Horizontally Movable (e.g., Drawer) Patents (Class 312/330.1)
  • Patent number: 9297576
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a refrigeration compartment, in which a storage container for refrigerated goods is mounted on a pull-out panel such that it can be displaced between an inserted position and a pulled-out position. The container can be arranged in a first position and a second position on the pull-out panel, the first position and the second position differing along the direction of the width of the refrigeration appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: René Alt, Christoph Becke, Herbert Cizik, Max Eicher, Christine Hartwein, Philipp Kleinlein, Ralph Staud, Thomas Tischer, Cetin Abdullah Celik, Jürgen Fink, Holger Freytag-Schönwalde
  • Patent number: 9149116
    Abstract: A drawer structure (5) includes a fixing device (6) for fixing a front panel (7) to a drawer container (8) in a detachable and position-adjustable manner. The front panel (7) can be detachably connected to the fixing device (6) by means of a connection element (9) pre-mounted on the front panel (7). A first adjusting element (1) is associated with the container (8), for adjusting the position of the front panel (7) in the vertical direction (HR), and a second adjusting element (2) is associated with the container (8), for adjusting the position of the front panel (7) in the lateral direction (SR), at least the first (1) and second (2) adjusting elements engaging with the same part of the connection element (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Patent number: 9125490
    Abstract: A device for detachably coupling a drawer to an extendable rail of a pull-out guide including an adjusting device by which a position of a drawer connected to the rail is adjustable relative to the rail in a lateral direction. The adjusting device includes a fastening part that can be fastened to the drawer and a coupling part that can be coupled to the rail. The fastening part is linearly movable by the adjusting device relative to the coupling part, and the adjustment device includes a setting wheel mounted on the coupling part or on the fastening part so as to rotate about an axis. The adjustment device also includes at least two axially spaced transmission devices for converting a rotary movement of the setting wheel into a linear movement of the fastening part relative to the coupling part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Kurt Haemmerle, Andreas Holzer
  • Patent number: 9049930
    Abstract: A cabinet drawer includes a molded drawer floor having a central portion including at least one depression, each depression having a bottom wall and a sidewall having an inner surface and an outer surface. A flange extends outwardly from an upper edge of each depression. A plurality of webs extends outward from each depression outer surface for connection with a drawer slide system. A peripheral edge of the flange includes a plurality of deflectable tabs for coupling to a surrounding fence without the use of fasteners. The fence includes a skirt portion extending downward from the drawer floor flange to hide any drawer slide mechanism coupling the drawer floor to any underlying base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Inventors: Paul F. Chambers, Kevin M. Ward, Jr., David P. Noe
  • Publication number: 20150130340
    Abstract: Disclosed is a drywall sheet and large panel dolly. The device comprises a lower portion having two sets of lockable caster wheels pivotably attached thereto, and an upper portion adapted to support large drywall panels, plywood sheets, lumber, and other supplies thereon. The upper and lower portions form a frame having a low center of gravity to support oversized sheets without tipping. The upper portion includes an upstanding rail, a panel rest support with upstanding ledges to lock drywall panels in place, a handhold cutout for grasping the lower edge of panels, and an outer platform for supporting lumber and other items. The lower portion is a rectangular frame that is telescopically connected to the upper portion, wherein the upper portion is height adjustable with respect thereto. The lower portion provides members suitable for standing thereon and for positioning an optional drawer or tray thereto for loose supply storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Charles H. Presley
  • Patent number: 9030827
    Abstract: A server includes a casing, a bottom plate, a first hard disk module, a second hard disk module, and a lifting device. The bottom plate is disposed in the casing and configured to be sliding relative to the casing. The first hard disk module is movably disposed on the bottom plate. The first hard disk module includes a track. The second hard disk module is fixed on the bottom plate and disposed behind the first hard disk module. The lifting device moves up the first hard disk module when the bottom plate is pulled out of the casing, and the lifting device moves down the first hard disk module when the bottom plate is pushed into the casing. A drawer lifting device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Maw-Zan Jau, Chao-Jung Chen, Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Chung-Hua Jen
  • Publication number: 20150123531
