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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7293664 | Suspended display shelves Shelves or trays for displaying merchandise are mounted on spaced-apart suspension strands depending from overhead ceiling structures. The trays are attached to the suspension strands with brackets which have tabs supported in apertures in the suspension strands and... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7255236 | Shelf assembly A shelf assembly having at least one bracket including a top member, a bottom member and a side member. The top member is positioned in opposed spaced relationship with the bottom member. The assembly includes a shelf having at least one mounting edge and at least o... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246685 | Forklift guard A guard for use with a forklift including a carriage and at least one fork coupled to the carriage. The guard includes a first member configured to be coupled to the carriage, a second member configured to be coupled to the carriage opposite the first member, and a ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237757 | Article support An article support comprises a supporting plate provided with a resinous slide stopper on a face for supporting an article, and a holding plate, a hinge, a hook bar and an engagement groove as a holding means for maintaining the supporting plates in a predetermined ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7150364 | Shelving The expandable shelf of the invention is formed of several telescoping tubular assemblies that are supported in parallel to one another between a pair of end plates. The tubular assemblies may be press fit into the end plates. The end plates are mounted to opposed w... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7113762 | Electronic component support structure system for supporting standard-conforming and non-standard-conforming electronic components An electrical component support structure which supports both standard-conforming and non-standard-conforming electrical components has fixed support structure which supports movable intermediate support structure to which electronic components conforming to a prede... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7093727 | Plural utensils support system A utensil support assembly as mounted on a building sidewall with one offset bar adapted to support a plurality of utensils. The horizontally aligned, utensil support bar is anchored close to each longitudinal end by a bracketing set also adapted to be wall mounted ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7077364 | Self-storing material-receptacle hanger system A material-receptacle hanger system includes a base frame and a channeling-panel support structure depending from the base frame and being adapted for reciprocation along a reciprocation axis between a rearwardmost retracted position and a forwardmost extended posit... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7051885 | Cross-merchandising display shelf Shelf units adapted to be mounted on vertical walls for displaying merchandise are adapted to utilize removeable hooks which are used for cross-merchandising complimentary products. The shelf unit is also adapted to be mounted on the exterior face of a wall, door or... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7028855 | Hanger spacer and transport assembly utilizing same An apparatus for receiving and separating a plurality of hangers having respective necks. The apparatus comprises a body of a substantially rigid material extending along a longitudinal axis. The body has opposite first and second surfaces and a plurality of longitu... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6905035 | Accessory organizer An apparatus can be used for organizing clothing accessories such as jewelry, neckties, scarves, and other items. The apparatus can hang from a closet rod and has a slidable track so that the items hanging from hooks attached to the slidable track can be easily acce... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6792876 | Tabletop suspension system A tabletop suspension system is constructed to include a plurality of upright support members for fastening to the top of a table, a connecting rod member horizontally supported on the upright supports, the connecting rod having two coupling units symmetrically form... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6594433 | Optical component mounting bracket A bracket for mounting an optical component to a circuit board. The bracket comprises a bracket body member having a board contacting surface extending in a first plane defined along its board contacting side. A component mount is defined along the body m... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6532609 | Physiotherapy bench A physiotherapy bench includes a frame supported by legs in an elevated, use position, and an arcuate body supporting panel on the frame. The supporting panel includes a substantially horizontal front end for supporting the chest of a patient, and an incl... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6238758 | Flexible plate device A flexible plate device has a plastic plate and two connection bars. Two sets of spaced linear grooves are formed on two ends of the plastic plate. Each of the connection bars is disposed on the respective end of the plastic plate and enclosed by the resp... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5875902 | Locking means for over-the-door shelf This invention is directed to a multipurpose, over-the-door shelf organizer. It is characterized by a unique, yet simple locking mechanism to form a stable frame with superior structural integrity. The device is easily assembled for end use application; a... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5647490 | Shelf and clothes hanger pole support bracket Disclosed herein we provide a bracket for supporting a clothes hanger pole and shelf, with the bracket including two integrally formed members. The bracket as designed allows a hanger when slidably engaged about the hanger pole to slide along the entire l... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5584404 | Adjustable double-decker rack An adjustable double-decker rack including an upper shelf having a pair of fixing members, a pair of brackets each having a body portion engageable with the fixing members, a plurality of plugs each having a conical portion at one end and a collet portion... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5584254 | Collapsible work bench apparatus A collapsible work bench apparatus (10) for use with clamps and conventional power tools and, including two pairs of support legs (20)(21)(22)(23) pivotally connected to two pairs of strut arms (30)(31)(32)(33); wherein each pair of strut arms is provided... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5351842 | Shelf and support assembly The shelf and support assembly of the present invention utilizes a unique curved-front, wall mounted, ventilated shelving system using one type of bracket with one type of shelf and an optional hang rod assembly to make shelving systems for a linen type s... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5075148 | Garden bench board made of plastic material, particularly of recyclable plastic material A garden bench board made of a plastic material, particularly of recyclable plastic material, having a reinforcement which is embedded into the plastic material to prevent bending, includes one deformable zone respectively provided preferably at the longi... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4827849 | Towel bar shelf A shelf assembly has a horizontal toiletry article supporting tray with wedge-shaped brackets formed as depending extensions of the left and right ends of the tray. Vertical rear edges of the brackets abut a wall and angled front edges bear against a conv... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4818044 | Locker and locker-shelf insert Space and shelving problems in dressing room lockers are alleviated by provision of a locker insert having a shelf-bearing support structure and novel shelves affixed to the support structure and extending laterally across a portion of the width of said l... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4493423 | Cornering device for a garment support structure There is disclosed a cornering device for a garment support structure which includes first and second horizontal transverse assemblies. The cornering device includes first and second horizontal support elements, each having a first and second end. Also in... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4426057 | Combined shelf-supporting bracket and clothes-rod support A combined shelf-support and easily detachable support for a clothes-hanger rod comprises a pair of angle-bar sections. The vertically depending wall-anchorable web of each angle-bar has a pair of struck-out tongues. A pair of flexible woven strips have t... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4373448 | Shelf assembly and bracket therefor A combined shelf and hanger bar system which is easy to install and has a neat appearance makes use of end brackets having wall plates for securement to closet end walls, inwardly projecting walls defining ledges to support the ends of a shelf panel, and ... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4324076 | Wall units A closet structure is disclosed and is installed in a building having an alcove defined by first and second side walls and a back wall of said building. The closet is defined by wall units disposed on one of each of the side walls of the alcove with the b... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4285484 | Shelf and clothes rod assembly for a closet A shelf and clothes rod assembly for a closet includes a shelf and a clothes rod supported at their opposite ends by single piece closet fittings affixed to opposing closet walls. Each fitting comprises a first solid wall to abut a wall of the closet. A s... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4256043 | Display system for sample articles A display system for sample articles having a variety of display configurations supported on a plurality of upright support members. The sample articles can be arrayed in various hanging configurations or on either horizontal or angled shelves. Each displ... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4186666 | Wall unit The disclosure relates to a wall unit for use in the storage and/or display of articles, for example in a store, and to a structure incorporating such unit. According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a wall unit comprising a relatively rig... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4184660 | Shelf and rod wall bracket A unitary bracket for both a closet shelf and rod has a substantially horizontal shelf support and a concave rod support, both projecting from a sidewall which is attached to a wall of the building structure. A locking tab projects from the sidewall and p... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4154420 | Closet shelf and pole arrangement An adaptor arm having a lower end portion supporting a pole and an opposite, upper end portion connected to a tubular shelf supporting bracket. The adaptor arm may have an opening to receive the pole or the adaptor arm may have a projecting lug supporting... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4126231 | Storage unit A storage unit comprises a frame having a plurality of clothes hangers supported on a central member. The frame is provided with two support brackets and is hinged so that it can be moved from a lower, downwardly inclined position to an upper horizontally... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125078 | Clothing rod/shelf support unit A clothing rod/shelf support unit is provided having an extensible rod adapted to extend between two opposing walls, the rod including mounting means at its ends. Pivotal brackets extend from the rod to a third wall and are adapted to support a shelf abov... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4108084 | Child's shelf and garment hanger rack A shelf and garment hanger rack for childrens' clothes, hat and gloves is adjustably suspended from a garment hanger bar in a clothes closet, and positions the shelves and a garment hanging bar in relatively low location in the clothes closet so that they... | 08/22/1978 |
