Components Spaced From Bottom Wall Patents (Class 312/351)
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Patent number: 12256870Abstract: A utensil crock includes a receptacle having a base and a sidewall defining an open upper end of the receptacle. A dividing panel IS adapted to be removably positioned within an interior of the receptacle to divide the interior into separate compartments. The dividing panel has a first end portion opposite a second end portion, wherein when positioned in the interior the dividing panel has one of a first configuration where the second end portion has a first orientation relative to the first end portion, and a second configuration where the second end portion has a differing second orientation relative to the first end portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: HELEN OF TROY LIMITEDInventors: Carly Cheng, Kristopher Blake Wagner, Martin Mutch
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Patent number: 12239221Abstract: A storage system for storing bottles including: a first support beam configured to engage a first panel; a second support beam configured to engage a second panel; a first crossbar; and a second crossbar, where the first crossbar and the second crossbar are supported by the first support bar and the second support bar.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: SECRET STASH PTY LTDInventor: Charbel Youssef
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Patent number: 12220780Abstract: A device for carrying materials in a manner allowing for easy loading but effective capture in location when loaded includes a frame, a carrying assembly positioned on the frame, a locating assembly, and a driving assembly. A connecting rod of the locating assembly is movably positioned on the frame and a first bracket of the locating assembly is positioned at an inlet side of the carrying assembly. The driving assembly drives the connecting rod and a first limiting rod swings synchronously with the connecting rod, to close the carrying assembly when loaded, preventing materials from accidentally falling out of the carrying assembly when it is tilted or jarred.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignees: Henan Fuchi Technology Co., Ltd., HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (ZHENGZHOU) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yan-Fang Yan, Hai-Qiang Li, Dun-Jiu Xiang
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Patent number: 12203692Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator and, more particularly, to a refrigerator including a single module or multiple modules, each having multiple rooms.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Chanho Chun, Junlae Park, Hyokeun Park, Taehee Lee
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Patent number: 12202651Abstract: A dust-excluding carrier for product storage comprises a housing cavity and dust-excluding isolation members. The dust-excluding isolation member comprises a first main body, the first main body is provided with a first opening; the material tray and the dust-excluding isolation member are detachably connected. The material tray comprises a second main body with a second opening. The first main body and the second main body may be snap-fitted together and apart, so the first opening is covered by the second body and the second opening covered by the first body.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) CO.LTD.Inventors: Hui Xu, Ching-Huang Lin
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Patent number: 12194613Abstract: Tool support devices are provided. In some embodiments, the tool support device includes a storage tray and an adjustable mounting mechanism configured to engage and support the tool support device from a wall, such as a utility bucket wall. In other embodiments, the tool support device is a corner mounted device with a plurality of openings for support tools of different sizes.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Dilip Nair, Matthew A. Wills, James A. Cemke, Jr., Anna G. Tracy, Ian L. Christianson, Andrew M. Tuchscherer, Jared M. Amann, Matthew A. Lownik
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Patent number: 12188708Abstract: A household refrigeration apparatus includes an interior container with a first wall and a second wall angled thereto. The interior container bounds a first receiving space for food. An ice maker has a housing formed by wall areas of the first and second walls in certain areas. The housing bounds a receiving space of the ice maker. The housing has a wall unit separate from the interior container. The interior container has a rear wall having a base plate and a step integrally formed with the base plate. The wall unit has a wall element separate from the interior container. The wall element has an L-shape in cross-section, and the wall element has first and second wall plates together forming the L-shape. The first wall plate has a rear web resting on the step. A method for assembling an ice maker housing is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Prashantagouda Hosamani, Robert Stahl
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Patent number: 12145769Abstract: A plastic container (1) with two lid halves (5a, 5b) rotatable about a hinge (6a, 6b) has on the inner surface (5c) of the lid halves hooks (7) arranged in a row adjacent to and along the hinges (6a, 6b). Each hook (7) extends parallel to and spaced apart from the lid half (5a, 5b) and includes a recess having an opening facing and toward the distal end (12a, 12b) and a two-sided undercut. The undercuts allow the placement of one or more bags (8) having two straps (9) inside the container (1) such that the bags (8) are held open. When the lid halves (5a, 5b) are closed the straps (9) remain in place and held by the hooks (7). The invention may be used by shoppers shopping large amounts, which may be placed in the bags. Several containers of this kind may be stacked when their lids closed.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: GEORG UTZ HOLDING AGInventors: Michael K. Chiado, Axel Ritzberger
