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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7182246 | Secure collection box for mail pieces A drop box for storing mail pieces includes an enclosure, and an articulated door which runs on tracks. The door is selectively positioned in a horizontal course. When the door is in the horizontal course, a mail piece may be inserted through an opening in the enclo... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7104221 | Collapsible doghouse A doghouse includes a plurality of side panels connecting a front panel and a rear panel. A roof includes two roof panels each including runners that slidably connect to upper ledges in the front and rear panels. The side panels can be connected to the front and rea... | 09/12/2006 |
| 5494181 | Roll-top cedar chest A roll-top cedar storage chest includes a tambor (7) supported by a beam (8) or bulkhead (18) for additional storage and top-loading capacity.... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5375709 | Printed circuit board carrier and reusable transport packaging A modular package provides physical protection from shock, crushing and vibration. The modular package is reusable and expandable to fit a variety of sizes of printed circuit boards. In one embodiment, the package has an electrically conductive exterior a... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5279435 | Shipping and display crate A combination shipping and display crate includes a pair of end walls to which are fixed a plurality of slats in which at least one slat is slidably mounted in opposing slots formed in the crate end walls, and held in place by friction or torsion.... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5277307 | Greeting card and gift display In a representative embodiment of the invention, a display for a gift and greeting card or the like comprises a rigid box having an open front with a finished perimeter. A small gift may be removably positioned within the interior of the box with lighting... | 01/11/1994 |
| 4618070 | Injection moulded shutter A shutter of the type used as a closure for boxes or containers, or for garage doors, includes a series of interconnected elongated strips having at each end of each strip an integral male and female connecting member so that the female connecting members... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4597122 | Free-standing drawer A free-standing drawer is provided for operational positioning under a bed or the like. The bottom wall of the drawer comprises a pair of panels and a rigidifying center support board therebetween. The drawer may be packaged and sold in knocked-down form ... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4561554 | Container for produce, fruits groceries and the like A container for produce, fruit, groceries, dairy products, and the like comprising a hollow container of substantially rectangular shape, the container including laterally spaced normally vertical side walls, longitudinally spaced normally vertical end wa... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4515360 | Sandbox with play deck cover A sandbox for recreational play is disclosed which has a slidable cover. The cover slides between a closed position covering a container for holding sand to an open position wherein the sand container is uncovered. The cover has a downwardly depending end... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4489994 | Punch and die storage boxes Storage cabinets for storing single sets of punches and dies when not being used in tabletting machines. The tabletting machine customarily employs a single such set of punches and dies. A storage cabinet includes plural horizontal trays providing plural ... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4311286 | Fixed reel type endless tape cassette An endless tape cassette including a stationary reel having a slit communicating the inner and outer peripheral sides and carrying an endless tape wound on the outer periphery, guide plates for guiding the endless tape wound on the stationary reel such th... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4275667 | Sheet counting apparatus The invention relates to a cassette particularly for bank notes. The object of the invention is to provide a cassette which will give an indication if it is tampered with. The cassette has a shutter which can be opened to remove the contents and mechanism... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4225202 | Apparatus for supportingly organizing and displaying miscellaneous articles A plurality of cantilever arms are demountably and pivotably attached in spaced relationship between a spaced pair of horizontally disposed mounting plates with those plates being supported on a suitable vertical surface. Each of the cantilever arms is pr... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4162024 | Container having slideable closure means A storage container is disclosed for items, such as tabulating cards, magnetic cards, magentic tape cassettes as well as smaller items. The container comprises an integrally formed tray to which container side panels are attached. Each of the side panels ... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4122944 | Tool box An improved tool box having a lid slidingly arranged in covering relation of the main opening and a slide track beneath the main tool box so that, the lid may be slidably removed to open the box and the lid stored beneath the box in an out-of-the-way posi... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4089413 | Needle container A needle container comprises a container body and a lid engageable thereon by means of a dovetail joint. The container body includes a needle holder separately mounted on a holder retainer so that the needle holder itself is interchangeable according to t... | 05/16/1978 |
| 3960270 | Cigarette case A cigarette case having a closure member movable to selective positions for exposing or releasing a single or individual cigarette. The closure member and body of the case have detents indicating the position of the closure member to expose the desired ci... | 06/01/1976 |