    Abstract: A modular desking system for an open plan office environment provides a variety of highly stable and variously configurable component parts which can be modularly combined with one another to provide a wide variety of desking styles and sizes. The user may decide among many options for linking various desking system assemblies with one another to create a larger desking assembly well suited to various open-plan office spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Jay M. Henriott, Keith E. Metcalf
  • Publication number: 20150115786
    Abstract: A storage assembly 10 which has a plurality of unique storage components 12, 14, and 800 which may be selectively connected in order to provide an optimal storage solution for a wide variety of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Edwin Dizon Manalang, Larry Mitchell Grela
  • Patent number: 8991949
    Abstract: A drawer for receiving components may include a caddy tray and at least one caddy. The caddy tray may include a substantially planar caddy tray bottom defining a caddy tray depth and a caddy tray width. The at least one caddy may be mechanically coupled to the caddy tray via a hinge mechanically coupled to the caddy tray bottom such that the caddy pivots relative to the caddy tray about the hinge, the hinge having an axis generally parallel to the caddy tray depth, the at least one caddy having a plurality of bays, each bay having one or more structural components for receiving a modular information handling resource and configured such that the bay is accessed for insertion or removal of the modular information handling resource when the at least one caddy is pivoted from a closed position to an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Kyle, Scott E. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8960823
    Abstract: A cabinet includes a pair of side walls; a rear wall connected to the pair of side walls; a top wall connected to the pair of side walls and the rear wall; and a slidable tray which slides between the pair of side walls. The tray includes a front wall, a pair of side walls, a rear wall, and a bottom wall connecting the front wall, the pair of side walls, and the rear wall. A first reinforcement member extends across the front wall. The reinforcement member includes a raised wall extending from the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Metal Fabricating Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Golias, Gary W. James, Gary R. Kish, Bernard J. Golias, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150048729
    Abstract: A heightening device (10) is arranged for heightening a short cup (3?) under a beverage outlet (20) of a beverage preparation module (2) configured to dispense beverage into a tall cup (3). The device (10) comprises: a bottom (12) for resting on a support surface (5); a platform (14) that is supported by the bottom and that is configured for receiving said short cup (3?) and heightening thereof over the bottom (12); and a means (15,16) for assembling the bottom and the platform as a unit (12, 14) to a corresponding assembling means (25, 26) of said beverage preparation module under said outlet. The assembling means (15, 16; 25, 26) of such device (10) and of the module (2) are disassemblable for separating the unit (12, 14) from the module and removing the unit from under such beverage outlet (20) to allow placement of the tall cup (3) on said support surface (5) under the outlet (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Antoine Cahen, Francois Besson
  • Publication number: 20150033786
    Abstract: An appliance such as a refrigerator or freezer comprising a base having a drawer, a foldable step assembly received in the drawer is disclosed. The step assembly is configured to rise out of the drawer into an extended position to provide a step when the drawer is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Luke Mansfield, Ran Merkazy, Jerome Wouters, Ori Jacobi, Avner Sadot, Ouli Hanuna
  • Publication number: 20150035423
    Abstract: The invention is a device for concealing personal items comprising a release, a pivot, a drawer cradle, and a support. The pivot is fixedly connected to the support and rotatably connected to the drawer cradle. The drawer cradle may be in an activated position or a deactivated position. When the release is activated gravity operates to rotate the drawer cradle about the pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Sportin Wood Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Raunikar
  • Publication number: 20150022072
    Abstract: A traveling harness system is provided for an appliance to maintain electrical connections between the appliance and a drawer, while allowing the drawer to move. Wiring harness guides formed in the drawer force the wiring harness to maintain a predictable and desirable loop radius to reduce stress on the wiring harness, which prevents the wiring harness from prematurely wearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: RONALD E. HALTMEYER, DEAN A. MARTIN, GUADALUPE ANTONIO SANCHEZ, JOSE PAULO REMOR
  • Patent number: 8931860
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus for a sliding drawer mechanism is disclosed. The mounting apparatus includes a bracket, a latching member and a mounting piece. The bracket includes a side plate, and the side plate defines a limiting hole. The latching member is secured to the sliding drawer mechanism and includes an elastic latching portion. The mounting piece extends from the sliding drawer mechanism, and a mounting post protrudes from the mounting piece. The mounting post is received in the limiting hole to prevent the sliding drawer mechanism from sliding along a direction substantially parallel to the side plate, and the elastic latching portion and the mounting piece are located on two opposite sides of the side plate, to prevent the sliding drawer mechanism from sliding along a direction substantially perpendicular to the side plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: ScienBiziP Consulting(Shenzhen)Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chen-Lu Fan
