Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7837165 | Article mounting apparatus Article mounting apparatus is provided for mounting an article such as a plant container to a support such as a lamp post. The apparatus includes a first bracket for mounting to a support, and a second bracket associated with the article. The first and second bracke... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7341231 | Accessory mounting system for a boat An accessory mounting device for securing an accessory to a track. The accessory mounting device includes a slide connector having a first portion that mounts within the track and a second portion that projects outwardly from the track. The accessory mounting device... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340855 | Shelf sign holder A sign holder including a main portion, a flange, and an interface hook. The main portion longitudinally extends in a substantially planar manner and defines a top end, a bottom end opposite the top end, a first surface, and a second surface opposite the first surfa... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7295427 | Electrical component with flush side action fasteners for a load center basepan An apparatus and method for a load center comprising a basepan with fastener devices for securing bus bars, neutral bars, and a variety of other electrical components to the basepan. Each fastener device comprises a self aligning support post flush with two extendin... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290740 | Portable tripod and universal mounting assembly for an object A universal mounting assembly for quick mounting of an object to a stand device. The mounting assembly includes a body having a support surface, a front face and an opposed mounting surface configured to mount to the support stand. The front face intersects the supp... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7270309 | Apparatus for mounting a flat panel display A mounting apparatus comprising a mounting bracket and a display bracket. The mounting bracket includes a first mounting plate and first and second seating flanges extending outwardly from the mounting plate. The first seating flange includes a first seating channel... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261264 | Locking assembly A locking assembly for readily attaching and detaching a device to a surface such as a wall, non-planar surface, or a plurality of bars such as those found in a kennel. The locking assembly has a bracket assembly with a front and back plate that are fixedly attached... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252273 | Bracket and bracketed assemblies and system for further assembly The invention discloses unique brackets, which form a bracket assembly that may be placed at any location of various components to form an assembly piece, such as furniture. An assembled furniture piece made of furniture panels interconnected with attached engaging ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7225958 | External storage structure A storage container system for mounting a storage box on the exterior of a vehicle has trapezoidal members attached to the vehicle that mate with and hold U-shaped members mounted on the container to be carried. The system has a handle mounted on the box which holds... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219901 | Cupholder for mounting on basket of shopping cart A cupholder, which is mountable to a wall of a basket of a shopping cart, comprises a continuous wire having two lowermost portions, between and to which the outer mounting plate is mounted, two intermediate portions, which define a cup-supporting level and on which... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7178770 | Article support device An article support device (10) includes a support body (14) having an article support section (12) and a cover member (16) movably coupled to the support body (14). When the device is used, the support body (14) is fixedly a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7127852 | Mounting bracket and snow guard for raised seam roof A mounting bracket attaches implements and other devices to the top surface of an inclined raised seam roof structure. The mounting bracket is formed with a body portion defining a wide cavity between opposing side walls to accommodate a variety of different sizes a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7108237 | Mounting bracket for a gaming machine A mounting bracket for a slot machine is disclosed herein, where the slot machine is slid onto the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket insures proper alignment of the slot machine onto the platform and secures the slot machine into position. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100977 | Detachable support arm A support arm for supporting an item from a tapered member such as a tapered chair arm includes an arm portion having a proximal end and a distal end. At or toward the distal end is an arrangement for mounting an item. At or toward the proximal end is an attachment ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090085 | Trophy sports apparatus holder The trophy item holder is a holder which associates the trophy item with a descriptive card which provides information on the item and its user. Photographs or a certificate of authenticity may also be displayed. Thus the information establishing the item as a troph... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077302 | Apparatus for selectively attaching a first object to a second object in a desired orientation An apparatus attaches a first object to a second object in a manner that the first object can be located in a desired orientation with respect to the second object. The apparatus includes an engaging member detachably mounted to the second object, e.g., a bicycle ha... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077372 | Locking assembly for mounting a device to a solid surface A locking assembly having a substantially joined bracket assembly with a front and back plate defining an opening therebetween with a top slot and a side slot. At least the back plate is directly or indirectly fixedly attached to a solid surface. Positioned within s... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7044344 | Container for a golf car with removably attachable golfing accessory A container for a golf car has a connector for connecting a golfing accessory to the container. The connector comprises a pair of notches formed in the container for receiving a pair of clips formed in the golf accessory. The golfing accessory is solely supported fr... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7007903 | Modular structures and connector assembly apparatus Disclosed is a modular, knock down structure construction system illustrated by three structures, each having connecting portions detachably secured to one another by Trapezoidal Quick Slide Connector Assemblies, also disclosed, that enable a user to erect, without ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6913236 | Component mounting track A mounting track for electrical components including a base that is designed to attach a track to a support surface. A wall extends from the base to a mounting rail. The rail includes a number of large tool receiving apertures located directly above mounting apertur... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6877641 | Leveling mounting bracket A mounting method and a mounting apparatus to enable the level mounting of a first article to a second article. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for mounting a first article to a second article to permit the level mounting of the ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6811348 | Device for locking in position a mobile part relative to a fixed part A device for locking a position of a moving part with respect to a fixed part. The moving part is positioned with respect to the fixed part isostatically. The device generates a force opposing the loss of contact of all the points of isostatic contact between the mo... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6802168 | Modular wall panel system with cooperatively tapered connector pins and slots A modular wall panel system in which individual panels are constructed with a lightweight aluminum frame. In a preferred embodiment, the frame is substantially filled with a foam core material and decorative display surfaces are affixed to opposite sides thereof. On... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6779766 | Add-on wedge lock connector for automobile A securing device for releasable attachment of a tissues box to a car console. The device includes a trapezoidal template having a pair of opposite lateral side edge portions each with a lengthwise groove. Hook and loop fasteners releasably interconnect the template... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6773148 | System for mounting an object on a moving vehicle A system for mounting an object on a surface. The system has first and second supports for placement at spaced locations on a surface, and a plurality of modules that are engageable with each other and the first and second supports to define a first spanning section... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6763957 | Translucent slatwall panels and display systems incorporating the same A slatwall assembly comprises at least one slatwall panel having a cross section comprising at least one arcuate retaining flange and at least one planar brace adapted to accept standard slatwall hooks and other accessories. The slatwall panel can be constructed of ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6611424 | Housing of data processing system with mechanism for easy removal and insertion of disk drive A housing of a data processing system with a mechanism for easy removal and insertion of a disk drive, comprises a shell, two opposite guiding plates, a rear plate, and a front plate. A front section of each guiding plate has at least a step-shaped guidin... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6574924 | Fitting for walls or panels A fitting for walls or panels includes a female coupling element which can be mounted on the panel or wall an a support element which can be fixed releasably in the female coupling element. A coupling and a complementary coupling are provided for restrain... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6520357 | Rack with members attached by clips A rack includes vertical columns and horizontal beams and connecting clips that connect accessories, such as roller tracks, to the horizontal beams. The connecting clips are connected to the beams by inserting arms of the clips into slots of the beams and... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6484997 | Terminal block mounting track A terminal mounting track for supporting objects of more than one type has a base which is designed to attach the track to a support surface. A support member projects from the base and an elongated mounting rail is supported by the support member in a sp... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6481679 | System for mounting medical accessories on supportive structures A system is provided for mounting medical accessories on support structures that includes a female mounting component for mounting to a supportive structure and a male mounting component for mounting to a medical accessory. The female mounting component i... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6371424 | Mounting an article upon a support A mounting for mounting an article onto a support comprising upper and lower mounting members. Seating surfaces provided between the members retain the members in assembled relationship with the members immovably registered together in a first plane. Thre... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6362952 | Press-in bus insulation mounting assembly A mounting assembly for a plurality of panel board electrical buses which are disposed within a panel board housing, said mounting assembly which includes a mounting plate and a bus insulator assembly. The mounting plate has a front side, a back side and ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6357194 | Tapered dovetail joint The tapered dovetail joint is a method of joining two boards, or other rigid materials such as particleboard, wafer board, etc., by a unique type of modified dovetail joint. The modification to the classic dovetail joint includes tapering the dovetail pin... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6315255 | Handset holder A handset holder, such as a handsfree car kit, is disclosed. The car kit comprises a cradle (21) for carrying the handset and a cradle release mechanism (22) for releasably attaching the cradle (21) to a mount (23) fixed, for example to a vehicle dashboar... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6309085 | Lamp support for emergency light fixture A lamp support comprises a plurality of attachment ends affixed to a bottom surface of a base member to attach the base member of the lamp support to a stationary object, preferably, an emergency exit sign. A pair of stems, equipped with a pair of engagin... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6289617 | Address plate for stepped wall structures An address plate is fitted over a building wall having a stepped profile configuration established by overlapped courses of shingles or clapboards. The address plate includes a generally flat display panel for displaying indicia pertaining to the address ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6098941 | Mounting apparatus for components/assemblies An apparatus for mounting a component having a housing, the housing including a backplate. The apparatus includes a pair of mounting tabs disposed on the backplate. Each mounting tab includes a support member attached to the baseplate and a flange member ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6082687 | Flag holder and label holder A flag and label holder assembly for holding signs or labels for displaying prices and other information on merchandise display racks and shelves. The flag and label holder includes a base, a support member and a holder for selectively accommodating a sig... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6032381 | Dovetail accessory for a dial test indicator A dovetail accessory (16) for a dial test indicator (18) having a body (20) with a dovetail tongue (22). The accessory (16) comprises a dovetail hinge member (24) to attach in an adjustable manner the dial test indicator (18) to a dovetail extension (26) ... | 03/07/2000 |
