Abstract: A slim aircraft monument includes a structure installable in an aircraft passenger cabin adjacent to a cabin space (e.g., in front of an otherwise unused exit door). The slim monument has an overall width of not more than four to six inches. The slim monument includes a side door with an external handle, the door deployable into the cabin space to reveal a group of nested interconnected panels within. The nested panels are similarly deployable into the cabin space to form a substantially horizontal work surface and, underneath the work surface, vertically stacked bays providing temporary storage for storage drawers and a cart space adjacent to the storage drawers, the cart space capable of accommodating a half-size galley cart.

Abstract: A storage system, comprising a body having a cavity therein configured to house one or more items, and an opening defined by the body and a panel configured to mate with the opening and prevent access to the cavity when the panel is in position; the system have a first level of security securing items stored in the cavity; a second level of security securing the body from a structure from which it is hung, and an third level of security disguising the storage system as a hanging piece of clothing.

Abstract: A double-decker cloth rack including a base, at least two vertical tubes, one middle horizontal tube, top horizontal tube, two tri-connect coupler with a screw-on locking nut, wherein the tri-connect coupler connects the vertical tubes to the middle horizontal tube. There are also two tri-connect horn coupler to which two extension pieces are respectively connected.

Abstract: A storage system for holding garments and other items is provided. The storage system can include a storage unit and at least one hanger. The hanger can be inserted into a hanger pocket provided on the sidewall of the storage unit and used to hang the storage system from a hanging rod. The storage unit includes one or more compartments defined by sidewall panels and an overlapping panel connected to and overlapping part of one of the sidewall panels. The sidewall panel and the overlapping panel can form the hanger pocket with a lower opening and an upper opening. The lower opening is sized to allow the hanger to be inserted into the pocket. The upper opening is sized to allow the hook of the hanger to extend from the pocket. When the hanger is inserted into the pocket, the storage system can be hung from a storage rod.

Abstract: A portable collapsible drink cabana. The cabana consists of a frame work that is covered in material suitable for protecting drinks from the sun, and other materials, that are in use in a beach or outdoor setting. The expandable cabana is supported by the frame work that is supported by at least one interior shelf.

Abstract: A collapsible shelving unit made out of pleated left and right sidewalls, a top panel, a rear pleated wall, and a multitude of permanent and removable shelves distributed within the sidewalls. The pleated design of the various walls of the shelf allow for the unit to be collapsed to a substantially flat state, ideal for transportation and storage when not in use. In the deployed state, the shelving unit is structurally supported by the rear pleated wall via a multitude of coupling fasteners resulting in a comparable shelving unit to be utilized for storing, selling, and or displaying of items. The portable, compact, and collapsible shelving unit provides the user with a highly efficient and functional shelving unit.

Abstract: A containment assembly is described that includes a flexible enclosure and a panel attached to the flexible enclosure. The flexible enclosure includes a first opening that defines a periphery that is operable for attachment around a work area. The panel is attached to the enclosure about a periphery defined by a second opening in the enclosure. A sealable access port is also associated with the enclosure, operable to provide a user with access to an interior of the enclosure.

Abstract: A portable wardrobe storage and changing device for transporting uniforms and costumes to a performance site and then convert into a private changing station. The device includes a rigid internal frame with a lower frame and a perpendicularly aligned upward extending frame member. Attached to the lower frame are two wheels. Extending around the frame is a four-sided elongated bag with an adjustable upper lid. The elongated bag also includes a first vertical slide connector and a second horizontal slide connector that allows the bag to selectively opened or closed around the internal frame. Disposed between the lid and the elongated bag is a third slide connector that allows three edges of the lid to be selectively detached from the bag. When the three slide connectors are detached, the lid may be lifted and the two side panels and the two front panel sections maybe opened and extended to form a changing station.

