Detachable Or Relatively Movable Patents (Class 108/26)
  • Patent number: 11941935
    Abstract: A paper sheet processing device includes a housing, a control board disposed in the housing, and at least one conductive wire having a first end connected to the control board. The housing includes a first side wall and a second side wall connected to both ends of a bottom. At least one hole is provided at at least one of the first side wall and the second side wall so as to penetrate therethrough from inside of the housing to outside thereof. The hole allows a second end of the wire to extend from inside of the housing to outside thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Youji Nomura, Takashi Tanaike
  • Patent number: 11832750
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a food waste storage device for a dining table. A plurality of through holes are provided in the table top of the dining table; dish-shaped storage bucket fixing bases are provided on the lower end surfaces of the through holes; storage buckets are provided below the storage bucket fixing bases; a longitudinal partition plate is provided in each storage bucket to divide the storage bucket into two semicircular buckets; inner containers are provided in the two semicircular buckets; storage bucket upper covers are provided in the through holes; turnover covers capable of turning over symmetrically are provided on the storage bucket upper covers; and turnover shafts of the turnover covers are parallel to the partition plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Weinan Xingsheng Demolition Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaowei Guo
  • Patent number: 11460242
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a chilled chamber and a shelf positioned within the chilled chamber. The shelf is supported by lateral mounting bracket that define support features for an under-shelf storage bin. The support features include mounting pins and/or guide ribs that are configured to engage complementary rollers or hooking protrusions defined on the lateral sides of the storage bin. The support features permit a user to pull the storage bin away from the shelf along a transverse direction and/or pivot the shelf downward along the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahesh Swamulapalli, Shashidhar Taraka, Sandeep Shankar
  • Patent number: 11375830
    Abstract: A wishing well table linen to temporarily hold gifts. The wishing well table includes a table formed of a table top supported by a plurality of legs. The wishing well table further includes an aperture disposed through the tabletop. A removable pouch is attached to the aperture to receive the gifts. A wishing well is disposed over the aperture having an opening to receive the gifts to fall through the aperture into the removable pouch. Finally, a tablecloth with an aperture opening is provided to cover the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Gari Sharpley
  • Patent number: 11272798
    Abstract: A food handling device includes a holder having an interior chamber extending along a longitudinal axis, and an extension housing detachably mounted on the holder and having an interior compartment for receiving and for holding the foodstuff. A pusher is mounted in the chamber for axial movement. An actuator axially moves the pusher through the chamber and through the compartment into contact with the foodstuff, and incrementally feeds a continuously variable quantity of the foodstuff along the longitudinal axis through the opening directly into a user's mouth to enable the foodstuff to be eaten bite-by-bite in a sanitary manner without using eating accessories, such as plates and/or utensils, and without the user's hands directly touching and contaminating the foodstuff, thereby preventing the spread of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Leonid Shendelman
  • Patent number: 11033119
    Abstract: The holiday candy tree is a decorative item. The holiday candy tree is a figurine. The holiday candy tree forms an image that presents an indicia representing the sentiment of a Christmas tree. The holiday candy tree is formed with a plurality of pans in which a foodstuff is distributed. This disclosure assumes that the foodstuff is candy. The holiday candy tree comprises a plurality of plates, a plurality of spacers, a pedestal, and a stanchion. The stanchion interconnects the plurality of plates, the plurality of spacers, and the pedestal. The plurality of spacers separate the plurality of plates such that the plurality of plates from an image that presents an indicia representing the sentiment of the limbs of the Christmas tree. The plurality of pans are formed in the plurality of plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventor: David Rothermel
  • Patent number: 10836493
    Abstract: A table apparatus includes a table device and a table support structure that is connected to the table device. The table support structure includes a carrier structure and a table support linkage. The carrier structure is connected to the table support linkage via a single pivot connection. The table device is pivotable about only the single pivot connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ADIENT AEROSPACE LLC
    Inventors: James Mehlos, Jonathan Peter Cansfield, James Davis, Benjamin McGeever, David P. Heiss
  • Patent number: 10820691
    Abstract: A table includes a table top made of plastic material, at least one receiving device, and a supporter. The table top has a flat table surface and a bottom surface. The receiving device has a receiving cavity. The supporter is for supporting the table top and keeping the table surface of the table top in a horizontal condition. The supporter is arranged at the bottom surface of the table top. The receiving device is arranged on the supporter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Yixiang Blow Molding Furniture (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jinglei Jiang
