Horizontally Movable (e.g., Drawer) Patents (Class 312/330.1)
  • Patent number: 11917786
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an information technology (IT) equipment enclosure comprises a first portion of a chassis configured with one or more compute devices fixedly mounted to the chassis and a second portion of the chassis configured to receive a removable storage tray module, the storage tray module configured with one or more storage devices and one or more cooling devices. The removable storage tray module comprising a handle that is pivotable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The handle comprises a recessed portion that is configured to route cables to the storage devices when the handle is in the locked position. The handle may engage a sidewall of the chassis when in the locked position. The cooling devices are selected based upon the one or more storage devices on the storage tray module. The cooling devices may be fans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel Alvarado, Jean Marie Doglio
  • Patent number: 11885501
    Abstract: A water supply device, and a steam supply device and a cooking device including the same are disclosed. The disclosed invention comprises: a housing installed in a body of a cooking device; a water tank having a storage space formed therein to store water, wherein the water tank is installed at the housing to be movable between an insertion position at which the inlet port is located in the receiving space and a withdrawal position in which the inlet port is exposed to the outside of the receiving space; and a connector which is installed at the housing so as to be movable in a longitudinal direction inside the receiving space, and moves in the longitudinal direction to move the water tank to the insertion position or the withdrawal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jihyun Kim, Sungho Choi
  • Patent number: 11744365
    Abstract: A drawer release is described. The drawer release includes a handle portion pivotally or rotatably engaged to a fixed portion, and the fixed portion is attached to or connected to a drawer. The handle portion includes at least one engaging member that engages a lever or actuator of a drawer-slide of the drawer to open or release the drawer. The drawer release provides for the one-handed opening of the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Steven Jeffries, Norman Allen Smith
  • Patent number: 11666146
    Abstract: A sliding drawer or shelf (12) of a piece of furniture, comprising: a perimeter frame defined by the union of a front segment (14) and three C-connected segments (16, 18); a telescopic guide (20) for linearly moving the drawer or shelf with respect to the piece of furniture, the guide comprising a part (22) that can be fixed on the piece of furniture, and a part (24) longitudinally translatable with respect to the fixed part, the translatable part comprising an arm (26) which is adapted to support the drawer or shelf and on which there is mounted an adjustment element (80) for the inclination of the drawer or shelf with respect to the fixed part, wherein the front segment comprises a stop element (50) by which a free end of the arm can be engaged, so that the free end of the arm opposes to a lifting of the drawer or shelf by abutting against a part of the stop element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: BORTOLUZZI SISTEMI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Bruno Sponga, Marco Pianca
  • Patent number: 11667243
    Abstract: A shake prevention structure of a glove box including a housing mounted to an instrument panel and a storage part provided in an inner space of the housing so as to be slidably withdrawn therefrom includes: a shake prevention part mounted to a rear portion of the storage part, and a guide groove allowing an end part of the shake prevention part in a longitudinal direction thereof to be inserted thereto and provided along a longitudinal direction of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Il Son, Dong Yong Choi, O Sim Kwon, Tae Yong Eom, Sun Kyung Kim, Chang Bok Park, Young Ki Oh
  • Patent number: 11665848
    Abstract: A tray is detachably assembled to a chassis. The chassis includes a first chassis guide post. The tray includes a tray body, a handle and a first sliding piece. The tray body includes a side wall and a through slot disposed on the side wall. The handle is pivotally connected to the side wall and includes a handle guide post. The first sliding piece includes a first groove and a second groove. The handle guide post is disposed in the through slot and the first groove. The first chassis guide post is detachably disposed in the second groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Jun-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 11470964
    Abstract: A piece of furniture or domestic appliance includes a body, a drawer element slidably arranged in the body and having two side walls. Respective pull-out guides are arranged between the side panels and side walls of the body. Each of the pull-out guides has at least one body rail fastenable to a side wall of the body and one running rail fastenable to the side panel. The piece of furniture or domestic appliance also includes at least one functional unit, which is coupled to one of the pull-out guides. A functional unit is detachably arranged in at least one of the side walls at distance from the pull-out guide, which functional unit, in a predefined position of the drawer element relative to the body, is operatively connected to a counter-element stationarily mounted on the body or on the body rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Timo Szlapka, Sebastian Bastkowski, Thorsten Hötger, Gerrit Staufenberg, Ulrich Ratsch, Stefan Klaus
