Plural Diverse Type Article Holders (e.g., Drawer And Hook) Patents (Class 362/132)
  • Patent number: 11937697
    Abstract: A table mount system attached one of various accessories to a table by a central mount. The accessories could be attached to a stand to elevate them over the table. The mount has a mount body and a mount plate that hold the table between them to provide a secure anchor to which the accessories are attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: Randy Comer, Charlie Prenzi
  • Patent number: 10533733
    Abstract: A multi-use tool of small form factor such as can be used for at least clipping an object, clipping to an object, retaining another object. Additional embodiments can include magnetic mounting and/or task lighting. A plurality of such tools could be used for trail marking by using a plurality clipped, mounted, or even dropped along a path. The multi-use tool with a light source can include illumination or trail marking plus different mounting features. One is a clamp. Another is a magnetic mount. All these features can be integrated into a single disposable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: About Time, LLC
    Inventor: Scott Dewey
  • Patent number: 10274187
    Abstract: A cabinet light includes a light emitting element, a light housing, conductive terminals, a cabinet body, and conductive rails. The light emitting element and the conductive terminals are fixed on the light housing. The conductive rails are fixed on the cabinet body. One end of the conductive terminal is electrically connected to the light emitting element. At least one positioning element is disposed on the cabinet body corresponding to the light housing. When the light housing is fixed on the cabinet body through the positioning element, the other end of the conductive terminal is elastically and electrically connected to the conductive rail. The cabinet body has advantages of simple wiring and use flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: XIAMEN LEEDARSON LIGHTING GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Niyang Zhong, Weizhong Li, Shengfang Zheng
  • Patent number: 10149534
    Abstract: A luminaire is provided with a light source, and a light guide which is positioned in front of the light source. The light guide includes a first surface portion formed on the light source side, and a second surface portion formed on a side opposite the first surface portion. The first surface portion is constituted by a flat surface, and the second surface portion is constituted by an inclined surface which intersects at an angle other than a right angle against the optical axis of the light source. An angle formed between the inclined surface and the optical axis on the side of the light source is smaller on a center side of the second surface portion positioned on the optical axis, and is larger on a peripheral side of the second surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Takashi Kyouyama
  • Patent number: 9211005
    Abstract: A furniture article that comprises a furniture housing which is configured to rest on a surface, and a cord-retractor that is configured to supply power from a wall outlet to an outlet located in or on the furniture housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Inventor: Sharon Lynne Smith
  • Patent number: 9039226
    Abstract: An annular shaped two tier desk organizer and multi-compartment storage unit or device. The organizer/storage unit includes a base assembly having a central vertical axis, a stationary lower member and a rotatable upper member superposed or superimposed on the lower member. The lower member includes a speaker, an electric pencil sharpener, an electric stapler and a USB port for charging a cell phone, calculator or the like. A small computer is also disposed in the lower member and is connected to the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: Adel M. A. Abdullah
  • Patent number: 8913848
    Abstract: A microscopic image fusion method based on region growing judges the fuzzy degree of the microscopic image and determines the fuzzy seed block by evaluating the definition of every image block in the microscopic image. Then, the fuzzy region and clear region are exactly segmented by region growing and are marked. Finally, a clear and high-quality microscopic image, fused by a plurality of microscopic images, is obtained. Due to the combination of the definition evaluation of the microscopic image, and segmentation of the fuzzy region and clear region by region growing, the fusion results of the microscopic image of the present invention show great advantages at the subjective human perception and the objective evaluation. Furthermore, the present invention has simple calculation and stable result, is easy to be implemented and adapted for fusing the digital optical microscopic images which are shot by shallow depth of field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Ningbo University
