Components Spaced From Bottom Wall Patents (Class 312/351)
  • Patent number: 9004432
    Abstract: A rotatable housing assembly for use in mounting slides to equipment racks has components for different mounting options on different sides of the housing, and a retractable pin for use in positioning the housing. In some embodiments the housing is rotatably mounted to a bracket attached to a slide member, for example approximate a front of the side, and the retractable pin extends into a semicircular slot of the bracket for use in indexing position of the housing. The housing may include a button for use in retracting the retractable pin, and the assembly may provide for toolless mounting of the slide, and do so in a variety of rack configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Accuride International Inc.
    Inventor: David Laniado Lacarra
  • Patent number: 8960822
    Abstract: A drawer track with an anti-slip structure may include four connecting units; two rails horizontally installed on both sides of a receiving space formed by said connecting units at four corners, said rail having multiple through holes and a slide sheet on each inner portion of the rails; a drawer; and at least one anti-slip member. The drawer is placed onto and slides along the slide sheets of the rail. The rail has multiple through holes and is connected with the L-shaped anti-slip member to limit the movement of the drawer. The drawer track with an anti-slip structure can be quickly and conveniently installed and safely operated, and provide sufficient structural stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventor: Yen-Huang Hsu
  • Patent number: 8955930
    Abstract: A toolbox system is designed as with modular drawer unit with a mounting cradle that can adjust the height of the modular drawer unit, making it compatible to a wide variety of applications. The mounting cradle can be affixed from the top or bottom and can adjust the position of the modular drawer unit to various heights. The modular drawer units can be fabricated in different depths and stacked together for optimal space utilization. The toolbox system allows for placement so that the drawers pull out of a compartment or work space, allowing complete accessibility and space utilization. The mounting cradle can be designed so that the toolbox system can fit in almost any storage compartment or other desired spaces. The toolbox system allows for easy access to its compartments, especially in confined or limited spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Inventor: Jeffrey John Zehrer
  • Publication number: 20140346933
    Abstract: A support system for one or more display items is configured with side walls extending in a longitudinal direction from a base towards a top such that an interior is defined between the base, top and side walls. A plurality of receptacles are configured in the base and a plurality of holes are configured in a floor parallel to and spaced apart from the base. Within the interior, a plurality of transparent platforms of a plurality of different sizes are configured at a plurality of different distances from the base. One or more transparent pillars are configured to extend between the receptacles, through the holes and into a supporting relationship with each of the one or more platforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: JOSHUA SIMON
  • Publication number: 20140132140
    Abstract: A cabinet shelf organization system for improving flexibility in installation and positioning of cabinet shelves within a cabinet housing. The cabinet shelf organization system generally includes a cabinet housing with either a built-in or retroactively installed support insert. The support insert includes a grid-like arrangement of rows and columns of apertures. Cabinet shelves may be selectively arranged and installed within the cabinet housing by utilizing fastening rods extending through the cabinet shelves to anchor each shelf to corresponding apertures on the support insert in the desired location. The support insert may either be built in to the back wall of the cabinet housing or may be secured thereto through use of upper and lower mounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventor: Chadwick D. Jaeger
  • Patent number: 8646444
    Abstract: A rack for an appliance includes a main section having a support frame, and an arm coupled to the support frame and movable relative to the support frame between a first position and a second position. In one example, the arm is movable towards the first position and is configured for engagement with a stop portion of an appliance cavity for inhibiting removal of the main section therefrom. In another example, the appliance cavity includes at least one stop portion, and the arm is movable towards engagement with the stop portion for inhibiting removal of the main section from the appliance cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Wayne Williams, Jason Paul Norberg, Bryan Thomas Phillips, Julie Anne Robinson, Timothy Paul Doyal, Jeffrey A. Ambrose, Jason Robert Yochum
  • Patent number: 8567882