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Patent number: 12145765Abstract: The invention refers to tray (1) for a storage lift and a method for producing a tray (1). In order to provide a tray (1) that has an increased load-bearing capacity, which is at the same time compact and easy to manufacture, it is provided according to the invention that the bottom (3) is plastically deformed at at least one area (19) spaced from at least one edge region (12, 14).Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: KARDEX PRODUKTION DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Norbert Bouche, Dennis Jamin
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Patent number: 12127670Abstract: A storage assembly comprising at least one storage body comprising the storage body including a first side wall, a second side wall, an end wall, and at least two grooves along the inner surface of the storage assembly, the grooves being substantially coplanar and at least one shelf configured to fit inside the storage body along the substantially coplanar grooves and into the end wall coplanar grooves.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: PAN PANTRY LLCInventors: Christopher Nance, Linda Joy Kegel, Jesse James Hahn
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Patent number: 12127655Abstract: A flexible egg conforming container receives an egg therein and provides channels around the egg to marinate the egg with reduced marinade. The channels are supported away from the egg by inwardly extending bosses arrayed to impart a decorative pattern to the egg after marination.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Inventors: Vito Gervasi, Kiyami Masamune
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Patent number: 12102228Abstract: A connection structure of two opposite slide rails is applicable for a respective one drawer basket of multiple drawer baskets mounted on bottoms of multiple holding plates of a metal shelf. The connection structure contains multiple fixing sheets, and a respective one fixing sheet is disposed around a respective one holding plate. The metal shelf comprises multiple fixers, and a respective one fixer is engaged on the respective one fixing sheet and is configured to engage with the two opposite slide rails for the respective one drawer basket. The respective one fixer includes a recess which has a first hooking portion and a second hooking portion. The respective one fixer further includes two grooves which has a first engagement rib extending, a second engagement rib, and a boss.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: WIRE MASTER INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Hsi-Ming Cheng
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Patent number: 12098879Abstract: A vacuum insulated appliance includes an outer wrapper and an inner liner. A ladder rack is coupled to the inner liner. The ladder rack includes first and second sidewalls coupled together by a connecting wall that defines a plurality of apertures. An adapter member includes a hook configured to extend through an aperture of the plurality of apertures when coupled to the ladder rack. The adapter member is coupled with a locking member that engages inner surface of first and second sidewalls of the ladder rack. A cantilever support is coupled to the adapter member and extends outward from the ladder rack. A rail assembly is coupled to an upper surface of the cantilever support. A spacer is coupled to an end of the cantilever support and abuts an inner liner surface. A storage feature is coupled to the rail assembly and is operable between stowed and deployed positions.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Kamil El-Sayed, Abhay Naik, Chad Rotter, Bartosz Stawczyk, Karol Michal Kostka
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Patent number: 12075960Abstract: A dishwasher includes a storage part in which a washing target is stored. The storage part includes a guide disposed in an edge area, a frame coupled to the guide, and a tray coupled to the frame. The tray includes a locking portion protruding from an edge area thereof and coupled to the frame, and configured to elevate the tray with respect to the frame. The frame includes a slot in which the locking portion is inserted, and a rail protruding toward the slot and forming some area of an outer shape of the slot, and configured to guide the movement of the locking portion and suppress the locking portion from being separated from the slot.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Myungwon Ko
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Patent number: 12071062Abstract: A climate controlled food storage system onboard a vehicle comprises a cabinet with one or more compartments. Within the one or more compartments are a pair of front pilasters and a pair of rear pilasters. The front pilasters have fasteners for locking rails or shelves into place so that they will not move when the vehicle is in motion. The rear pilasters have slots that allow the rails or shelves to be easily inserted, removed, and adjusted within the cabinet. The pilasters maximize the use of space within the cabinet while permitting adequate air flow within the cabinet. The fasteners on the front pilasters and the slots on the rear pilasters are arranged symmetrically along the vertical length of the pilasters so that they can be used interchangeably on the left and right sides of the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: WONDER GROUP, INC.Inventor: Andrew William O'Sullivan