    Inventors: Gangyi Jiang, Cuixia Bai, Mei Yu, Yigang Wang, Zongju Peng, Feng Shao
  • Publication number: 20140268690
    Abstract: An annular shaped two tier desk organizer and multi-compartment storage unit or device. The organizer/storage unit includes a base assembly having a central vertical axis, a stationary lower member and a rotatable upper member superposed or superimposed on the lower member. The lower member includes a speaker, an electric pencil sharpener, an electric stapler and a USB port for charging a cell phone, calculator or the like. A small computer is also disposed in the lower member and is connected to the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Adel M.A. Abdullah
  • Publication number: 20140218896
    Abstract: A display shelf system includes at least one pair of conductive support brackets. At least one pair of conductive standards have a plurality of slots for receiving and supporting the conductive support brackets. An insulating rail cover is disposed at least partially over at least one of the conductive standards. An illumination apparatus includes LEDs (light emitting diodes), disposed on a surface of a circuit board having a connector at each end. A low voltage power supply can power the light emitting diodes through the conductive standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: POP DISPLAYS USA LLC
    Inventor: Joel Karan
  • Patent number: 8588489
    Abstract: A method for displaying a vessel of a particular biological subject is proposed. The particular object is inserted into the vessel. The deformation of the vessel is predicted by an inserted object on the basis of experience. This experience is quantified by assigning values to particular parameters, the parameters providing information concerning characteristics of the patient, characteristics of his/her vessel and information about the interventional instrument inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Marcus Pfister
  • Patent number: 8506109
    Abstract: A display table includes a drawer section, a main drawer, an internal light drawer, and an upper section. The drawer section includes two opposing sidewalls partially defining a drawer compartment and a main opening. The main drawer, disposed within the drawer compartment, slidably mounts to the two opposing sidewalls and includes an exposed front panel for concealing the main opening. The internal light drawer is disposed above the main drawer and slidably couples to the two opposing sidewalls. The upper section is disposed over the drawer section to receive light when the internal light drawer is illuminated. When the main drawer is in an open position, the internal light drawer is movable relative to the main drawer. When the main drawer is in a closed position, the internal light drawer is concealed by the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph R. Stukenberg, Robert W. Leesmann
  • Patent number: 8197080
    Abstract: An illumination device for a multineedle sewing machine is disclosed. The sewing machine includes a plurality of needle bars having lower ends to which needles are attached respectively and a needle bar case supporting the needle bars so that the needle bars are movable upward and downward. The illumination device includes an illuminating member having a light source, and a support unit located in the needle bar case for supporting the illuminating member so that the illuminating member is switchable between an illuminating position where the illuminating member is located in front of the needle bars or the needles to illuminate a periphery of a needle point of the needle location point of the needle by the light source and a storage position where the illuminating member opens a front side of the needle bar or the needle and is located laterally with respect to the needle bar case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Fujihara, Nobuaki Matsumoto, Junnosuke Matsuda
  • Patent number: 8113679
    Abstract: The invention relates to the creation of a localized light, particularly to a light system (12) for creating a localized light illuminating for example clothing hanging on the rail. The light system comprises lighting means (16,17) and lighting control means (18,19) which are adapted to create the localized light (14) responsive to user actions with objects hanging on a rail (10). Thus, a user browsing for example clothing hanging on the rail always has sufficient localized light for watching the clothing even in a situation with dimmed ambient lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Joost Ewout Witsenburg, Elmo Marcus Attila Diederiks, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis
  • Patent number: 7909183