  • Patent number: 8911037
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching a drawer slide to a cabinet wall includes: a main panel having front and rear surfaces, upper and lower edges, and opposed side edges; an L-shaped upper flange mounted to front surface of the main panel; an L-shaped lower flange mounted to the front surface of the main panel substantially parallel to the upper flange; a recess in the main panel positioned between the upper flange and the lower flange; an access ramp extending between one of the side edges and the recess; and means for mounting the main panel to the cabinet wall so that the rear surface confronts the rear wall. The upper and lower flanges are configured to capture the upper and lower edges of a panel of a mating bracket that is attached to a drawer slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Tenn-Tex Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert C. Hightower
  • Patent number: 8905455
    Abstract: A drawer system and method for carrying and transporting tools and equipment on a vehicle. In particular, embodiments of the present invention are directed to a drawer system mounted into the rear section of a utility truck and that includes a drawer that is accessible from either side of the truck. Further, the drawer system of the present invention includes multiple catch points that permit the drawer to be securely arranged in a plurality of preferred extension positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Altec Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Naman Renfro
  • Patent number: 8882210
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a drawer and a pull-out guide for the drawer. The drawer has a drawer container and a front panel that can be connected to the container, and the drawer can be detachably fastened to the pull-out guide by a fastening device. The pull-out guide has at least one first and one second locking position for fastening the drawer, and the drawer can be provided with a first type of front panel or a second type of front panel. The particular drawer can be locked or fastened in the first or second locking position depending on the front panel type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Hermann Hämmerle
  • Publication number: 20140319990
    Abstract: An appliance that conducts a useful cycle of operation on an article comprises a treating chamber receiving the article and having an access opening. A first closure element selectively closes at least a first portion of the access opening, and a second closure element movable relative to the first closure element selectively closes at least a second portion of the access opening. An operative device can be coupled to the second closure element. A cable providing at least one of electrical or data communication to the device is routed through the first closure element to the second closure element and is operatively connected to the device on the second closure element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: JONATHAN D. GEPHART, ANDREW T. MIDDLETON, BLAYNE C. SMITH, ANTHONY B. WELSH
  • Patent number: 8864250
    Abstract: A refrigerator which includes a refrigerator cabinet, a door attached to the refrigerator cabinet, a refrigerator drawer assembly disposed within the cabinet, the assembly including: (a) a refrigerator drawer body with a bottom and a plurality of upright walls operatively connected to the bottom; (b) a perimeter frame with front, back and opposite portions; (c) a support member having a first end, a second end, a bottom, a top, and a plurality of walls, the support member interchangeably connected to the front and back portions of the perimeter frame; and (d) a refrigerator drawer subassembly configured to support and allow for movement of the refrigerator drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Troy M. Anderson, Todd E. Jackson
  • Patent number: 8864249
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a first storage box inserted and withdrawn like a drawer in association with a door, a second storage box seated and rolled on an upper part of the first storage box, and a roller device to enable the rolling motion of the second storage box on the first storage box. The roller device includes a first roller member mounted to the second storage box, a first roller supporting part formed at the first storage box to support a rolling motion of the first roller member thereon, a second roller member mounted to the first storage box, and a second roller supporting part formed at the second storage box to support the rolling motion of the second roller member thereon. The second storage box may be smoothly moved since the load of the second storage box is distributed to the first and second roller members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Man Nam, Gi Joong Jeong
  • Publication number: 20140306592
