Plurality Of Parts, Held Together By Distinct Fastening Elements (e.g., Bolts) Patents (Class 312/348.2)
  • Patent number: 11089886
    Abstract: A pop-up display apparatus. The apparatus includes a knuckle defining a pivot axis and having a pair of parts, the pair of parts being pivotally connected to one another for relative movement about the pivot axis. A base portion is connected to one of the pair of parts. The apparatus includes a leaf portion connected to the other of the pair of parts for pivotal movement relative to the base portion about the pivot axis and a tab portion movable relative to the leaf portion between a released position and an engaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Central Graphics and Container Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Diaz, Madelaine Vieira
  • Patent number: 10932569
    Abstract: A drawer including a bottom panel, two side walls, a back wall and a facing. The bottom panel, the side walls and the back wall being of sheet metal. A wood facing connects to the sheet-metal parts. The side walls and the back wall, in the vicinity of the lower edge, have an inner groove or a support for receiving and supporting the bottom panel. The facing has two fitting parts on its back side, which are connectable to receiving fitting parts inserted into the face ends, oriented toward one another, of the side walls. The ends of the side walls oriented toward the back wall have fitting parts, which are provided with detent hooks and can be latched in detent receptacles on the back wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FORM ORANGE PRODUKTENTWICKLUNG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Held
  • Patent number: 10729242
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drawer comprising two side panels, a bottom, a back wall and a front panel, wherein at least one side panel has a thin-walled case, which is supported by an inner core, wherein the inner core has at least two shaped parts, which are interlockingly held against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gerrit Staufenberg, Sören Beumler, Stefan Mertins, Timo Szlapka
  • Patent number: 10117514
    Abstract: A drawer wall element for a drawer. A marginal section of a drawer base is insertable to form a drawer side wall that adjoins the drawer base. The drawer wall element comprises a wall profile part and a base-receiving profile part. The drawer wall element comprises a support surface, present on the base-receiving profile part, for providing underside support to the drawer base. The wall profile part comprises a chamber section having an inner wall sheet section and an outer wall sheet section. A filler element is inserted into the chamber section. The filler element comprises a spring element, which in an inserted state has a defined pretension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Karu, Matthias Koenig, Joseph Kruijen
  • Patent number: 10010174
    Abstract: A mounting mechanism adapted for mounting at least one first component to a second component includes a base, a movable member, and a transmission device. The base is mounted on the second component. The movable member is movably mounted on the base and includes a holding portion to which the at least one first component can be mounted. The transmission device is configured to displace the movable member from a first position to a second position in response to the least one first component being mounted to the holding portion of the movable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Fang-Cheng Su, Shih-Lung Huang, Ci-Bin Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9833070
    Abstract: A drawer front connection unit for a drawer wall element of a drawer. The drawer wall element and a marginal portion of a drawer bottom are insertable to form a drawer side wall adjoining the drawer bottom. The drawer wall element comprises a wall profile part and a bottom-receiving profile part. A support surface is provided on the bottom-receiving profile part, for providing underside support to the drawer bottom. The wall profile part comprises a chamber portion having inner and outer wall sheet portions, which, lying opposite each other, are spaced apart by a width of the drawer wall element and connected by a bent section. The drawer front connection unit fits into the chamber portion of the drawer wall element and extends over a height of the chamber portion. The drawer front connection unit has front-fastening elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Karu, Juergen Nachbaur, Patrick Pirker
  • Patent number: 9527373
    Abstract: A corner assembly for a tonneau cover system of a pick-up truck is provided and has a corner member, a lid member and a lengthened cushion member. A connection surface of the corner member is formed with a stepped recess, and the lid member is embedded in the stepped recess to cover ribs and cavities in the stepped recess. The lengthened cushion member is L-shaped and attached to the connection surface of the corner member, the lid member and two surfaces of two adjacent frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: CYC ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Shiawdar Shaun Yue