    Abstract: A rack assembly for an appliance is provided. The rack assembly includes a sidewall and a rack adjustment assembly. The rack adjustment assembly includes an engagement cam that selectively engages a member of the sidewall in order to permit the sidewall to be moved upwardly and downwardly along a vertical direction relative to the rack adjustment assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: William Nathan Garnett
  • Patent number: 8534471
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for adjusting a height of a rack within a dishwasher. The system includes a rack plate assembly and a wheel plate assembly. The rack plate assembly is configured to be secured to the rack. The rack plate assembly includes a rack plate and a handle pivotally secured to the rack plate. The wheel plate assembly is adjustably secured with respect to the rack plate. The wheel plate assembly includes a wheel plate having at least one adjustment slot. A portion of the handle securely engages the wheel plate through the at least one adjustment slot. The portion of the handle is configured to disengage from the at least one adjustment slot in order to adjust the rack plate with respect to the wheel plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Chong Bin Wong, Luca Gennaretti
  • Patent number: 8333448
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a shelf member provided in the refrigerator; a position setting member positioning the shelf member at the set height; a guide member maintaining the connection state of the shelf member and the position setting member; and a rise induction mechanism allowing the shelf member to be raised by stages as connected with the position setting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jong-Seok Yoon, Anthony Ogg
  • Patent number: 8322545
    Abstract: A shelf for a metal cabinet has a planar member, a ramped member extending from the planar member having a first, curved portion and a second, straight portion. The first, curved portion and second, straight portion are connected via a third, curved portion therebetween. The first curved portion has a first radius, and the second, curved portion has a second radius different from the first radius. The straight portion forms an outer wall of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Metal Fabricating Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard J. Golias, Jr., Gary W. James, Robert J. Golias
  • Patent number: 8287060
    Abstract: A metal cabinet assembly has first and second opposed side walls and at least one shelf interposed between the first and second side walls. The shelf has a first planar member including at least one elongated slot formed through the first planar member. A second member includes a first wall which extends from the first planar member. A first curved portion is formed between the first wall and the first planar member wherein the first wall has at least one key-shaped opening formed through the first planar wall and substantially aligned with the elongated slot. The key-shaped opening has various configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Metal Fabricating Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard J. Golias, Jr., Robert J. Golias, Gary W. James, Gary R. Kish, Bernard J. Golias, Sr.
  • Patent number: 8172344
    Abstract: A safety cabinet includes an enclosure defining an opening and a door rotatably attached to the enclosure. The door is movable between an open position and a closed position, the door configured to selectively cover the enclosure when in the closed position. The safety cabinet comprises a spill-sloped shelf for directing fluid into a sump area of the cabinet and preventing damage to objects in the safety cabinet or harm to users of the safety cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Justrite Manufacturing Company L.L.C.
    Inventors: Steven Michael Eyer, Patrick A. Malone
  • Patent number: 8172347
    Abstract: A variable shelf assembly includes a mounting member mounted in a storage compartment of a refrigerator, a shelf support member coupled to the mounting member such that the shelf support member is vertically movable, a shelf mounted on the shelf support member, and a lifting unit to lift the shelf support member. The mounting member and/or the shelf support member has a plurality of cool air circulation holes through which cool air circulating in the storage compartment passes. The lifting unit includes a driving gear, a driven gear rotatable by the driving gear, a screw shaft coupled to the driven gear, at least one moving member movable by the rotation of the screw shaft, and at least one rotary link having one end rotatably coupled to the moving member and the other end rotatably coupled to the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hoon Lim, Dae Yeop Park, Myung Ju Sim
  • Publication number: 20120091873
    Abstract: A furniture system which is readily reconfigurable into a variety of work surface configurations and shelving configurations as well as additional component configurations associated therewith so as to readily adapt the furniture system to the specific needs of an office area. The system includes a system of brackets which readily accommodates mounting of work surfaces at a variety of elevations, and a shelving system which maintains shelves of different materials and thicknesses so that the top surfaces thereof align in a common plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Haworth, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Compton, Brent Kunzi, Kristen Glick, Randall W. Borgman, Steve King, Shane Kuipers, Alex Lamfers, Mark Powell, Robert C. Wayner, Steffen Lipsky, Bret Wyngarden, Brian Gingrich