  • Patent number: 10799019
    Abstract: A messaging and ornamental coffee table system and method of operation provides a coffee table comprising a resilient base, sidewalls extending up from the resilient base and forming a cavity, and an at least partially transparent table top having a depressed message portion and hingedly connected to one of the sidewalls. The system further comprises at least one light source operational in the cavity to illuminate towards the at least partially transparent table top. The system further comprises a plurality of tiles defined by multiple faces displaying alphanumeric characters, or symbols, or both. The tiles are arrangable on the message portion to display a message. The system further comprises an at least partially transparent ornamental member disposed on the table top. The illumination from light source illuminates the alphanumeric characters and symbols of tiles, and the at least partially transparent ornamental member to enhance visibility and decorative effect thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: Marilyn V Wilson
  • Patent number: 10499731
    Abstract: An apparatus for sorting crop components comprises a tabletop having a top and a bottom surface and an outer edge therearound, an inner edge spaced inwards and apart from the outer edge of the tabletop and a lower surface parallel to and spaced apart from the tabletop. The apparatus further comprises at least two spaced apart apertures extending through the lower surface with angled walls extending down from the inner edge to the lower surface and a plurality of vertical table legs supporting the tabletop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas Flow
  • Patent number: 10485368
    Abstract: A visually-distinguishable paneled skirt is an apparatus that conceals undesirable objects, items, or surfaces such as a Christmas tree stand. The apparatus includes a plurality of panels and a plurality of fasteners. Each of the plurality of panels is connected to one another by the plurality of fasteners. This allows the user to interchange the plurality of panels as to best represent the current members of his or her family. Each of the plurality of panels is arranged with one another into an annular configuration. An opening allows the trunk of a Christmas tree to traverse through the apparatus. The apparatus may be converted into a tablecloth with a covering panel, which covers the opening. The circumference of the apparatus may be extended with an annular panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Inventors: Evie Olds, John Earl Olds
  • Patent number: 10478962
    Abstract: A robot base stand includes: a first support table configured to mount a robot thereon; a second support table configured to place thereon objects to be handled by the robot; and a relative distance adjusting mechanism that adjusts the relative distance between the first support table and the second support table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Uchiyama, Hikaru Yamane, Masanori Itou
  • Patent number: 10413054
    Abstract: The present invention provides a table, comprising a table top made of plastic material, at least one receiving device, and a supporter. The table top has a flat table surface and a bottom surface. The receiving device has a receiving cavity. The supporter is for supporting the table top and keeping the table surface of the table top in a horizontal condition. The supporter is arranged at the bottom surface of the table top. The receiving device is arranged on the supporter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Yixiang Blow Molding Furniture (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jinglei Jiang
  • Patent number: 10219622
    Abstract: A desk is composed of a metal frame defining a plurality of compartments and floor-engaging boxes, while supporting a desk top and a plurality of sliding drawers. A plurality of storage cabinets can be rolled into and out of one of the plurality of compartments by rolling each of them on their casters and lifting those casters out of its respective floor-engaging box. Similarly, the chair has a back that folds down permitting it to be stored in one of the compartments entirely beneath the desk top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Inventor: Denise Garner
  • Patent number: 10202060
    Abstract: A seat leveler device is configured for use with a vehicle seating assembly having a rearwardly inclined seating surface. The seat leveler device includes a support portion having a conformable outer casing with a seat engaging surface arranged at an angle complimentary to an angle of the inclined seating surface. A support surface is supported by the support portion in a substantially horizontal manner. One or more anchor members having engagement features are tethered to either the support surface or the support portion, and are configured to couple to anchoring locations disposed on the vehicle seating assembly to retain the seat leveler device on the vehicle seating assembly. The seat leveler device may include retaining straps and a cage assembly for assisting in controlled transport of items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Annette Lynn Huebner, Johnathan Andrew Line, Susan Drobyshewski, Kristin Ann Hellman
  • Patent number: 10165885
    Abstract: An apparatus and an associated method that includes a lap tray, the lap tray having a flat portion and a raised perimeter edge, wherein the flat portion defines a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the flat portion defines an aperture. The apparatus further includes a tray compartment operably engaged with the lap tray. The tray compartment has a sidewall and a bottom wall, the sidewall and the bottom wall define, in part, an interior space accessible via the aperture. A lid operably engaged with the tray compartment is configured to enclose the interior space of the tray compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Inventor: Zhomart D. Sandybayev