  • Patent number: 9386848
    Abstract: A fixing device for fixing a front panel on a drawer includes a furniture fitting which is preassembled on the front panel. The furniture fitting has at least one connecting piece which projects from the front panel and a pin which runs transverse to the connecting piece. A catching device is associated with the drawer. The catching device automatically retains the furniture fitting when the furniture fitting is inserted, and the catching device has a movable spring-loaded catching element which is triggered by the pin and which retains the pin. The catching element is moved along a guiding plate. A deflecting element is provided on a guiding plate face near the front panel for deflecting the furniture fitting which is preassembled in the front panel. The deflecting element is formed as a projection which projects laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Holzapfel
  • Patent number: 9179771
    Abstract: A coupling device for removably coupling a drawer to an extendable rail of a pull-out guide includes an adjusting device, by which a position of a drawer that is connected to the rail can be adjusted relative to the rail in the lateral direction and/or in the longitudinal direction (L) of the pull-out guide. The coupling device has a fixing part to be fixed to the drawer, and a coupling part to be coupled to the rail. The fixing part can be moved relative to the coupling part by the adjusting device in a linear manner. The adjusting device has an adjusting wheel rotatably mounted on the coupling part or on the fixing part. An actuating region is provided on the adjusting wheel in order to rotate the adjusting wheel, and the adjusting device includes a transmission device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Kurt Haemmerle, Andreas Holzer
  • Patent number: 9161624
    Abstract: A rail for a movable furniture part includes a rail brace (railing strut) and a panel fixing device at an end of the rail brace to fix the rail to a front panel of the movable furniture part. A mounting part of the panel fixing device can be rigidly connected to the front panel. The rail brace is at least partly hollow and is designed in a movable manner relative to the mounting part. The rail brace, which is pushed in the direction of the mounting part, receives and covers the panel fixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Juergen Haemmerle
  • Patent number: 9125488
    Abstract: A replaceable front panel system for use with a storage module, including a chassis defining a structural configuration of the front panel system, and a removable covering skin configured to at least in part surround the chassis, the removable covering skin defining one or more exterior surfaces of the front panel system. Also provided is a kit for customizing the appearance of a door or drawer front for a storage cabinet module comprising a covering skin configured to at least in part surround a chassis of the door or drawer front, and optionally, an installation tool, and a method for installing the covering skin onto a chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: ALEXIA HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Evangelidis
  • Patent number: 9033435
    Abstract: A connecting apparatus for connecting two drawer wall parts which are intended to be arranged at a right angle includes at least one receiving part which has a receiving opening for receiving an end section of a 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 a second drawer wall part, in order to connect the first drawer wall part and the second drawer wall part, and wherein the at least 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: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Patent number: 8998356
    Abstract: A fastening device connects two wall parts of a furniture part, in particular a rear wall to a side wall of a drawer. The fastening device has at least one locking projection resilient about an imaginary spring axis on one wall part, which locking projection can be locked—preferably detachably—into a locking receptacle fastened to or formed on the other wall part. The imaginary spring axis of the locking projection is at an angle—preferably substantially at a right angle—from a wall of the wallpart. The locking receptacle is formed on the other wall part as an opening, and an imaginary normal on the opening is substantially parallel to the imaginary spring axis of the resilient locking projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Patent number: 8931862
