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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7380410 | Pull-out access cooler unit A wine cooler unit has a refrigerated cabinet housing two pull-out assemblies, each having a door panel and one or more wine racks. One rack can be mounted to the door panel, and one or more follower racks can be extended and retracted by movement of the door panel ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380894 | Expandable drawer organizer Embodiments of an expandable drawer organizer for segregating articles within a drawer are disclosed. Each embodiment utilizes at least one tray maintained in slidable agreement with another a tray, providing for the expandable drawer organizer to be varied to appro... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7350886 | Refrigeration storage bin including flip-top cover A refrigerator storage bin includes a main body portion and a cover. The main body portion defines a bin storage area. The cover selectively provides access to the bin storage area. The cover is pivotally attached to a sidewalk of a cabinet of the refrigerator for r... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347516 | Friction slide The apparatus and methods reduce the force needed to open and close a drawer, as well as reduce noise generated by friction slide mechanisms when the drawer is opened and closed. A drawer slide mechanism includes a first elongated track, an elongated rail, and a low... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7281774 | Object supporting unit As an arrangement to reduce an operational force to draw the drawer 3 forward from the drawer storage position 2, wherein at least a rear end side of a drawer 3 is supported in a drawer storage portion 2 in a manner movable along back and... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7261385 | Protected cabinet A protected cabinet for cash or other valuables, designed to protect the cash or valuables from being robbed, the protected cabinet comprising: a housing, for receiving and housing two drawers, having a front opening through which one or both drawers simultaneously ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258503 | Adjustment device for printer head of barcode printer A device for adjusting the position of a printer head of a barcode printer includes a casing mounted to the barcode printer and a base movably coupled to the casing. A slide board is slidably supported on the base and carries the printer head. A first adjuster is ar... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249812 | Display system A frame structure includes a first end wall having first and second ends in a top edge. A second end wall is spaced apart from the first end wall and generally parallel orientation relative to the first end wall. The second end wall has first and second ends in a to... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7178887 | Storage apparatus Storage apparatus (10) comprising a pair of storage members (54) pivotally mounted about a lifting arrangement (32). The storage members (54) and lifting arrangement (32) are locatable in a base assembly in a stored condition and c... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7147290 | Modular workbench system A heavy-duty workbench with strong metal legs and a thick hardwood top. The workbench can provide docking space for three modules that can function as an additional work surface when pulled out from under the workbench or when used alone. The modules can be provided... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7108338 | Multi-purpose storage table A storage table 2 is composed of a cabinet 10 open to the front side of the image forming apparatus 1, and a tray 11 able to move into and out of the cabinet 10. The tray 11 includes a base plate 15 and a front cover ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6973740 | Stationary clothes drying apparatus A stationary dryer, which may be used for drying clothes, is provided having a housing enclosing a space. A stationary support is located within the space for receiving articles to be dried. An air moving device is provided for generating an air flow through the spa... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6874429 | Support for a computer keyboard and mouse A furniture construction includes a frame structure made up of a pair of spaced frame sections connected together, and a furniture component mounted to the frame structure. Each frame section includes a lower base section, an upright, and a furniture component suppo... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6851772 | Closure for selectively closing a container A closure for a container includes a first surface having a front end, a rear end, a first side and a second side. A first sidewall extends a predetermined distance from said first side of said first surface. A second sidewall extends a predetermined distance from s... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6811232 | Lockable sliding drawer tray A rectangular drawer has an upstanding partition extending between the drawer side walls and dividing the drawer into front and rear compartments. A rectangular tray has a bottom wall and upstanding front, rear and opposed side walls, the tray side walls having late... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6648430 | Table with improved wheelchair accessibility A table with improved wheelchair accessibility includes a bridge member securable in a selected alignment with the tabletop to extend a supporting surface of the table between the armrest sections of a wheelchair. The bridge member includes a supporting s... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6622740 | Dishwashing machine, preferably for home use, with an improved architecture A dishwashing machine comprises a stationary housing with an open front face and at least two structures for supporting wash load items. The support structures are able to slide horizontally with respect to the housing through the open front face of the h... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6209978 | Waste organizing cabinet A waste organizing cabinet for recyclable materials. The upper working surface of the cabinet can be used to cut or otherwise treat food products. Below this upper surface is a first holding frame for a pull-out sliding drawer that rests on cabinet rails.... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6086176 | Cabinet In a cabinet of a type in which drawers received in a box-shaped case can be pulled out through both end openings of the case, an arrangement is provided which makes it possible to retain each drawer in a position in which it is neatly received in the cas... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6045202 | Jewelery box having linearly movable upper section A unique jewelry box having at least an upper member and a lower member wherein the lower member has a compartment and wherein the first member is slidably and captively disposed relative to the second and lower member so that simple sliding movement of t... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6042204 | Forms organizer An organizer for forms that includes a housing with front and rear openings and several guiding members mounted within the housing at a predetermined spaced apart relationship with respect to each other and designed to slidably accept trays of cooperative... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5980009 | Basket mounting arrangement for a refrigerator A basket mounting arrangement for use in a domestic refrigerator, and in particular a bottom mount refrigerator has two baskets mounted in the freezer compartment, one above the other. The lower basket is mounted relative to the freezer compartment for mo... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5927839 | Drawer with double-tiered sliding tray system A drawer having a longitudinal axis is provided. The drawer includes first and second generally parallel sidewalls, a bottom wall connecting the first and second sidewalls and first and second tray supports respectively connected to the first and second s... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5848828 | Workstation support system A workstation support system which is designed to receive a computer mouse, keyboard and the like comprises a drawer of a desk and a suspension structure within the drawer. The suspension structure comprises a rigid support surface and hangers which fit w... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5673983 | Cassette assembly and unit dose medication cart using the cassette assembly A medication cart features a frame assembly formed from a plurality of vertical support posts and wall panels secured to the posts. Each support post has a plurality of equally-spaced, radially extending flanges running the longitudinal length of the post... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5607213 | Sliding drawer tray A sliding work platform for a drawer, of the type having upstanding front, rear and side walls, includes a substantially rectangular panel which defines a work surface and has front and rear edges and substantially flat side margins. The flat side margins... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5588727 | Desktop organizer for an office workstation A desktop organizer is designed so as to organize the components, such as a computer and related supplies and accessories, of a workstation in a compact space and at locations which the user will find convenient. The organizer includes a container in the ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5586816 | Multi-purpose, mobile storage cabinet with horizontally and vertically adjustable shelf structure A mobile storage cabinet in combination with a shelf structure horizontally and vertically adjustable with respect to the cabinet. In a first embodiment, the shelf structure comprises an inner cabinet having vertically spaced shelves slidingly mounted the... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5468062 | Double tiered storage trays for a drawer A two tiered drawer rack includes a base tray having a flange along each longitudinal side with, an upwardly facing track extending along each flange, and an upper tray with bearings which co-operate with the tracks to permit the upper tray to be moved be... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5462348 | Dishwasher utensil tray A utensil holder or tray is provided for use in a dishwasher for holding odd-shaped utensils. The tray is movably supported upon the upper perimeter edge of a conventional dish rack. Rollers or hooks are provided for rollably or slidably supporting the tr... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5460441 | Rack-mounted computer apparatus A rack mounted computer system has a vertically elongated cabinet structure in which a specially designed server unit is mounted. The server unit includes a slide-out outer drawer having a power supply box mounted in a lower interior portion thereof. An i... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5205429 | Tackle box with sliding trays A tackle box has a box body with a hinged lid. The box body has a deeper front portion and a shallower back portion. Correspondingly, the lid has a deeper back portion and shallower front portion. The back portion of the box body carries a stack of interc... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5139321 | Multiple-bin tray assembly for a medical dispensing cassette Disclosed is a multiple bin tray assembly having individual medication bins positioned inside a tray which in turn is fitted into a cassette. Each bin can be opened individually from the cassette to minimize accessibility to the remaining bins and thus de... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5078382 | Paper feeder A paper feeder having a feed unit for dispensing paper from a paper containing unit and delivering the paper to a transport assembly. The feeder comprises a first guide portion for guiding the paper containing unit and a second guide portion for guiding t... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4993786 | Method and apparatus for retrofitting a drawer with a multiple level storage tray A storage apparatus (10) for converting a standard drawer (12) into a multiple level drawer having a stationary base tray (24) and a shiftable upper tray (26). The base tray (24) is secured to the front of the drawer (12) and includes laterally extending ... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4653818 | Apparatus for organizing storage containers in a cabinet Dry food storage containers of various sizes are supported by hanger plates which form part of a rack adapted to be slid into and out of a cabinet. When the rack is slid out of the cabinet, the containers may be laterally removed from or laterally inserte... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4449765 | Dishrack wheel assembly for a dishwasher A dishwasher structure having improved wheel assemblies for providing rolling mounting of a dishrack on tracks provided on the sidewalls of the dishwasher cabinet. The wheel mounts are arranged to be mounted to portions of the dishrack and in the two illu... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4400045 | Built-in kitchen unit A built-in kitchen system including a baking and roasting oven and a surface cooking unit, which system includes a plurality of cabinet modules disposed adjacent one another and provided with countertops defining a horizontal work surface, a wall cabinet ... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4285212 | Ice dispenser storage assembly An ice dispenser storage assembly for use in a freezer compartment of a refrigerator including a motor-driven ice dispenser. There is provided a cover secured to the inside of the freezer compartment and an ice storage receptacle movable from a first ice ... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4275940 | Utility cabinet for dentists An improved utility cabinet for dentists is disclosed. The top of the cabinet is movable to a closed position and a functional position, and an adjustable, spring-urged bolt is engageable with different escutcheon plates to latch the top in each position.... | 06/30/1981 |