    Abstract: A panel system includes a first panel and a second panel coupled together. The second panel includes a first aperture configured to hold a first support element, a second aperture configured to hold a first fastener, and a third aperture configured to hold a second fastener. A first bracket is coupled to the first panel, extends laterally outward from the first panel, and includes a fourth aperture and a fifth aperture formed therethrough. A second bracket is coupled to the first panel, extends laterally outward from the first panel, and includes a sixth aperture formed therethrough. The fourth aperture is configured to accept the first support element therethrough. The fifth aperture is configured to not accept the first fastener therethrough when the second panel is coupled to the first panel. The sixth aperture is configured to not accept the second fastener therethrough when the second panel is coupled to the first panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Philip F. Hottmann, John F. Andrews
  • Publication number: 20140300262
    Abstract: Drive device for a movable furniture component, particularly for a drawer, comprising an ejection device having an ejection force accumulator for ejecting the movable furniture component into an open position, and a retraction device having a retraction force accumulator for retracting the movable furniture component from an open position into a closed position, wherein the ejection force accumulator can be charged by the retraction force accumulator during refraction of the movable furniture component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Alexander Simon FLOGAUS
  • Publication number: 20140301049
    Abstract: A card-loading assembly for loading a chip card in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a main body, a circuit board received in the main body, and an entrance defined in the main body. The card-loading assembly includes a positioning frame and a tray. The positioning frame is secured on the circuit board and defines a sliding recess. The tray includes a support portion and an extending portion extending from the support portion. The extending portion is made of dielectric material. The support portion and the extending portion cooperatively define a receiving space for receiving the chip card. The tray is received in the main body through the entrance. The support portion is slidably received in the sliding recess. The extending portion is positioned between the circuit board and the entrance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: CHIUN MAI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: HUNG-CHEN WU, CHIA-JU LIN
  • Publication number: 20140285080
    Abstract: Double-walled drawer frame with an inner wall and an outer wall that can be bonded to each other, preferably with adhesive, wherein the inner wall has an inner wall bonding section and the outer wall has an outer wall bonding section, wherein the inner wall bonding section and the outer wall bonding section are arranged in the interior of the double-walled drawer frame in the assembly position and can be bonded to each other for the bonding of the inner wall with the outer wall, wherein the inner wall can be stably fixed in its position relative to the outer wall by a mechanical holding device that can be bonded to the inner wall bonding section and the outer wall bonding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Markus FEUERSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20140252934
    Abstract: A solid surface structure including a skin engaged to a support frame by a flexible engaging member. The skin is disposed adjacent the support frame. The engaging member preferably is a layer of adhesive that flexibly engages the solid surface to the support frame while simultaneously allowing the solid surface to expand and contract in a relative manner to the support frame when the solid surface structure is exposed to a change in ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: FUTRUS, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Allen Schag
  • Publication number: 20140252938
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a main body having at least one storage chamber, a drawer mount installed in the at least one storage chamber that guides at least one drawer provided therein so as to be inserted into and pulled out of the at least one storage chamber, a cover configured to cover an upper opening of the at least one drawer and including guide grooves formed at left and right edges of the cover and guide rails mounted in the guide grooves and formed of metal, a shelf supported by the cover so as to be slidable on the cover by the guide rails, and a pair of supports provided at both sides of a lower surface of the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Taegyeong Kim, Ayoung Choo, Jaeyoul Lee, Nami Kim
  • Publication number: 20140239790
    Abstract: A refrigerator capable of varying the positions of a plurality of door guards provided at an opening of a refrigerating door, in which when an outer door configured to open and close the opening is closed in a state that a door guard is withdrawn, the door guard comes into contact with the outer door and thus is automatically inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Yeol YOO, Hyun Sang YOO, Byoung Mok KIM, Seong Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20140225493