  • Patent number: 8087735
    Abstract: A free standing furniture apparatus including a furniture unit having a unit height dimension, a base including a base wall having a base height dimension and first and second separated base wall ends, the base wall at least in part circumscribing a base space where the base wall includes a top edge surface that resides substantially in a single edge plane and a back wall member supported by the base wall proximate the first and second ends of the base wall member and extending substantially vertically upward from the base wall member and substantially perpendicular to the single edge plane so that there is a receiving space that is unobstructed by the back wall member and that is above the base space for receiving the furniture unit, the back wall member having a back wall height dimension that is greater than the unit height dimension so that at least a portion of the back wall member is observable above the furniture unit when the furniture unit is received within the receiving space, wherein the furniture
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Rheault, William Small
  • Patent number: 8079655
    Abstract: A furniture system which is readily reconfigurable into a variety of work surface configurations and shelving configurations as well as additional component configurations associated therewith so as to readily adapt the furniture system to the specific needs of an office area. The system includes a system of brackets which readily accommodates mounting of work surfaces at a variety of elevations, and a shelving system which maintains shelves of different materials and thicknesses so that the top surfaces thereof align in a common plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Haworth, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Compton, Brent Kunzi, Kristen Glick, Randall W. Borgman, Steve King, Shane Kuipers, Alex Lamfers, Mark Powell, Robert C. Wayner, Steffen Lipsky, Bret Wyngarden, Brian Gingrich
  • Patent number: 8056988
    Abstract: A cabinet assembly has at least one cabinet. Each cabinet is a frame and has multiple erect bars, a front board, a rear board, a bottom board, a left opening, a right opening, a wheel assembly and an inner chamber. The wheel assembly is mounted on a lower surface of the bottom board and has multiple wheels and a substrate. The wheels are mounted on the lower surface of the bottom board. The substrate is mounted below the bottom board and contacts to the wheels, allows the wheels to slide on the substrate and holds the cabinet. The inner chamber is formed between the front board, the rear board and the bottom board and communicates with the left opening and the right opening. Therefore, users put the objects from both the left opening and the right opening, so the cabinet assembly is very convenient for the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Inventor: Hui-Lan Pan
  • Patent number: 7971943
    Abstract: A food storage device for storing a food product, a shelf positioned at least partially within the housing, and a coupling assembly coupling the shelf to the housing and adjustable (e.g., infinitely) to position the shelf in one of a plurality of different angles relative to the housing. Preferably, the housing comprises a frame creating a surface coupled to the coupling assembly, and a translucent panel coupled to the frame to facilitate viewing food product positioned in the housing. In one embodiment, the coupling assembly comprises a magnetic assembly including a magnet secured to the shelf and magnetically coupled to the housing. Preferably, the magnetic assembly further comprises a magnet holder secured to the shelf, wherein the magnet is secured to the holder. In this embodiment, the magnet can be secured to the magnet holder by an intermediate material (e.g., plastic) positioned between the magnet and the magnet holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Hatco Corporation
    Inventor: John F. Quella
  • Patent number: 7926891
    Abstract: A support construction is provided for fixing at least one furniture drive for a movable furniture part in a furniture body. The support construction includes two lateral holding portions and a transverse bearer extending between the holding portions. The holding portions have fixing means for preferably releasably fixing the holding portions to a respective pull-out-guide assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Ritter
  • Patent number: 7909420
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for a dish rack of a dishwasher includes a guide rail which can be fixed to the body of a dishwasher, and a running rail which can be connected to a grid-like dish rack which is composed of wires, and a central rail which increases the pull-out length. The running rail is provided with two rows of clamp-like holders which lie one above the other and in which two wires of a dish rack which lie one above the other and run horizontally can be fixed, with the result that the dish rack is held in a dimensionally stable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Peter Jährling
