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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7310234 | Remote enclosure systems and methods of production thereof Remote enclosure systems have now been designed that meet the following goals: a) consolidate electrical terminations in one system; b) pre-terminate AC and DC equipment loads before site installation; c) provide multiple access points for facilitating equipment rep... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7299663 | Washing machine The shaft axis of a detergent-solution pump in a washing machine is pivoted about a vertical such that, as seen in the forward direction, it forms an acute angle α with a perpendicular center plane running from the front surface to the rear wall of the machine hous... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293846 | Storage bin assembly for a refrigerator A refrigerator includes a storage bin assembly removably mounted to an inner liner of a door. The storage bin assembly includes a base portion having a frontal opening, and a face portion. The frontal opening is defined by first and second side portions, as well as ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7275797 | Lateral file A lateral file having a cabinet structure which provides improved rigidity against racking, including an improved upright boxlike housing having an improved base associated therewith. The housing has opposed sidewall structures which are defined by identical one-pie... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7243674 | Collapsible enclosure A collapsible enclosure includes a roof, a rear wall, a pair of sidewalls, a front wall, each wall having an outside and inside surface and an open bottom. The cover includes heat insulation material covering substantially all of each inside surface of each wall. A ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7230836 | Remote enclosure systems and methods of production thereof Remote enclosure systems have now been designed that meet the following goals: a) consolidate electrical terminations in one system; b) pre-terminate AC and DC equipment loads before site installation; c) provide multiple access points for facilitating equipment rep... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7162841 | Spring clip and method of window installation A spring clip having integral, self-penetrating attachment tangs and an orientation tab can be manually installed in a window opening formed by a foam core sandwiched by a pair of OSBs. A first planar surface has a second planar surface attached along one lateral ed... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7055976 | Collapsible tabletop lighting apparatus A collapsible tabletop lighting apparatus consisting of a box-like structure for photographing 3D subjects in an evenly illuminated environment. The interior of the box-like structure is evenly illuminated by an integrated use of a detachable single fluorescent ligh... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049956 | Method and apparatus for disabled access to polling places A portable kit for use at a polling place to ease access of a disabled person to voting facilities. The portable kit includes a case containing a base, a collapsible post for mounting on the base and an activation switch mountable on the post and having a radio tran... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6996939 | Mobile room partition system with central connecting panel and lateral storage units A room partition system for a room having a central connecting panel and hingeably attached, foldable lateral storage units. Each of the lateral storage units has a bottom-mounted wheel assembly, thereby allowing the partition system to be rolled to various location... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6974036 | Corner post and manufacturing process for making same A post for a rack. The post is formed of a sheet constructed of a malleable, bendable material. The sheet has a first end and an opposed second end. The first end forms a lower portion of the post and the opposed second end forms an upper portion of the post. The sh... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6764144 | Storage unit A storage unit includes a first and second horizontal shelf member, at least one vertical panel disposed between the first and second horizontal shelf members, and at least one tie member. A bottom of the at least one vertical panel is supported by the first shelf m... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6530551 | Drive bracket fastening structure A drive bracket fastening structure includes first and second drive brackets (30, 70) and a connect panel (60). The first drive bracket includes a bottom plate (32). A pair of arcuate first slide rails (40) depends from the bottom plate. A first flange (4... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6017107 | Support frame for making furniture A support frame for use in furniture includes a first pair of end column members and at least one intermediate column member in spaced parallel relationship, a second pair of end column members and at least one intermediate column member in spaced paralle... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5808871 | Modular computer tower assembly A modular tower having a plurality of bays. The bays are fitted with rails upon which individual trays slide. The trays are detailed to carry electronic components. Each tray is fitted with electrical connectors which are connected to corresponding electr... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5718493 | Cabinet construction system A cabinet construction system comprises a rail member mountable to a fixed support surface from which are suspended end panels by mail mounting brackets at a desired spacing. Floor and top panels are inserted between the end panels to space the end panels... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5584549 | Front serviceable appliance cabinet The cabinet for a front serviceable appliance includes a pair of side panels with a lower and an upper support extending between their lower and upper front corners respectively. Tab and slot arrangements mount a front panel on the lower support for pivot... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5488543 | Frame stand A frame stand for a device cabinet which has panels and serves in the installation of component carriers of industrial electronics. Four posts extend between a lower base plate and an identically-configured lid plate. To attach the panels, front brackets ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5354125 | Shelf kit A shelf kit for producing a shelf arrangement includes a number of vertical upright members and a number of compartment bases for forming shelf compartments. The upright members are composed of a plurality of upright segments, each taking up approximately... | 10/11/1994 |