  • Patent number: 11464331
    Abstract: A pull-out guide has at least two rails that are movable relative to each other. A first attaching means for attaching a first pushing element is provided on a movable rail. A second attaching means at a distance from the first attaching means is provided on the movable rail for attaching a pushing element of a second drawer system. The pushing element of either the first or second drawer system can be attached to the movable rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Stefan Klaus
  • Patent number: 11419415
    Abstract: A drawer release is described. The drawer release includes a handle portion pivotally or rotatably engaged to a fixed portion, and the fixed portion is attached to or connected to a drawer. The handle portion includes at least one engaging member that engages a lever or actuator of a drawer-slide of the drawer to open or release the drawer. The drawer release provides for the one-handed opening of the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Austin Hardware and Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Steven Jeffries, Norman Allen Smith
  • Patent number: 11213125
    Abstract: A drawer side wall includes a fastening device forming a self-contained functional unit, such that a furniture fitting can be removably fastened by the fastening device independently of a multi-function component. At least two properties selected from the following group are implemented: (i) the multi-function component has at least two support contours on which the cover profile is supported, (ii) the multi-function component has a joining device pointing in a direction of the front panel, (iii) the cover profile has an opening to be covered by a cover part, (iv) the fastening device has an adjustment device for adjusting the position of the front panel relative to the drawer side wall and/or a device for locking and/or releasing the front panel, (v) the fastening device has a component movable relative to the drawer side wall, and (vi) the cover profile has an interface for connecting an attachment element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Irgang, Guenter Schwarzmann
  • Patent number: 11124275
    Abstract: In one example, a method includes positioning, within a mold, a device with a movable element that defines a portion of a volume, and the volume is contained within the mold, as part of a molding process, at least partly defining a molded watercraft by introducing plastic into the mold, disposing the plastic about the movable element, and with the movable element, excluding the plastic from the portion of the volume that is defined by the movable element so as to define a recess and an undercut that are integral with the watercraft and extend lengthwise with respect to a centerline of the watercraft, and the recess and undercut are integral, and communicate, with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel S. Robbins, Dennis Jay Norman
  • Patent number: 11103067
    Abstract: Dresser includes a frame having a wall section forming at least part of a rear wall, and an upper panel that covers an accessible space. A bracket is attached to a vertical support, a first connector is attached to the bracket, a second connector is attached to the frame in a position to be in the space and removably engages with the first connector when present in the space under the upper panel. The first and/or second connector is length adjustable relative to its supporting structure, i.e., relative to the bracket in the case of the first connector or relative to the frame in the case of the second connector to enable a distance between the frame and the vertical support to be reduced. A reduction in distance between the frame and the vertical support and engagement between the first and second connectors prevents tipping of the piece of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Dooli Products, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Stravitz, Steven G. Marton
  • Patent number: 11096481
    Abstract: A table includes a table top having a frame attached to a lower surface of the table top. The table also includes a first leg having lugs and a second leg having lugs. The lugs of the first leg and the second leg are received in slots of the frame to attach the legs to the table. The legs are telescopically movable to adjust the height of the table top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: VARIDESK, LLC
    Inventors: David Patton, Lio Y. Chang
  • Patent number: 11071380
    Abstract: A guide rail of a guide system for a push-in element is proposed, wherein the guide rail comprises a rail body and a fastening element, wherein the fastening element is configured in such a way as to fasten the guide rail on a mating portion in the state of use of the guide system, wherein the fastening element is mounted on the rail body and cohesively bonded thereto, and wherein the fastening element has a flat material portion with opposite main sides and with a narrow front edge portion between the main sides. According to the invention, in the state with the fastening element connected to the rail body, the edge portion of the fastening element abuts a surface side on the rail body, which surface side is oriented upright in the state of use of the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Filip Rihtarec