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piece of furniture (1) comprising at least two drawers (2, 3, 4) which lie one above the other and which comprise similar front panels (5) that can be removably connected to lateral walls (6, 7) of the drawers (2, 3, 4) via furniture fittings (10, 20). The furniture fittings (10, 20) can be fixed in bores (51, 52) of the front panels (5) using fixing elements (8) which lie one above the other. Each furniture fitting (10, 20) has three fixing points (11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 23) for the fixing elements (8), each said furniture fitting (10, 20) being fixed to the front panel (5) at only two fixing points (11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 23) of the furniture fitting (10, 20) by means of the fixing elements (8) in order to determine a different height of the front panel (5) relative to the lateral wall (6, 7) of the drawer (2, 3, 4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventors: Ingo Gasser, Emanuel Netzer
  • Publication number: 20140203696
    Abstract: A storage enclosure includes a chassis, which includes a plurality of drawers arranged horizontally in the chassis. Each drawer of the plurality of drawers is extendable through a front surface of the chassis and is able to mount one or more side-accessible storage devices. For any drawer of the plurality of drawers bordering a side surface of the chassis, when the drawer is extended all storage devices are inserted to or removed from the drawer through an opposite side of the drawer to the side surface of the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Brenden Michael Rust, Charles Powell Morris
  • Publication number: 20140197724
    Abstract: Connecting apparatus for connecting two drawer wall parts which are intended to be arranged at a right angle, comprising:—at least one receiving part which has a receiving opening for receiving an end section of the first drawer wall part and has at least one insertion opening,—a bracket which has at least two limbs which run substantially parallel, wherein the bracket can be pushed onto a web, which is arranged or formed on the second drawer wall part, in order to connect the two drawer wall parts, and wherein the two limbs of the bracket surround the web of the second drawer wall part, wherein a first limb of the bracket can be inserted into the insertion opening in the receiving part and connects the receiving part to the second drawer wall part in a positionally secure manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo GASSER
  • Patent number: 8780565
    Abstract: A rail assembly having a stab-in inner rail member that inserts into and withdraws from an intermediate rail member supports an information handling system chassis disposed in a rack. Insertion of the inner rail member into the intermediate rail member is aided by a resting surface extending from the insertion end of the intermediate rail member. The inner rail member rests on and is aligned with the resting surface so that opposing pairs of rail assemblies can have their inner rail members aligned with their intermediate rail members during a stab-in assembly of a chassis into the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Gregory Lane Henderson
  • Publication number: 20140190528
    Abstract: A cutlery drawer for a dishwasher includes a frame extendably supported within a washing tub and a plurality of inserts which are movably disposed on the frame and are configured to hold dishware items to be washed. The plurality of inserts include a horizontally displaceable disposed on the frame so as to be horizontally displaceable in a direction perpendicular to a direction of withdrawal of the cutlery drawer and a vertically displaceable insert disposed on the frame so as to be vertically displaceable. The horizontally displaceable insert has longitudinal sides extending in the direction of withdrawal of the cutlery drawer and is disposed on the frame so as to be vertically displaceable at one of the longitudinal sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Wegener, Cornelius Wolf
  • Publication number: 20140184047
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drawer (4) with a first wall part (7), a second wall part (8), and a fixing device (15), via which the first wall part (7) and the second wall part (8) can be connected to each other. The fixing device (15) has at least one locking element (16) for locking the wall elements (7, 8) to each other. The locking element (16) has at least one tongue (16a), which is spring-elastic in particular and which can be inserted into a recess (17) of one of the wall parts (8) and fixed in said recess, in particular in a clamped manner. The locking element (16) is substantially designed in a comb-like manner in which two or more tongues (16a) that are spaced from one another in the longitudinal direction of a connecting piece (19) project laterally from the connecting piece (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias GRIMM
  • Publication number: 20140183322
    Abstract: A support device for moving an item on a surface. A main body includes a panel and a sidewall. A handle assembly engages the main body and includes a first transportation mechanism. The support device includes a resistance portion on the main body for engaging a surface and resisting movement of the support device when in a resistive mode. The handle mechanism lowers the first transportation mechanism to engage the surface and disengage the resistance portion from the surface in a transportive mode to encourage movement of the support device and the item supported thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Wilton Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: David Starr, Kevin McFadden, Jeffrey Chiu, Erin Smith, Sarah Mault
  • Patent number: 8764137