    Abstract: A drawer with a first wall part, a second wall part, and a fixing device, via which the first wall part and the second wall part can be connected to each other. The fixing device has at least one locking element for locking the wall elements to each other. The locking element has at least one tongue, which is spring-elastic in particular and which can be inserted into a recess of one of the wall parts and fixed in the recess, in particular in a clamped manner. The locking element is substantially designed in a comb-like manner in which two or more tongues that are spaced from one another in the longitudinal direction of a connecting piece project laterally from the connecting piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Grimm
  • Patent number: 8925758
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container for refrigerated goods. The container includes a body part and a front part coupled to the body part. The front part is formed by a pair of side pieces and at least one central piece extending to and connected to the side pieces. The central piece has a constant cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch and Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Benz, Jürgen Fink, Christine Linke
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8696078
    Abstract: A device for releasably coupling a drawer to a retractable rail of a drawer retraction guide includes a locking part which can be releasably locked to releasably couple the drawer to the retractable rail of the drawer retraction guide; a handle part which is designed to be actuated by hand and allows the locking part to be released relative to the retractable rail of the drawer retraction-guide; and an opposite retaining part between which retaining part and the locking part the rail is accommodated in the mounted position. The locking part can be moved into a direction pointing away from the opposite retaining part by a hand applying pressure to the handle part, the opposite retaining part being provided with at least one resilient tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Patent number: 8622492
    Abstract: A positioning mechanism for a quick release device of a slide assembly includes an opening in the rail and a positioning member located corresponding to the opening. The rail has a first contact portion adjacent to the opening which has an open portion and a reception portion communicating with the open portion. The positioning member includes a base, a resilient arm, a restriction portion and a second contact portion. The base is fixed to the rail. The resilient arm is connected between the base and the restriction portion. The restriction portion has a first contact end located corresponding to the open portion. The second contact portion is connected to the restriction portion. An substantially enclosed area is defined between the first contact end and the reception portion. The second contact portion contacts the first contact portion of the rail such that the first contact end is secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 8608262
    Abstract: An expandable drawer adaptable to various size openings comprises a pair of locking tracks and expanding wall and floor portions. The expanding drawer assembly comprises a conventional drawer with width adjustment features along front, back, and bottom surfaces. The drawer's width is adjustable to correspond to the width of the opening, allowing the device to fully occupy the prescribed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Inventor: Davide A. Daros
  • Publication number: 20130257251
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening device for connecting two wall parts of a furniture part, in particular a rear wall to a side wall of a drawer, wherein the fastening device has at least one locking projection resilient about an imaginary spring axis on one wall part, which locking projection can be locked—preferably detachably—into a locking receptacle fastened to or formed on the other wall part, wherein the imaginary spring axis of the locking projection is at an angle—preferably substantially at a right angle—from a wall of the wall part, wherein the locking receptacle is formed on the other wall part as an opening, wherein an imaginary normal on the opening is substantially parallel to the imaginary spring axis of the resilient locking projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo GASSER
  • Patent number: 8511767
    Abstract: A consumer appliance, such as a refrigerator, is provided with a compartment with a basket assembly, which may be configured on a pull-out drawer so as to move into and out of the compartment with the pull-out drawer. The basket assembly includes a first basket component and a second basket component releasably engaged with the first basket component along mating edges of the respective basket components, wherein in an engaged state, the first and second basket components define a singular continuous wall basket. At least one of the first or second basket components is releasable and removable from the pull-out drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Omar Haidar, Bagawathkumar Chellappan, James Bryan Rawson, Mukta Marwah, Jonathan Michael Cepress
  • Publication number: 20130106272