Abstract: A compact collapsible bar includes a rigid top frame and a rigid bottom frame. A collapsible fabric enclosure is permanently connected to the top frame and to the bottom frame. A set of rigid collapsible legs is removably connected to the top frame and to the bottom frame. When collapsed, the entire bar assembly can be stored in a compact carrying bag.

Abstract: A multi-purpose assembly capable of being used for many activities. In a first embodiment, a portable podium is formed from two lightweight frame boxes which quickly disconnect and disassemble completely. The first embodiment secures a flat screen video display unit to a front side of the podium to allow a presenter to present a video and audio presentation while standing behind the podium. In a second embodiment, a presentation is provided when the podium device is viewed from a back side and doors on that side are opened and secured to vertical right and left side walls. Multiple, removable support containers are arranged on the exposed interior of the presentation case and upon the exposed inside surfaces of the doors. Lights and sound can accompany presentation of goods or entertainment acts.

Abstract: Disclosed is a collapsible container comprised of a top panel, a bottom panel, at least one intermediate panel, at least one side wall, and at least one divider panel. Each of the panels and the side wall may be covered with flexible material such that the collapsible container is movable between an expanded position and a collapsed position. The top panel is spaced apart from the bottom panel with the intermediate panels being interposed therebetween in spaced relation. The side wall partially extends around the top, bottom and intermediate panels to partially enclose the collapsible container and define a plurality of compartments with an opening to each compartment. Each one of the top, intermediate and bottom panels has a tension loop extending therearound and configured to outwardly urge the top, bottom and intermediate panel perimeters such that the top, intermediate and bottom panels are generally held taut.

Abstract: A convertible display fixture comprising: a top portion; a front portion coupled to the top portion; at least one side portion coupled to the front portion; a back coupled to the at least one side portion; a bottom portion coupled to the front portion; wherein the top portion, the at least one side portion, the back portion, the bottom portion and the front portion form a shipping container; and wherein the top portion, the at least one side portion, the back portion and the bottom portion collapse towards the front portion to form a display fixture. In alternate embodiments, the convertible display fixture further comprises a collapsible lock box coupled to the front portion and top portion. Other embodiments further comprise at least one skid and at least one wheel coupled to the bottom portion.

Abstract: A storage closet is disclosed that has a frame that supports a soft-sided storage unit. The frame is configured for ease of assembly. Some of the components may be packaged already assembled or at least partially assembled in subassemblies in order to reduce the difficulty of sorting. Moreover, the frame may be disposed externally relative to the soft-sided storage unit in order to reduce the potential for the frame to cause tears in the soft-sided storage unit.

Abstract: A partially collapsible and partially expandable dunnage system is provided for use in a horizontal dispensing container. The dunnage comprises a plurality of cells for storing and transporting parts. The dunnage system includes at least two constant force springs secured to the dunnage. The dunnage system provides horizontal access to product inside the container in an ergonomically friendly zone so a worker need not bend over to remove or insert product from the cells.

Abstract: A balloon holding assembly includes a bottom support and an upper support each having a top side and a bottom side. A plurality of elongated vertical supports each has an upper end and a lower end. A plurality of couplers is attached to each of the upper and bottom supports for removably coupling each of the upper ends to a bottom side of the upper support and the lower ends to the top side of the bottom support. A cage is removably positionable over the upper support and extends downwardly from the upper support. Helium filled balloons may be positioned in the cage such that the horizontal wall prevents the balloons from floating upwardly away from the frame.

Abstract: Disclosed is a collapsible bag comprised of a top panel, a bottom panel, at least one intermediate panel, at least one side wall, and at least one divider panel. Each of the panels and the side wall may be covered with flexible material such that the collapsible bag is movable between an expanded position and a collapsed position. The top panel is spaced apart from the bottom panel with the intermediate panels being interposed therebetween in spaced relation. The side wall partially extends around the top, bottom and intermediate panels to partially enclose the collapsible bag and define a plurality of bays. Each one of the top, intermediate and bottom panels has a tension loop extending therearound and configured to outwardly urge the top, bottom and intermediate panel perimeters such that the top, intermediate and bottom panels are generally held taut.