  • Patent number: 10084499
    Abstract: Described is a mobile computing device holder that mounts to a piece of furniture, specifically to the corner of a piece of furniture. The mobile computing device holder holds a mobile computing device base, such as a docking station or charger, and a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device holder includes a corner mount fixture that mounts to a corner of a piece of furniture and holds the mobile computing device base such that the mobile computing device is cradled in the mobile computing device base. The mobile computing device holder also includes a tether device that tethers the mobile computing device to the mobile computing device base so the mobile computing device can be used, but cannot be moved more than the length of the tethering device from the corner mount fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Yurgis Mauro Bacallao, Stephen Tyler Caution, Joshua David Osmon
  • Patent number: 10070737
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus comprising a table with a generally horizontal top surface, an opening in the top surface, a receptacle located beneath the opening, a piston located inside the receptacle, and a means for moving the piston from a first vertical position to a second vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Elliott Leonard, William Joseph Leonard
  • Patent number: 9888800
    Abstract: A rotatable serving carousel is configured to provide serving elements extending from a centerpiece. Bowls or other useful items may be placed or connected with a carrier of the serving element. At least one arm extends from the second portion of the centerpiece to the carrier(s) and allows for rotation of the bowl generally horizontally over the table through the connection with the arm to the second portion. A user may manually push or pull on any portion of the serving element to rotate the bowl to a desired position relative to the table. The serving carousel may be provided with one or more serving elements and bowls, and the carousel improves access to these bowls while also lifting those elements off a tabletop surface to allow for more space efficiency in outdoor patio furniture using the serving carousel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Plank and Hide
    Inventors: Erik Mueller, James Postell
  • Patent number: 9861200
    Abstract: Provided is a sliding rail for mounting a shelf, which is mounted on a shelf for displaying things of various kinds and is simply regulated in length according to thickness and width of the shelf, thereby improving convenience in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: DUDU WORLD. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Gisun Lim
  • Patent number: 9849718
    Abstract: The Beading Design Tool is a tool for creating bead designs utilizing the actual beads intended for the design. The beads are arranged on the Beading Design Tool, either in straight stitch or offset stitch configuration. The Beading Design Tool can accommodate various sized beads. The beader can easily alter a design, or correct an error, by simply removing those beads no longer wanted in the design and replacing them with other beads. Manipulating the design is easy and fast. Upon completion of the creation, the beader may transpose the beads on the Beading Design Tool to the loom, or free hand composition, thereby minimizing the possible error of adding, deleting a bead or selection of an incorrect color. The beader may also elect to keep the design on the Beading Design Tool as a guide and create the finished piece using a second set of beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventor: Orly Garrett
  • Patent number: 9743789
    Abstract: A portable table mounting storage basket apparatus that is quickly attachable and detachable by way of two small “L”-shaped brackets at the top of the backside, and a large removable “U”-shaped bracket centered at the backside with a “T”-shaped formation at the top of the end of the “U” that is not making contact and is protruding from the back of the basket. The two small “L”-shaped brackets at the top are to attach the apparatus to the top of a table, while the large removable “U”-shaped bracket with “T” formation is to be placed under a table to hold the apparatus in place when weight is placed into the basket. The “U”-shaped bracket with “T” formation is removable so as to allow the invention to fit onto a table with a larger edge. The large “U”-shaped bracket extends significantly further from the basket than the small “L”-shaped brackets to provide stability while making contact with the bottom surface of a table, especially when supporting significant weight in the basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: Scott Peter Boutsikaris
  • Patent number: 9615671
    Abstract: The legless, planar, rectangular platform may consist of a top that will be the primary play surface. In addition to the rectangular platform, additional members may be included. A front member may be attached to the primary platform and may run along the width of the invention. A second member, considered one side of the invention, may be attached in like manner to the primary platform as the front member, as well as being attached at a 90 degree angle to the front member with slots for drawers. The four members when attached together may form a rectangular shaped structure to which the primary flat member is attached. Removable bins may also be included. Each bin may attach along the periphery of the primary flat platform for ease of access and secure storage. Each bin may be comprised of five (5) members; a bottom and four (sides).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventor: Cindy Janay
