And Superjacent Guide Patents (Class 312/334.28)
  • Patent number: 9877602
    Abstract: A counter module system is provided, which may allow for partial or full self check-in by a passenger at a transportation facility, such as an airport. The system may comprise a counter module having multiple bays each for receiving an equipment module. An equipment module may be compatible for installation in some or all of the bays. Easy customization of equipment may be achieved by installing the desired equipment in an equipment module and then rolling the module into an open bay in the counter module. The modularity may also allow for easy access to equipment for maintenance or resupply. When a piece of equipment stops working, the module containing the equipment may be removed from the bay and either quickly repaired or replaced with another module. The system may also have features for providing proper alignment of an equipment module within a bay of the counter module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Evans Consoles Corporation
    Inventors: Marie Claire Looze, Arie Bos
  • Patent number: 8733865
    Abstract: A drawer slide system can include a frame comprising a top portion. The top portion can have an inside facing surface and an outside facing surface. The drawer slide system can also include a drawer comprising a top portion. The top portion can have an inside facing surface and an outside facing surface. The inside facing surface of the top portion of the frame can be adjacent to the outside facing surface of the top portion of the drawer. The drawer slide system can further include a longitudinally extendable top drawer slide comprising a fixed portion and a movable portion. The movable portion of the top drawer slide can be coupled to the inside facing surface of the top portion of the drawer. The drawer slide system can also include a bracket coupled to the fixed portion of the top drawer slide and to the top portion of the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Company LLC
    Inventors: Paul F. Chambers, David P. Noe
  • Patent number: 8567883
    Abstract: A rack mechanism includes a sliding rail, a cabinet, three first fixed beams, a guide rail, two rods, and four roller assemblies. The cabinet includes a top portion, which includes a lid defining four holes. The bottom portion slidably connected to the sliding rail. The three first fixed beams parallelly arranged above the top portion. The guide rail is fixed to the first fixed beams. The two rods are arranged under the lid. Each two of the four roller assemblies are respectively connected to the two rods. Each roller assembly includes a shelf and a pulley. One end of the shelf passes through one of the holes to fix the shelf to the rod. The pulley is arranged to the other end of the shelf. The pulley rolls along the guide rails when the bottom portion slides along the sliding rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sheng-Chung Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8371666
    Abstract: A container data center includes a mobile container, two rails, two supports, and a rack. The container includes a top wall and a bottom wall opposite to the top wall. The rails are attached to the top wall facing the bottom wall. The supports are attached to the bottom wall facing the top wall, corresponding to the rails. The rack is received in the container. The rack includes a top plate, a bottom plate opposite to the top plate, two rows of first slide members attached to the top plate, and two rows of second slide members attached to the bottom plate. The rows of first slide member slidably resist against the rails, and the rows of second slide member slidably resist against the supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hui-Feng Wu
  • Publication number: 20120104920
    Abstract: A container data center includes a portable container, two supports, two first slide rails, and a rack. The container includes a top wall and a bottom wall opposite to the top wall. The supports are formed on the bottom wall facing the top wall. The first slide rails are formed on tops of the supports. The rack includes two rows of slide portions formed on a bottom plate, each row of slide portions slidably resist against the first slide rail of a corresponding support. Thereby, the rack is slidably received in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WEN-TANG PENG, YI-LIANG HSIAO
  • Publication number: 20120104919
    Abstract: A container data center includes a mobile container, two rails, two supports, and a rack. The container includes a top wall and a bottom wall opposite to the top wall. The rails are attached to the top wall facing the bottom wall. The supports are attached to the bottom wall facing the top wall, corresponding to the rails. The rack is received in the container. The rack includes a top plate, a bottom plate opposite to the top plate, two rows of first slide members attached to the top plate, and two rows of second slide members attached to the bottom plate. The rows of first slide member slidably resist against the rails, and the rows of second slide member slidably resist against the supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: HUI-FENG WU
  • Patent number: 8109581
    Abstract: A transparent rollout pantry organizing system for kitchen cabinets has at least two rollout shelf units that are constructed of planar clear sheet material that is cut and fused together to form a rigid structural shape with shelves having heavy duty drawer guides fastened to the rollout unit which can be extended out of the pantry cabinet so that items can be easily accessed, and having at least one pair of side by side drawers above the rollout units also made of clear material used for the rollout units. By using clear material, items on upper shelves can be seen through the drawer bottoms, and by using the drawers in pairs, items on upper drawers at the rear of the drawer can be easily accessed by extending one drawer at a time and reaching over the sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventor: James W. Lazenby
  • Publication number: 20100281931
    Abstract: A storage assembly comprises a storage unit having a plurality of walls that cooperate to form an interior space and an opening in communication with the interior space, a first track having a first width and a second width along the length thereof, and a second track having a first width and a second width along the length thereof, wherein the second widths are different than the first widths, respectively. The storage assembly comprises a first door assembly slidably disposed along the first and second tracks via first guide members each having width less than the first width of the first and second tracks, and a second door assembly slidably disposed along the first and second tracks, and having a pair of second guide members each having a width that is greater than the first width of the first and second tracks and less than the second width of the first and second tracks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Mark T. Slager, Timothy S. DeVries