Abstract: A collapsible mobile cabinet for use in a wardrobe is constructed to have a plurality of flexible partition panels horizontally disposed at different elevations and adapted to support storage items, each flexible partition panel being reinforced with a plurality of transversely extended reinforcing rod members so that the flexible partition panels do not curve downwards when carrying heavy storage items.

Abstract: A locker organizer includes one or more shelves which may be suspended from the conventional coat hooks of a wall locker or the like. The present locker organizer also includes a series of wedges adjustably extending from at least one edge of the shelf or shelves, allowing the shelf or shelves to be secured immovably between opposed walls of the locker. This precludes the banging of the shelves against the interior walls of the locker whenever the shelves are accessed, e.g., placement or removal of books and/or other articles thereon or therefrom. The shelf or shelves are adjustably suspended by suspension lines which may be formed of a stout cord, rope, or chain. The suspension lines may include index indicators to aid the user in adjusting the position of the shelf or shelves thereon, to assure that the shelf or shelves remain substantially level when installed in the locker.

Abstract: A pop-up container, including four side panels, a top panel and a floor panel constructing a close structure. At least one of the side panel has a zipper that allows the pop-up container to be open sufficiently wide such that one can easily store or access clothes in the container. The walls of the container are made of flexible and foldable material. At least two opposite panels comprise foldable perimeters with tension-loop frames so that the pop-up container can be collapsed into a flat piece and received in a carrying bag. The pop-up container further comprises a hanger bar detachably connected to the container for hanging clothes. The hanger bar may be supported from the ground to provide additional support to the hanger bar and container to prevent from bowing or buckling of the container. A method is also provided in which an enclosure is formed by un-coiling a plurality of panels each having a tension-loop frame with the panels being joined together to form the enclosure.

Abstract: An intelligent shelving system uses touch sensors to operate power-operated, adjustable shelves. Touch sensors also are used as limit switches to control shelf motion, to monitor the encroachment of shelved items on shelves, to detect spills, and to control other related devices and functions, such as shelf lighting. Display units are provided to provide information relating to objects stored in the shelving system and to the operation of the shelving system.

Abstract: A combination wardrobe is constructed to include a wardrobe body and a double-panel door structure controlled to close/open a front opening of the wardrobe body, the double-panel door structure having a hanging rod transversely suspended from the wardrobe body above the front opening, two flexible door panels respectively hung on the hanging rod by top loops thereof and horizontally moved relative to each other to close/open the front opening, each flexible door panel having a plurality of weights arranged along the respective bottom side for keeping the respective flexible door panel in shape when extended out, and hook and loop materials adapted to secure one lateral side of each door panel to the wardrobe body.

Abstract: A collapsible refreshment station (10) including a lower support assembly (24) and also including a number of frame members (38,39,40,42). The upper ends of the frame members (38,39,40,42) are pivotally attached to upper connectors (52,54), and the lower ends are pivotally attached to feet (48,50), such that the lower support assembly (24) as a whole expands outwardly from a central area (36). The station (10) also includes a table support frame (26), which attaches to the lower support assembly (24), and a table (16), which attaches to the table support frame (26). Each of the upper connectors (52,54) includes an upper face (72), the upper faces (72) together serving to form a lower surface support structure (21). A lower surface (17) is disposed upon said lower surface support structure (21), which may be a screen surface (18).

Abstract: A clothes cabinet includes a plurality of stretchers respectively fastened to the top panel, bottom panel and intermediate partition panels of the flexible cabinet body thereof to support the cabinet body in shape, each of the top panel, bottom panel and intermediate partition panels having two pockets at two sides of the respective bottom sidewall adapted to receive the respective stretcher, and at least one holding down strip suspending between the pockets and adapted to hold down the respective stretcher in the pockets.