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Patent number: 12059067Abstract: Provided herein is a caddy organizer for hair styling tools, having a base having a flat surface along at least a portion of a bottom side of the base, exterior walls extending upwards from the flat surface, and interior walls within an interior of the base; at least three compartments within the base, wherein each compartment is separated from the other compartments of the base by the interior walls; at least one tray configured to fit into one compartment of the at least three compartments, wherein the at least one tray is removable from the compartment; at least two tool sleeves within the base; a belt along an exterior side of the base, the belt having a securing means; a first plurality of ventilation holes on the exterior walls of the base; and a second plurality of ventilation holes on each of the at least two baskets.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2023Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Inventor: Wyconnda Boatman-Tate
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Patent number: 12058500Abstract: A modular, acoustic amplification apparatus (100) comprises: a first module (1), including a first casing (11) and an acoustic amplifier (12) positioned inside the first casing (11), wherein the first casing (11) has the shape of a parallelepiped having a first base and a first height (H1), wherein the first base has a first long side (L1) and a first short side (C1); a second module (2) including a second casing (21) and a power supply or an accumulator positioned inside the second casing (21), wherein the second casing (21) has the shape of a parallelepiped having a second base and a second height (H2), wherein the second base has a second long side (L2) and a second short side (C2).Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: POWERSOFT S.P.A.Inventor: Claudio Lastrucci
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Patent number: 12035844Abstract: A toaster oven system includes a main body, a heating element, a front door, and a top door. The main body has a cooking cavity for holding food, and in which the heating element is disposed. The main body also has a front side and a top side, with the front side defining a front opening of the main body, and the top side defining a top opening of the main body. The front door is hingedly attached to the main body and movable between a closed position and an opened position. The top door is hingedly attached to the main body and movable between a closed position and an opened position. The food is insertable or removable by the user through either the front opening or the top opening when an associated one of the front door and the top door is in the opened position.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: INSYNC PRODUCTS GROUP LTD.Inventor: Rishi Mahtani
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Patent number: 12016440Abstract: Various implementations and configurations of a user configurable modular storage apparatus are disclosed. In an example implementation, a storage apparatus comprises: a side wall and a back wall which form an interior portion of a cabinet and an opening through which the interior portion is accessible; and a pair of slotted walls comprising pairs of slots configured to receive a storage module comprising a left mounting rod and a right mounting rod, wherein the storage module is insertable into the interior portion through the opening thereby enabling a user mounting and unmounting of the storage module to a pair of slots of the pair of slotted walls.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Inventor: Leslie Hill Holland
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Patent number: 11998112Abstract: Support brackets for an enclosure system can be secured to the enclosure system while the enclosure system is assembled and without removing fasteners from the enclosure system. A support bracket can include first and second slots dimensioned to engage first and second bolts that are fastened to an enclosure frame. The support bracket can further include a support flange, and a stud to engage and support a side panel. When secured to the support bracket, the side panel can provide an additional mounting surface for mounting electrical components within an enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.Inventors: Gerardo Villegas Hinojosa, Alejandro Usiel Hernandez Villa, David Roque Cabello
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Patent number: 11950718Abstract: A serving pitcher with an integrated cup holder. The present invention includes a pitcher having an interior volume that can hold multiple servings of beverages therein. The pitcher includes a concave cutout formed in a sidewall thereof, wherein the cutout extends from a lower side of the pitcher to an opposing upper side of the pitcher. A platform extending from the cutout at the lower side of the pitcher, wherein the platform includes a recess that can receive a cup therein. The platform is disposed within the concave cutout such that cups can be disposed on the platform in a vertically stacked configuration and supported in an upright configuration by the concave cutout.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Inventor: John Vilardi
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Patent number: 11937747Abstract: The invention is directed to a soap dish assembly that promotes the longevity of a bar of soap and allows a user to access to the soap without directly handling it. Particularly, the disclosed assembly includes a bottom plate configured to attach to a support surface (e.g., a shower wall). The bottom plate comprises a housing sized and shaped to cooperate with a bar of soap. The soap is therefore retained within the base housing via a middle plate. A front plate attaches to the bottom plate to retain the soap and middle plate therebetween. In use, a sponge or other bathing accessory can contact an exposed surface of the soap, thereby allowing access to the soap without having to directly handle it. Alternatively, a user can rub a desired body part (e.g., their hands) on the exposed portion of the soap for cleaning. As a result, the life of the soap is extended and does not get soggy or softened from excess contact with water during and after use.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Inventor: Andrew Bordin
