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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7794028 | Cupboard-style furniture item A cupboard-shaped piece of furniture (1) includes side walls (2), on each of which a control mechanism (4) for the displacement of a door leaf (7) is arranged, whereby the control mechanisms (4) are connected by means of a synchron... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7661777 | Dolly dropdown box drawer for a tow truck A dolly dropdown box drawer is disposed below a bed or a frame of a tow truck along each side of the truck near a driver's cab for the storage and safeguarding of a pair of towing dollies with one on each side of the truck. Each drawer pulls out laterally and then t... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7552980 | Electronic component furniture construction and methods and apparatus therefor There is provided a furniture construction having a moveable support structured to support at least one electronic component in a first position that is generally horizontal and in a second position that is at a downwardly inclined angle at least partially within th... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7472972 | Filing cabinet having a fireproof retractable door A fireproof filing cabinet is disclosed. The cabinet has a shelf on which material such as files can be stored, having an open front side enclosable by a fireproof door. The door rotatably engages a retracting mechanism having a lift assist, so that the door rotates... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7367638 | Door panel system for an information handling system A door panel system and method according to which a door panel is coupled to a member such as a chassis. A door panel is coupled to the chassis and is automatically rotated relative to the chassis. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362942 | System and method of grounding fiber storage trays An optical fiber cable management panel includes drawer assemblies, each including a drawer slidable within a chassis. The chassis incorporates a grounding point, and the drawer assemblies are electrically connected to the grounding point by a grounding strap. The g... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350647 | Bottle rack and a bottle storage device A bottle rack is provided with a plurality of receivers for storage of bottles in prone position. A certain number of the receivers are foldable to be angularly tilted with respect to the non-foldable receivers and to receive respective bottles in sloping position. | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338142 | Shelving unit and refrigerator having the same A height of a rack container or shelf is shiftable with an easy procedure and slight effort, to improve user friendliness even when disposed at quite a height from the floor within a storage chamber or compartment. An adverse effect on a downward adjacent shelf is a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7312990 | Electrical enclosure including accessible fan tray assembly An enclosure for housing electronic circuit boards, which enclosure includes a fan tray assembly which may be easily removed from and inserted into the enclosure. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305687 | Apparatus for supporting a storage container An apparatus for supporting a storage container upon removal from a storage compartment. A door is disposed proximate the storage compartment and is movable between an open position and a closed position. The door includes a mating feature. The storage container inc... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281775 | Supporter for clothes washing machine and clothes drying apparatus A supporter for a clothes washing machine and a clothes drying apparatus for smoothly sliding a drawer in and out of a case regardless of temperature change by improving the structure of the drawer to be installed in the case. The supporter includes a case to suppor... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277273 | Equipment cabinet providing full access to equipment housed therein A cabinet (10) that provides full access to equipment (12) mounted therein broadly comprises a housing (13) for housing the equipment (12), an access door (24) for selectively protecting the equipment (12), a rack (40... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274573 | Assembly for installation of power electronics modules and installation method A method and assembly for mounting power electronics modules in an equipment cabinet, cubicle or other like equipment space. According to the invention, the power electronics modules are mounted in the equipment space (1) with the help of mounting bases (3... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261100 | Household appliance A household device includes a useful storage volume that can be closed by a door and a storage compartment disposed below, above, or to the side of the useful storage volume into which the door can be displaced. The door is associated with a guiding system including... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255101 | Apparatus with a door, in particular, a cooking appliance door An apparatus includes a door, in particular, a cooking appliance door, through which a useful space can be closed, and having a stowage space, into which the door can be lowered at least partly, guided by a guide system that has a pivot axis and at least one guide e... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252082 | Household appliance A household appliance has a useful storage volume that can be closed by a door pivotally mounted around a horizontal articulation axis and also has a storage compartment. The door can be displaced in the storage compartment by a guiding system including at least one... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7219969 | Storage container and storage system including a stack of the same The present application relates to a storage container and a storage system include a stack of such storage container. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201100 | Pneumatic assist baler doors and platen interlocks A baler utilizing gas springs for controlling the movement of a loading door. Also disclosed is a baler for paper recycling having a control system responsive to switches and digital timers, and an electromagnetic interlock coupling a loading door and a chamber door... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7156244 | Cantilevered drawer construction A cantilevered drawer assembly comprises a support frame assembly comprising a pair of upright members. A rotating drawer assembly comprises a drawer frame having opposed parallel side rails supported upon a pivot frame having a pair of opposed pivot wheels. A pair ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140703 | Pull-out and tilt guide assembly for a drawer A drawer assembly whereby an angular and horizontally configured guide slot is embedded on the guide brackets that produces a travel pattern. The drawer side panels have forward and rear cylindrical protrusions that engage the guide slot. The travel pattern is desig... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7124619 | Hydraulic tool working head A hydraulic tool working head including a frame, a ram and a connection between the ram and the frame. The frame has a first section with a hydraulic cylinder area, an opposite second section and a middle section connecting the first and second sections to each othe... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104619 | Anti-tip interlocking linkage mechanism for vertical cabinets An anti-tip linkage mechanism for vertical file cabinets of the type having drawers and/or pivotal front panels includes molded polymeric cam follower housings that snap-fit onto each of the slide channels for the drawers or panels and non-circular connecting rods a... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104715 | Deployable keyboard device including displaceable keybutton positions for portable miniature electronic devices In a miniature keyboard, keybuttons may shift their relative positions from a relatively smaller array when stored to deployment which results in a relatively larger array for active keyboard use. An application for this positional adjustment is the use of the keybo... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097047 | Cable management flip tray assembly A system and method for providing a cable management flip tray assembly includes a flip tray mounting bracket and a flip tray. The flip tray is moveable between a first, generally vertical, position and a second, generally horizontal, position that facilitates acces... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090316 | Tilting organizer A tilting organizer including a base section and a supply section movably connected to the base section. The base section being a single unit having no movable parts and including at least one sidewall with a groove formed therein. The supply section being a single ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086634 | Adjustable keyboard tray An adjustable keyboard tray has a top and a bottom plate made of a polymeric material that are bonded together, preferably by ultrasonic welding. A cavity exists between the top and the bottom plates wherein a pocket can be formed to receive and secure a bracket for... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7046517 | Electrically isolated semi-locking hinge for cooling system A cooling system hinge mounted to a portion of an enclosure of an electronic system to which a cooling device may be releasably and pivotably attached in at least an open position to permit access to components within the electronic system and a closed position to p... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040723 | Modular food guard apparatus and systems and methods of use thereof A modular food guard apparatus including at least one vertical mounting member, at least one first bracket member, and at least one second bracket member. The first and the second bracket members have different constructions and are arranged and configured to be rem... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7031588 | Articulated high density fiber optic splice and termination shelf A shelf includes: a main panel unit; a slide member; and a component mounting panel. The slide member is pivotally attached to the main panel unit for pivotal movement about a first pivot axis and is configured for slidable mounting relative to an enclosure such tha... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020985 | Multiple outlet air path for a clothes dryer A clothes dryer has a heat source, preferably a heat pump, a rotating drum, and means to generate flow of air from the heat source to an inlet in the drum. At least two outlets are separated from each other in the drum to enable higher air flow rates without increas... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014096 | Wall mounted clothes hamper and sorter A hamper/sorter (15) for storing and sorting laundry which loads from the front with one or more openings is described. The hamper/sorter (15) is comprised of the main body and two moveable doors, one upper flexible door (5) that slides vertical... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994410 | Pocket door slide A pocket door system for the suspension of a pocket door within an entertainment cabinet or the like is shown with a rack and pinion guide associated with each pocket door slide and a synchronization shaft for transmittal of the actuation of one pocket door slide to... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6988780 | Wall cabinet assembly A self-fastening wall cabinet including a plurality of panels having integrated connectors, and a flipper door. The plurality of panels are formed of injection molded plastic and interlock with one another to assemble the wall cabinet without the need for separate f... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6976596 | Divided oven rack A supporting rack includes rods arranged to form a planar grid pattern connected to allow for modification in the overall space occupied by the rack. In a preferred embodiment, a rack for use in a conventional domestic cooking oven is formed of perpendicularly dispo... | 12/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6969129 | Anti-tip interlocking linkage mechanism for vertical cabinets An anti-tip linkage mechanism for vertical file cabinets of the type having drawers and/or pivotal front panels includes molded polymeric cam follower housings that snap-fit onto each of the slide channels for the drawers or panels and non-circular connecting rods a... | 11/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6931649 | Open and close mechanism for recording medium insertion path For preventing miss-inserting recording medium except in conditions of inserting and ejecting a recording medium, an open and close mechanism 1 for a recording medium insertion path is provided with an open and close door 13, a door gear and a locking ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6906925 | Apparatus and method for maximizing equipment storage density A mounting mechanism for mounting a enclosure-mountable device to an equipment enclosure having a plurality of vertical mounting rails disposed so as to define an equipment storage region is disclosed. The mounting mechanism includes a first portion configured to be... | 06/14/2005 |