Abstract: A collapsible storage device including a frame and at least one collapsible storage compartment attachable to the frame. Each of the at least one collapsible storage compartment has a flexible shell with an opening, a plurality of straps attached to the flexible shell, a plurality of first connectors and second connectors attached to the straps. The first connectors are removably connectable between the flexible shell and the frame. The second connectors are adapted for removably connecting with an additional first connector of an additional collapsible storage compartment. The first connectors are also adapted to removably connect with the second connectors.

Abstract: An isolation apparatus for the transport of a patient who is potentially infectious, who has been subjected to chemical or biological agents or who is threatened by chemical/biological attack. The invention comprises a transparent or semi-transparent, generally tubular enclosure, having two opposite ends. Secured to each of the two opposite ends of this transparent or semi-transparent, tubular enclosure are a pair of end walls. At least one semi-rigid support band extends around a portion of the outer periphery of the generally tubular enclosure. A base mat assembly, comprising at least a first flexible, flat sheet having a top side and a bottom side, is also a part of the invention. The top side of this first flat sheet is secured to the generally tubular enclosure. The bottom side of this sheet is secured to at least one reinforcing strap. Each of these one or more reinforcing straps has lateral ends, and the lateral ends of these straps are formed into loops.

Abstract: A combination storage rack, which includes a frame structure, which is formed of two rectangular open frames each having vertically aligned pegs in four corners thereof, and four support tubes respectively fastened to the pegs between the rectangular open frames, and a collapsible shell mounted in the frame structure and defining a plurality of storage chambers, the shell having a top face panel supported above the frame structure, and loop and hook materials for securing the body of the shell to the rectangular open frames of the frame structure.

Abstract: There is provided a collapsible portable container for mounting and storing sports gear in which the device includes a first fixed base, an opposed second base, a support for mounting said first and second bases in an opposed relationship, with the support being adapted to extend between a collapsed position and an extended position, and a plurality of spaced apart garment/gear hanging component extending downwardly from the second base.

Abstract: A foldable rod assembly includes first and second rods of predetermined dimensions and having connecting ends with pivot holes, and a coupler unit for coupling pivotally the connecting ends. The coupler unit includes two elongate plates respectively having right and left longitudinal sides, upper and lower transverse sides, and upper and lower pivot holes disposed in symmetry to a middle line between the transverse sides. A blocking member extends transversely from the right longitudinal side proximate to the upper transverse side. Two protrusions extend from the left longitudinal side parallel to the blocking members respectively and proximate to the transverse sides.

Abstract: A coat rack and cabinet combination includes a wheeled flat base frame, a wheeled sliding bar moved in and out of a bottom box on the wheel flat base frame, a first upright raised from the base frame and holding a mirror, a second upright raised from the sliding bar outside the base frame, the second upright having pegs for hanging clothes, a top retractable hanging tube and a bottom retractable hanging tube connected between the first upright and the second upright at different elevations, and a cabinet suspended from the top retractable hanging tube.

Abstract: A lightweight rack structure is provided for use in a space station. The rack includes a deployable/folding rigid front frame including two side rails and upper and lower cross members connected to the two side rails. A flexible shell is connected to the front frame. The shell includes an upper wall portion, a lower wall portion, a pair of side wall portions and a rear wall portion. Support members are provided to support the flexible shell in a deployed position.

Abstract: Collapsible shelving that can be tautly suspended by a single person within an erected wardrobe frame is described. The shelving is comprised of eight hooks that engage top and bottom poles of the wardrobe frame, four cords that engage the hooks at each end, a plurality of staples attached to each of the cords, and a plurality of shelves that rest on the staples horizontally and in parallel with each other.

