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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7439950 | Clutch mechanism for a raised display apparatus Systems and methods are provided for securing a pin within a raised display system. A washer surrounds the pin. A washer recess comprises a contact surface configured as to bring the washer into a tilted position relative to the pin, such that the washer is brought ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7331643 | Piece of furniture with a movable furniture component A piece of furniture with a movable furniture component, in particular a drawer or door, includes a drive unit and a device for the mechanical transmission of force from the drive unit to the movable furniture component or the body of the furniture. In particular, a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327516 | Mobile screen storage compartment (MSSC) A mobile screen storage compartment that stores a video display screen and is attached to one side of a truck trailer. The screen is extended, retracted and held in place using hydraulic lift devices and stabilizing devices stored in the compartment along with the d... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7258503 | Adjustment device for printer head of barcode printer A device for adjusting the position of a printer head of a barcode printer includes a casing mounted to the barcode printer and a base movably coupled to the casing. A slide board is slidably supported on the base and carries the printer head. A first adjuster is ar... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260438 | Intelligent shelving system An intelligent shelving system uses touch sensors to operate power-operated, adjustable shelves. Touch sensors also are used as limit switches to control shelf motion, to monitor the encroachment of shelved items on shelves, to detect spills, and to control other re... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249814 | Slide rail A slide rail unit for guiding an object to be pulled out, such as drawer, from a body, such as furniture or desk, in which the object is slid ably accommodated includes a body side rail provided for the body, and an object (i.e., drawer) side rail provided for the o... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7178890 | Shelf height adjuster of refrigerator The present invention relates to a shelf height adjuster of a refrigerator. According to the present invention, gear portions 12 are vertically formed on both side surfaces on a refrigerating chamber of the refrigerator. Height adjustment gears 22 whic... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7137512 | Removable rails for use on racks A rack system is disclosed for mounting various devices. The rack system comprises at least one front vertical support column and at least one rear vertical support column. A rail is deployed between the front vertical support column and the rear vertical support co... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134242 | Automated sliding user doors and door mechanisms for a dispenser A dispenser that includes one or more sliding user doors for selectively restricting access to items disposed within the dispenser. In one embodiment, the dispenser includes a unique locking and drive mechanism that allows a single actuator to both: (1) lock and unl... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7100775 | Binder for a suspension file A binder for a suspension file has a body, a cover mounted on the body and a control element mounted inside the body. The control element has two rods and a pinion gear. Each rod has a rack gear formed on the inner end and a hook formed on the outer end, and the pin... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7068208 | Remote controlled cabinet A remote controlled cabinet includes an inner containment space and at least a retractable cabinet door having at least a toothed rail mounted in the interior of the cabinet thereof and at least a set of remote control switch driver having a remote control circuit t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7043810 | Modular sub-cabinet for motion furniture The present invention is a sub-cabinet readily insertable and removable from a larger decorative cabinet. The invention is comprised of a box-like structure having at least three panels perpendicularly disposed with respect to a floor panel and attached thereto, a l... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6969132 | Food dispensing chest A chest (1) for distributing food, the chest being provided with a vertical mast (4) on which supports (2) are fixed. The chest has lifting means for moving said mast in vertical translation, and in addition at least some of the supports are mov... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962039 | Lawn striping assembly The lawn striping assembly (10, 110) utilizes a C-shaped channel member having a plurality of attachment positions (22, 122). A pair of brackets (46) attach a roller apparatus (16) to the frame (302) of a lawn mower (114). T... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6945615 | Vertical peg board shelf system A cabinet is provided in a rectilinear configuration. A plurality of U-shaped rails is secured to, and faces upwardly from, the bottom with a plurality of inverted U-shaped rails secured to, and faces downwardly from, the top, and a plurality of slidable peg board s... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941764 | Process for keeping chilled the food on board aircraft and means for implementing Refrigerated trolley for an aircraft. According to the invention: each trolley (1) is equipped with a removable unit (11) that can be inserted in and removed from said trolley (1) as a single piece and t... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6902243 | Modular sub-cabinet for motion furniture The present invention is a sub-cabinet readily insertable and removable from a larger decorative cabinet. The invention is comprised of a box-like structure having at least three panels perpendicularly disposed with respect to a floor panel and attached thereto, a l... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6832822 | Display case security apparatus A display case security apparatus comprises a housing, a plurality of platform guide tracks, a platform, an elevating mechanism, and a closure. The housing includes a lower storage section and an upper display section disposed above the storage section. The storage ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6733094 | Lifting device for LCD A parallelepiped lifting device mounted under a computer desk in a storage position is disclosed. Prior to using a computer, the device is activated by starting a motor in a clockwise rotation to lift an LCD of the computer from under the desk by means of a mechanis... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6568770 | Climatic cabinet A climatic cabinet with at least one door, having a storage station with at least one object storage device, which exhibits several storage locations arranged one on top of the other, and having a transport device for feeding objects to the object storage... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6494669 | Point-of-sales rug display device For a point-of-sales rug selection from a stack thereof, a method of working a raised stack from the bottom up so that a rug assuming successively the bottom position is permitted to descend, each in turn, to a floor display position and, after the first ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6450360 | Spring-loaded tube assembly A plurality of spring tubes is provided in an assembly to make a worker's practice of "pearl diving" unnecessary. A container has one tube attached in each corner and each tube has an internal coil spring secured at a bottom of an inner chamber but extend... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6336692 | Cabinet with downward extendable/retractable shelves A cabinet for mounting to a wall or ceiling with downward extendable and retractable shelving assembly is provided. The cabinet includes a housing having an open bottom. Disposed within the housing is a shelving assembly having a plurality of shelves. A n... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6305765 | Apparatus for opening and closing slide door for control box A slide opening and closing door apparatus for a control box is provided, in which a cover portion of a slide door opens and closes an exposed button portion of the control box which is located in the substantially same vertical surface as that of a front... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6106084 | Catering cart with vertically moveable insert A catering cart whose height is substantially greater than its width and its length, particularly a catering cart for use in confined spaces, such as the aisles of passenger aircraft and railway diners. The cart is provided with four wheels, at least two ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6062663 | Door for computer case A door for a computer case is provided which can be moved to a blocking position for blocking access to bays and/or drives of the case. The door can be attached to the case by a slide connection for sliding it along the front of the case between its block... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6024025 | Table lift mechanism A lift table mechanism has a thread screw secured upright within a support tube; a driven nut threadedly mounted to the screw which is raised and lowered by rotating around the thread screw; a carriage frame attached to the nut and supporting a table surf... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6024425 | Storage apparatus A storage apparatus that includes a storage shelf having a plurality of horizontally and vertically arranged storage sections for storage of articles and a moving body for taking articles in and out of the storage shelf. Conventionally, since an article c... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6000770 | Library book bin with a vertically adjustable floor A mobile container or bin is provided with a vertically adjustable floor which is suspended by cables which pass through a plurality of supports or pulleys, and the cables are wound around a single cylindrical drive member coupled to a reversible motor wi... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5924780 | Sliding door assembly for a computer housing A door assembly which includes a door that slides open and closed to alternatively expose and cover components of a computer system. The door assembly includes a rack and pinion system that prevents racking of the door. The non-racking feature allows for ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5913584 | Adjustable refrigerator shelf A vertically adjustable shelf for a refrigerator includes a mounting assembly which cooperates with a pair of vertically extending tracks to position the adjustable shelf at a plurality of predetermined positions, a support assembly is carried by the moun... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5893615 | Newspaper vending device A self-contained mechanical vending device for displaying and dispensing newspapers by coin activated access. The vending device has a molded synthetic resin one-piece cabinet with an access door and release mechanism insert. A spring-activated newspaper ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5458232 | Article lifting container An article lifting container (10) is provided which includes an outer housing (50) with a lift (100) within an interior thereof supporting a shelf (150). The lift (100) automatically adjusts a position of the shelf (150) vertically depending on a weight o... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5435644 | Housing for self-contained isolated automatic devices and the like A housing for self-contained, isolated or free-standing automats having a ratio of the floor area dimensions to the height which is relatively small, comprises individual wall elements, which correspond to the height of the housing and which are fabricate... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5401089 | Display unit lifter A lifter particularly usable for an LC display unit includes a slide board bearing the display unit overhead and driven for vertical movement by a lift drive motor associated with a swing arm kept in rolling contact with the slide board, a gear assembly m... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5211460 | Shoe closets A shoe closet comprises a compartment for the storage and retrieval of shoes, a number of shoe-plate modules on which shoes are placed, a conveyor assembly for carrying shoes to a desired position, and a driving unit for driving the conveyor assembly. The... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5199778 | Shelf apparatus for a refrigerator The present invention relates to a shelf appartus for a refrigerator which raises and lowers a refrigerator's food storage shelves in an analog manner, making it possible to determine the positions of the shelves largely in accordance with the size of foo... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5169218 | Computer mainframe front panel assembly A computer mainframe front panel assembly, comprising a front panel which has a hole on a sloping top edge and a diskdrive slot on a vertical front wall, swivel control panel fastened in the hole on said sloping top edge and pivoted to a framework for a c... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5156059 | Retractable component mounting plate for a control console The component mounting plate of a control console for an appliance such as a washer or dryer is retractable so that the console's knobs are flush with the appliance's outer trim panel.... | 10/20/1992 |
