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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7475954 | Tambour closure In the embodiments and methods described, a tambour closure is employed having a flexible surface and a plurality of ribs secured to the flexible surface, each of the plurality of ribs includes a structural support disposed inside of a molded body. ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7322661 | Storage cabinet A storage cabinet provides for the secure storage of items against unauthorized access, with ready authorized access The cabinet has an opening extending laterally across the front of the cabinet, and a door having panels carrying latches, the panels being movable l... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7287795 | Vehicle storage structure A vehicle storage structure includes parallel tracks having a resiliently deformable lid detent configured and arranged to move between a lid latching orientation and a lid releasing orientation. A lid includes track engaging portions disposed on lateral edges of th... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7185740 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine deposit accepting system and method An automated banking machine includes a mechanism for accepting deposited items. Deposited items may be provided to the machine in envelopes which are first passed to a user from an envelope storage area (132) in the machine through a transport (124) a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174944 | Triple slide assembly for sliding doors A triple slide assembly for a three panel door system that mounts on a two track header and allows the panels to slide easily and sequentially with an interlocking function that provides a means to align the panels. The outer rails or panels each have an inward faci... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7111660 | Roll-up door assembly A lightweight roll-up door comprises multiple lightweight panels that can be transversely installed/removed with a simple hinge assembly. The panels are hinged about one edge and have outer complementary arcuate portions that fill the gap at the edges of the door as... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7080653 | Collapsible storage devices A collapsible structure has first and second flexible loop members, each loop member defining a closed loop and having a first side and an opposing second side, each loop member adapted to assume an expanded position and a collapsed position, with the two loop membe... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7063227 | Air cargo container An air cargo container includes a base, two side walls, and a rear wall. The side walls each included a curved front edge. A retractable or roll-up door is located between the side walls. The door is extendible from an open position in which the door is retracted or... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063397 | Shoe holder Disclosed is a collapsible bag comprised of a top panel, a bottom panel, at least one intermediate panel, at least one side wall, and at least one divider panel. Each of the panels and the side wall may be covered with flexible material such that the collapsible bag... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062806 | Bedding structure with improved door/tracking system The present invention provides a flexible door for use in enclosing a protected area, thus limiting ingress or egress. The invention includes a tracking system for accommodating the door from above and below and has both top and bottom portions. Also a bendable port... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7040373 | Extruded door panel members A door panel comprises several interlocking panel members. The panel members can be extrusions that are readily cut to length to create assembled door panels that match doorways of various widths. The ability to readily provide a door panel in various widths and len... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7014096 | Wall mounted clothes hamper and sorter A hamper/sorter (15) for storing and sorting laundry which loads from the front with one or more openings is described. The hamper/sorter (15) is comprised of the main body and two moveable doors, one upper flexible door (5) that slides vertical... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7003863 | Apparatus and method for mounting accessory devices to panels An apparatus for mounting accessories to a panel surface includes at least one accessory interface on the panel surface. An elongate engaging section is recessed within and lies generally parallel to a part of the panel surface. An accessory device has a utility par... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994409 | Controlled access dispensing system A controlled access dispensing unit arranged to permit selective access to supply items within a portion of the dispensing unit. Preferably, the dispensing unit includes a cabinet arranged to hold a plurality of supply items. An enclosure assembly desirably includes... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6976743 | Ready-to-assemble entertainment center having pocket doors A ready-to-assemble casegood cabinet having pocket doors. A pocket door assembly for a ready-to-assemble casegood cabinet is also disclosed. A method of shipping a ready-to-assemble casegood cabinet, a method for assembling a ready-to-assemble casegood cabinet, and ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6863358 | Storage cabinet with movable door A storage cabinet employing a door formed in one monolithic piece from a thin sheet of light-weight but relatively rigid material, such as compressed resin-bonded plastic fibers. The door has a pair of panels, such as upper and lower door panels, integrally joined t... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6752476 | Structure of a garbage-box A structure of a garbage-box having a container body and a collection container, a moving door module being provided to the garbage inlet of the container body, characterized in that a sensor is provided to a top plate of the container body to sense the approaching ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6672691 | Control mechanism for tambour-style door closures A control mechanism for tambour-type door closures helically wound about a winding sleeve for use in combination with cabinetry and including a worm/pinion gear combination releasably locked against free rotation, with controlled rotation of the worm faci... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6591555 | Storage unit having flexible cover A storage unit for use in an office environment. The storage unit includes a structural frame having two opposing side panels, at least one laterally extending panel extending between and interconnecting the side panels to define an interior space. The fr... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6585333 | Combination wardrobe with a replaceable door structure A combination wardrobe is constructed to include a wardrobe body and a double-panel door structure controlled to close/open a front opening of the wardrobe body, the double-panel door structure having a hanging rod transversely suspended from the wardrobe... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6547350 | Refrigerator shelf A refrigerator shelf having a plate surrounded by a frame. A guide is connected to the frame for slidable guiding of a closure member. The closure member is formed from an assembly of hinged-together bar elements which are able to pass between an extended... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6508525 | Scrapbook nook A scrapbook nook or desk having two side walls, a first back wall, a second back wall, a top wall, a top storage unit, a desktop work area, a roll-top member, slide-out work surfaces, a plurality of drawers, a cork board, and a light source. Assembling sc... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6450598 | Storage and retrieval system A storage and retrieval system (10) includes a housing (11) accommodating a plurality of carriers (12). These are assignable y a transport device (13) to at least one access opening (14) provided in the housing (11). Provided at the access opening (14) is... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6422672 | Frameless appliance garage adapter An appliance garage with a front panel having left and right side frame members supported in spaced relation by a front panel member extending between the top portions of the left and right side frame members; each of the right and left side frame members... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6386658 | Housing for a packaging machine A housing for a packaging machine. The housing has guides for at least one protective plate disposed in side walls of the housing. The at least one protective plate is supported in the guides by rollers. It is essential that the protective plate can be mo... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6358355 | Method for manufacturing a roll top A method for manufacturing a roll top is disclosed, in which solid wood strips are arranged equidistant apart in a mold. Then glue is applied to the same side of the strips. Then a wood texture rubber sheet is covered onto strips on the side having glue. ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6152547 | Wardrobe door structure A wardrobe door structure, which includes a fixed horizontal top rail, a fixed horizontal bottom rail, and a sliding folding door, the sliding folding door having a horizontal top side edge, a horizontal bottom side edge, a first vertical side edge fixedl... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6102503 | Bendable shaping door plate device A bendable shaping door plate device including a door plate having several grooves on one of its sides and at least one slot arranged in a transverse direction to the grooves on the side. At least one fixer plate extends from the door plate with at least ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6066383 | Appliance protection device A new appliance protection device for improving cleanliness and sanitary conditions around and under appliances. The inventive device includes a plurality of strips adapted for coupling with lower ends of an appliance and abutting a floor surface. Each of... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6053591 | Cabinet having a tambour door and an attachment mechanism A cabinet is provided which is uniquely configured for uncomplicated use, particularly in environments with limited space. Specifically, the cabinet has a tambour door. The tambour door includes both a mechanical hinge and a flex hinge. Together the flex ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5973241 | Keyboard musical instrument having an improved cover opening/closing mechanism A keyboard musical instrument has a sliding manual cover comprised of a main cover and a sub cover. The main cover is slidable on manual cover guides in forward and rearward directions with respect to the main body between an open position and a closed po... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5934776 | Device for slowing the downwards travel of a vertically sliding wardrobe door A device for slowing a downward movement of a sliding door of a wardrobe includes a free-wheel consisting of a driving portion and a driven portion. The driven portion is coaxially aligned with the driving portion and is provided with an external toothing... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5906421 | Safety device for inhibiting child access to a cabinet The invention disclosed herein provides a safety device for inhibiting child access to a storage space. The safety device has a length of flexible material with a first end. The device also has a material retainer for storing the flexible material and all... | 05/25/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5803563 | Cabinet with removable tambour door A kitchen cabinet is provided with a removable tambour door. The kitchen cabinet is provided with a bottom wall having an open slot extending along a front portion of the bottom wall in alignment with inverted U-configured tambour door tracks wherein a ta... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5791749 | Theft-resistant display case A theft-resistant display case includes a housing having a lower storage section and an upper display section mounted above the storage section. The storage section has an obscuring exterior wall and the display section has an exterior wall that is at lea... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5772292 | Movable shelf assembly and combinaton movable shelf assembly and computer desk A computer desk having a movable shelf is provided. The desk has an upper shelf for receiving a part of a computer, and a movable lower shelf positioned below the upper shelf for receiving another part of the computer. The movable lower shelf is mounted i... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5718398 | Retail merchandising unit A free-standing, portable retail merchandising unit having improved merchandise display features.... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5716116 | Utility cabinet and modular storage and support assembly using the utility cabinet A modular storage and support assembly uses a platform system that includes vertically disposed support posts. The support post has an extended tubular body and a plurality of symmetrically spaced, radially extending flanges running the length of the tubu... | 02/10/1998 |