  • Patent number: 9601860
    Abstract: A rotatable power center is configured for installation along a work surface or the like, and includes an outer housing and a pivotable inner housing having one or more electrical or data outlets. The inner housing is positionable between a use position in which the outlets are accessible along the work surface, and a non-use position in which the outlets are generally not accessible. The outer housing defines an upper opening through which different surfaces of the inner housing are exposed or accessible, depending on the inner housing position. Spindles or spindle caps are used to pivotable mount the inner housing to the outer housing, and may also serve to secure two inner housing pieces together. A separate latch may be provided to secure the inner housing at the use or non-use position. Optionally, a detent arrangement holds the inner housing at the use or non-use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventors: Norman R. Byrne, Marc A. Mitchell, Randell E. Pate
  • Patent number: 9554651
    Abstract: A storage assembly can include a first storage unit and at least one support member. The at least one support member can include a support member first end and a support member second end. The at least one support member also can include a support member first portion that extends between the support member first end and the support member second end and is releasably attached to the first storage unit. The at least one support member can further include a support member second portion that extends between the support member first end and the support member second end and is joined to the support member first portion beneath the support member first portion. The storage assembly also can include a second storage unit that is secured to the support member second portion. The support member can be employed with storage units having a variety of constructs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Glenn Leroy Johnson
  • Patent number: 9504318
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing utility receptacles on a work surface. The apparatus has a housing structure having a pair of sidewalls, a rear wall, a bottom section and a top section that is attached to the sidewalls. The top section includes a central section and at least one bendable tab extending from the central section to a distal end. The central section has at least one opening therein that is sized and shaped to receive a utility receptacle. The central section has a transverse slot along which the bendable tab can be bent with respect to the central section. The bendable tab can be bent 90° with respect to the central section. The bendable tab has at least one transverse slot along which a first portion of the bendable tab can be bent with respect to a second portion of the bendable tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Premier Manufacturing Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael O'Keefe, Bernard Bensussan, David Black, Kevin Richard
  • Patent number: 9493099
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for concealing the CRS anchor of a vehicle when not in use and exposing the anchor when CRS attachment is required. The inventive concept disclosed herein provides the use of concealing seat trim that can be removed, slid, or rotated to reveal the CRS anchor. The disclosed system provides accessibility and finger and hand clearance to the anchor. The anchor concealing trim piece of the disclosed inventive concept may be small and individual, one for each affected anchor, or may be a single insert that spans the distance between multiple anchors. The size of the anchor concealing trim piece can vary based on anchor location and styling as well as on how much additional accessibility is desired. The anchor concealing trim pieces may be held in their concealing position in a pocket formed in the seat by hook-and-loop fasteners or CRS web strap and clips fastened to a wire frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Edward Ruthinowski
  • Patent number: 9481465
    Abstract: A tray table that facilitates consumption of entertainment and various other media via a portable electronic device is disclosed herein. The tray table includes a panel that secures the portable electronic device for hands free operation. One or more channels at the panel receive at least a portion of the portable electronic device. The panel is capable of rotating between an open and closed position, while the tray table itself may rotate between a stowed and service position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: SmartTray International, LLC
    Inventor: Nick Pajic
  • Patent number: 9409647
    Abstract: A tray table that facilitates consumption of entertainment and various other media via a portable electronic device is disclosed herein. The tray table includes an inner tray secures the portable electronic device for hands free operation. One or more channels at the inner tray receive at least a portion of the portable electronic device. The inner tray is capable of rotating between an open and closed position, while the tray table itself may rotate between a stowed and service position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SmartTray International, LLC
    Inventor: Nick Pajic
  • Patent number: 9301602