  • Patent number: 7882796
    Abstract: A method and a device for preparing drinkware where a substance is applied to the rim of the drink-ware and substances can be dispensed from the device. One device includes a cabinet that can house and dispense substances, and the substances may either be filled directly into receptacles, stands, arms or drawers and/or pre-filled in contoured drawer liners. The cabinet may include a moistening reservoir and separates the moistening reservoir from the Spice by housing the moistening agent in a distinct and separate location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Inventor: Marc Radow
  • Patent number: 7837282
    Abstract: A cabinet includes side panels, a back panel, and a top panel that frictionally-attach together with non-intrusive integrally-formed connectors. The illustrated base is screw-attached, and includes openings for routing wiring within the cabinet. Brackets are adapted to support shelves in the cabinet in either a flush or inset condition, and at different heights based on which cabinet slots they engage and based on their orientation in those slots. A light-transmitting top panel and top shelf can be used to provide improved light within the cabinet. Hinge brackets on the cabinet support either a thick door with internal storage space, a proud door or an inset door. Drawers supported in the cabinet include a lock within the drawer's header for operating a vertical cabinet lock rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley D. Youngs, Randall P. Nelsen, Timothy J. Wiersma, Kevin J. Longhurst, Keith L. Buffinga, William A. Korreck, Michael A. Jourden, Niels Joachim Eilmus, Michael W. Welsh
  • Patent number: 7828398
    Abstract: The enclosed mobile bar apparatus providing a decorative encasement and having a depth of about 26 inches and a height of about 73 inches to provide ample storage and ease of mobility through any standard doorway. The retractable pull-out table with barrier provides a work surface that can be extended forwardly from the encasement and retracted within, then hidden by the doors. The doors are equipped with pane inserts providing further decorative appeal. Stemware racks from within the top downwardly are arranged side by side. The mezzanines importantly increase storage capabilities of the encasement but also, by their substantial u-shape, allow for unfenced storage on the pullout table. The mezzanines also importantly provide decorative flair to the encasement interior, along with decorative barriers. The mezzanines may be identically shaped and sized. Horizontally disposed bottle racks may be provided in either the upper or lower drawer or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventors: Robert P. Burnick, Matilde Burnick
  • Patent number: 7748802
    Abstract: A rack mounted inside a cabinet in which a number of office files are supported, wherein the rack can be extended outward of the cabinet allowing all of the files to be visibly seen for easy identification along with the easy removal of any file. The files are supported one above the other so that each file tab is higher than the lower one. The rack is shaped to fit inside a cabinet that is substantially as tall and as wide as a conventional filing cabinet but is thinner and capable of being wall mounted and thereby consuming a minimum amount of floor space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Inventor: Victor Mario Peruzzi
  • Patent number: 7748803
    Abstract: A horizontal dispensing container comprising a base, opposed side structures including vertically spaced support members for slidably supporting removable, hinged shelves, and opposed rectangular frames is provided. The rectangular frames define openings on front and rear sides of the container through which parts may be loaded onto the slidable shelves inside the container. At least some of the movable shelves have front and rear sections separated by a hinge, the front section being pivotal downwardly to allow access to parts on the rear section of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Bradford Company
    Inventors: Donald J. Bazany, Barnia L. Scruggs, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7703734
    Abstract: A slide mounting bracket structure includes a main bracket, an auxiliary bracket, a first engaging member, a second engaging member, an actuating element, a linking member and an elastic element. The main bracket is provided with the actuating element and the linking member at its inner side, and the auxiliary bracket is provided with the first engaging member and the second engaging member at its outer side. The actuating element corresponds to the first engaging member. The linking member has a part penetrating the main bracket, and has a support stand corresponding to the second engaging member, which further drags the auxiliary bracket to engage in sliding, and brings a second folded plate to depart from a first folded plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: King Slide Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20100060122
