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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100282 | Container having sliding support members The present invention provides a container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse that has a body, tracks attached to opposite sides of the body, and a plurality of support members supported by the tracks. Rollers are located at the... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7762422 | Container having non-linear support members for supporting dunnage A container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse that has a body, tracks supported by the body, and a plurality of support member assemblies, each having a pair of end members engaged with and moveable along the tracks and a non-l... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7377209 | Hot dog cooker Apparatus comprising a hot dog cooker having a rack with flat faced bars configured to move above and along a cooking surface so as to cause hot dogs to rotate along heated ridges of the surface. The ridges mark the hot dogs circumferentially as they are rolled alon... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7229143 | Refrigerator shelf retainer assembly A retainer assembly includes a divider element which is shiftably mounted to a shelving unit of a refrigerator. The divider element is biased toward one end of the shelving unit in order to urge food product containers, which are supported on the shelving unit, betw... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7140705 | Infinitely adjustable module row divider for a cabinet drawer A cabinet drawer (12-20) for storing information modules (22) of selectively different widths in rows extending front to back of the drawer has row dividers (24) which are removably end mounted within slots (50,52) at any desirable width ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7083064 | Devices for the release of the dividing wall from coupling with reservoirs or buckets A bucket having a detachable dividing wall slidable or movable in side and bottom wall grooves with cam levers located on the wall at the bucket rim for detaching the dividing wall from the bucket. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6426870 | Scratch resistant structural support for a portable electronic device A portable electronic device comprises, in one embodiment, one or more risers that protect an upper surface of the housing from being scratched. Additionally, the risers serve as bumpers to reduce damage to the device if it is dropped or bumped. Another e... | 07/30/2002 |
| 5826956 | Follower for file drawer In the combination of a file drawer having a pair of spaced-apart vertical side walls formed with recessed guide channels extending lengthwise of each side wall between front and rear ends of the file drawer; and a follower having a body portion sized to ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5823381 | Loaf sealing bread box Bread boxes that automatically seal the loaf wrapper after slices of bread are consumed. In both embodiments a rigid bottom, base that is adapted to be disposed upon a supporting surface has a pair of parallel, vertical sides that terminate at a back piec... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5601206 | Truck box A container (20) suitable for use as a truck box for a pick-up truck, includes a base container portion (21) having an open top, and a cover (22) to close the open top. The cover (22) is pivotally attached to the base (21) by hinge mechanisms (23) which a... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5443160 | Variable position divider for storage tray A storage tray is provided with at least one removable divider having a guide that is removably received in a channel formed on the bottom of the tray. The guide is shaped to cooperate with the channel so that when the divider is substantially vertical, t... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5427446 | Sound recording storage cabinet A convertible storage cabinet for storing audio tapes, video tapes, and compact discs, is adapted to be installed in a residential wall. The cabinet has a width suited for being inserted between a pair of vertical wall studs in the wall. The cabinet box h... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5388719 | Fitting structure of partition plates to structure A fitting structure of partition plates to a structure is disclosed which is directed to providing a sufficient bonding strength to one of the surfaces of an end portion of the partition plates fitted to a groove and a sufficient water-stopping property t... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5111959 | Injection molded follow block for file drawer An injection molded plastic follow block for installation in a pre-assembled file drawer having spaced-apart vertical sidewalls with longitudinally extending, recessed guide channels extending lengthwise. The molded follow block incorporates integral, lon... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5082139 | Wastebasket divider An apparatus (10) for dividing a wastebasket (13) into multiple compartments (16, 17) is disclosed. The wastebasket divider apparatus (10) includes a base member (12) interconnected to a vertical divider wall (11). The position of the divider wall (11) is... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4944419 | Compartmentalized refuse container In addition to a top opening, the container has at least one pair of apertures in a side wall thereof, through one of which a divider panel is removably inserted to form a false bottom for the relatively top portion of the container. The other aperture se... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4770314 | Insert for a shelf in the inside door of a refrigerator The insert for a shelf in the inside door of a refrigerator comprises an angular part having a vertical and a horizontal plate and is preferably made of plastic material, which angular part is insertable into the shelf and connected with the inner surface... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4735324 | Removable shelf separator and system A movable and removable product separator unit and a retaining and support system therefor for easy adjustable separation organization and display of goods in a point-of-purchase vending is provided. The separator unit comprises a T-shaped insertion member and... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4362251 | Space dividing assembly A space dividing assembly is provided for dividing a drawer or the like into separate compartments. The basic components of the assembly are generally flat rectangular partition members having at least one pair of longitudinal dadoes or grooves formed in ... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4305217 | Coupon sorter A partitioned structure comprising an open topped container and a plurality of dividers having sides positioned within the container. The container has horizontal interior side channels on either side thereof so that each divider having at least one tab d... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4102470 | Drawer file folder stop A drawer file folder stop for securing file folders or other objects in place in a drawer includes a plate configured to hook the stop over the top edge of the back or either side or an adjustable divider within the drawer. An elongated, generally planar ... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4081100 | Spring-loaded drawer partition A spring-loaded drawer partition formed of plate members that slide along opposed side walls of a drawer, each including tab extensions extending therefrom toward the inside of the drawer and constituting spring members. A box member extends between the p... | 03/28/1978 |