    Abstract: An overbed table holder system that allows a patient to dispose personal trash or hold a container filled desirable objects to a patient lying in a hospital bed. The system includes a moveable overbed table, a bag or container holding, an intermediate member disposed between the bag and container holding member and the table's perimeter side edge, and a ring element that receives either a disposable trash bag or a container holder. The ring element is connected to the intermediate member that temporarily snap fits against the perimeter side edge and over the table. During use, a disposable trash bag or one of two types of container holders may be placed over the ring element. Objects or containers may be placed inside the container holder. The intermediate member is forced against the perimeter side edge at a desired location to hold the bag or a container. The intermediate member may be easily moved to any location along the perimeter side edge and remove entirely for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Stewart Cardon
  • Patent number: 9285160
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a tiltable storage drawer. Guide units are disposed at opposite side walls of the storage drawer and include a pair of guide rails and guide projections extending upward from the guide rails. The drawer is installed with a pair of continuous tilting ribs having portions with different inclination orientations, which enable the drawer to be tilted at two tilting angles when the drawer is pulled outward from the housing along the guide rails. The drawer in an extended state can be automatically pushed into a retracted position in the refrigerator by the motion of the refrigerator door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Wan Kang
  • Patent number: 9247829
    Abstract: A portable diaper changing station includes a platform structure having a top that defines a baby changing surface configured for receiving and supporting a baby during a diaper changing process. A support structure is connected to and configured for supporting the platform structure. The support structure is extendable from a storage position to a first extended position suitable for supporting the platform structure at a first height and a second extended position suitable for supporting the platform structure at a second height that is greater than the first height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Inventor: Rebecca Leigh Wyler
  • Patent number: 9072372
    Abstract: A hanging tray for use on a gaming table having a raised rail, a table top and a junction between the rail and the table top is described. The hanging tray includes a main tray, a vertical support section hingedly coupled to the main tray section and movable between a collapsed position and a deployed position. A rail section is hingedly coupled to the vertical support section and is movable between a collapsed position and a deployed position. An engagement member extends from the end of the rail section for engagement with the junction, anchoring the rail section over the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Inventor: Eugene B. Ashley
  • Patent number: 9044688
    Abstract: The legless, planar, rectangular platform may consist of a top that will be the primary play surface. In addition to the rectangular platform, additional members may be included. A front member may be attached to the primary platform and may run along the width of the invention. A second member, considered one side of the invention, may be attached in a like manner to the primary platform as the front member, as well as being attached at a 90 degree angle to the front member with slots for drawers. The four members when attached together may form a rectangular shaped structure to which the primary flat member is attached. Removable bins may also be included. Each bin may attach along the periphery of the primary flat platform for ease of access and secure storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Inventor: Cindy Janay
  • Publication number: 20150144035
    Abstract: Extractable drawer device (1), comprising: a drawer (10) having a front end (15) and a rear end (14) with respect to an extraction direction of the drawer in a sliding direction (S-S); a guide and support system of the drawer (10) connectable to a piece of furniture and configured to permit a displacement of the drawer (10) between a retracted drawer position and an extracted drawer position, wherein, in the extracted drawer position, the drawer (10) is completely outside and distant from the space occupied in the retracted position. Piece of furniture with a top (100) having a visible edge (101), comprising said extractable drawer device (1), wherein said drawer device (1) is mounted at a lower face of said top (100), in a hidden and retracted position with respect to the visible edge (101) and at a distance from the visible edge (101) substantially equal to the distance between the drawer in the extracted position and the space occupied by the drawer (10) in the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Piero Molteni
  • Publication number: 20150122159
    Abstract: An organizer for use with an airplane tray table or similar structure which organizer allows for improved utilization of space by providing for storage compartments designed to hold objects in vertical orientation. The organizer is designed to attach to the tray table and to the latch which is used to hold the tray table in its upright and locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Laurnika Designs LLC
    Inventors: Nikola Valcic, Laura H. Romero
  • Patent number: 8919507
    Abstract: A display stand case table provides additional utility for users attending tradeshows, conventions and similar events by providing a work table or display table usable for various purposes. In addition to including a protective housing for transporting displays stands, the case is convertible to a table configuration wherein a carried tabletop is supported by a top edge of the case along with a related hinged lid. In this way, the tabletop is of sufficient size for the display of promotional items, samples, brochures, etc. while also being sufficiently supported. In addition, a secondary lid is provided at an interim location along one side of the case body. The secondary lid can be supported in a substantially horizontal orientation, thus providing an additional supporting shelf. It is contemplated that this secondary support shelf provides a surface to hold or contain audio visual equipment, laptop computers or promotional materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Skyline Displays, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Parizek, Jim Sommerville, Curtis Lindblom, Paul Guetter
