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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337566 | Automotive display unit A display being installed in a display unit of a automotive vehicle is tiltably fixed on a fixing frame. The frame has a concave portion on its lower member. The concave portion contains a lower end of the display. A drain is disposed in the concave portion in order... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7281774 | Object supporting unit As an arrangement to reduce an operational force to draw the drawer 3 forward from the drawer storage position 2, wherein at least a rear end side of a drawer 3 is supported in a drawer storage portion 2 in a manner movable along back and... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7207278 | Electrically-driven computer monitor lift and storage assembly An assembly for selectively lifting a computer monitor, and particularly a flat screen computer monitor, from a storage position below the top of a desk or table, to a use position above the top in which the monitor is visible to the user. The assembly includes a st... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7180489 | Automated multi-task window assembly A window assembly includes a window frame defining a frame perimeter and at least one window mounted in the frame. A media panel incorporating a video display is associated with the window assembly and can be moved selectively into the frame perimeter for displaying... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7088589 | Mechanical and automatic liquid crystal display device A mechanical and automatic liquid crystal display (LCD) device and particularly to a mechanical and automatic LCD device for automatically and rapidly unloading and storing the LCD panel that is especially suitable for a LCD device which has a display panel foldable... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7037165 | Container for holding component parts of a construction toy A container for holding component parts of a construction toy. The container preferably is a suitcase or briefcase configuration, with a carrying handle at the top. An access cover, comprising a large portion of the front wall of the container and a portion of the b... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6917385 | Image input device for obtaining 2-D and 3-D images with a linear sensor An image input device comprises a mirror body which is designed in a polygonal prism form and has side peripheral surfaces each formed of a mirror face, image pickup light from a subject being reflected from the mirror face, and a linear sensor for talking the image... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913332 | Collapsible computer workstation A retracting keyboard and monitor platform is provided. By using a lift mechanism a monitor is lifted, vertically, from the back of the desk. When a user is done the screen retracts and disappears. Installation of the device requires that an opening be cut in the ba... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6504112 | Analytical balance with wind guard An analytical balance includes a balance housing having a base area and back structure, a balance scale, and a wind guard encircling the balance scale. The wind guard includes a base surface formed by the base area, a back wall formed by the back structur... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6012785 | Retractable setting-up structure for car display Pins of a display are inserted slidably into slide rails so as to regulate movement of the display. Lying holding portions for holding the display in its lying state via pins, guiding portions along which the pins are shifted up and down together with mov... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5257758 | Reversing panel stores carrier A reversing panel assembly utilizable in an aircraft for the carriage and deployment of stores is disclosed. The panel has two pivot axes. The first pivot axis extends through the center of the panel, and the second pivot axis is parallel to the first and... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5241766 | Foldable pull-out ironing board A built-in, pull-out ironing board includes a rear part and a front part which is foldable onto the rear part. The rear part is connected to a pull-out system which is slidably mounted in a guide. The connection of the rear part with the pull-out system i... | 09/07/1993 |
| 4790611 | Adjustable work surface The invention relates to mechanisms for adjusting the height of horizontal surfaces, particularly adjustable work surfaces. One application of the invention is an adjustable computer work station for physically impaired individuals. The adjustable work su... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4735467 | Stow away flat screen mechanism A stow away video display terminal in combination with a computer work station or desk wherein the video display terminal is concealed within the desk beneath the work surface in a stored condition when not in use and raised to a viewable position above t... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4690466 | Sewing machine cabinet and lift A sewing machine cabinet is provided with a lift mechanism which will move the sewing machine vertically on a platform between a normal operating position, a lower stored position and a raised operating position. A rack and pinion lift mechanism is utiliz... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4620753 | Multiposition adjustment arrangement for cabinet mounting of domestic appliances An arrangement for mounting a domestic appliance, such as a machine, within its cabinet that provides, in the case of sewing machine heads, both free arm to storage and flat bed to storage positions as well as a fifth position orienting the sewing machine... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4183594 | Two level sewing system A mechanism, suitable for mounting in a sewing machine cabinet, is provided for supporting a sewing machine in a first position in which the work supporting surface of the sewing machine is coplanar with the cabinet top and a second position in which the ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4173377 | Chassis mounting for a machine A machine includes a housing with a door or panel which is removable to provide an opening for access to the interior of the machine. The chassis which is normally horizontal carries two rear rollers at its sides near the rear of the chassis. The rear rol... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4161151 | Sewing machine A sewing machine adapted to be mounted in a support member, comprising a column mounted on a lower frame member having a free arm portion extending therefrom, said column carrying an upper arm disposed generally parallel to the free arm portion and termin... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4157851 | Ascent and descent means of a free-arm sewing machine The present invention relates to a device for moving upwardly and downwardly a heavy device like a sewing machine body by make use of a constantly loading spring, more particularly, an ascent and descent means of a free-arm sewing machine, comprising an a... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4145097 | Data terminal desk A data terminal for use with a viewing screen and comprising a holder for a keyboard, the holder being slidable in a direction perpendicular to a back of the desk between a working position with the keyboard holder in a recess in a front part of a desk to... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4135463 | Mounting arrangement for a sewing machine A mounting arrangement for a sewing machine is disclosed. The mounting arrangement comprises a base for receiving the sewing machine, guide means vertically mounted on opposite sides of the sewing machine cabinet for guiding the base in its movement betwe... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4103633 | Sewing machine track storage system An improved track storage system for sewing machines having means for permitting the rotation of a sewing machine 90 degrees about its vertical axis. The improved track storage system allows a sewing machine to be stored in a cabinet or enclosure whose de... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4089572 | Multiple position sewing machine cabinet A multiple position sewing machine cabinet to house in storage and operative positions a drophead sewing machine of the type adapted for use in multiple operative positions. Movement of the sewing machine from a horizontal, stored position within the cabi... | 05/16/1978 |