    Abstract: A hanger includes a display light bar and a hanging bar defining a support portion pivotally connected to the display light bar. The display light bar may be raised and lowered via the hinge pin. The display light bar defines a channel in which one or more LEDs may be arranged to emit lights of a desired color or colors, providing a method for identifying goods hung on the hanging bar at a distance. A tagger is provided at an opposed end of the display light bar for hanging a tagging plate providing additional information regarding the goods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventor: Se-Ki Oh
  • Patent number: 7850326
    Abstract: Illumination device (20) for box-like or chest-like items of furniture having a body, which is provided with at least one door or flap, which can be pivoted between a closed position and an open position in relation to the body or a withdrawable part, for example a drawer or the like, which can be displaced between a closed position in which it is pushed into the body and an open position in which it is withdrawn from the body. The illumination device (20) has a holder, which can be connected to an electrical current source, for an illumination means (40), wherein a switch, which interrupts or opens the electrical connection in the event of a predetermined position of the door or flap or withdrawable part in relation to the body, is provided in the electrical connection between the current source and the illuminations means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Tarek Utturkar, Martin Staude
  • Patent number: 7810774
    Abstract: A goods display hook which enables salespersons to quickly and easily get information on the empty state of the goods display hooks. In a goods display hook comprising a main body engageable with a horizontally extending bar assembled in a goods display furniture and an arm including a base end supported by the main body and a goods hanging section extending from the base end section, the goods display hook further comprises a bias means for urging the arm in the direction that the goods hanging section tilts upwardly, the goods hanging section of the arm having a lamp at a free end thereof, the main body having a power source for the lamp, a switch device for the lamp and a shaft providing the arm with a pivotal movement, wherein the switch device is actuated by the arm to turn on the lamp when all the goods hung on the arm are removed which causes a pivotal movement of the arm in the direction that the goods hanging section tilts upwardly by the action of the bias means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Shinden Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Susumu Miyaue
  • Patent number: 7360915
    Abstract: A plurality of separate display modules are interchangeably installed on a shelf of a cooperating cabinet structure and arranged to provide concavely curved display panels mounting selected arrangements of illuminated sample chips, an interactive video display, and brochure receptacles. The structure is provided with an integral sprinkler water distribution system and may include a two-part chip mounting mechanism which facilitates changing out of sample chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Richardson, Gregory James Warren
  • Patent number: 7252404
    Abstract: This is a toolbox, which combines many features and which will allow the worker to simply carry one toolbox into an area and effectuate all repairs. It will provide a means to provide illumination for any areas, which are poorly or dimly lit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventor: Douglas J. Messamore
  • Patent number: 7222996
    Abstract: A shelf lamp includes a clamp mount, which includes two clamp arms being pivotally connected by incorporating with an elastic element, and an illuminating unit. Each of the clamp arms includes at least a connection portion for providing the illuminating unit to connect thereon. The illuminating unit includes a harness element extended from one end thereof for harnessing onto the connection portion. The harness element is of a shape corresponding to the shape of the connection portion. The illuminating direction can thus be changed by changing the connection portion that the illuminating unit is harness on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Inventor: Jack Lin
  • Patent number: 7131746
    Abstract: The shelf light is for fitting in a shelf of an article of furniture. It comprises a two part body and a light emitting diode assembly housed within the body. The part of the body has an integral cover plate which in use lies against one major surface of the shelf and the other part comprises a flange which is arranged in a plane parallel to, but spaced from, the plane of the cover plate and which in use lies against the other major surface of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Inventor: Bernard Cook
  • Patent number: 7097326
