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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7249684 | Article organizer An article organizer for storing, organizing, and displaying jewelry and similar articles, comprising a shaft and a plurality of storage units mounted around the shaft, which storage units may be individually rotatable. Each storage unit may be a display assembly, a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7152520 | Method and apparatus for collecting liquid and extracting tea essence from a tea bag A tea bag press and container assembly configured for receiving a tea bag during or after brewing, which conceals the wet tea bag, collects dripping liquid, and extracts tea liquid essence by efficiently compressing the wet tea bag vertically or sidewardly. In a ver... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7021475 | Over-door shoe racks A shoe rack for mounting to an upright surface, or for hanging over a door, includes a pair of plastic, vertical side frame members and a plurality of shoe-retaining bars positioned between the side frame members upon which shoes, boxes and the like may be supported... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6968651 | Leaf guard for gutters A leaf guard is provided to be mounted to a gutter. In accordance with one preferred embodiment, a leaf guard for a gutter mounted to an edifice is provided. The leaf guard is formed of a single sheet of rigid material and includes a first section having one end ada... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6837137 | Sheet cutting stand A cutting stand for sheet goods is disclosed that includes supports, with each support including a foot, a lower upright joined to the foot and an angled upper support joined to the lower support. The cutting stand additionally includes a carriage joined to the supp... | 01/04/2005 |
| 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 |
| 4461220 | Adjustable folding table and hanger A table includes a substantially vertical support member having a lower ground engaging portion and first and second leaves pivotally attached to each other and adjustably connected to the vertical support member. A support linkage supports the first and ... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4233911 | Shower shelf A shelf assembly mountable on a towel bar that is spaced from a vertical wall, which includes a horizontal plate with a peripheral rim; a pair of spaced brackets detachably engaged to the bottom of the plate; the upper part of the brackets being resilient... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4188890 | Sports equipment rack A sports equipment storage rack comprising two parallel vertical support members with a transverse forwardly extending top support member secured to a top end of each of the vertical support members. A shelf is secured above the top supports and extends t... | 02/19/1980 |