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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091716 | Image display system A structure is provided having a base and relatively vertical structural support element (such as a post, pole, platform, stairs, etc.) from which extend arms that support removable image holders. The removable image holders may contain images that can be readily re... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7261211 | Air tool storage device An air tool storage device includes a mounting plate with axial shaft projecting therethrough for receipt of opposed flanged circular retainer members that are spaced apart so as to receive at one radial position an air tool disconnect plug. A body member within the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249872 | Method and system for displaying lighting fixtures A lighting fixture display system and method including a light support member for supporting truncated floor-based lighting fixtures and a rail member. The light support members have shelf structures and brackets and are mounted on or attached to the rail member, wh... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7207450 | Beverage holder device A drink holder device having a ground support, a leg extending from the ground support, and a plurality of arms extending from the leg. The arms are movable between a raised and a lowered position. At the end of each arm is one or more beverage holders. A lock holds... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7195213 | Adjustable television stand An adjustable stand is described. The adjustable stand includes a support, at least one upper bracket engaged with and adjustable along the support, at least one lower bracket engaged with and adjustable along the support, an upper clamp member operatively connected... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7178681 | Display rack construction A display rack construction includes at least first and second grid assemblies in combination with a removable bracket assembly. The bracket assembly is designed to functionally join the grid assemblies and simultaneously act to support items for purposes of display... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168199 | Portable seat and platform support A portable seat and platform support includes a shaft with a base mounted to its lower end to position the shaft to a generally vertical orientation. A removable platform can be attached to the upper end of the shaft, and a seat assembly is supported by a fastener a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159728 | Braiding/weaving hair and beauty supply stand A support arrangement for a hair styling salon has a stanchion for forming a substantially central support member for an annular rim member. The annular rim member has notches along its periphery for accommodating respective skeins of braiding/weaving hair. Each not... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7144610 | Display tree A display tree for electrical ornaments has a support tube. A male electrical plug is connected to the support tube upper end. A female electrical socket is connected to the support tube lower end. A flange electrical contact is electrically connected to the female ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7097051 | Hanger rod for drying cabinet A hanger rod for a clothes drying cabinet includes a plurality of notches, each adapted to receive a hanger. Each notch is V-shaped, with opposite side walls which converge downwardly to a substantially pointed apex. The rod has front and rear walls defining a thick... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082501 | Remote node accessing local memory by using distributed shared memory A DSM system includes a local node, a first remote node, and a second remote nodes. The data access method for a remote node to access a local node in the DSM system includes the steps of directly receiving data of a local memory line from a local memory of the loca... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077276 | Clothes drying apparatus A clothes drying apparatus for allowing articles that need to be dried flat to air dry. The clothes drying apparatus includes a support assembly being designed for being selectively positioned on a support surface. A plurality of support frame assemblies are pivotal... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7036670 | Cloth drying apparatus A garment drying apparatus (200) is provided having a frame (201), a porous net (204), an adjustable width garment hanger (202) and a hook (203) to support said adjustable width garment hanger; slip proof pads (205,206) are ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7000788 | Umbrella-type laundry drying apparatus with protective cover An umbrella-type clothes drier can be covered with a protective cover when it is not in use. An unfolding and folding spreading frame that supports a clothesline is preferably disposed in an adjustable manner on the central upright tube of the apparatus. The protect... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6996927 | Baseball theme display device This is a display device made from a baseball bat that has been cut into sections, spools, and slats. The spools and slats are re-assembled in such a way that the fact that the display device is constructed from baseball bat parts is not lost on the casual observer.... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6978904 | Garment supporting stand A compound adjustable garment supporting apparatus (100) is disclosed having first garment supporting assembly (102, 103, 104, 105) and second garment supporting assembly (121, 122, 123), each positioned at a different level above the floor. The... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974043 | Floor rack for holding bathroom sundries A floor rack is designed to hold bathroom sundries and is formed of a base, an upright support rod extending from the base, and a plurality of holders for holding the bathroom sundries. The holders are fastened detachably and interchangeably with the upright support... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971613 | Plate stand A plate is detachably mounted on a portable support capable of holding a beverage and other accessories, especially eating utensils. ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6953355 | Modular support system A modular support system for use as structure to support wired and unwired equipment with integrated wire management is disclosed. The system includes different parts which can be assembled in a variety of ways to produce different configurations. The system also in... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6910345 | Air-conditioning unit with additional heat transfer unit in the refrigerant circuit The invention relates to an air-conditioning unit (10) for a motor vehicle with a heating heat transfer unit (28) connected to a coolant circuit (42) in an internal combustion engine and comprising an evaporator (22) installed upstream in... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6840663 | Panel branch for an artificial tree The panel branch disclosed is used with an artificial tree. The panel branch includes a plurality of twigs, a channel element, a number of inserts, and a hook-like member. Each twig is inserted through an aperture in the insert and the insert, in turn, is placed in ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6837386 | Space saving support shelf for column mounting A space saving support shelf for column mounting comprising pie-shaped segments which may be singularly or plurally attached and interconnected to a lolly-column or the like and wherein such segments are plastic molded in one integral piece for maximum load bearing ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6811836 | Display tree with bubble trunk A display representing a tree, such as a Christmas tree, has a trunk made of a hollow tube and held by a base in substantially vertical position. A liquid, such as water, is placed in the tube and an air supply in or near the bottom of the tube generates bubbles tha... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6758355 | Display rack with repositionable shelf A display rack includes an upright that supports a crosspiece and one or more shelves. Each shelf includes two clips, and each clip includes a lip element configured to fit over and to engage an upper surface of the crosspiece, and a spring element configured to sna... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6752279 | Device for attaching at least one flower pot to a tree trunk A device for attaching at least one flower pot to a tree trunk. At least one flower pot holder holds the at least one flower pot, respectively. A strap engages the at least one flower pot holder and attaches the at least one flower pot holder to the tree trunk. A sk... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6749073 | Utility rack A utility rack for organizing and storing a variety of clothing and accessory items commonly worn and used by law enforcement personnel. The utility rack includes several apparel supports and accessory supports, and more specifically, the utility rack includes a sho... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6726033 | Clothes hanging and bagging rack An apparatus having a base, an extendable bagging pole having a foot pedal, coupled to a front edge of the base and an adjustable hanging rack coupled to the back edge of the base. The bagging pole has a bagging pole upper tube with a C-shaped clip disposed thereon ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6715622 | Decorative catering device for displaying and serving individual-serving-size appetizers A device for displaying and serving individual-serving-size food items, such as bite-size appetizers. The device has a pedestal, a head fixed to and supported by the pedestal, and spikes for releasably fixing a plurality of the individual-serving-size food items on ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6691875 | Optical disk storage unit/CD rack A rack unit for stacking storage medium disks such as compact disks (CDs) in a stacked cylindrical arrangement attached by arms to a vertical post attached to an enlarged base support. The cylindrical arrangement is oriented to be off-center in relation t... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6626302 | Rack for storing product A rack is provided having a track which is adapted to removably support a plurality of items in a predetermined pattern or order. The track comprises a plurality of interconnected levels so that the items may move along the track between the different lev... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6599591 | Flexible artificial tree and methods of making same An artificial palm tree having a planar base, a central support, an exterior covering and a separable crown. The central support of the artificial palm tree has one end flexibly affixed to the planar base. An exterior covering constructed around the centr... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6575315 | Display rack with repositionable shelf A display rack includes an upright that supports a crosspiece and one or more shelves. Each shelf includes two clips, and each clip includes a lip element configured to fit over and to engage an upper surface of the crosspiece, and a spring element config... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6575314 | Apparatus and method for displaying goods A kiosk includes multiple poles with a plurality of independently rotatable components disposed on each pole. Each component comprises a hollow supporting body made rotatable by way of bushings disposed on the top and bottom of the body and bearings dispo... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6575316 | Bathroom column hanging holder assembly A bathroom column hanging holder assembly mainly has a plurality of sleeves sleeved on a column with a base seat; the side of the sleeve has a side tube to be fixedly inserted by a hanging holder; a plastic inner tube and an O-shaped ring are installed in... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6568546 | Rotary hanger device A hanger device includes a support rod, a plurality of support members mounted around the support rod in a stacked manner, and a plurality of the hanger rods each having a ring rotatably mounted around an associated support member. Each support member inc... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6543631 | Plating rack A plating rack is provided and is adapted, for example, for use in connection with a physical vapor deposition system for plating components such as plumbing fixtures. The plating rack is adapted to be contained within a plating chamber and includes an el... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6530491 | Method and apparatus for creating and displaying seasonal and sports related characters A method and apparatus for supporting and displaying agricultural produce and sporting equipment are provided for forming decorative seasonal and sport related characters. An elongated rod serves as the vertical support for the produce and equipment. For ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6516959 | Caddy for cleaning equipment A caddy assembly for storing cleaning equipment in which a vertical pole member extends upwardly from a flat base with bottle holder cups and hook elements on opposite sides of the pole member and with parallel rack elements projecting to each side of the... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6510956 | Display stand Methods of manufacturing a three-dimensional helically-shaped display stand, and cake combination, and the stand and cake combination manufactured by such methods. From a base to an apex, a helically-shaped display rises. This helix can be cut from a sing... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6508370 | Apparatus for supporting modular and cooperating components An apparatus for supporting modular and cooperating components which includes a base assembly, a work surface, a vertical support pole extending upward from the work surface, at least one bushing concentrically engaging the vertical support pole at a part... | 01/21/2003 |