  • Patent number: 10925397
    Abstract: A slide rail mechanism includes a slide rail and a connection device. The connection device includes a first component, a second component, and an operating member. The first component is connected to the slide rail. The second component can be moved with respect to the first component. The operating member is configured to laterally displace, and thereby adjust, the second component with respect to the slide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Hsiu-Chiang Liang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10881204
    Abstract: A drawer and its furniture fittings are provided. The furniture fittings include a first wall, a second wall, and a mounting device. The second wall is provided with a first structure, and the mounting device is provided with a second structure. The second structure of the mounting device and the first structure of the second wall are detachably engaged with each other without using tools. The second wall is mounted on the first wall through the mounting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., Kins Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Fang-Cheng Su, Ci-Bin Huang, Yue-Hua Tang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10874025
    Abstract: A pull-out aiding device is configured for mounting on an object, in which a corresponding apparatus is mounted. The pull-out aiding device includes a pulling member and a handle member. The pulling member includes a first pivot section and an abutting section for abutting against the corresponding apparatus to move the latter forward. The handle member includes a second pivot section and an operating section. The second pivot section is pivotally connected to the first pivot section, such that the handle member is turnable about the second pivot section relative to the pulling member and brings the latter to move forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: FIVETECH TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Ting-Jui Wang, Chia-Ching Liao
  • Patent number: 10853730
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that may be used to generate a category Bayesian hierarchical model. One method includes receiving a brand data set for each of a plurality of brands within a category, each brand data set comprising content input for a particular brand of the plurality of brands for a plurality of media channels at a plurality of times and a response for the particular brand of the plurality of brands at the plurality of times. The method includes determining a plurality of informative priors by generating a category Bayesian hierarchical model based on the plurality of brand data sets and a plurality of weak priors. The method further includes generating a brand Bayesian hierarchical model that models response for the particular brand for each of the plurality of media channels based on the brand data set for the particular brand and the plurality of informative priors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Yunting Sun, David Chan, James Koehler, Yuxue Jin, Yueqing Wang
  • Patent number: 10767920
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet having a storage chamber provided therein; a drawer that is slidably coupled to the cabinet and includes a door and a storage bin to receive a container or storage item therein; and an inner cover covering a rear end portion of an inner space of the storage bin, wherein the storage bin further includes a guide to facilitate mounting of the inner cover within the storage bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Kwang Hyun Choi
  • Patent number: 10704808
    Abstract: An ultra-low temperature freezer includes: an insulated case defining a storage compartment having an opening in an upper face; an insulated door capable of opening and closing the opening; a first refrigeration unit configured such that a first compressor, a first condenser, and a first decompressor are mounted on a first mounting board; a second refrigeration unit configured such that a second compressor, a second condenser, and a second decompressor are mounted on a second mounting board; a machinery compartment provided near the insulated case, and configured to house the first and second refrigeration units to be independently drawable in the horizontal direction; and a control unit, where a control circuit is mounted, configured to be drawable independently of the first and second refrigeration units, the first and second refrigeration units and the control unit being housed in the machinery compartment to be stacked in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takahashi, Takashi Arai
  • Patent number: 10691181
    Abstract: In an example, an enclosure opener may comprise an external actuator disposed externally to a device enclosure and having a post that extends into the enclosure, and a first separator cam disposed within the enclosure. The first separator cam is be rotatably engaged with the post of the external actuator. Upon rotation of the post relative to the enclosure, the first separator cam is to rotate and engage with an internal surface of the enclosure such that the first separator cam exerts an opening force against the internal surface to cause the device enclosure to separate along a mating seam to open the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Victor Su, Chi-Hsuan Hung