    Abstract: A combination drawer includes a bottom plate, two side plates foldably mounted on the bottom plate, a rear plate foldably mounted on the bottom plate and detachably connected with the side plates, and a front plate disposed on the bottom plate and detachably connected with the side plates. Thus, the front plate, the side plates and the rear plate are combined and detached easily and quickly so that the combination drawer is assembled and disassembled easily and quickly. In addition, the parts of the combination drawer can be detached and folded before assembly or when not in use so as to reduce the whole volume of storage and packaging and to decrease the cost of packaging, storage and transportation of the combination drawer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Chen-Yu Chung, Sheng-Chi Chung
  • Patent number: 8388076
    Abstract: A face plate alignment mounting system is provided and includes a lateral adjustment means that engages a face plate and a drawer front panel, a first nut fastener, and an adjustable fastener. The first nut fastener preferably includes a head portion that is affixed to a front surface of a drawer front panel and a shaft slidably engaged with a first bore of the drawer front panel. The first nut fastener shaft defines an opening with internal threads. The adjustable fastener has external threads engaged with the internal threads of the first nut fastener shaft opening. The adjustable fastener includes a first means for adjusting the adjustable fastener in a frontward direction and a rearward direction to suitably adjust the distance between the face plate and the drawer front panel, which is preferably accessible at the rear surface of the drawer front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Company, LLC
    Inventor: William L. Walburn
  • Patent number: 8297724
    Abstract: A drawer frame includes a fastening device for fastening a front panel to the drawer frame in a releasable and preferably adjustable manner. A fitting part is premounted on the front panel, and a spring-loaded catch part is arranged in the drawer frame. When the fitting part is inserted, the catch part automatically draws the fitting part towards the drawer frame. A locking apparatus is provided for the catch part, and the locking apparatus is in the form of a clamping apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Hämmerle
  • Patent number: 8220885
    Abstract: A fastening device for furniture parts includes a two-arm lever having a front lever arm and a rear lever arm mounted on a first furniture part so as to be pivotable about an axis of rotation. The front lever arm has for engagement in a holder of a second furniture part comprised of a transverse plate supported by a spacer member, wherein the transverse plate is approximately hook-shaped and is provided with an inclined contact surface located in front of the transverse plate. The spring-biased lever is mounted so as to be longitudinally displaceable to a limited extent and the front lever arm has an additional indentation for resting the lever arm on a fixed transverse axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Anton Schneider GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Heimo Weber
  • Patent number: 8147012
    Abstract: A connector strip comprising a first mounting plate having spaced apart first projections with first pockets between adjacent projections, a second mounting plate having at least one second projection with second pockets between each adjacent second projection, wherein the first projections and the first pockets slidingly interlock with each second projection and the second pockets to form a joint, and at least one fastener laterally securing together the interlocking projections and pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Bush Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John M. Green
  • Patent number: 8047621
    Abstract: A system for adjustably mounting the face plate of a drawer so that when the drawer is closed, the drawer face plate is flush with the adjacent drawer face plate and in a desired height, pitch, roll, lateral and skew position with respect to the front surface of the enclosure. The drawer face panel can be easily adjusted in an inward and outward direction, or a rearward and frontward direction, to compensate for differing degrees of tilt and skew of the drawer face panel with adjacent drawer face panels. A face plate alignment mounting system is provided and includes a lateral adjustment mechanism that engages a face plate and a drawer front panel, a first nut fastener, and an adjustable fastener. The first nut fastener preferably includes a head portion that is affixed to a drawer body and a shaft slidably engaged with a first bore of the drawer body. The first nut fastener shaft defines an opening with internal threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Company, LLC
    Inventor: William L. Walburn
  • Patent number: 8002366
    Abstract: A drawer includes comprising two drawer frame members, a rear wall, a drawer bottom and a front facing panel. The front facing panel is angled inwardly and fixed adjustably to the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.h.