    Abstract: A panel system is provided that may be used to access underlying apparatus, such as utility lines underlying a dental or medical cabinet. The panel system may connect to a frame via, for example, a magnetic element. The panels may include substantially planar or smooth outwardly facing surfaces that may be readily cleaned, sanitized, or disinfected to provide an aseptic surface. The frame may be a support member on, for example, a cabinet, a cart, or a storage devices used in a dental or medical office.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: DENTAL EQUIPMENT, LLC DBA PELTON & CRANE
    Inventor: John Helgesen
  • Publication number: 20100052490
    Abstract: An insert is provided for the hollow interior of a trick tool box including one or more rails having mounting structure for supporting bins, trays, tool racks, tool holders, hooks, pegs and other means for storing items within the box interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventor: Craig Maurice Harrison
  • Patent number: 7651180
    Abstract: A height adjustment device for a dishware basket which can be removed from the rinsing container of a dishwashing machine. The height adjustment device is mounted on the dishware basket and includes at least one basket support plate mounted on the dishware basket. A swivel-mounted handle is mounted on the support plate for moving the dishware basket between an upper and a lower position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Deiss, Bernd Schessl, Rainer Schütz
  • Publication number: 20090315439
    Abstract: The present invention suspended basket system for freezers and portable coolers, includes: (a) an insulating member selected from the group consisting of freezers and portable coolers, the insulating member including a bottom, a back, an open top, and a cover connectable to an outer perimeter of the open top through cover connectable means; (b) a basket hanging member including an open frame nested to the insulating member through open frame nesting means, at least one hinge point rod connected to the open frame, and a suspension mechanism connected to the at least one hinge point rod through suspension mechanism connecting means, the suspension mechanism further connected to at least one basket through at least one basket connecting means wherein the at least one basket is adapted for holding food and beverages normally stored in the insulating member; such that as the open frame is increasingly opened by lifting the open frame upwardly and rotatably around the open frame nesting means, an angle below the op
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventor: Steven W. Turner
  • Patent number: 7604306
    Abstract: A new transportation cart is provided that separates each reticle box or container from other reticle boxes contained in the cart. The transportation cart provides additional shock absorption, thus eliminating effects of vibration of the reticles, the transportation cart is equipped with ESD protection and provides improved security to the transported reticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Lin Cheng
  • Patent number: 7537295
    Abstract: A drawer unit has a frame and two or more drawers. The frame may be made in a single piece, for example of injection molded plastic. The drawers may also be of a single piece, for example of injection molded plastic. The frame may be open in a vertical region between the top and bottom of the frame, or between an upper and a lower drawer, in a horizontal region including the bottom of the upper drawer. The frame may also be without horizontal members between the fronts of the drawers. The frame and a drawer may each have a part of a drawer slider mechanism integrated into them. The top and bottom of the frame may be sized and configured such that an upper frame bottom may nest into a lower frame top. A slider mechanism may resist lateral deflection of the side of the frame. The fronts of the drawers may slope upwards to the back of the drawer. The front of the frame may include surfaces backing or obscuring from view angled portions of the drawer fronts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Gracious Living Corporation
    Inventor: Steven Peter Jackson
  • Publication number: 20090121597
    Abstract: A food storage device for storing a food product, a shelf positioned at least partially within the housing, and a coupling assembly coupling the shelf to the housing and adjustable (e.g., infinitely) to position the shelf in one of a plurality of different angles relative to the housing. Preferably, the housing comprises a frame creating a surface coupled to the coupling assembly, and a translucent panel coupled to the frame to facilitate viewing food product positioned in the housing. In one embodiment, the coupling assembly comprises a magnetic assembly including a magnet secured to the shelf and magnetically coupled to the housing. Preferably, the magnetic assembly further comprises a magnet holder secured to the shelf, wherein the magnet is secured to the holder. In this embodiment, the magnet can be secured to the magnet holder by an intermediate material (e.g., plastic) positioned between the magnet and the magnet holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: HATCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: John F. Quella
  • Publication number: 20090108723
