galley which may include a sink, a stove, storage and work areas, the galley having a "down" storage position flush with a vertical surface to which it is attached and an "up" operational position substantially perpendicular to the vertical surface. The galley includes an elongated but relatively thin (in height) rectangular box which houses a sink, a stove (if desired), and storage areas and a double hinged counter top which serves as the galley box closure or lid. The galley is mountable on a boat gunnel overhang and vertical or horizontal wall surfaces and is intended for use in confined areas where space is at a premium, such as in boats, recreational vehicles and the like. When not in use, the galley pivots downwardly increasing available space and occupying very little space when stowed. When in use, complete galley facilities are provided including a sink, a stove, storage areas and adequate counter space.

Abstract: A cabinet-type bed comprises a cabinet having a pair of sidewalls upon which a bed frame is hingedly received to enable it to swing from an upright position within the cabinet into a position in which the ends form the cabinet. The pivots include a pin extending through the frame and into a housing therewithin, the pin carrying a segment with a curved edge to which a chain is anchored at one end. The chain runs over a pulley fixed in the housing and terminates in a holder attached to the wall of the housing opposite the idler by a first spring. The holder is also engageable by an end of a second spring after a certain travel to tension this second spring when the bed is swung out of the cabinet, the first spring being continuously tensioned by the chain during such swinging movement.

Abstract: An automatic checkout system for a supermarket, or other retail merchandise store or the like. The system includes a checkout counter and a bagging cart movably mounted to the rear of the checkout counter for supporting bags orientated to receive items from the checkout counter. In one mode of operation, the cart is positioned to allow the operator to both check out and load merchandise items into the bags on the cart. In another mode of operation, the cart is rotated away from the checkout counter and a counter shelf is positioned between the cart and the checkout counter to allow a bagger to continue to receive and load items from the checkout counter into the same bags. The construction of the checkout counter and the bagging cart allows transition from one mode of operation to the other to occur without interrupting the checkout operation.