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Patent number: 11897429Abstract: There is disclosed herein examples of a vehicle container unit that may be mounted within a vehicle. The vehicle container unit may be mounted to a seat of a vehicle and may include space for transporting items within the vehicle container unit. The vehicle container unit may mount to the seat via an anchor system of the seat.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLCInventors: Timothy Jon Meador, Marie Ledger, Jessica Uelmen, Anthony Galliano, III, Arun A. Mathews, Pratik Palnitkar
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Patent number: 11783732Abstract: A sign holder assembly for a shelving system, in which the shelving system includes a first support post and a second support post, with each support post configured to support a side of a shelf, includes a cross member configured to be coupled to and extend between the first support post and second support post. The assembly further includes a support bracket having a base member configured to be positioned about a portion of the cross member in one of a plurality of positions along a length of the cross member, an extension portion extending from the base member, and a securement member projecting from the extension portion and spaced from the base member.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: SPG International, LLCInventor: Arturo Gonzalez
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Patent number: 11766058Abstract: A popcorn popper is provided having a cabinet including a popcorn popping chamber, a kettle positioned within the popcorn popping chamber, at least one inlet provided in the top wall of the popcorn popping chamber configured to receive effluent from the kettle when popping popcorn and a recirculation passage in fluid communication with the at least one inlet that is configured to receive effluent from the at least one inlet. A filter is positioned in the recirculation passage and a blower including a housing in fluid communication with the recirculation passage is provided with an outlet of the housing being configured to direct filtered effluent into the popcorn popping chamber through the top wall and downwardly generally parallel to one of the side walls. A method of operating a popcorn popper is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Gold Medal Products CompanyInventor: Timothy A. Rhome
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Patent number: 11759036Abstract: A storage box includes a base having a bottom portion with inner and outer surfaces, and a peripheral wall surrounding the bottom portion to form a storage space with the inner surface. The outer surface has a placing slot and a knife sharpener fixing portion adjacent thereto. When the user places a knife sharpener in the storage space and closes a covering plate, the whole storage box is portable. The knife is sharpened when the covering plate is detached and embedded in the placing slot while the bottom portion is orientated upward, and the knife sharpener is disposed on the knife sharpener fixing portion. The user moves a knife back and forth between the knife sharpener by one hand and puts the other hand beside the covering plate to avoid being gashed by the knife in the knife sharpening process, thereby achieving protection purpose.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: V NIVES, LLCInventor: Isaac Vellekamp
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Patent number: 11744360Abstract: A table has a shelf beneath a tabletop which holds charging strips, communication hubs, cords and/or other equipment in a storage compartment behind a divider wall. The divider wall has an opening forming a passageway for cords from the equipment that are used to power and/or communicate with electronic devices on the tabletop or in a cubby on the shelf ahead of the divider wall. The table also has a groove in the tabletop for holding electronic devices. The groove has one or more apertures through which cords pass from the equipment in the storage compartment to the electronic devices in the groove for providing power and/or communication. The table can be a desk, conference table, side table, end table, night stand, and any other piece furniture that has the tabletop and shelf with a divider wall and opening according to the present invention, such as wall shelves.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Artifox, LLCInventors: Sarah Elizabeth-Carpenter Mirth, Daniel Joseph Mirth
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Patent number: 11627799Abstract: A workstation is disclosed. The workstation includes a tabletop or desktop having a work surface assembly that has a base structure, a cover member, and a brake assembly. The cover member is supported by the base structure and defines a work surface arranged at an inclination relative to a horizontal surface. The cover member is adapted to slide relative to the base structure between an extended position and a retracted position. Moreover, the brake assembly is adapted to prevent the sliding of the cover member relative to base structure and holds the cover member stationary with the base structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventor: Keith McRobert
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Patent number: 11559185Abstract: A system and method for adjusting a dishwasher rack in a dishwasher includes a base, a slider and a lock for raising and lowering a dishwasher basket between an up and down position, respectively. The slider is connected in a fixed engagement with the dishwasher basket. The base includes two or more rollers for engagement with dishwasher slide rails and is slideably engaged relative to the slider. The lock is biased into a locked position when the base is fully upwardly extended relative to the slider and is released to permit the basket to be lowered downwardly.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Massoud Elkhoury, Michael Osvatic, William S. Poehls