    Abstract: A holder for holding an object in a storage position against the underside of a shelf that includes an upper arm adapted to engage an upper surface of the shelf and a lower arm maintained in spaced-apart relation to the upper arm by a body for engaging and supporting the object against the underside of the shelf. The space between the upper and lower arm is predetermined to be approximately equal to the combined thickness of the shelf and the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Robert Hardy Chute, Jr., James Marc Kinley, Rhys David Lewis, Christopher Eric Chute
  • Publication number: 20090079308
    Abstract: A storage cabinet assembly for use in storing firearms or the like includes a cabinet with a recessed bifold door arrangement, to facilitate access to items contained within the cabinet assembly. The door arrangement includes a single-point locking system, which provides a secure arrangement for maintaining the doors in a closed position while providing ease in opening and closing the doors. Various support and storage modules or components are adapted to be contained within the interior of the cabinet, including stock rests for positioning in the bottom of the cabinet interior, as well as barrel rests and pistol supports that are secured to amounting member which may be adjustably positioned within the storage cabinet interior. A bin or shelf arrangement may also be positioned within the storage cabinet interior. The various support and storage modules or components may be used in various combinations, and may be moved to various positions within the storage cabinet interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: William H. Punzel, Jane E. Glass, Andrew J. Kolman, Steven S. Dingle, James C. Muth
  • Patent number: 7478892
    Abstract: A storage cabinet assembly for use in storing firearms or the like includes a cabinet with a recessed bifold door arrangement, to facilitate access to items contained within the cabinet assembly. The door arrangement includes a single-point locking system, which provides a secure arrangement for maintaining the doors in a closed position while providing ease in opening and closing the doors. Various support and storage modules or components are adapted to be contained within the interior of the cabinet, including stock rests for positioning in the bottom of the cabinet interior, as well as barrel rests and pistol supports that are secured to amounting member which may be adjustably positioned within the storage cabinet interior. A bin or shelf arrangement may also be positioned within the storage cabinet interior. The various support and storage modules or components may be used in various combinations, and may be moved to various positions within the storage cabinet interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Spacesaver Corporation
    Inventors: William H Punzel, Jane E Glass, Andrew J. Kolman, Steven S. Dingle, James C. Muth
  • Patent number: 7451535
    Abstract: A semi-frameless cabinet system including a top panel, bottom panel, two side panels, and a back panel. The cabinet may also include one or more middle shelves, drawers, or doors. Each of the forward facing sides of the cabinet include a grooved surface, wherein edging is secured to each panels such that the panels and edging form an interior space within the cabinet. The edging overlaps the outer edge of the cabinet panels, but not the inner edge, such that the edging and panels are flush within the interior space of the cabinet. As such, the cabinet employs the advantages of both framed and frameless cabinetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew D. Wells, Wayne Andrew Brinkman, John Bennett Rose, II
  • Patent number: 7429091
    Abstract: A refrigeration unit with improved storage and accessibility features has a thermally insulated cabinet and door defining a storage space with a plurality of support elements. The support elements include easily removable door shelves and horizontal cabinet shelves that can be removed or repositioned without the door being fully opened due to dished regions adjacent the shelf supports that allow the shelves to be pivoted and removed rather than slid straight out of the cabinet. Indicia on one of the shelves follows the contour of one of the door shelves to indicate approximately the shelf space occupied by an adjacent door shelf and thus where items can be set without interfering with the closure of the door. The refrigeration unit also includes a cam assembly at the lower door hinge which biases the door closed when open approximately 35 degrees or less. The refrigeration unit also includes features for attaching an overlay panel to the door easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: U-Line Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Reed, Thomas W. Rand, Joseph E. Braun, Andrew J. Doberstein, Lawrence D. Moye, Jack L. Vaughn, Jeffrey A. Ziminski
  • Patent number: 7424893
    Abstract: A dishwasher is disclosed, by which an installation height of a rack is adjusted inside a washing chamber and in which the installation height is automatically adjusted by a button. The dishwasher includes a washing chamber having tableware washed therein, a rack movably installed in the washing chamber to hold the tableware thereon, a plurality of guide rollers fixed to both confronting sidewalls of the washing chamber, a guide rail provided between the plurality of guide rollers to slide back and forth, and a height adjustment device configured to move the rack upward and downward, the height adjust device being provided to slide on the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Yong Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 7418967