  • Patent number: 6966618
    Abstract: A furniture unit having a dual slider mechanism with an outer carriage and an inner carriage. Both the outer carriage and the inner carriage may include stoppers at opposing ends. A bearing or wheel assembly is provided. The bearing or wheel assembly may be positioned between the side rails of the outer carriage and the inner carriage, and which allows the inner and outer carriages to freely slide. The sliding mechanism may be used with a furniture unit in order to allow a door to open in a first open position or a second closed position or remain in a closed center position. A locking mechanism may be used to lock the door to the frame of the furniture unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Pulaski Furniture Corporation
    Inventor: Richard Eugene Delph
  • Patent number: 6945615
    Abstract: A cabinet is provided in a rectilinear configuration. A plurality of U-shaped rails is secured to, and faces upwardly from, the bottom with a plurality of inverted U-shaped rails secured to, and faces downwardly from, the top, and a plurality of slidable peg board sheets between a U-shaped rail and an inverted U-shaped rail. Aligned rows and columns of horizontal apertures are provided through the slidable peg board sheets with associated hooks. The hooks are selectively positionable by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Inventor: Leo Cain
  • Patent number: 6793298
    Abstract: A furniture unit having a dual slider mechanism with an outer carriage and an inner carriage. Both the outer carriage and the inner carriage may include stoppers at opposing ends. A bearing or wheel assembly is provided. The bearing or wheel assembly may be positioned between the side rails of the outer carriage and the inner carriage, and which allows the inner and outer carriages to freely slide. The sliding mechanism may be used with a furniture unit in order to allow a door to open in a first open position or a second closed position or remain in a closed center position. A locking mechanism may be used to lock the door to the frame of the furniture unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Pulaski Furniture Corporation
    Inventor: Richard Eugene Delph
  • Patent number: 6688708
    Abstract: A stabilizing and enclosure system for a series of side-by-side mobile storage units. Each mobile storage unit includes a storage member, such as a cabinet assembly, mounted for extendible and retractable movement relative to a base which is rigidly fixed to a supporting structure such as a floor. A stationary stabilizing member is provided for each storage unit. An extendible and retractable engagement mechanism is interposed between each stabilizing member and the storage member of each storage unit, and is movable along with the storage member upon movement between its extended and retracted positions for maintaining engagement of the storage unit with the stabilizing member, to prevent the storage unit from tipping. In one embodiment, each stabilizing member is in the form of a top panel which overlies one of the storage units. Adjacent top panels are connected together, and each top panel is preferably engaged with the storage unit base by a vertical post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Spacesaver Corporation
    Inventor: Steven L. Janson
  • Patent number: 6454371
    Abstract: A pull-out slide is used for fastening a drawer sliding bottom on a side wall of a stationary furniture body. The set has a carrying rail which can be connected with a holding part. The holding part can be fixedly connected with a furniture body. In addition, the set includes at least one slide rail which can slide with respect to the carrying rail, and which can be connected with the drawer sliding bottom. The carrying rail can be locked by a releasable locking mechanism on the holding part, in order to restrict movement in the direction of the carrying rail. The locking mechanism can lock the carrying rail onto the holding part, either in a first direction and/or a second direction, each direction being perpendicular to the carrying rail. Unlocking of the locking mechanism permits removal of the carrying rail and drawer sliding bottom as a unit from the holding part. The pull-out slide set with the sliding bottom is easily and rapidly mounted and demounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Paul Hetttich GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Ralf Müterthies, Stefan Rüter, Carsten Meyer, Gerhard Schröder, Jörg Aufderheide
  • Patent number: 6234591
    Abstract: A disk array subsystem for use in a data processing system. In one embodiment, the disk array subsystem comprises a generally rectangular chassis having a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, an open front end and an open rear end. A fan pack is removably mounted over the open rear of the chassis to cool the contents thereof by drawing air into the chassis through the open front end and out of the chassis through the open rear end. Disposed within the chassis are three power supplies, a pair of controller boards, a backplane, and a set of twenty disk drive modules. A mounting structure comprising four first disk drive module guide plates and a pair of second disk drive module guides is fixedly mounted within the chassis for removably mounting the disk drive modules in the chassis through the open front end and for placing the disk drive modules in approximate alignment with the backplane for electrical connection therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Edward K. Driscoll, Arthur R. Nigro, Thomas D. Fillio
  • Patent number: 6220682
    Abstract: A shelving system for a refrigerator includes a plurality of shelf units having opposite sides and placed side-by-side within the interior of the refrigerator and mounted for selective movement along longitudinal directions between a retracted position, wherein the shelf units are located fully within the interior of the refrigerator, and an extended position, wherein the shelf units are placed outside the interior of the refrigerator. Each shelf unit includes a plurality of shelves extending lengthwise in the longitudinal direction, having a relatively narrow width in lateral directions, and spaced altitudinally from one another. In the extended position of each shelf unit, the shelves of the extended shelf unit are exposed for access in a lateral direction through one side of the shelf unit and the stored items are viewable from all sides. In the retracted position, the shelf units essentially fill the interior of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Inventor: Nicholas L. Vertullo