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Patent number: 11518972Abstract: A movable cell incubator contains: a body, a first lid, a second lid and an electric control unit. The body includes a first internal space, a refrigeration room, and an airtight culture room. The first lid airtightly covers the culture room, the second lid airtightly covers the refrigeration room, and the control unit includes a microprocessor, a power module, a digital/analog conversion module defined between a microprocessor and the power module, a heating module controlling temperature of the culture room, a cooling module supplying cold source to the refrigeration room, a peristaltic pump module, a flow sensing module, a CO2 detective supply module supplying CO2 to the culture room, and a setting display module exposing and fixed on the first lid, with the peristaltic pump module aseptically connected between cell culture media and cell culture bag by multiple conveying tubes.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Inventor: Lun-Kuang Liu
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Patent number: 11511925Abstract: Systems and methods for nesting product packaging with strainer inserts are provided. Product packaging systems may include, for example, a product container with a lid and with a strainer insert disposed within the container. In some embodiments, the strainer inserts may be snapped into place in a channel, groove, or other retention feature of the parent container, thus permitting coupling without the use of adhesives or fasteners. The strainer inserts, when coupled within the parent containers, may define a drainage volume in which product fluids may drain to maintain the product separately from the fluids, e.g., to prolong shelf-life of the product.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Pianca Packaging LLCInventor: Sameh Guirguis
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Patent number: 11512497Abstract: A remotely controlled cabinet assembly includes a cabinet unit that includes a central cabinet and a door that is hingedly coupled to the central cabinet. A plurality of locking units is each coupled to the central cabinet. Each of the locking units releasably engages the door for locking the door on the central cabinet. A control unit is coupled to the cabinet unit and the control unit is electrically coupled to each of the locking units. The control unit actuates each of the locking units to disengage and thusly unlock the door on the central cabinet. A keypad is coupled to the door and each of the locks disengages the door when an alpha-numeric code is entered into the keypad. An electronic device is carried by a user and the electronic device transmits an unlock command to the control unit for remotely unlocking the door on the central cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Inventors: William Nylander, Melanie M. Cottone-Nylander
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Patent number: 11452376Abstract: A mounting device is configured to mount a panel to a wall of an object. The mounting device includes a mounting member and an auxiliary member. The mounting member is configured to be mounted to the panel, and the mounting member is arranged with at least one coupling device. The at least one coupling device is configured to connect the panel to the wall. The auxiliary member is configured to cover at least one predetermined portion of the mounting member.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Fang-Cheng Su, Ci-Bin Huang, Yue-Hua Tang, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 11445887Abstract: A dishwashing appliance or rack assembly may include a rack, a front bracket, a rear bracket, and a joiner bar. The rack may include a sidewall having a transverse rail and slide in a transverse direction between an extended position and a retracted position. The front bracket may be attached to the sidewall and extend vertically between a fixed end secured to the sidewall and a free end laterally pivotable apart from the transverse rail. The rear bracket may be attached to the sidewall rearward from the front bracket. The rear bracket may extend vertically from a fixed end secured to the sidewall to a free end laterally pivotable apart from the transverse rail. The joiner bar may extend along the transverse direction from the front bracket to the rear bracket and be laterally translatable relative to the transverse rail to motivate the free end of the front bracket.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Arpit Singhal, Justin Paul Mudd
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Patent number: 11305699Abstract: A divider-type organizer that make use of the center console's interior walls in forming some or all of the individual bins and wherein the organizer's planar divider pieces extend generally orthogonally from one surface of an adjoining piece without extending significantly outwardly from the opposing side of the adjoining piece.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Inventor: Todd G Leifheit
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Patent number: 11067331Abstract: Provided is a refrigeration appliance having a cabinet defining a storage compartment therein with one or more shelves supported in the compartment. A false wall is provided adjacent an internal wall of the compartment to conceal aspects of a support system that supports both the false wall and the one or more shelves within the compartment, via inter-engagement of the support system with the internal wall and with another internal wall disposed adjacent the internal wall. A wall of the support system including a plurality of mounting holes is retained outward of a major inward face of the false wall to provide a recessed and fluid appearance of the side of the interior of the compartment having the internal wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Josh Hanson, Orin Miller