  • Publication number: 20140360410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compact mobile folding surface for use in a plurality of locations. Specifically, the present invention relates to a folding tray for use in a stadium, and more specifically for attaching the present invention on a back of a stadium seat. The present invention optionally has a plurality of handles, a depressed surface, one or more hooks, a locking mechanism, a collapsible storage compartment, and/or a plurality of weight management mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Scott D. Robinson, Jeffery L. Steele
  • Patent number: 8881934
    Abstract: A storage module adapter assembly includes adapter base plates that are two-person portable, can be installed/removed by hand, and cooperate with existing structures of existing modular cargo containers. Each adapter base plate includes various longitudinal and transverse frame members, as well as first and second longitudinal frame members on opposed sides thereof. The first longitudinal frame member has a first height, and the second longitudinal frame member has a second height, which is greater than the first height. Each of the first and second longitudinal frame members also include generally horizontal flange members extending from a top side thereof, such that when two adapter base plates are appropriately positioned side by side, the generally horizontal flange members on the adjacent sides of the two adapter base plates overlap due to the difference between the first and second heights. The adapter base plates can then be connected together by appropriate mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: BOH Environmental, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen L. Tujague, Sr., Eric M. Hediger, Edward Payne, James E. Stokes, III, Malcolm Junker, Philip J. Dunne, Clarence L. Sockwell, Andrew J. Grygiel
  • Patent number: 8857346
    Abstract: A party table with bays capable of accepting interchangeable inserts for serving and storing food items. The party table can be folded for storage or transport. One or more attachments can be used with the inserts to heat, cool, or regulate the temperature of the food items in the inserts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventors: Cindy Khanjian, John Chiovetta
  • Publication number: 20140123882
    Abstract: A modular desk system may include, a plurality of configurable components including a top panel, an all-purpose hook, a cup hook, a storage shelf, a connecting shelf, a connecting planter box, a connecting divider, a connecting platform, a desktop organization member, a channel, a kickstand base, a support frame, and methods of forming configuration assemblies from such components. The configuration assemblies of the modular desk system may be paired with and coupled to other desk units and/or furniture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Richard Kassanoff, Robert Larry Stewart
  • Publication number: 20140096707
    Abstract: A table includes a table top, a support pedestal having a plenum, the support pedestal arranged to support the table top, and a fan arranged to blow air upwardly toward the table top through the plenum. An air deflector may be arranged to deflect the air radially outwardly under the table top in a 360° pattern. A heating element, cooling element, and/or a volatile active delivery system may be included to heat and/or cool the air and/or deliver a volatile active into the air. An ice bucket may be removably received within a bucket holder arranged in a recess in or through the table top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: SHOP VAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kurt Westbrook, Seth A. Bartley
  • Patent number: 8672279
    Abstract: A reversible ladder-mounted support and tray has a bracket designed to be removably affixed to the combination of a rail of a ladder and over a rung just adjacent to the rail. A first fitting is provided that overlies the rail and a second fitting overlies the rung. Concerning the second fitting overlying the rung, in fact, two such fittings are also provided that are essentially back-to-back. In this way, the support may be removably installed on either of the opposed rails of the ladder so that the support can extend laterally to either side of the ladder. Attached to the first fitting designed to overlie the rail is an elongated rod to which is mounted an elongated tube or sleeve having a split and a locking mechanism. The split allows the tube to slide freely over the rod and the locking mechanism may be engaged to narrow the split to lock the position and orientation of the tube thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventors: Martin Alexander Theodore Schirmacher, Ralph Lee Pasley, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140069304
    Abstract: A system and an apparatus are provided to secure serving containers when used with a serving table having a basin. A locking insert is provided to cover a serving table and is formed with a plurality of openings, with each opening being configured to receive a respective serving container. When the serving container is placed into its respective opening, movement of the serving container in any direction is prevented. By preventing the movement of the serving container, food cannot fall into the basin of the serving table, and energy cannot escape from the serving table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventor: Richard Elstad