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drawer for furniture, said drawer being dismantled, for assembly using practically no tools. The drawer consists of: two lateral wall elements, a front-and rear-face wall element that consist of a base profile, and a drawer base that consists of several identical base elements. The base element consists of a profile that has a tongue profile edge and a groove profile edge. Thus, any number of base elements can be mechanically joined together and then dismantled to form a surface. A drawer of equal size without a base surface may be connected to the drawer with a base surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Fehre Design GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Fehre
  • Publication number: 20140167586
    Abstract: Drawer (3) having a drawer side wall (10), a drawer wall (11) which is produced from a wood material, and having a fitting part (14) which is attached to one of the two end faces of the drawer wall (11) and by means of which the drawer wall (11) is connected to the drawer side wall (10), wherein the drawer side wall (10) has a recess (15) for receiving the fitting part (14), and wherein the drawer wall (11), which is produced from the wood material, projects into the recess (15) in the drawer side wall (10) by way of that end face which is fitted with the fitting part (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas SCHALLERT
  • Publication number: 20140152163
    Abstract: A bag holder is disclosed for holding cat litter bags for containing cat litter waste from a cat litter box, along with a method of manufacturing the bag holder. The bag holder includes a housing coupled to a support structure, such as a side panel of the litter box, or a wall near the cat litter box. An attachment arrangement connects the housing to the support structure. Alternatively, the housing may be integrally formed with the litter box. A drawer is slidably disposed within the housing, and defines a storage space for stowing the litter bags. The drawer can be rigid and outwardly movable from the housing. Alternatively, the drawer can have walls that are fluted for expanding the drawer in an accordion-like fashion outwardly from the housing. Location and configuration of the bag holder encourages the user to use the litter bags for sanitary disposal of cat litter waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Sweetman
  • Patent number: 8733133
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a washing machine, which has an improved structure to increase the aesthetic appearance and emotional quality of a detergent container, and a drawer assembly of the washing machine. The washing machine includes a washing machine main body, a detergent container connected to the washing machine main body, a drawer panel provided on the detergent container and including a frame part having a predetermined thickness, and a handle defined within the frame part of the drawer panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung Seop Shin, Jin Doo Kim, Yong Sok Lee
  • Publication number: 20140125211
    Abstract: A rack assembly has a shelf attached to a slidable mount. A front wall and a back wall are mounted to the shelf. At least one elastic element extends between the front wall and the back wall above a left side and a right side of the shelf such that the front wall, back wall and at least one elastic element define a contained area capable of holding objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Scott Robert Miedtke
  • Patent number: 8708436
    Abstract: The invention relates to two telescopic extensions that can be deployed in a refrigerating device to support thereon a goods carrier, such as a door-type goods carrier for refrigerated goods. Bridges are mounted on movable rails of the telescopic extensions and delimit, together with the movable rail, a gap for receiving a first carrier tab element of the goods carrier. The width of the gap is larger than the thickness of the first carrier tab element, and a first stabilizer tab element is inserted into the free space remaining after the first carrier tab element is inserted into the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Karl-Friedrich Laible
  • Patent number: 8708435
    Abstract: An insert drawer arrangement attachable to an existing drawer of a file cabinet to define a raised second storage compartment. The arrangement includes an insert drawer provided with end panels which are disposed sidewardly adjacent separate mounting panels, the latter being mounted on the end walls of the existing drawer. The sidewardly adjacent end and mounting panels have a horizontal guide structure cooperating therebetween to enable the insert drawer to be horizontally moved from a first position superimposed over the existing drawing into a second position wherein it is cantilevered outwardly beyond the existing drawer to permit access to the interior of the existing drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Haworth, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross Johnson, Cheryl Compton, Harold R. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20140111076
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing drawers in which the drawers comprise walls, and a bottom. At least first and second walls comprise a tongue and a groove with locking parts. The respective groove is provided on the interior side of the first wall, whereas the respective tongue is provided on the distal end of the second wall. The first and second walls are manufactured of respectively one board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: UNILIN BVBA