    Inventor: Helmut Fitz
  • Patent number: 7857404
    Abstract: A corner fitting for securing a drawer side to a drawer rear panel in a drawer assembly. The fitting comprises a substantially L-shaped bracket having a first flange and a second flange. A hollow support structure connects the first and second flanges and provides internal support surfaces for engagement by a component of the drawer assembly. A slot is defined by a gap between opposing surfaces of one of the flanges and one of the support surfaces. The support structure includes a resilient locking flap biased so as to protrude into the slot to lock the component of the drawer assembly and a tab extending from the flap into the hollow support structure with the tab accessible externally of the drawer assembly to permit retraction of the flap from the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Harn Marketing SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Harn Lian Lam, Harn Yan Lam
  • Publication number: 20090160300
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus is configured for mounting a slide rail to a bracket. The bracket includes a flange with a plurality of mounting holes defined therein. A plurality of mounting rods is arranged on the slide rail for engaging in the corresponding mounting holes of the flange. The mounting apparatus includes a resisting member fixed to the slide rail, and an operating member pivotably attached to the resisting member. The resisting member includes a resisting portion configured for engaging with the flange. The operating member is capable of urging the resisting portion of the resisting member away from the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WEN-TANG PENG, MO-MING YU, KE TANG
  • Publication number: 20090072691
    Abstract: A connector strip comprising a first mounting plate having spaced apart first projections with first pockets between adjacent projections, a second mounting plate having at least one second projection with second pockets between each adjacent second projection, wherein the first projections and the first pockets slidingly interlock with each second projection and the second pockets to form a joint, and at least one fastener laterally securing together the interlocking projections and pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: BUSH INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: John M. Green
  • Patent number: 7165821
    Abstract: A drawer assembly includes four side boards and each of the side boards has at lease one lug on two ends and one of two sides thereof, and a bottom board which has lugs one four sides thereof. The four side boards are connected to be a four-side frame by connecting the at least one lugs by four pins. The four-side frame is connected to the bottom board by connecting the at least one lugs of the four-side frame to the lugs on the four sides of the bottom board. The drawer assembly requires no tools or welding machine to assemble a drawer within a short period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Inventor: Lin Ming Chuan
  • Patent number: 7055701
    Abstract: A system and method for mounting a device into a rack comprises a mounting shelf that is attached to the rack, a first bracket that is attached to a first side of the device, and a second bracket that is attached to a second side of the device, wherein the second side is located opposite to the first side, wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are substantially similar, and wherein the device, with the first bracket and the second bracket attached thereto, is slideably positioned into the mounting shelf and attached to the mounting shelf via the first bracket and the second bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ronald P. Dean, Sean W. Tucker
  • Patent number: 6991307
    Abstract: A drawer organizer for partitioning the interior space of a drawer having at least two opposed walls includes a male member, a female member, and a biasing member. The male member has a base including at least one substantially flat end wall and a body extending from the base. The female member has a base including at least one substantially flat end wall and a body extending from the base and defining a housing having an open end. The biasing member is supported within the housing. The male member is received through the open end and operatively retained relative to the housing. The biasing member generates a biasing force acting between the male and female members to bias the male and female members in opposite directions relative to one another such that the end walls are braced against two opposed side walls of the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Inventor: Peter Hoenig
  • Patent number: 6938784
    Abstract: A basket frame including a left side frame, a right side frame, a front side frame, a backside frame and four joints. Each of the left side frame and the right side frame have a leading groove slidable on one of two sliding rails. Each of the front side frame and the back side frame having a fitting groove, at least one pair of supporting seats installed opposite in the fitting groove for supporting one of a hanging rod and a hanging basket. One end of each joint has inserting blocks which are inserted into one end of one of the left and the right side frame, and the other end of each joint having an inserting groove for receiving one end of one of the front side frame and the back side frame. The four side frames are assembled by the joints. A width of the basket frame is changed by adjusting an inserting depth of each of the front side frame and the back side frame inserted into the joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Ulike Corporation
    Inventor: Oni Yang
  • Patent number: 6834924
    Abstract: A drawer insert, in particular a cutlery insert, which may be adapted to different drawer sizes. The drawer insert comprises a plurality of separate trays (6, 7) each delimiting a receiving space. At least one of the trays (7) is compressible in a resilient manner. The trays (6, 7) are surrounded by a frame (8) whereof lateral delimiting struts (9) are compressible in a resilient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Helmut Hollenstein