Abstract: A portable clothes storage closet having a compact travel condition in which the closet components are disassembled and, at the point of use, are assembled within the outer fabric cover into an optimum size providing adequate storage space, the assembly within the outer fabric cover permitting a size in the closet outer fabric-support structure that could not readily fit through the opening into the closet. Also, the size of the compartment bounded by the fabric cover is selected to approximate that of the support structure so that the closing of the opening into the closet which is provided in the fabric cover creates a tautness in the fabric cover about the support structure which obviates inadvertent disassembly of the components of the support structure while the closet is in use.

Abstract: A convertible system which is changeable from a portable storage mode to a display mode is formed by a first container, a second container and conversion material. The second container and the conversion material are held within the first container when the system is in the storage mode and the conversion material is removable from the first container and used to convert the system from the storage mode to the display mode.

Abstract: A daughter wardrobe adapted for use inside a mother wardrobe for holding clothes, including a wardrobe body and a supporting frame mounted inside the wardrobe body to stretch out and support a top panel of the wardrobe body, wherein a plurality of loops are respectively fastened to the top panel of the wardrobe body on the inside and arranged in a line in transverse direction to hold a hanging rod for hanging clothes. A reinforcing plate maybe mounted inside the wardrobe body and closely attached to the top panel thereof, and a cloth rack is riveted to the reinforcing plate for hanging clothes.

Abstract: A detachable wardrobe comprises a frame device and a casing enclosing the frame device. The frame device comprises a top frame having four three-way corner joints, a middle frame having four four-way joints, a bottom frame having four three-way bottom joints, a first bearing plate disposed on the bottom frame, a second bearing plate disposed on the middle frame, and a plurality of longitudinal rods disposed between the top frame and the middle frame and disposed between the middle frame and the bottom frame.

Abstract: A fiber superfluorescent light source is disclosed which suppresses laser cillations without interfering with the pump light or the super luminescence. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the fiber superfluorescent light source comprises a laser diode array for providing a pump beam at a wavelength of 0.81 microns, a first fiber doped with neodymium activator ions and being responsive to the pump beam for providing a spontaneous emission at a wavelength of 1.06 microns, and a second fiber optically coupled between the laser diode array and the first fiber for passing the pump beam therethrough to the first fiber to enable the first fiber to spontaneously emit light at the 1.06 micron wavelength and for suppressing backemissions of the 1.06 micron wavelength from the first fiber toward the laser diode array to prevent back reflection from the laser diode array and oscillations in the first fiber.

Abstract: A hamper constructed to have an upper rim over which a disposable waste bag may be suspended in an open condition, and a hinged frame which serves to clamp the upper end of the bag to the rim. The bag may then be conveniently loaded. A hinged lid is also provided for closing the hamper when not in use. The rim is supported on upright posts which, in turn, are mounted on a base supported on casters. A removable plastic tray may be mounted on the base to catch spillage. The lid and frame may be removable for cleaning purposes. The lid and frame are hinged to a rear portion of the upper rim by means of an elongated hinge, and the hinge has at least one resilient clip for removably attaching the hinge to the rear portion of the rim to permit the frame and lid to be removed from the bracket.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the refrigeration of perishable materials which are stored on a cart having a top, a bottom and a side. The apparatus consists of a first insulation extending over the bottom of the cart and a second insulation material surrounding the sides and top of the cart. Refrigeration material such as dry ice is added at the top around the second insulation in a manner so that the refrigerated gases expelled by the dry ice fall in the space between the second insulation material and the cart, thereby expelling any hot air which passes through the second insulation material or into the refrigerated space around the bottom of the cart.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carrier structure for a suspension conveyor system, provided with load-bearing shelves mounted for adjustment between a horizontal carrying position and a space-saving storage position. It is intended to improve a carrier structure of this type so that in the carrying configuration the goods to be conveyed are prevented from dropping down, while still permitting the carrier structure to be readily converted to a storage configuration in which it requires little space.