  • Patent number: 10687622
    Abstract: A frame for a drawer having a base and at least one such frame, wherein the frame has an inner shell and an outer shell fastened to the inner shell, wherein a vertically upper contact region or a gap between the outer shell and the inner shell is covered by a cover strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Poppendiek, Jörg Hohmann, Christian Heimann, Stefan Rüter
  • Patent number: 10631637
    Abstract: A device for releasably connecting a furniture drawer to a guidance unit that movably guides the drawer in a furniture body of an item of furniture comprises a base portion; and a displacement device arranged on the base portion and comprising a plurality of components moveable relative to each other, the displacement device enabling a position of the furniture pull-out to be adjusted in at least one spatial direction relative to the guidance unit, wherein the components of the displacement device are arranged as a preassembled subassembly that is releasably securable to the base portion at a securing interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Tim Lucas
  • Patent number: 10544533
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is provided. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum accommodated in the cabinet, a tub accommodating the drum, and a dynamic absorber provided to absorb oscillation of the cabinet. The dynamic absorber includes a support plate coupled to the cabinet, a first moving mass movably provided on the support plate to absorb oscillation transmitted to the cabinet, and a second moving mass movably provided on the support plate to absorb oscillation transmitted to the cabinet. A support comes into line or point contact with a bottom surface of the first moving mass so that the first moving mass has reduced attenuation ratio in comparison to the second moving mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wooseong Kim, Kiyong An, Minho Park, Kihoon Choi
  • Patent number: 10455937
    Abstract: A drawer release is described. The drawer release includes a handle portion pivotally or rotatably engaged to a fixed portion, and the fixed portion is attached to or connected to a drawer. The handle portion includes at least one engaging member that engages a lever or actuator of a drawer-slide of the drawer to open or release the drawer. The drawer release provides for the one-handed opening of the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Steven Jeffries, Norman Allen Smith
  • Patent number: 10369739
    Abstract: A surface underlayment system and its method of manufacture that is sandwiched between an impact-receiving upper surface and a lower foundation. The energy absorbing system has subassemblies of interconnected modules that cooperate to absorb and distribute impact forces applied thereto. Each module has one or more frustoconical support structures. At least some of the frustoconical support structures have bases that underlie the upper impact-receiving surface such as a golf putting green, a football field, marine decking, and senior living flooring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: VICONIC SPORTING LLC
    Inventors: Joel M. Cormier, Donald S. Smith, Richard F. Audi, Dane R. Winbigler
  • Patent number: 10362871
    Abstract: A device for fixing a push element, in particular a drawer box to a rail of a pull-out guide, the device comprising a clamping mechanism with a receptacle for a holding part and a device for depth adjustment for the drawer box, wherein the device for depth adjustment comprises a stop that can be adjusted either on or in the receptacle. As a result, a precise orientation of the drawer box to a pull-out guide can be achieved using simple means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heiko Boekhoff, Andreas Stuffel
  • Patent number: 10314397
    Abstract: A device for fixing a push element, in particular a drawer box to a rail of a pull-out guide, the device comprising a clamping mechanism with a receptacle, into which a web-shaped holding part can be inserted, wherein a self-locking clamping element is provided at the receptacle, by means of which the holding part is secured in a clamping manner against being pulled out. As a result, a particularly stable fixation of the drawer box to a pull-out guide can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Stuffel, Juergen Weidlich, Helmut Meyer, Christoph Kursawe
  • Patent number: 10299587
    Abstract: A device for fixing a push element, in particular a drawer box to a rail of a pull-out guide, the device comprising a clamping mechanism with a receptacle, into which a web-shaped holding part can be inserted, wherein a self-locking clamping element is provided at the receptacle, by means of which the holding part is secured in a clamping manner against being pulled out. As a result, a particularly stable fixation of the drawer box to a pull-out guide can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Stuffel, Marvin Buhmeier
  • Patent number: 10285500