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Patent number: 11009279Abstract: A portable cooler with integrated, fold-down shelf adapted for storage within a sidewall of the cooler to facilitate portability and functionality of the cooler. The shelf articulates between a storage position within a recessed portion of the sidewall and a deployed position parallel to the cooler lid for holding food and drink objects. The shelf features a cut-out portion to accommodate use of both the handle and shelf on the same sidewall, and a user may ergonomically access the shelf with a hand and fingers at a lip region of the recessed portion of the sidewall to raise the shelf out of the recessed portion of the sidewall. The handle may be a deployable handle or slidable handle. The cut-out portion of the shelf features a dimensional tolerance to accommodate the functionality of the shelf and handle without either the shelf or handle disturbing or interfering with the other.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Inventors: Robert McCarron, Ashleigh McCarron, Emily McCarron
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Patent number: 10874213Abstract: A drawer structure including a front end, a rear end and the side walls, the front end having a panel front and a crossbar in which a gap between the panel front and the crossbar permits the insertion of an insert or the passage of a fabric material whereby a basket may be secured in a drawer frame. Where a fabric material is passed between the panel front and the crossbar it may be wrapped around the crossbar and inserted into an inward facing recess of the crossbar whereby the material may be secured by the tension applied by the weight of the basket causing a crossbar clip to splay and prevent the fabric from being dislodged from the recess.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Tag Hardware Systems Ltd.Inventors: Stephen Lawson, Stephen Campion
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Patent number: 10792953Abstract: There is provided to a tilt board (1, 51, 61, 101) comprising an activity surface (3) supported by a base (5). The base comprises a front wall (7) and a rear wall (9) that extends downwardly from the activity surface by a greater distance than the front wall. The activity surface (3) comprises an activity surface surround (15) defining an aperture (17) therein and a removable activity surface insert (19) dimensioned for reception in the aperture. A plurality of interchangeable activity surface inserts (19) may be provided. The activity surface inserts (19) are also tilt adjustable relative to the remainder of the tilt board. The tilt board (1, 51, 61, 101) is provided with a circumferential flange so that the tilt board may be inserted into an aperture of a larger work surface such as a table if desired. The tilt board can be used for a range of activities, can lie flat in a larger work surface if desired, and the tilt angle can be adjusted to several angles which is highly advantageous.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: SKM Advanced Products LimitedInventor: Pat McGee
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Patent number: 10602909Abstract: A dishwasher has an interior with a tub and a dish rack slidably attached to the tub. The dish rack has vertically-oriented side rail and a height adjustment system. The adjustment system includes height adjustment mechanisms alongside the walls of the dish rack for vertically shifting the dish rack between lowered and raised positions relative to the tub. Each of the adjustment mechanisms includes an adjuster arm fixed vertically relative to the tub, with a locking boss at the first end, and a locking clip on the adjuster arm having at least one locking tab adapted to couple with the locking boss to prevent the rack from shifting vertically relative to the adjuster arm. The locking clip has a pair of interference ribs engaging a pair of side rails to prevent rotational movement of the rack with respect to the dishwasher.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Kapil Gupta, Richard Lawrence Kretz, Ronald M. Nowell, Matthew M. Hansen
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Patent number: 10512807Abstract: A portable fire hose dewatering device made of durable materials and used by one or more persons. It is considered fire fighting equipment and more specifically for efficiently removing the water from fire hoses prior to the hoses being rolled and stored. The device includes a mounting base, a rotatable shaft, bearings at the shaft ends, a pair of side structures/flanges on the mounting base, a spacer bar, and a set of pull handles connected to the side flanges.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Inventor: James Madding
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Patent number: 10357132Abstract: A sloped soap holder including a rectangular base unit and a plurality of foot members disposed on a bottom surface of the rectangular base unit. A single continuous sloped soap platform is disposed on a top surface of the rectangular base unit. Each of a right pair and a left pair of a plurality of a pair of vertically disposed X-shaped side supports has a lower surface disposed on the top surface of the rectangular base unit and an inner surface attached to each of the right edge and the left edge, respectively, of the sloped soap platform. Each of a plurality of drain openings and a plurality of linear grooves is disposed within the sloped soap platform. A plurality of raised diagonally disposed linear tracks is also disposed on the sloped soap platform.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Inventor: James Martin
