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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074832 | Hinge structure for a console box lid A hinge structure for a lid of an in-vehicle console box includes a storage box having an opening, a lid having a front end and a rear end, and a hinge member having a rotation axis. The hinge member is disposed between the storage box and the lid so the lid rotates... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8061552 | Storage tank with self-draining full-contact floating roof A storage tank with a full-contact floating roof is provided with automatic drains that have drain openings that are elevated above the top surface of the deck of the roof. Tilting mechanisms are used to tilt the deck toward the drains, causing liquid on the deck su... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7870972 | Sliding safety hinge assembly for lid of box The Sliding Safety Hinge Assembly (SSHA) minimizes the degree of personal injury or discomfort that could result from accidental closure of the lid of a box, i.e. “toy box”, by pinching a finger between the lid and box, particularly as the obstruction approaches... | 01/18/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7297173 | Gas turbine air intake system with bypass arrangement and methods A hopper arrangement includes a damper arrangement selectively moveable in a plurality of positions to manipulate access to the interior volume. A first position includes a standby position wherein the enclosure and the damper arrangement block access to the interio... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7210307 | Refrigerator ice storage bin with lid A refrigerator having a freezer compartment having an ice maker disposed within the freezer compartment for forming ice pieces and an ice storage bin removably mounted to freezer compartment door below the ice maker having an open top receptacle for receiving ice pi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7185783 | Fastcan Outdoor and indoor debris receptacles that can be formed from molded plastic. The receptacles include an open upper end with a D-shaped configuration and a closed bottom end with a substantially circular bottom configuration. The receptacles can have a generally cyl... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7100791 | Hinged lid trash can for curbside refuse pickup A trash container with a lid is emptied by a mechanical lifting device. A latch bar is provided that is engaged by the lift when the container is inverted. The latch bar is mounted in openings on both sides of a wide recess on the front wall of the container. The ou... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100402 | Anti-theft device An anti-theft device comprising a container formed by a box (10) and a lid (11) hinged together. A lock slide (15) inside the box can be displaced between a disengaged position and an engaged position. A flange (22) on the lid forms an L-... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093731 | Container and container lid A container with a container body includes two side panels and two end panels respectively upstanding from the edges of a four-sided base and a two-part lid, which can slide to a container top uncovering position and then pivot to a storage position. A securing devi... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6971322 | Protective enclosure Protective enclosure having at least one anti-pry apparatus. The at least one anti-pry apparatus prevents an unauthorized operator from prying open a door panel from at least one of its sides. ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6929146 | Waste container with access door and hinge therefor A waste container includes a container body defining at least one opening; a door sized and configured to close off the at least one opening; a seal connected with one of the container body and the door; a hinge assembly connected between the container body and the ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6902082 | Manhole device A modular solvent recovery device (30) includes an enclosure (34) mounted to a frame (32) to enclose a tank (70) having a solvent section (72) and a waste fluid section (73), a still (40) in which waste photopolymer f... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6863189 | Quick opening closure for small liquid containers The closing device consisting of a sleeve that seals onto the neck of a bottle and that comprises an internal channel which opens, via a new orifice in a sliding-contact surface with associated slopes and slideways acting as guide means to a shut-off plate for closi... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6827230 | Side opening rain tight electrical enclosure A sidewards opening rain tight electrical enclosure including a box and a door pivotally and slidably mounted to the box by a hinge. The box has a front, a pair of side walls, and a top wall with a lip depending therefrom over, but slightly spaced away from, the fro... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6749079 | Storage box having a sliding lid A storage box including a body, a lid and an arm member. The body is provided with a storage portion and a guide portion. The lid is provided with a sliding portion engaged with and directed by the guide portion. The arm member is held rotatably by the body at a fir... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6695165 | Door device having a reduced action range A door device for opening and closing an opening of a collecting case includes a door body for opening and closing the opening. A first hinge and a second hinge are disposed at one side of the door body at a predetermined distance from each other. A first... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6609631 | Two shaft type opening and closing mechanism for container with cover In a two-shaft pivotal mechanism for opening/closing and supporting a cover, a second pivot shaft connecting a pivoting member and the cover projects integrally from one of a pivoting member and a connecting piece on the cover, and an attachment hole for ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6465245 | Processor device with fume extraction A laboratory apparatus, such as a tissue processor, includes a container for containing material which may emit noxious fumes, the container having a closure moveable between an open position and a closed position in which it closes off or opens a mouth o... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6170724 | Storage device for use with trucks A collapsible storage device for use in a pickup truck bed including a rear panel; a lower panel hingeably mounted to a lower edge of the rear panel at a first edge; a first side panel hingeably mounted to a first side edge of the rear panel at a first ed... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6119891 | Housing for a cosmetic product, powder box and method for opening the housing A housing having a bottom (3) provided with a wall (6) cylindrical with respect to an axis (7); a cover (4) provided with a cylindrical wall (14); a hinge (20) about an axis (21); complementary portions (25, 26) for locking the bottom (3) and the cover (4), in... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6089398 | Explosion resistant assembly including mutually engageable flanges This lightweight explosion-mitigating assembly includes at least a containment structure and a door. The containment structure and door each include at least one set of engagement flanges. The flanges are movable between an interlocking arrangement and a ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5644803 | Spa cover support assembly A spa cover support assembly is provided with a plurality of support arms having upper and lower ends with the lower ends pivotally attached to an external surface of the spa side wall for pivotal rotation of the upper ends of the support arms through an ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5377842 | Container of devices for cosmetic and personal hygiene purposes, such as make-up brushes and shaving-brushes, lipsticks, applicators in general, perfume dispensers, toothbrushes and so on The container comprises a box-shaped base for housing a device for cosmetic and personal hygiene purposes and a cover for closing said base. The cover is translatably and rotatably coupled to the base so as to be movable by translation, subsequent rotatio... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5361926 | Cover for centrifuge housing A centrifuge has an upper wall formed with an inspection port, a cover engageable over the port, and an annular seal on the cover compressible against the port in a closed position of the cover. A hinge and operating assembly has a hydraulic cylinder/pist... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5356025 | Packaging device for cosmetic products A packaging device for cosmetics includes a body defining a chamber with a lid articulated thereto. The packaging device has an operating element rotatably mounted on the body which has an inclined ramp. The lid has, in the vicinity of its articulation on... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5238115 | Stackable transportation container of sheet metal A stackable transportation container of sheet metal has two side walls and a rear wall. The container further has a front wall which is lower than the side walls and the rear wall. A flap is mounted above the upper edge of the front wall. The bearing memb... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5152208 | Book feeding and trimming apparatus A trimming apparatus for edge trimming books including a trimmer knife assembly and a conveying apparatus for conveying the books along a path of movement into aligned relationship with the trimmer knife assembly. The conveying apparatus includes a pair o... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5111956 | Food cover for providing both a full closed position and a quasi-open, sneeze guard position and including side panels, a segmented hinge and mirror image front and back panels An all-plastic food cover is described that includes mirror image front and back L-shaped panels. The L-shaped panels are cantilevered from a fixed central roof lateral by means of an articulated, segmented hinge. Since the roof lateral is integrally form... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5085341 | Trash bin system A trash bin system used to secure the lids of a trash bin against unauthorized use. The system uses large and small lever arms pivotally engaged to each other that release the lids of the trash bin when the bin is lifted off the ground and inverted for du... | 02/04/1992 |
| 4971220 | Container with "stay open" lid A wet wipe container contains first and second protruding surfaces within the lid and base, respectively, which contact each other to maintain the lid in a partially open position until the user applies a sufficient downward force to close the lid. Mainta... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4836394 | Refuse container with two-position lid A refuse container has a two-position lid. The two positions are achieved by means of a J-shaped slot in a lid hinge. The slot receives a horizontal shaft supported in the container body. In the first open position, gravity acts on the lid such that the s... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4741433 | Child resistant box The invention relates to child resistant boxes of the type where a storage container slides in a closure sleeve. Such a box, according to the invention, may have sliding movement in two different dimensions to open or close the box. Opening movement in on... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4685567 | Nestable, stackable tote boxes A nestable, open-top container has a cover formed of two separate, co-planar pieces, each covering one-half of the open top. Each cover piece is hingedly connected to one side of the upper edge of the container and extends toward and overlaps the opposite... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4580688 | Container having plural closures A container for contaminated materials having an upper entry chute (29) and a hinged door (12) which normally hangs vertically closing the inner end of the chute. When the container is full the door (12) can be lifted until hooks (39) at its lower end eng... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4458826 | Case structure A case includes a case body and two slidable and rotatable case covers. The case body is provided with two ring recesses and two guide slots at each end of its two outer side walls. Each cover is provided with two locating pins which are located on the in... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4424641 | Feed pot lid A feed pot lid preferably of one piece, the center of which is approximately three fourths round with the remaining one fourth of the center part being straight, the straight part having an extension therefrom which points away from the center, then loops... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4412625 | Child-proof pill container for handicapped A pill container and permanently attached cap form a three-sided prism-shaped safety bottle. The container is provided with a top to which the cap is secured permanently by a large-headed shaft from the cap protruding into the container top through an elo... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4384662 | Pouring mechanism for controlled flow The invention relates to a controllable flow pourer mechanism. This pourer mechanism comprises a valve mounted on an actuating device, of such construction that in closed position, the valve is kept in fluid-tight contact upon the lip of the pourer spout and t... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4355597 | Bird feeder construction A bird feeder comprising a vertically disposed hollow housing having an opening in the upper end thereof and adapted to be closed by a closure cap. The feeder body is supported by a generally U-shaped bail having opposed legs connected to the body at the ... | 10/26/1982 |