    Abstract: A lamp and storage combination assembly includes a housing that has a bottom wall, a top wall and peripheral wall that is attached to and extends between the top and bottom walls. The peripheral wall has a cavity extending therein that is bounded by a lower wall, an upper wall and a perimeter wall extending between the upper and lower walls. A door is hingedly coupled to the peripheral wall and is selectively positionable in a closed position closing the cavity or in an open position opening the cavity. A light socket is attached to the top wall of the housing. A power supply is electrically coupled to the light socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Inventor: Marco Pipolo
  • Patent number: 7044617
    Abstract: A display device utilizes an acrylic sheet frosted throughout its structure and an opaque surface or panel. The acrylic sheet or panel is placed substantially parallel to the opaque surface or panel such that the acrylic sheet or panel and the opaque surface or panel are separated by a distance of between 1 and 185 millimeters (0.04 to 7.3 inches). Display items are mounted on item supports on the display side of the acrylic sheet or panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Monoceros Corporation
    Inventors: Kathy O. Maxwell, legal representative, David Dwayne Echeberry, Dennis Kenneth Rausch, Robert Clark Maxwell, deceased
  • Patent number: 6918679
    Abstract: A self-illuminating display shelf assembly includes at least one shelf member formed as a light guide panel, a shelf support to hold the shelf member in a horizontal position, and an irradiating unit for irradiating the light guide panel. The light guide panel includes a top face, a bottom face, and an edge face interconnecting the top and bottom faces. The irradiating unit includes an elongated shroud mounted on the light guide panel and covering the edge face, and a light emitting element mounted on the shroud and confronting the edge face. The light emitting element is operable so as to produce light that is incident on the edge face of the light guide panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Inventor: San-Chih Wu
  • Patent number: 6827465
    Abstract: A display lighting system is provided that assembles and installs easily. Luminaires of the system include a pair of arms and a wireway enclosure positioned between the arms at one end of the arms. The enclosure is dimensioned to enclose electrical wiring and at least one electrical component, such as a ballast or transformer. A lamp housing can be attached to the arms at the end opposite the enclosure. An uplight lamp housing is easily mounted to the arms anywhere between the wireway enclosure and lamp housing. Wiring between the enclosure and lamp housings is carried inconspicuously in a trough along the inside of one or both arms. Wiring between adjacent luminaires runs conveniently through nipple connectors connecting adjacent enclosures. Optional accent lighting is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Sylvan R. Shemitz Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvan R. Shemitz, Paul R. Ford, David B. Miller
  • Patent number: 6808285
    Abstract: Wireway enclosures are provided for use with lighting systems, particularly display lighting systems. The wireway enclosures are dimensioned to enclose luminaire wiring and preferably other types of wiring and at least one electrical component, such as a ballast or transformer. Wireway enclosures include preferably extruded first and second longitudinal portions hinged together to allow access to the inside of the enclosure. Wiring between adjacent luminaires can run conveniently and inconspicuously through nipple connectors connecting adjacent enclosures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Sylvan R. Shemitz Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvan R. Shemitz, Paul R. Ford
  • Patent number: 6682209
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a worklight that is easily and safety transportable. The worklight of the present invention includes a stand which defines an interior cavity. An extendable support or telescopic pole may be attached to the stand. The invention further includes at least one light fixture. The light fixture is sized to be stored within the cavity of the stand. The light fixture also includes a clamp. The clamp is adapted to releasably secure the fixture to the extendable support or telescopic pole. The stand further creates two points of contact with the support surface with the first point of contact being larger in size than the second point of contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: George Michael Drake, Raymond Joseph Hiller, Kenneth Earl Ramsey, Ross Alfred Horton
  • Patent number: 6619814
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a Showcase which is capable of enlarging a good housing space and which is provided with a lighting system that can be easily maintained, and the Showcase constitutes in a heat insulating wall a storeroom for displaying goods and provides a flat fluorescent lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Housaku Hamada, Harunobu Iguchi, Toshiaki Miyatake, Shigeru Arai, Syuuji Kashide, Kazuo Tetukawa