    Abstract: A dishwasher including an improved rack adjustment system is provided. The dishwasher includes a chamber for washing dishes, guide rails at opposite inside walls of the chamber, and a rack that moves along the guide rails into and Out of the chamber for holding dishes. A supporter may be provided at opposite sides of the rack for guiding an up/down movement of the rack along the guide rail, with a locker provided on an outside surface of the supporter for holding the rack in position. A handle may be provided on the outside surface of the supporter to swing in up/down directions to a force to the locker and adjust the rack downward, thereby permitting easy adjustment of rack height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Yong Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 7410228
    Abstract: A vertical height adjustment mechanism for a dish rack includes a slide member fixedly mounted relative to a support member, a housing secured to the dish rack, and a latch member. The housing includes a central guide channel that slidably receives the slide member. The latch member includes a support leg, an actuating arm and an intermediate portion joining the support leg and actuating arm. The sliding element includes an end portion that receives and retains the support leg of the latch when the dish rack is in the raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Harry W. Dickson, Kory A. Gunnerson, Kristen K. Hedstrom, Mark E. Palm, Michael C. Simmons, Daniel R. Teteak, Chad M. Thomas, Wayne M. VanLandingham, Rodney M. Welch, Karl R. C. Wendt, Jeffrey N. Williams
  • Patent number: 7374047
    Abstract: An adjustable shipper display system includes a master shell having side walls with mounting positions. A plurality of tray-like shelves are supported at each end at the mounting positions. Fillers are insertable along the shelves to divide the shelves into compartment spaces and to provide dunnage where required. With minimum modification the shipper can be prepared for displaying articles to the consumer without requiring removal or other adjustment of the articles within the shipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Marie Bryson, Neil Darin, Jennifer Allison Enciso, Frank Pizzitola
  • Publication number: 20080012457
    Abstract: Multimedia furniture includes structure for a multimedia console that allows insertion of the console through a front panel of the multimedia furniture, e.g., via a slot or cutout, advantageously keeping the console apparent through the front panel. For better integration of multimedia peripherals and storage components into the multimedia furniture, the invention also includes structure for retaining multimedia storage components, such as gaming DVDs and their cases and/or structure for retaining gaming peripherals, such as wired or wireless gaming controllers. For instance, in one non-limiting embodiment, a furniture stand for a display device is provided having a main surface for supporting a display device. In a front panel, the furniture stand includes a cutout or slot in a front panel for receiving a multimedia console. In another non-limiting embodiment, tower furniture is provided including a cutout or slot in the tower portion for receiving and supporting a multimedia console.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: SLAM BRANDS, INC.
    Inventor: Hyung J. Kim
  • Publication number: 20070284983
    Abstract: A shelf support pin arrangement or system is provided comprising stationary support pin assemblies which mount in predefined positions of a cabinet side wall. Each pin assembly comprises a bushing or plug body which fits into the cabinet and supports a retractable pin in threaded engagement. In use, the pin projects outwardly and engages and supports the side edge of the shelf. Preferably, the support pin arrangement also includes a shelf support bracket that slips over the pin head and is fastened thereby, wherein the bracket supports the shelf edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Robert C. Wayner
  • Patent number: 7275797
    Abstract: A lateral file having a cabinet structure which provides improved rigidity against racking, including an improved upright boxlike housing having an improved base associated therewith. The housing has opposed sidewall structures which are defined by identical one-piece monolithic structures each having a generally planar and upright exterior side wall with a pair of channel-like uprights fixed to an inside surface thereof and extending vertically along the exterior side wall adjacent opposite edges thereof. The upright channels and the exterior side wall are formed as a monolithic one-piece structure from a monolithic piece of sheet steel, such as by roll forming. The sidewall structure is generally symmetrical about a vertically extending centerline so that identical sidewall structures can define both the right and left sides of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Haworth, Inc.