| 4858878 | Mount for securing protected articles A device for the securing of protected articles such as computers to the side or a top of a desk, which includes a base plate having an adhesive pad secured between the base plate and the desk or other object. A plurality of posts rise from the base and a... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4804239 | Rail fitting assembly for use in a drawer A fitting for a drawer, which can be assembled from a plurality of components and has metal drawer side walls which at the same time form pull-out rails for extracting the drawer includes a fastener for connecting each rail to a front panel (3) and a rear... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4763580 | Supporting A support structure that may be used as a seat, table or step stool has a top panel substantially 10"×18" secured between two angled panels substantially 10" above the floor. A pair of normally vertical support members extend between the end panels in co... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4712844 | Home filing cabinet An easily-assembled knock-down home filing cabinet comprises a generally rectangular top panel, a pair of generally rectangular opposite side panels engaged at respective upper margins of the top panel in a parallel and spaced apart condition, and a plura... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4706573 | Modular furniture construction Decorative and utilitarian modular furniture articles can be arranged into a variety of configurations embodying stacks of shelves from packaged components comprising pre-finished tubing sections with concealed cable or threaded rod fasteners supplied for... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4650263 | Structural support and thin panel assembly A structural support and thin panel assembly wherein the longitudinal axis of the structural support is attached perpendicular to the thin panel comprising a structural member, a thin panel, a female member attached to the structural member and a fastenin... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4563040 | Furniture assembly Articles of furniture are constructed of a unique rigid assembly of rods, rod caps, posts and rigid panels in an inter-locking relationship. A pair of rods nest in parallel coplanar grooves in top or top and bottom surfaces of the rigid panel, with the en... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4560257 | Knock-down geometric structure with optional mirrored faces Various geometric structures are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the structure is a mirror cube formed by five rectangular mirrors defining four sides and a top panel, and an inset base. Upper and lower frames extend around upper and lower margins o... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4497524 | Knock-down furniture assembly A knock-down furniture assembly comprises substantially identical top frame and bottom frame members. Fasteners are coupled to the top and bottom frame members a side wall member rotatably receives an elongate mating fastener extending substantially from ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4470647 | Interfitting and removable modular storage units including connectors forming part of a unit as well as sliding support for adjacent units A set of identical connectors are secured to a plurality of rectangular panels to form a tubular or box-like storage unit with the connectors forming parallel longitudinal edges thereof. The connectors each have a longitudinal T-shaped rib and a T-shaped,... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4433884 | Work surface support system A modular laboratory furniture system includes freestanding tubular frame modules (22) and freestanding table (36) arranged about a room in a preplanned configuration. The system further includes mobile carts (40) movable about the room. The frame modules... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4331368 | Easily assembled or disassembled drawer An easily assembled or disassembled drawer is composed of a front vertical plate, two side vertical plates, a back vertical plate and a horizontal bottom plate. Each of said front plate and said two side plates is respectively formed two tunnels therein. ... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4270822 | Cabinet and door assembly A cabinet assembly combining easily assembled sides with bottom and top shelf members in position to space the sides apart and fix the dimensions of the cabinet by being retained in position by tension elements adjacent the bottom and top shelf members, t... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4169639 | Knock-down furniture module A module capable of being grouped into multiples to define various articles of furniture, such as bookcases and file cabinets. The module is constituted by top, bottom and side panels whose edges have longitudinal bores therein and are cut to form complem... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4125912 | Waterbed frame structure A wooden waterbed frame structure including a pedestal assembly for supporting a mattress frame with the corner joints on both the pedestal assembly and the mattress frame being of special interlocking configuration to facilitate assembly and produce a du... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4099809 | Collapsible work station A device for providing work surfaces for writing, typing or other such activities, that collapses to an easily storable position and readily reassembles for use. The device includes a plurality of hinged work surfaces of shelves, which are connected to a ... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4047777 | Knockdown put-together article of furniture A knockdown, put-together article of furniture, such as a dresser, cabinet, desk and the like, in which the parts can be packaged and shipped in a knocked-down disassembled condition and readily assembled by the use of U-shaped wire interlocking members. ... | 09/13/1977 |
| 3964811 | Tension rod cabinet systems A stretcher rail assembly for securing side panels and separator panels in a cabinet includes a modified C-shaped channel rail with stiffened flanges formed from light gauge metal. The forward portion of the channel has a continuous, elongated opening for... | 06/22/1976 |