  • Publication number: 20030151911
    Abstract: A display seat for displaying glass and crystal articles of display includes a seat body which is a plate or a layered plate formed from a transparent plastic material or glass. The seat body has a bottom portion formed with a recess. A circuit substrate board having a plurality of light emitting diodes is insertably disposed in the recess. The display seat can be connected to an external power source or a battery source to establish electrical connection for activating the light emitting diodes. Shallow grooves can be formed in a top portion of the seat body for placement of round or curved articles of display. Beams of light emitting from the light emitting diodes penetrate through the plastic or glass seat body toward the articles of display on the seat body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventor: Su-Mei Chen
  • Patent number: 6588915
    Abstract: A hanging device comprises a support member, two fixtures, two adjustment units and a hanging rod. The hanging rod includes a cover and a lampshade that enclose a fluorescent tube and the support member. The adjustment units are detachably engaged with the lampshade for easily replacing the fluorescent tube. More than one of the hanging devices can be electrically connected in series by providing each hanging device with a socket and an electrical plug on ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Inventor: Chia-Teh Chen
  • Patent number: 6527406
    Abstract: A modular furniture system is provided having vertical members with internal conductors. The conductors are coupled to a source of low voltage electrical power such that adjacent vertical members are of differing electrical polarity. Support members for use in the modular furniture system are designed to make electrical contact with the internal conductors when engaged in a vertical member. An electrical device, such as a light fixture, may be coupled between a pair of brackets engaged in vertical members of opposite polarity, energizing the electrical device. Embodiments are provided for use in merchandising displays and office partition systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Powerwall, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce M. Slesinger, Thomas L. Collom, Frank Neidhardt
  • Patent number: 6478443
    Abstract: A bookcase lamp comprises a seat, a lamp, and a switch. The seat is a casing with a flat and long shape and is assembled by a box, a lamp, and a base. The lamp is installed on the seat. The switch is installed on the seat for controlling opening and closing of the lamp. Therefore, the bookcase lamp can be placed in a bookcase like a book. As the user searches a book, the bookcase lamp will provide illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Inventor: Jack Lin
  • Publication number: 20020131268
    Abstract: A bookcase lamp comprises a seat, a lamp, and a switch. The seat is a casing with a flat and long shape and is assembled by a box, a lamp, and a base. The lamp is installed on the seat. The switch is installed on the seat for controlling opening and closing of the lamp. Therefore, the bookcase lamp can be placed in a bookcase like a book. As the user searches a book, the bookcase lamp will provide illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventor: Jack Lin
  • Patent number: 6431721
    Abstract: A display lighting system is provided that assembles and installs easily and provides a wireway for luminaire and other types of wiring. Luminaires of the system each include a lamp housing attached to the ends of a pair of arms that can hold the housing sufficiently out beyond a displayed object to provide more complete illumination of the object's vertical face. Each luminaire includes a wireway enclosure dimensioned to enclose electrical wiring and at least one electrical component, such as a ballast or transformer. The enclosure is positioned between the arms at the ends opposite the lamp housing. Wiring between the lamp housing and enclosure is carried inconspicuously in a trough along the inside of one or both arms. Wiring between adjacent luminaires runs conveniently through nipple connectors connecting adjacent enclosures. Optional uplighting and accent lighting is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Sylvan R. Shemitz Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvan R. Shemitz, Paul R. Ford
  • Patent number: 6364502
    Abstract: A lighting fixture suitable for use in a bathroom, vanity, or similar application includes an extended fixture with multiple light bulbs. The light bulbs are spaced from the fixture in such a manner that the bulbs do not lie on a single line. The back plate may have a curving portion for supporting the bulbs in a non-linear manner, or individual spacers of different lengths may be used to project the bulbs different distances from a planar backplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Quorum International, L.P.
