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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8020951 | Rotation and pull-out fitting for a corner cabinet Rotation and pull-out fitting for a shelf in a corner cabinet, includes a carrier supported in the corner cabinet to be rotatable about a vertical axis, and a pull-out guide on which the shelf is displaceable relative to the carrier, the pull-out guide being mounted... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7690739 | Drawer A drawer (1) for a corner cabinet includes a front panel (4) angled inwards, two drawer side walls (2), a rear wall (5), and a drawer base (3). The front panel (4) has at least two plates (7′3″) which, when the dr... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7350970 | Dew point measurement method and device for carrying out said method The invention relates to measuring engineering. In order to increase accuracy by increasing sensitivity, for the inventive dew point measurement method a light flux polarized in the plane of incidence thereof is used and directed towards the condensation surface of ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7331617 | Cabinet door lock A lock for a cabinet of the type wherein a door of the cabinet is movable through a frame of the cabinet is provided. An exemplary lock of the present invention includes a first and second restraining member connected by a rod and rotatable around an axis of rotatio... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325343 | Display board system An apparatus configured to allow the retention of at least one display board with a mounting structure is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a retaining system. A portion of the retaining system is deformable to retain at least one display board in a press-in, inter... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318631 | Corner cabinet, especially for a kitchen A corner cabinet has a rectangular interior accessible through a door opening. A support column with a vertical swivel axis is arranged in the interior for supporting at least one essentially semi-circular shelf. The shelf is movable from an interior position into a... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7278360 | Variable configuration desk system with power and communication capability A desk system with power and/or communication capability includes a series of interconnected desk sections. Each desk section includes a pair of leg that support a worksurface, and one or more stanchions extend upwardly from the worksurface. A primary power distribu... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7246562 | Structure of delivery door having anti-theft security means The present invention relates to a delivery door having anti-theft security means, more particularly to a door structure consists of a pair of casings, area adjustable mounting plate, hinge means and actuation means, which are installed on an entrance door or a wind... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7147445 | Turntable with turning guide A gerotor mechanism is used to guide the rotation of a turntable having a Reuleaux triangle shape. In one version, the mechanism includes a gerotor having three lobes, and the gerotor guide has a guide profile including four recesses for receiving the lobes of the g... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137797 | Turntable with gerotor A gerotor mechanism is used to guide the rotation of a turntable having a Reuleaux triangle shape. The mechanism includes a gerotor having three lobes; the gerotor guide has a guide profile including four recesses for receiving the lobes of the gerotor. Rotation is ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7096801 | Safe A safe having a support assembly disposed in the interior of the safe. The door of the safe is coupled to the support assembly and is shiftable between a closed position wherein the door is received in an opening of the safe and an open position wherein the door is ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6991305 | Corner storage cabinet The storage cabinet including a housing structure, a center column assembly having a center column in which the center column assembly is mounted in the housing structure, and a reconfigurable shelf assembly having at least two partial shelves. The partial shelves m... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6931676 | Corner bed arrangement A corner headboard formed of a three sided structure that may be positioned in a corner of the room with the bed extending angularly therefrom. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6865993 | Safe A safe having a support assembly disposed in the interior of the safe. The door of the safe is coupled to the support assembly and is shiftable between a closed position wherein the door is received in an opening of the safe and an open position wherein the door is ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6846052 | Desk with concealed keyboard well A desk unit incorporating a concealed pull-out keyboard well includes a work surface and a concealed keyboard platform mounted under a work surface. The work surface can have an apron on the lower front surface that conceals the keyboard platform. A movable section ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6685287 | Combination corner hutch and dining table A novel economically constructed freestanding combination corner hutch and dining table physically and structurally configured to accommodate placement into a typical room corner in order to economize space and simultaneously provide a uniquely designed, ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6568772 | Rotatable shelf Substantially planar bearings are used for the support and rotation of a rotatable shelf in the shape of a Reuleaux triangle, which rotates eccentrically. The bearings may be separate from the rotation guidance system or may be an integral part of it.... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6523917 | Mounting structure for a door of a corner cabinet A mounting structure for mounting a door to a carrousel of a corner cabinet, wherein the carrousel has a plurality of shelves and a rotary axis, and the door is co-rotatable with the carrousel and is radially movable relative thereto, the mounting structu... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6484983 | Speaker mounting device A mounting device (10) for mounting a speaker enclosure (12) in an elevated position at an intersection of two walls (14,16) or similar surfaces, wherein the device (10) facilitates easily locating supportive wall studs (18,20) underlying wall sheathings ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6378964 | Rotary stepped storage and display device and method A rotary stepped storage and display unit is placed on shelves in cabinets and other locations above eye level to store and display items such as spice jars etc. on a stepped surface so that items can be seen easily from below. Preferably, the device comp... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6231137 | Combination countertop oven and cooling rack assembly A cooling or support rack is embedded into a work surface of a countertop at a position generally, directly in front of one or more doors of an oven arranged above the countertop. Preferably, the oven incorporates a pair of arcuate, sliding doors which ar... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6220681 | Armoire with built in desk An armoire includes an enclosure having an opening defined therein. A door is located in the opening and is connected to the enclosure by a vertical hinge. A desk panel is mounted in the outside of the door and is connected to the door by a pair of four-b... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5941620 | Corner furnishing unit In a corner furnishing element, a displaceably held inner built-in part is displaceable from an inner position into a position accessible from outside through an opening of the corner furnishing element. For this purpose a lever is provided which has two ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5823645 | Portable storage compartment The present invention is a portable storage compartment which is adapted to be removably secured to the under surface of an existing upper cabinet. The storage compartment of the present invention includes an upper frame and a tracking system which is sec... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5752756 | Modular basket-holding framework for left and right-handed corner cabinets This invention relates to a modular basket-holding framework for corner cabinets, composed of a number of modular elements designed so that they may be assembled in two different, specular ways, in order to achieve--using the same elements--a framework th... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5730513 | Hair appliance storage cabinet A hair appliance storage cabinet including a housing that has a pair of upper side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall. The pair of upper side walls each have a first long end edge that is attached and a second long end edge. The pair of upper side walls ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5662398 | Corner cabinet drawer assembly A corner cabinet drawer assembly includes a corner cabinet frame defining an interior cavity having a front corner opening, at least one central drawer and a pair of side drawers for holding articles with the side drawers disposed on opposite sides of the... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5634409 | Corner desk for computer aided design In a preferred embodiment, a corner desk for a computer aided design system, including: a horizontal, upper working surface having a lower surface and a substantially flush upper surface; and a supporting structure attached to and disposed beneath the upp... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5628255 | Computer corner desk assembly A freestanding corner furniture unit includes a pair of side support panels extending vertically from a floor, the side supports disposed mutually orthogonally, each side support extending perpendicularly from an adjacent wall that defines a corner of a r... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5615936 | Corner desk or like unit A work station and drawer module, preferably adapted for a corner, including a horizontal work or support surface and supporting connected upright panels to define an enclosure. A front panel of the enclosure includes a front opening for receiving a horiz... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5601348 | Multi-configuration furnishing elements An assembly comprising one or more stationary wall units, each having a recess into which rigid platform is pivotally mounted. The platform forms a wall portion in its closed position, and a bed or couch in its open position. A second smaller platform or ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5590939 | Reconfigurable space frame cabinet Disclosed is a reconfigurable space frame cabinet for mounting to a vehicle and a method of assembly therefor. The reconfigurable space frame cabinet includes four elongated corner members having two parallel extending grooves on a first side and a plural... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5588723 | Adjustable kitchen appliance garage The present invention relates to a adjustable kitchen appliance garage which contains kitchen small gadgets and appliance within. The unit has a retractable door to cover the gadgets and appliances giving an aesthetic appearance in the kitchen. The unit i... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5494346 | Adjustable shelf assembly An adjustable shelf assembly wherein a vertical post rotatably mounted in a cabinet supports a plurality of rotatable shelves which carry the cabinet door. To enable the post and the door to be adjusted vertically, a lower bearing element has a slide memb... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5374117 | Simplified rotating shelf apparatus The apparatus is an apparatus for rotating a "lazy susan" shelf inside a cabinet. The apparatus uses a cam action to move the door back toward the axis and away from the cabinet edges as rotation begins upon opening, at the same time releasing a detent on... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5335804 | Canister A canister for the circular shelves of kitchen corner cabinets are made of a shape to fit by being wider on the end which fits next to the circumference, than the opposing end, being joined between by two sides of equal length, with upstanding side walls ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5322364 | Ornamental plastic part An ornamental molded plastic part includes a generally semicircular arch-shaped forward panel with a hollow generally quarterspherical main body portion extending rearwardly from the forward panel and ending in a generally vertical semicircular rear panel... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5279429 | Pivoting tray with pivot bearing for corner cupboards A pivoting tray with a pivot shaft bearing for corner cabinets. The tray has a bottom in the shape of a full or partial arc of a circle, made in one piece of plastic and having a support plate reinforced on the underside by radially extending ribs and a c... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5273353 | Hardware for corner cabinet Mounting for a corner cupboard door which is held for co-rotation on a carousel having at least two compartment floors, which mounting includes a telescopic mechanism for the radially movable fastening of the door on the carousel, and a control cam mechan... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5249856 | Kitchen corner cupboard A kitchen corner cupboard comprises a housing (12) having an upper cover plate (11) and a carousel (13) mounted therein. The carousel is provided with a vertical rotation shaft (15) which mounts at least one circular horizontal carrier plate (14a, 14b), i... | 10/05/1993 |