  • Patent number: 6789685
    Abstract: A system and method for mounting a device into a rack comprises a mounting shelf that is attached to the rack, a first bracket that is attached to a first side of the device, and a second bracket that is attached to a second side of the device, wherein the second side is located opposite to the first side, wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are substantially similar, and wherein the device, with the first bracket and the second bracket attached thereto, is slideably positioned into the mounting shelf and attached to the mounting shelf via the first bracket and the second bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ronald P. Dean, Sean W. Tucker
  • Patent number: 6644481
    Abstract: A system and method for mounting a device into a rack comprises a mounting shelf that is attached to the rack, a first bracket that is attached to a first side of the device, and a second bracket that is attached to a second side of the device, wherein the second side is located opposite to the first side, wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are substantially similar, and wherein the device, with the first bracket and the second bracket attached thereto, is slideably positioned into the mounting shelf and attached to the mounting shelf via the first bracket and the second bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ronald P. Dean, Sean W. Tucker
  • Publication number: 20030151338
    Abstract: A combinational drawer has a rectangular base frame, a first rectangular side frame disposed on the rectangular base frame, a second rectangular side frame disposed on the rectangular base frame, a first rectangular lateral frame disposed on the rectangular base frame, a second rectangular lateral frame disposed on the rectangular base frame, a first U-shaped rod connected to the first rectangular side frame and the second rectangular side frame, and a second U-shaped rod connected to the first rectangular side frame and the second rectangular side frame. A connection fastener has an L-shaped end inserted in the first rectangular lateral frame, a distal end inserted in the rectangular base frame, and a column inserted in the first rectangular side frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventor: Chi-Chuan Chen
  • Patent number: 6443544
    Abstract: A slidable drawer compartment has parallel side members with elongated bores on the bottom edge therein to slidably receive a support rail. A horizontal slot on the inner side of the side member extends the full length of the side member. The edges of a bottom member are received in the horizontal slot. Also, the inner sides of the side members have vertical slots at each end of the side members that dwell in a substantially vertical plane. A pair of panels are received in the vertical slots of the side members engaging the ends of the bottom member to close the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Astoria Industries of Iowa, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Wolf, Jack D. Brannan
  • Publication number: 20010050518
    Abstract: A knock-down file cabinet and in particular, a vertical file cabinet wherein both the cabinet housing and each of the drawers have a knock-down construction. The drawers use either separate components that are slidably fitted together, or a single sheet of material that defines the bottom, side and back walls. Each drawer construction is usable within the cabinet housing so as to define a complete knock-down vertical file cabinet which can be readily shipped in a relatively compact container or package and thereafter assembled together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Applicant: Haworth, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick C. Liebertz, Mark A. Powell
  • Patent number: 6286919
    Abstract: There is described a device for fixing the front panel (1) of a drawer on a lateral, metallic frame (2) of the drawer by means of a holder (3) provided on the front panel (1) and protruding against the frame (2), which holder consists of a supporting plate (4) and a pressing plate (5), between which the frame (2) can be clamped by means of a clamping screw (6) extending through the frame (2) in an insertion slot (12) open at the front, where the holder (3) on the one hand has an adjusting eccentric (18) vertically supported on a supporting stop (19) of the frame (2) and on the other hand a locating stop (15), which engages behind a locking stop (14) of the frame (2) extending transverse to the longitudinal direction of the frame and having an inclined stop face (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Alfit Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Walter Fleisch
  • Patent number: 6234596
    Abstract: A fastening device for fastening a front panel to a metal drawer slide/side is provided which comprises a front panel, a dowel component, and a distance plate, adapted to be connected to a metal drawer slide/side, disposed between the front panel and the dowel component, and an adjustment device comprising an eccentric piece that is operated by a retractable or foldable adjusting lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Remo Egger
  • Patent number: 6231141
    Abstract: A knock-down file cabinet and in particular, a vertical file cabinet wherein both the cabinet housing and each of the drawers have a knock-down construction. The drawers use either separate components that are slidably fitted together, or a single sheet of material that defines the bottom, side and back walls. Each drawer construction is usable within the cabinet housing so as to define a complete knock-down vertical file cabinet which can be readily shipped in a relatively compact container or package and thereafter assembled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Haworth, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick C. Liebertz, Mark A. Powell