    Inventor: Aaron Mitchell Johnson
  • Publication number: 20020018342
    Abstract: A display lighting system is provided that assembles and installs easily and provides a wireway for luminaire and other types of wiring. Luminaires of the system each include a lamp housing attached to the ends of a pair of arms that can hold the housing sufficiently out beyond a displayed object to provide more complete illumination of the object's vertical face. Each luminaire includes a wireway enclosure dimensioned to enclose electrical wiring and at least one electrical component, such as a ballast or transformer. The enclosure is positioned between the arms at the ends opposite the lamp housing. Wiring between the lamp housing and enclosure is carried inconspicuously in a trough along the inside of one or both arms. Wiring between adjacent luminaires runs conveniently through nipple connectors connecting adjacent enclosures. Optional uplighting and accent lighting is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Sylvan R. Shemitz Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvan R. Shemitz, Paul R. Ford
  • Publication number: 20020005019
    Abstract: A system of directional lights for use in office spaces, wherein each of individual directional lights is adapted to be plugged into electrical outlets and has a selectable directional indicator. The directional light has light transmitting windows in its front face which selectively transmit light to indicate a select direction. The directional lights thereby are portable and reconfigurable, and are mounted throughout an office area to direct occupants to a destination such as an exit or conference room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Richard Trilli, Rick Perkins, Charles Saylor
  • Patent number: 6270232
    Abstract: A display lighting system is provided that assembles and installs easily and provides a wireway for luminaire and other types of wiring. Luminaires of the system each include a lamp housing attached to the ends of a pair of arms that can hold the housing sufficiently out beyond a displayed object to provide more complete illumination of the object's vertical face. Each luminaire includes a wireway enclosure dimensioned to enclose electrical wiring and at least one electrical component, such as a ballast or transformer. The enclosure is positioned between the arms at the ends opposite the lamp housing. Wiring between the lamp housing and enclosure is carried inconspicuously in a trough along the inside of one or both arms. Wiring between adjacent luminaires runs conveniently through nipple connectors connecting adjacent enclosures. Optional uplighting and accent lighting is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Sylvan R. Shemitz Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvan R. Shemitz, Paul R. Ford
  • Patent number: 5961200
    Abstract: A lamp for use in connection with an object storage system and intended for being connected to a current supply, the lamp including a lamp housing with at least one light source and a reflector member being at least partially included in a longitudinal extension of the lamp housing, the extension including a light opening. The at least one light source and the reflector member being so disposed as to illuminate, through the light opening, the exposed back sides of objects when stored in the storage system. An external width and height of the lamp housing is proportioned corresponding to the dimensions of such objects as are intended for being stored in the object storage system. Thereby a separate, removable lamp of the insertion type is objected. An illumination system including at least two such lamps, an object storage system as combined with at least one such lamp, and the use of the lamp for illuminating an object storage system is disclosed, too.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Inventor: Mogens Friis
  • Patent number: 5947583
    Abstract: An illuminating cue stick rack made up of a rack frame and a lighting system built into or attached onto the rack frame. The lighting system is electrically connectable to a power supply such as a wall outlet and includes provision for selective illumination by a customer to request customer assistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Inventor: Guillermo Castano
  • Patent number: 5455842
    Abstract: Waterborne acoustic signals are received and processed into electrical driver signals to energize a transducer held in selectively controllable vibration-transmitting engagement with a tooth of an underwater diver. The transducer converts the electrical signals into low amplitude sound-associated vibrations imparted to the tooth, through the jawbone and scull to the cochlea for processing into electrical signals carried to the brain and perceived as intelligible sound. The addition of conventional broadcast means permits two-way underwater communication. The transducer can be labially or occlusively mounted, preferably against an upper or maxillary tooth and the force of engagement between the transducer and the tooth is at least partially controlled by the diver to optimize communication characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Inventors: Barry Mersky, Van P. Thompson
  • Patent number: 5088014
    Abstract: An improved tool caddy with adjustable light boom that is readily movable on a supporting surface and includes a central support member having trays for storing a plurality of tools, a plurality of caster wheels attached to one of the trays, an extension member associated with the support member in a telescoping relationship, a light boom pivotally connected to one end of the extension member, and an adjustable strut for changing and semi-permanently fixing the position of the light boom with respect to the extension member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Inventor: Kenneth Boughey
  • Patent number: 5065290
    Abstract: An illuminated display to be received on a perforate board to receive packages. There is a support of an electrically conducting material to be received in perforations in the board. The support can be connected to a source of electricity and an illuminator is attached to the support in electrical contact with the source of electricity. A package is carried by the support. Wares are attached to the package. An illuminated display having a base to be received on a pair of electrically conducting members is also disclosed. A pair of contacts, one to make electrical contact with each electrically conducting member are provided and a circuit is formed on the base. An illuminator on the base is in electrical contact with the circuit. Completion of the circuit by the pair of contacts lights the illuminator. A display having a support card to be received on a pair of electrical conductors is disclosed. Separate contacts on the card to make contact one with each conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Inventors: Marko Makar, Michael Makar