    Inventors: Dave Timmermann, Joanna DeWeerd, Chad J. Potinsky, William L. Cleair, Victor H. Tan, David A. Beurkens, Richard A. Dixon
  • Patent number: 7210660
    Abstract: An adapter for selectively mounting to an associated wall of a cabinet has a first wall having a plurality of openings for receiving associated peg hooks. The adapter further has a second wall depending from a first end of the first wall and a third wall extending from the second wall and including an opening for mounting the adapter to the associated wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Metal Fabricating Corporation
    Inventors: Gary W. James, Gary R. Kish, Bernard J. Golias, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7198339
    Abstract: A bathroom storage system convenient for storage of hair care items, such as hair blowers and hair curling irons wherein receptacles are positioned in a bathroom cabinet to extend around the sink and into the normally unused upper space of the cabinet; the items being inserted into the receptacles and retrieved from the receptacles through a pivoting front panel and having inserted tubes projecting from inner ends to receive hot tips of hair curling irons and the like; and the receptacles being cantilevered from a front face of the cabinet, with a pivoted lip of each receptacle secured to the front face and hinge connections allowing the receptacles to extend angularly downwardly from the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Inventor: Bert Baron
  • Patent number: 7128379
    Abstract: A storage unit having a back panel, a top panel attached to the back panel, a bottom panel attached to the back panel, a pair of opposing side panels attached to the back, top and bottom panels so as to define a housing having an interior, and a plurality of shelf members positioned within the interior of the housing and arranged in a vertically oriented fashion. The shelf members are removably mounted to the back panel and opposing side panels. The storage unit further comprises a plurality of divider members removably positioned between (i) each pair of consecutive shelf members, (ii) the top panel and an uppermost shelf member and (iii) the bottom panel and a lowermost shelf member. The divider members define a plurality of compartments. In one embodiment, the compartments function as drawer-receiving spaces wherein each drawer-receiving space is sized for receiving a corresponding drawer. Each divider member can be repositioned to provide compartments of varying sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Platt and LaBonia Co.
    Inventors: Vincent LaBonia, Jr., John Szalan, Brian Moulder, Peter Corrado
  • Patent number: 7100999
    Abstract: Modular storage and/or display system including substantially rectangular modules each including opposed first and second sides, opposed third and fourth sides perpendicular to the first and second sides and coupled thereto. A male connecting member is provided on an outer surface of each of the first and third sides and a female connecting member is provided on an outer surface of each of the second and fourth sides. The female connecting member has a structure complementary to the male connecting member. An additional male or female connecting member is provided on each of the first and second sides. By providing the same male and female connecting members on all sides of the modules, each module is connectable to any other module by coupling a connecting member on that module to an opposite connecting member on the other module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Inventor: David M. Stravitz
  • Patent number: 6880902
    Abstract: A storage unit for a refrigerator includes a flexible support made of nylon, wire, or any other similar flexible material. The storage unit includes a load support zone which varies in shape depending upon items placed thereon. Most preferably, at least the load support zone is constituted by a mesh which permits the flow of cooling air through the storage unit. The storage unit includes at least one attachment element for securing the flexible support directly to a refrigerator shelf and/or a liner of the refrigerator. The storage unit can be releasably attached or can be a permanent, but collapsible, fixture within the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventor: Robert C. Zimmerman