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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337024 | Flat panel display concealment and viewing apparatus and method An apparatus for concealing a display of the flat panel type, and for supporting and extending the display to a viewing position. The apparatus includes a display cover that operates between a concealed position and a revealed position, and a display support that op... | 02/26/2008 |
| 6932595 | Safety cover for burner dials of a kitchen stove A safety cover for burner dials of a stove is an apparatus that covers front-mounted control knobs or dials on stoves. The safety cover takes the shape of an elongated compartment that spans the width of the stove. The compartment is hinged along the bottom and conn... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6779856 | Counterbalanced door system for a storage cabinet A storage unit includes a cabinet defining an interior and a door assembly, which has a first door section and a second door section. Each of the door sections is pivotably mounted to the cabinet for movement between an open position and a closed position. The first... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6474521 | Multiple-compartment storage chest for vehicles A storage chest for vehicles comprises a box defining an opening and being sized for mounting to a motor vehicle; a door openably closing off the opening; a plurality of containers sized and shaped to receive and hold one or more items; a motorized drive ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6336246 | Door mounting mechanism and assembly for door opening-closing with movements at right angles A mounting mechanism for coplanar doors is of a four-bar linkage type and a door is carried on parallel links or connecting rods, so that it moves parallel to itself from a steady, closed position, through a transitory retracted or extracted position, to ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6321138 | Storage and retrieval system with automated order make up A basket storage and retrieval apparatus and method has spaced parallel rows of storage racks with multiple horizontal tiers having aisles between the storage racks. Guides are connected to the aisle and a stacker retriever is connected to the guides. The... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6033046 | Cabinet assembly A cabinet assembly having a plurality of door assemblies including storage shelves. The door assemblies are pivotally mounted in the cabinet assembly to provide access to the shelves. The door assemblies maximize storage space within the cabinet assembly.... | 03/07/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5635655 | Apparatus, with oil damper, for opening and closing fall board of musical keyboard instrument An apparatus, with an oil damper for damping the closing of a fall board on a main body of a musical keyboard and permits opening of such keyboard without damping when the fall board is opened. The oil damper has a body with a cylindrical chamber, having ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5442514 | Computer having movable shutter selectively providing access to storage media receivers and corresponding operating systems A dual compatible computer has first and second program retrieval means, for example of two disc drives or a disc drive and a games cartridge reader (12, 14) each dedicated to a respective operating system. A shutter (16) is slidable to expose one or the ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5358325 | Robotic system A robotic system has a transfer bay through which objects may be exchanged with a robot. An internal door allows the robot to access the transfer bay and an external door allows access to the transfer bay from the exterior. The external door can only be o... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5287653 | Storage cabinet with sliding doors A cabinet with sliding doors includes tracks for supporting said doors and track shifting members for shifting the doors between two positions. In one position the doors are disposed adjacent a cabinet frame defining an opening, said doors sealing said op... | 02/22/1994 |
| 4904031 | Earring storage device An earring storage device with a rectangular boxlike base with a chamber extending from the top surface of the base. A half-section of a circular rigid disk is attached and normal to the top surface. The device has a plurality of quarter-sections of a cir... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4775075 | Money till having pivoting and sliding closure In a money till with a box-shaped housing (10), whose upper side is partially closed by a stationary cover (12) and partially closed by a lid (16), the lid includes two lid parts (18, 20) connected with one another about a pivot axis (22), the first lid p... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4753343 | Audio disc storage container with slidable, apertured wall An audio disc storage container having a movable flexible, transparent wall which allows inspection of the contents, the wall having an aperture provided in it to permit insertion and removal of audio discs. The aperture in the wall may be aligned with a ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4752106 | Sliding door cupboard structure The sliding door cupboard structure comprises a body closable frontally by at least two mutually sliding doors, and a guide plate supported on the body and spanning substantially the full width of the body. With the guide plate there operatively interact ... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4389078 | Modular storage unit A storage unit is provided that may be assembled with other similar storage units in a vertical and horizontal array. Each storage unit comprises material molded to form a pair of opposed walls, a rear wall, a bottom wall, and a top wall together defining... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4265499 | Protective telephone stand A protective telephone stand includes an upwardly extending tubular base member having a horizontal shelf member secured to the upper end thereof. A pipe section is secured atop the shelf member co-axially with the support member, and is provided with a l... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4260069 | Ingredient bin cover A cover for an ingredient bin (15) having an upper opening (19,20), said cover having two movably associated parts (29 and 30) for closing the opening (19,20) when the parts are in extended position, and interengaging connection means (39 and 46) on said ... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4230381 | Two piece cabinet cover A two-piece cover for covering and enabling access to an open topped cabinet box, has a retaining lid and a captured lid which are interconnectable in either of a pivotal or sliding configuration; either of the lids may be separately opened and both are s... | 10/28/1980 |