    Inventors: Pieter Devos, Benny Schacht, Guy Van Hooydonck
  • Publication number: 20140106830
    Abstract: A spring structure includes a support body, a first support rod, a second support rod, a first spring, a second spring, a first mounting member, and a second mounting member used for connecting to a lower shell of the slide phone. An installation hole running through the support body is disposed on the support body. One end of the first support rod is connected to the first mounting member and the other end is inserted in the installation hole of the support body. The first support rod may move along the installation hole and is sleeved with the first spring. One end of the second support rod is connected to the second mounting member and the other end is inserted in the installation hole of the support body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Huawei Device Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jiao Yu, Xin Zhu, Bo Huang, Peng Wu, Liang Zou
  • Patent number: 8686859
    Abstract: A method of identifying articles, each of which has a data carrier that includes identifying data of the article, the data carriers having an operation frequency, provides a robust electromagnetic (EM) field within an enclosure in which the articles are stored, even when the natural resonance frequency of the enclosure differs from the operation frequency of the data carriers. In one case data carriers comprise, RFID tags. The EM energy at the operation frequency that is injected into the enclosure to form the robust EM field is injected at a selected location in the enclosure so that the reflected phase of the EM energy from enclosure walls equals the location of injection thereby producing a robust EM field to activate and/or detect data carriers. Active impedance matching is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: MEPS Real-Time, Inc.
    Inventors: Shariq Hussain, Jeffrey Shamblin
  • Patent number: 8671712
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a fresh food compartment disposed within the refrigerator compartment, a freezer compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet, a freezer door for providing access to the freezer compartment, a lower freezer basket, an upper freezer basket, a divider operatively connected to the lower freezer basket to divide the lower freezer basket, and guide surfaces on a top portion of the divider to allow for guiding the upper freezer basket forward and back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin L. Noel, Chad J. Rotter
  • Patent number: 8668285
    Abstract: A system for a slide-out platform in a rack mount case includes a slide-out platform configured to secure electronic equipment. The platform is slideably attached to the rack mount case using a first rail and a second rail. The first and second rail have a series of indexing holes in order to allow a dagger pin to secure the platform in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Becklin Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis M. Becklin
  • Publication number: 20140049920
    Abstract: Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies. Each ejectable component assembly may include a tray that can be loaded with one or more types of removable module, such as a mini-SIM card and a micro-SIM card, and inserted into the device. Each assembly may also include a base coupled to a circuit board for electrically coupling with the removable module, a cage for biasing the module down against the base, and a guide for retaining the module at a functional insertion position within the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Sloey, Michelle Yu
  • Patent number: 8646855
    Abstract: In certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a cabinet is provided. The cabinet includes a plurality of drawer slide receiving modules and a plurality of hanging drawer slides, each hanging drawer slide coupled to one of the plurality of drawer slide receiving modules, and each hanging drawer slide includes a plurality of hooks of a first type. At least one of the hanging drawer slides is configured to be withdrawn from the cabinet laterally along a longest axis of the hanging drawer slide. The plurality of drawer slide receiving modules are configured to be removably coupled to the cabinet in a plurality of different configurations. Methods and configuration systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Rahilly, Jeff Ly
  • Patent number: 8639081
    Abstract: A drawer slide having first and second rails interconnected by a center rail. The center rail includes a spool configured to provide half-speed travel of the center rail relative to the travel of the first rail. The drawer slide is configured for use with a drawer assembly having a drawer and a chassis. The drawer assembly further includes a radius limiter secured to the center rail. The radius limiter travels at half-speed relative to the drawer. The radius limiter also automatically rotates relative to the travel of the drawer. The chassis includes sides including threaded backing plates, and mounting brackets. The mounting brackets include tri-lobed holes for receipt of a reciprocally shaped washer and a fastener for mounting the brackets to the chassis sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen M. Barnes, Justin R. Horton, Thomas C. Tinucci, Thomas L. Barnes