    Abstract: A device for fixing a push element, in particular a drawer box to a rail of a pull-out guide, the device comprising a clamping mechanism with a receptacle, into which a web-shaped holding part can be inserted, wherein a self-locking clamping element is provided at the receptacle, by which the holding part is secured in a clamping manner against being pulled out. In this way, a particularly stable fixation of the drawer box to a pull-out guide can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Stuffel, Juergen Weidlich, Marvin Buhmeier, Helmut Meyer, Bernd Meyer
  • Patent number: 10258155
    Abstract: A movement control device is applicable to a first object and a second object movable relative to the first object. One of the first object and the second object is arranged with a first blocking part and a second blocking part, and the other one of the first object and the second object is movably arranged with a blocking member. When the second object is moved relative to the first object and the blocking member is moved from an initial position to a blocking position, the blocking member is configured to block one of the first blocking part and the second blocking part, in order to prevent the second object from being moved relative to the first object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Hsiu-Chiang Liang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10244867
    Abstract: A slide rail mechanism includes a slide rail, a resilient member, and an adjusting device. The slide rail includes a front portion and a rear portion. The resilient member is located between the front portion and the rear portion of the slide rail and includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is fixed with respect to the slide rail. The adjusting device is configured for adjusting the height of the second portion with respect to the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsiu-Chiang Liang, Ken-Ching Chen, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10231543
    Abstract: A covering device is proposed for a surface side of a wall element, more particularly a side rail of a drawer, with which an aperture in the surface side of the wall element can be covered wherein the covering device has attachment means with which the covering device can be attached to the aperture. According to the invention the attachment means comprise several detent elements which are different from one another wherein the different detent elements are adapted for engagement on different wall thicknesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Gerlinde Lindinger
  • Patent number: 10225945
    Abstract: A rack system includes first and second slide rail assemblies mounted respectively on first and second posts of a rack. The first and second posts define a width therebetween. Each slide rail assembly includes a first rail with a first channel, a second rail displaceable with respect to the first rail, and a third rail movably provided between the first channel of the first rail and the second rail. The first rail of each slide rail assembly has a rail-thickness-wise cross section outside the space in which the width defined by the rack extends, whereas the second and third rails of each slide rail assembly are within the space in which the width defined by the rack extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chun-Yi Ho, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10206503
    Abstract: A device for fixing a push element, in particular a drawer box to a rail of a pull-out guide, the device comprising a clamping mechanism with a receptacle, into which a web-shaped holding part can be inserted, wherein a self-locking clamping element is provided at the receptacle, by means of which the holding part is secured in a clamping manner against being pulled out. As a result, a particularly stable fixation of the drawer box to a pull-out guide can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Stuffel, Juergen Weidlich, Marvin Buhmeier, Helmut Meyer
  • Patent number: 10085558
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for a drawer, comprising a guide rail can be fixed to a body and a running rail which is movably mounted. At least one central rail can optionally be provided between the guide rail and the running rail, and a securing device with a holder is provided on the running rail, wherein a drawer can be fixed to the holder. The holder is mounted in a movable manner in the longitudinal direction of the running rail and is pretensioned towards the front in the pull-out direction by means of an energy accumulator. In this manner, a drawer can be easily mounted on the securing device, and manufacturing tolerances can be compensated for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Stefan Klaus
  • Patent number: 10085308
    Abstract: The invention provides a drawer type cooking device, wherein the mounting positions of roller-shaped shock absorbing members 10b and 10b attached to a drawer body 2 are either aligned with portions of the side walls 3b and 3b of the heating chamber 3 where fixing angles 8 of the slide rails 7 are attached and thus having enhanced rigidity, or arranged close to a bottom wall 3c of the heating chamber 3, so that when a biased operation force is applied to the door, the generation of a gap between a front side panel of the cooking device body 1 and the inner side of the door is suppressed, and the occurrence of a microwave leakage through the gap caused by not stopping the generation of microwave until the operation of a latch is thereby prevented in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10016057