  • Patent number: 8628155
    Abstract: A drawer organizer for use in a drawer, the drawer organizer being installed in a drawer and receiving utensils for storage in the drawer. The drawer organizer includes a base liner having an upper surface and a bottom surface, and includes multiple separate retaining members that may be selectively positioned and affixed to the upper surface of the base liner. The bottom surface of the base liner is placed on a base surface of a drawer and the retaining members are selectively positioned on the upper surface to retain utensils in a desired position on the drawer organizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Inventor: Keith M. Nielson
  • Patent number: 8613256
    Abstract: A disposable trash bag system that allows a patient to dispose personal trash when lying in a hospital bed thereby reducing contamination. The system includes a moveable overbed table, a bag holding member, an intermediate member disposed between the bag holding member and the table's perimeter side edge, and a ring element that receives a disposable trash bag. The ring element is connected to the intermediate member that temporarily snap fits against the perimeter side edge and over the table. During use, a disposable trash bag with an upper supportive ring member is placed in the ring element, the bag holding member and the intermediate member are connected together. The intermediate member is forced against the perimeter side edge at a desired location to hold the bag in place. The intermediate member may be easily moved to any location along the perimeter side edge and remove entirely for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Inventor: Stewart S. Cardon
  • Patent number: 8573138
    Abstract: A portable table includes a pedestal arranged to be penetrated into the ground and a tray member arranged to be selectively supported on a top end of the pedestal so as to remain readily separable for transport or storage. A beverage holder arranged to be slidably supported on an upper portion of the pedestal. The pedestal has an offset portion arranged to prevent downwardly sliding of the beverage holder below the upper portion of the pedestal. The tray member includes an upper supporting surface and stiffening ribs therebelow having a matching profile for nested stacking of a plurality of tray members separated from their respective pedestals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Inventor: David A. Unger
  • Publication number: 20130285421
    Abstract: A children's tray with a placement indicator includes a tray and a groove/spot formed in the tray to indicate where an eating item (including food, utensils, or dishware) is to be placed. The tray can be mounted, removably or fixedly, to a variety of child support structures, including high chairs, booster seats and bouncers and includes a wall around the periphery intended to prevent items from falling off of the tray. The groove/spot formed in the tray may be formed from of a material having a higher coefficient of friction than the material used to form the tray. The groove/spot formed in the tray may be formed from of a material having a different color than the material used to form the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Mattel, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8561419
    Abstract: An island merchandiser including a first merchandiser module, a second merchandiser module, a third merchandiser module, and a fourth merchandiser module. The first merchandiser module includes a product display area maintained within a temperature range at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The second merchandiser module is positioned next and coupled to the first merchandiser module. The third merchandiser module is positioned next and coupled to the first merchandiser module and the second merchandiser module. The fourth merchandiser module is positioned next to the first merchandiser module and the second merchandiser module opposite the third merchandiser module. The island merchandiser also includes a first insulation panel positioned between the first and second merchandiser modules and the third merchandiser module, and a second insulation panel positioned between the first and second merchandiser modules and the fourth merchandiser module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Moisses Navarro, Diego Wood, Raymond P. Twohy, Kevin A. Moody, Michael A. Gillett, Anand Ganesh Rajagopalan, Robert Mullen, Al Arrosagaray
  • Patent number: 8556112
    Abstract: A storage module adapter assembly includes adapter base plates that are two-person portable, can be installed/removed by hand, and cooperate with existing structures of existing modular cargo containers. Each adapter base plate includes various longitudinal and transverse frame members, as well as first and second longitudinal frame members on opposed sides thereof. The first longitudinal frame member has a first height, and the second longitudinal frame member has a second height, which is greater than the first height. Each of the first and second longitudinal frame members also include generally horizontal flange members extending from a top side thereof, such that when two adapter base plates are appropriately positioned side by side, the generally horizontal flange members on the adjacent sides of the two adapter base plates overlap due to the difference between the first and second heights. The adapter base plates can then be connected together by appropriate mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Boh Environmental, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen L. Tujague, Sr., Eric M. Hediger, Edward Payne, James E. Stokes, III, Malcolm Junker, Philip J. Dunne, Clarence L. Sockwell, Andrew J. Grygiel