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Dining Table Having Integral Dishwasher
A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421810 | Picture frame assembly for mounting to a cylindrical object A picture frame assembly includes a backing plate having a front surface, a rear surface, and a plurality of parallel grooves in one of the surfaces. The material and thickness of the backing plate are chosen so that the backing plate may be plastically deformed abo... | 09/09/2008 |
| 6718691 | Fastener to secure and train branches of a vine or plant to a horizontal support wire or other support structures A fastener to secure and train branches of a vine or plant to a horizontal support wire or other structures comprises a longitudinal body including first and second hook portions and a longitudinal flexible member having first and second ends connected to the respec... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6585205 | Force distributing multi-piece hinged hanger A hanger having a fixed pin assembly and a hinged pin assembly. Left and right vertical portions of fixed pin assembly are used to pin the hanger into the inner core of the applicable fabric-covered wall or furniture. Once the left and right vertical port... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6439520 | Photo frame A mounting device for attaching an object to a surface comprising: a base, the base having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, the first face secured to the object to be attached; a hinge including two portions, a first portion of t... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6279862 | Hanger for suspending articles from walls A hanger for a soft-core wall having an outer fabric covering includes a rigid panel having a flat rear surface, a number of sharp prongs downwardly emergent from the rear surface, and a hook member disposed forwardly of the front surface of the panel.... | 08/28/2001 |
| 5752683 | Arm support device A support device for supporting the forearm of a worker in a generally horizontal plane comprising: (a) an attachment member for affixing the support device to a support member; (b) a lower support member having a forward end and a rearward end, the rearw... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5657953 | Operable hanger An operable hanger includes a pair of legs connected at their lower ends and generally symmetrically oriented about a vertical central axis. Horizontally oriented tips at the upper ends of the legs will selectively engage a support structure by movement t... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5507459 | Single piece mounting device for use on a bulletin board A mounting device representing a combination paper clip and a pointed mounting member therefor, designed to be appended to a bulletin board or other mounting surface. This novel mounting device is of elongate configuration and involves a resilient wire ha... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5484126 | Surface piercing sheet retainer A retainer for securing a planar sheet relative to a support surface. The inventive device includes a mounting assembly which can be piercingly engaged to a vertical wall. An engagement assembly depends from the mounting assembly for coupling to a sheet o... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5063721 | Bracket for attachment of wall linings Bracket destined to be mounted on a wall to extend therefrom and so designed that a separately manufactured material in the form of sheets, such as a glass wool mat, is suspended on the bracket by pressing the material against the bracket and causing the ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5029788 | Clip-hanger for suspending articles from walls A combination clip and hanger is used to suspend articles from walls, especially fabric-covered soft-core partitions. In one embodiment, the clip-hanger is formed of a single strand of stiff but bendable wire. The wire defines three components of the hang... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4984763 | Article for mounting objects A mounting bracket for mounting on a vertical member such as a wall stud which may be dimensioned for example as a two by four or a two by six wherein the mounting bracket includes a mounting member which is generally U-shaped in configuration and has fir... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4619430 | Picture frame hanger A device, such as a picture frame hanger, for supporting a flexible, elongated article, such as a picture frame having a convex lip fastened to a backplate so that an arched groove and a circular contact area are formed. The flexible, elongated article ha... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4485995 | Spring-biased wall hanger A wall hanger which penetrates into wallboard, wood, or paneling has a pointed penetrating end formed of a resiliently deformable wire which is attached to a plate member having a hook integral therewith. A base of the wire is fixedly attached to the plat... | 12/04/1984 |