    Abstract: In a wall-mounted storage system comprising standard components, from which to assemble and install, and improved drawer. The drawer has having a drawer frame with two side rails, a back, and a front, metal bracket extending between and connecting each of the two side rails, defining an opening into which an open topped container may be inserted and supported by the frame. The drawer has a drawer front having a finished outer-facing surface and an inside surface for attaching to the metal bracket, the inside surface having formed thereon a recess extending from a top edge of the drawer front to at least the top edge of the metal bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Fikret Arnautovic, Peter Nilsson
  • Patent number: 9901173
    Abstract: A frame for a drawer having a frame body which comprises a cavity for receiving a drawer guiding system, wherein the frame body includes an inner base part and an outer covering element which covers the base part, and wherein the inner base part comprises receiving means for the drawer guiding system as well as a support for a bottom part of a drawer bottom. According to the invention, the covering element covers the base part fully or almost fully at least over the length thereof, wherein a top horizontal portion of the covering element is supported on the base part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Grabher, Juergen Amann, Patrick Pirker
  • Patent number: 9863692
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a refrigerator capable of reducing a manufacturing cost by reducing the number of members constituting a sliding apparatus to simplify the sliding apparatus. A refrigerator includes a main body, a storage chamber provided in the inside of the main body, wherein the front part of the storage chamber opens, a storage box accommodated in the storage chamber, and including side surfaces and a bottom surface, a guide rail coupled with the storage box, and configured to guide the storage box to be slidingly pushed into and pulled from the storage chamber and a closing apparatus configured to accumulate an elastic force when the storage box is pulled, and to transfer, when the storage box is pushed, the accumulated elastic force, thereby assisting the pushing of the storage box, wherein the closing apparatus is directly coupled with the bottom surface of the storage box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Wook Moon, Young Jin Cho, Dong Hyun Chun
  • Patent number: 9861195
    Abstract: A setting device for a latching arrangement for setting a movable furniture part which is received in a furniture body, the setting device comprising a receptacle, a spring member and an operating lever, it being possible for the setting device to be mounted on a holding member of the latching arrangement such that it can be pivoted via the receptacle, and a latching element being configured on the spring member. The invention is distinguished by the fact that the shape of the spring member, and therefore the position of the latching element, can be varied by means of the operating lever, without interaction with a further element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Lucas, Gabriel Auer
  • Patent number: 9835372
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided that includes a crisper system having one or more moveable and removable drawers. The drawers include rollers extending downwardly and outwardly from the drawers to provide maximum storage volume. The rollers are configured to work with channels formed in a support system, which may be integrally formed with a bottom floor of a compartment of the refrigerator. Therefore, the rollers and channels of the support system provide easy access and removability of the drawers of the crisper system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Haltmeyer, Anant Ravindra Karanjikar, Bill J. Koons, Dean A. Martin, Julia B. Burke
  • Patent number: 9663977
    Abstract: Disclosed is a docking station for an electronic device including a tray for receiving the electronic device, the tray having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of sidewalls, a plurality of positioning members of the top surface of the tray for positioning the electronic device with respect to the top surface, a first rail fixed to the bottom surface of the tray; and a first sliding member slidably connected to the first rail. The docking station can further include a second rail and a second sliding member slidably connected thereto. The docking station can also include recesses sized to receive the feet of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Henge Docks LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Leigh Vroom
  • Patent number: 9630735
    Abstract: The present invention provides a top frame made from a thermoset foam material. The top frame includes a pair of substantially parallel sides and a pair of substantially parallel ends connected to the sides to form a generally rectangular frame structure. The frame structure has an inner layer and outer surface defining a thickness. The thermoset foam material varies in density along the frame structure thickness such that the density of the thermoset foam material is greatest near the frame structure outer surface to form a hard outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: ORBIS Corporation
    Inventor: Jason Frankenberg
  • Patent number: 9578942