Abstract: A device for the storage of articles in conventional lockers of the type found in schools, gymnasia and other, similar institutions, including a collapsible support assembly made of fabric or plastic, from which depends a multiplicity of rigid, vertically spaced shelves, the entirety of which is suspended from a shelf in the locker by means of a bent, rigid rod which in part rests upon the upper surface of said shelf.

Abstract: A knockdown, but sturdy, cabinet for campers is disclosed. The cabinet can be quickly assembled at a campsite by first attaching a pair of sidewalls to the inside of a weatherproof covering so that the sidewalls are spaced apart and parallel to one another. The sidewalls have opposed inner surfaces with transverse grooves so that a plurality of shelves can then be slid between the sidewalls and into the grooves to complete the cabinet. When breaking camp, the cabinet can be easily broken down by sliding the shelves out of the grooves and then detaching the covering from the sidewalls. The shelves, sidewalls and covering can then be stacked and stored in a small box so as to take up little space during the trip home.

Abstract: An exclusion or containment isolator provides an isolated environment for example for surgery or for preventing spread of infection. Known sleeves for allowing operators to manipulate inside the isolator from outside present difficulties in manufacture and can reduce easy movement of the operators arms. An isolator (11) of flexible, transparent plastics material has wide, triangular sleeves (35, 36) extending from regions of conjunction (44, 45) with the main isolator body (43), the regions of conjunction partially overlying one another to give greater freedom of movement. Preferably the sleeve construction utilizes a side sheet (13) providing a lower wall (25) of one sleeve (35) and upper wall (27) of the next adjacent sleeve (36).

Abstract: A container for use as furniture comprises:(a) a framework defining multiple side areas, a top area and a bottom area, the framework including at least one elongated member,(b) a first flexible sheet adapted to cover at least part of one of said areas, and(c) and a first retainer attached to one elongated portion of said sheet, the retainer and said one member having tongue and groove interconnection, whereby the sheet is retained to said framework.

Abstract: Pieces of furniture have a pair of spaced side plates with rods extending between them. One or more sheets of tensilely stressed fabric are secured to and around the rods. The resulting panels may comprise structural elements of the furniture, such as the top, back, bottom, shelves, bins, and the like.

Abstract: A drawer-receiving chest or cabinet stored and shipped as a unit in collapsed folded-flat form and erectible by unfolding to a sturdy structure having several openings for slidably-receiving and supporting drawers, as a chest of drawers, cabinet or the like, and having a one-piece back panel to which is hingedly fastened all of the structural elements to form a unitary structure, including a forward framework defining drawer openings and drawer-supporting shelves hingedly connected to the back panel; and side and top panels respectively hingedly connected to the vertical edges of the back panel and the top panel hingedly connected both to the top edge of the back panel and to the forward framework, thus allowing the sides and top to be unfoldable forward from the back panel to define sides and top encasing said framework, with the side elements carrying foldable flaps on the forward edge of each side and folding horizontally inward about a vertical frame element to firmly secure the total structure into an er

Abstract: Folding shelving in a single unit comprising a series of rigid shelves connected at the edges thereof to a flexible side wall extending over and under the same at the top and bottom, wherein the shelving is supported by a single member attached to a wall or standard, and providing for a peaked uppermost compartment and an oppositely extending peaked lowermost compartment.

Abstract: An air freight container for shipping goods, such as garments which are transported in the suspended position, is formed of an open scaffold-like frame. The frame is shaped to conform to the interior contour of the freight space in a transport aircraft. The frame includes a floor or base part, end frame parts which extend upwardly from the base part and are disposed in spaced relation to one another, transverse connectors located above the base part and extending between adjacent end frame parts, and diagonal struts connected between the base part and the crown portion of the end frame parts. The various parts of the frame are all formed of pipe sections having the same transverse shape and the various parts are secured together by connectors formed of rigidly connected sleeves which have an interior shape conforming to the exterior shape of the pipe sections which they interconnect. Screw members are threaded into the connector sleeves for securing the sleeves to the pipe sections.