Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| 20110148259 | DOMESTIC APPLIANCE WITH HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE FOOT A domestic appliance, in particular a domestic dishwasher, having at least one height-adjustable foot. According to an embodiment the invention, the foot comprises sections with essentially different coefficients of static friction.... | 06/23/2011 |
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| 20100213332 | Cabinet leveling device The inventive concept is directed to a leveling device to level cabinets or other appliances. The device is constructed as an elongated housing having an interior therein. The interior of the housing will receive a movable triangular adjustment lever which is mounted in... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100171012 | FURNITURE PROVIDED WITH LENGTH-ADJUSTABLE LEGS A piece of furniture includes a plurality of leg units and an upper furniture part. Each of the leg units includes a vertically extending outer tube having a plurality of positioning holes, an inner tube extending slidably into the outer tube and having a through hole, ... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100123057 | BRAKING DEVICE FOR BRAKING A SUPPORT MEMBER AND SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING THE SUPPORT MEMBER WITH THE SAME There is provided a braking device for braking a support member, which connects a main body of an equipment at one end thereof and a sub-body of the equipment at an opposite end thereof. Such a device includes a support bracket, a shaft, first and second plates, a press... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100071599 | Stabilized Table and Method for Stabilizing a Table A table has more than three legs, two of the legs being pivotable relative to the rest of the table. The pivotable legs are selectively locked against movement by a lock device that adjustably expands into contact with opposing control surfaces. One of the control surfa... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100002203 | HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS FOR PROJECTION DEVICE A height adjustment apparatus for a projection device comprises a socket, an engaging member, and a lifting member. The projection device comprises a housing having a front and bottom plate perpendicular to each other, the bottom and front plate defining a first and sec... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090206047 | Height adjustable workstation A height adjustable workstation comprising a frame, a console supported by and movable up and down with the respect to the frame, and a keyboard tray supported by the console and pivotable with respect thereto when the console is moved down.... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090146028 | ELEVATING DISPLAY DEVICE FOR THE WORKTABLE OF A MANUAL PLANER An elevating display device for the worktable of a manual planer includes a driving unit assembled at one side of a movable worktable and provided with a fixed rod fitted with a sliding sleeve to be moved together with the worktable. The sliding sleeve is fixed with an ... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090121099 | HEIGHT ADJUSTING APPARATUS A height adjusting apparatus, for adjusting the height of a projector, includes a support leg, an air-pressure cylinder connected to the projector, and a switch. The air-pressure cylinder and the support leg together form a sealed chamber. When the pressure of the air i... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090114782 | ELECTRIC GRILL SUPPORT FOOT FOR THE COOKING OF FOOD PRODUCTS AND ELECTRIC GRILL HAVING SUCH SUPPORT FOOT A support foot of an electric grill for the cooking of food products is provided. The support foot includes a height regulator, including a first fixed foot portion suitable for rigid connection to the grill's body, and a second orientable foot portion suitable for supp... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090108148 | ADJUSTABLE STAND An adjustable stand for receiving an object, e.g., an automobile panel.... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090094753 | Elevate-Um The Elevat-Um is a mechanical lifting setup used for raising and lowering the mattress of an infant's crib. The fact that the mattress will be raised to a more accessible level will help prevent back strain and injury from lowering a baby into a crib. The mattress frame... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090090823 | Furniture balancing apparatus A furniture balancing pad stabilizes a furniture piece having an uneven leg base or support surface. The furniture balancing pad comprises a biscuit portion having a top surface, a substantially flat bottom surface, and side walls. A flexible stabilization cushion havin... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090026333 | Leveling and Support Device A leveling device comprising one or more bracket sections, an integrated structure coupling mechanism, a brace section, and a leveler. The one or more bracket sections may have a top member with a substantially flat top side and a generally perpendicularly aligned side ... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080203872 | Stand for home appliance Stand including a stand body of a predetermined height having an opening in one side, a drawer for pushing in or pulling out through the opening in the stand body to open/close the opening, a guide device for smooth pushing in/pulling out of the drawer, and a self locki... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080179470 | RATCHET PLATE LEVELER An example leveling device includes a first plate having a first set of positioning teeth and a second plate having a second set of positioning teeth. The first set of positioning teeth engage the second set of positioning teeth. The first plate is rotatable relative to... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080163506 | PIVOT PLATE LEVELER An example pivot plate leveler includes a first plate having one of a protrusion and a cavity and a second plate having the other of the protrusion and the cavity. The first plate is pivotable with respect to the second plate to provide a level surface. An appliance is ... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080142655 | Distance Piece The present invention relates to a distance piece for obtaining and maintaining a given distance between two objects. In particular, the present invention relates to a distance piece comprising a first wedge-formed element (1) having serrated teeth arranged on a ... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20070221800 | Portable Device and Method for Raising the Height of Furniture The furniture raising device described herein is collapsible, portable, stable, and easy to use. The device is designed to raise furniture to one or two preset increases in height. Preferably the device is used to raise the height of a chair. In one embodiment, the devi... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070204771 | Height adjustable leg assembly A multi-configurable furniture assembly including height adjustable legs, a height adjustable pedestal support structure, a variable height foot support for cabinets and shelves and a panel wall assembly where each of the separate assemblies have finished and high quali... | 09/06/2007 |