    Abstract: A capture apparatus and method for safely picking up and moving a portable electronic device into a fire containment case. The apparatus includes a tray portion having a rectangular base, opposing sides orthogonal to the base, tapered rod attached to the rectangular base between the opposing sides, and slide rails attached to the opposing sides. A lid portion is also provided and includes five sides of a rectangular prism-shaped structure defining a cavity within the apparatus for holding the malfunctioning portable electronic device. The lid portion has a first handle on a first side end, a second handle on a cover portion orthogonal to the first side end, and opposing sides attached to the cover, the first side end and a second side end. The first side end and the second side end of the lid portion include slides for slidable engagement with the slide rails of the tray portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Highwater Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: George H. Brilmyer, Michael E. Gilchrist, Donald G. Coffman
  • Patent number: 9557782
    Abstract: A slide track includes a slide track includes an inner track and a positioning member. The inner track includes a limiting groove and two positioning holes spaced from the limiting groove. The inner track further includes a hollow portion. The positioning holes are located between the limiting groove and the hollow portion. The positioning member further includes a stop portion and a pressing portion respectively extending away from two opposite sides of a base. The base includes two opposite faces between the stop portion and the pressing portion. A connection portion is formed on each opposite face of the base. A positioning portion is connected to each connection portion. Each positioning portion is positioned in one of the positioning holes of the inner track. The pressing portion is aligned with the hollow portion of the inner track. The stop portion is aligned with the limiting groove of the inner track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Kunshan Lemtech Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chi-Feng Hsu
  • Patent number: 9534835
    Abstract: A refrigerating device is provided that includes a body, a door and a carrier for refrigerated products, the carrier being supported on adapters anchored on movable rails of telescopic extensions and displaceable between an inserted and a pulled-out position. The movable rails of the telescopic extensions are hidden under a tray and the tray of each telescopic extension is clamped between the movable rail thereof and the adapter anchored thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Frank Placke, Claudia Rupp, Matthias Stahl, Helmut Steichele, Ulrich van Pels
  • Patent number: 9480335
    Abstract: A panel dismounting and locking mechanism of a drawer comprises a side plate, a base plate and a sliding rail assembly for opening/closing the drawer, wherein a cavity of the side plate is internally provided with a dismounting and locking mechanism for locking and separating a front panel, which is rapidly dismounted from the dismounting and locking mechanism by a front jointer at least. The dismounting and locking mechanism at least comprises a main plate, a swing rod articulated with the main plate, and a sliding block located on the main plate through sliding of the swing rod. The main plate is provided with a guide slot, in which the front jointer can slide. The front panel is fastened with the sliding block by a location sidestep on the front jointer and is in contact with the sliding block by the end surface of the front jointer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: GUANGDONG TAIMING METAL PRODUCTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Tai Wai Ng
  • Patent number: 9464652
    Abstract: A fastening device includes at least one furniture fitting which is pre-assembled on the front panel and has a first connecting element and a second connecting element for fastening the front panel on the drawer and least two intercepting devices, which are assigned to the drawer, wherein the intercepting devices retain the connecting elements automatically when the latter are pushed in. The one intercepting device has at least one movable intercepting element and the second intercepting device has at least one movable retaining Element. At least one locking device for the two intercepting devices prevents the furniture fitting from being released unintentionally from the intercepting devices. At least one unlocking device the two connecting elements of the furniture fitting to be released together from the intercepting devices. The retaining element can be moved independently of the intercepting element of the first intercepting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Holzapfel, Benjamin Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 9357899
    Abstract: Support structures for dishwashers are disclosed. An example dishwasher for treating dishes according to a cycle of operation includes a tub defining a treating chamber with an opening, a frame coupled to and structurally supporting at least a portion of the tub, a dish rack mount coupled to the frame, and a dish rack coupled to the dish rack mount, wherein the weight of the dish rack is substantially borne by the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Harshal J. Bhajak, Rexford W. Cordill, Steven J. Kuehl, Thomas M. O'Brien, Donald J. Wilson