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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7217308 | Closing device for housing This invention relates to a closing device for a housing of an air filter that can be closed with a housing cover. The assembly process is to be simplified and accelerated, while the number of parts required is to be reduced at the same time. According to the invent... | 05/15/2007 |
| 6886693 | Child care apparatus A framework supporting a substantially moisture-sealed enclosure and a wall that cooperates with the framework to define an open compartment, wherein the wall is movable along a reciprocal path for adjusting the size of the open compartment. ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 5806941 | Spring latched file compressor A longitudinally movable compressor unit for supporting documents in a file drawer. The compressor unit has a document contacting plate extending transversely of the file drawer. A channel extends the width of the plate and has open ends which generally a... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5526972 | Space organizer for truck bed trays and automobile trunks In order to partition a storage area of a vehicle so that bags of groceries and the like can be arranged in a neat orderly manner, a space organizer includes a backboard which extends laterally across the storage area and at least two wing-like partition ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5433336 | Storage container Storage container, preferably a storage tray (1) of plastic having detachable partition walls (2), the container being provided with opposite vertical recesses or pairs of vertical ledges (5) along the inner side of the two long sides (3, 4). The containe... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5411355 | Utility vehicle bed partition A bed partition arrangement for a utility vehicle such as a pickup truck in which a flat panel has laterally opposed side edges and a bottom edge. A pair of latches are disposed at the respective side edges of the panel, with each latch including a latch ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5269600 | Movable Divider A movable divider wall (28) for a drawer (10) includes a cam (32) secured to each opposite end, which cam is relatively compressible across a first direction and only slightly compressible across other directions. Channels (20, 22) are secured to the inte... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5230812 | Pressure vessel A pressure vessel for holding a cartridge, loose media, and the like for conditioning and/or purifying fluid, comprises a cover having a top wall and a side wall extending downwardly therefrom, the side wall having an inner surface, a bowl positioned belo... | 07/27/1993 |
| 4881653 | Compressor A filing unit includes a drawer and a compressor mounted by the drawer for sliding movement lengthwise thereof between drawer contents compressing and released positions and for pivotal movement for purposes of releasably locking the compressor in a desir... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4138172 | Hanging card storage system Card storage system in which cards such as file cards are suspended in a box, tray or other receptacle by means of laterally extending shoulders on the cards. The shoulders incline inwardly and downwardly from the upper portions of the lateral edges of th... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4120415 | Refuse container A refuse container is disclosed for use in both storage and transportation of accumulated refuse. The container body is an elongated cylindrical member having a rectangular cross section. The container includes a horizontally hinged tailgate having a vert... | 10/17/1978 |