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Patent number: 10206544Abstract: A soap holder comprises a main body, and a carrying plate. The main body has a plurality of holes, an upper surface and a lower surface. The carrying plate has a plurality of bumps. The carrying plate is connected to one side of the main body by a hinge joint. Each of the plurality of bumps has a tip, and each of the plurality of bumps partially passes through a corresponding hole of the plurality of holes so the tips of the plurality of bumps expose above the upper surface. The tips of the plurality of bumps can carry a bar of soap. The main body and the carrying plate are separable and the soap drops onto the upper surface of the main body as each of the plurality of bumps withdraws from the corresponding hole of the plurality of holes.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Inventor: Jen-Yi Hsieh
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Patent number: 9763557Abstract: Disclosed are a dish rack and dishwasher having the same. The present invention includes a wash tub forming a wash space, a rack configured to store a dish by being drawably provided within the wash tub, and a plurality of spray units configured to spray water upon the rack, wherein the rack comprises a frame configured to store a dish, a moving roller unit coupled with the frame to move upward and downward, the moving roller unit supporting a guide rail to draw the frame, and a location adjusting unit coupled with the frame, the location adjusting unit configured to selectively fix an upward/downward movement of the moving roller unit and release a fixed state of the moving roller unit to enable the upward/downward movement of the moving roller unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Minchul Kim, Kitae Kwon, Myungwon Ko
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Patent number: 9549660Abstract: A dishwasher having an improved structure by which a basket is easily withdrawn, the dishwasher including a case, a basket arranged within the case to receive objects to be washed, a rail provided on an inner wall of the case in order to guide the basket such that the basket is withdrawn forward of the case, a link unit mounted to the basket to lift the basket, and an auxiliary unit connected to the link unit such that lifting force acts on the basket based on a position of the basket.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Nam Soo Park, Seung Mok Lee, Jae Won Lee, Young Kyun Jeong
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Patent number: 9169893Abstract: A vibration reducing interface which uses interconnected layers of three or more concentrically arranged isolators to reduce vibrations in tools, vehicles, machines, weapons and anything else which uses pumps, compressors, engines, motors, spinning elements, out of balance loads or inconsistent, variable loading. The vibration reducing interface provides for tiering arranged isolators for reducing varying degrees and directions of vibration. The vibration reducing interface reduces vibration and its related negative affects including injury, damage and reduced control in relation to use of tools, vehicles, machines, weapons and other equipment.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Inventors: Susan Joyce Williamson, Glen Everitt Moore
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Patent number: 9062910Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Taegyeong Kim, Ayoung Choo, Jaeyoul Lee, Nami Kim
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Patent number: 9051106Abstract: A package (1) for touch-sensitive foodstuff products (P), such as chocolates or pralines, comprises:—a tray-like container (2) made of elastically deformable material that is able to receive a first part of the product (P) and has a mouth edge (3) that surrounds the product (P), allowing a substantial part thereof to emerge therefrom; and—a film (4) made of a material that is tearable and deformable in a plastic way, shaped according to a general dome-like conformation so as to contain, in the absence of stresses, the aforesaid substantial part of the product (P) emerging from the mouth edge (3) of the tray-like container (3); the tray-like container (2) and the film (4) are connected to one another in conditions of hermetic seal at the mouth edge (3) of the tray-like container (2).Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: SOREMARTEC S.A.Inventor: Giuseppe Milano
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Patent number: 9028017Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations an expandable or adjustable snap-in cam or other friction device having a mechanically lockable drawer, shelf or divider in a cabinet, pantry, kitchen cupboard mount includes no screws or other permanent mounting.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Inventor: Jeffrey M Nicholson
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Patent number: 9013071Abstract: A power cord management system for managing flexible electrical power cords associated with hair or bathroom handheld appliances includes a power cord storage body. A pair of spaced apart cord wrapping elements are coupled to the power storage body about which the flexible electrical power cord may be wrapped for storage. At least one of the cord wrapping elements is movable between a storage and release position. The cord wrapping elements are configured to retain the wrapped power cord upon the power cord storage body when the at least one of the cord wrapping elements is in the storage position and wherein the wrapped power cord may be removed from the power cord storage body without unwrapping the wrapped power cord when the at least one of the cord wrapping elements is moved to the release position.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Inventor: Natalie Levi