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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179673 | Portable computer hard drive structures Portable computer structures are provided. The portable computer structures may include hard drive mounting structures. The hard drive mounting structures may include elastomeric support members. Each elastomeric support member may have a relatively rigid inner port... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7866771 | Drawer slide A drawer slide mechanism includes at least first and second slide members, with the second slide member being telescopically and movably received by the first slide member in an axial direction. First and second elongated bearing members are disposed laterally betwe... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7748801 | Telescopic guide for drawers and similar furniture components extendable from a body of furniture A fully extendable telescopic drawer guide (10; 10′) for furniture components, such as drawers, work surfaces and the like, that can be extended from the body of an item of furniture, with a guide rail (12) facing the body, a running rail (14)... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7370919 | Waste container with hidden slides A kitchen trash container system that has a tray slidably movable into and out of a kitchen cabinet when waste is placed in a container carried by the tray. A slide mechanism is positioned on the inside walls of the cabinet engaging another cooperating slide mechani... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364245 | Lateral alignment device A telescoping slide rail assembly including interconnected mounting, intermediate and stationary slide rails movable relative to one another to extend and retract the mounting and intermediate slide rails relative to the stationary slide rail between fully extended ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7324349 | Method and apparatus for coupling a modular component to a chassis A modular component coupling apparatus includes a chassis and a plurality of guide members mounted in the chassis which define a component channel, the plurality of guide members each including a first end and a second end, the second end including a component secur... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7294011 | Electronic device retention apparatus An electronic device retention apparatus for fixing an electronic device with a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole includes a fixed case, a mounting piece, and a flexible structure. The fixed case has an entrance, a first opening, and a second opening. O... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295432 | Rail assembly for a data storage device A rail assembly for a data storage device includes a bracket (30) comprising a first wall (34), a rail (60) attached to the first wall (34) and a fastener (80) comprising a set of latches (84). The first wall (34) def... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7102886 | Computer enclosure incorporating slidable drive bracket A computer enclosure includes a cage (10), and a drive bracket (30). The cage has a pair of side panels (14a, 14b), and a front panel (16). Each of the side panel defines a first slideway (21) and a second slid... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6834923 | Miniature solid bearing slide assembly A telescoping slide assembly having at least a first slide segment and a second slide segment. Desirably, each of the first and second slide segments include one or more solid bearing surfaces and are in contact with one another along at least a portion of the beari... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6467860 | Drawer glide system A sliding drawer system, containing two opposite facing slide members, two drawer glides, and a sliding drawer or wire basket. Each slide member contains a longitudinal interior channel running substantially the length of the slide member. The drawer cont... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6388875 | Retaining device of computer data storage device A retaining device is mounted to a computer data storage device for supporting and retaining the data storage device in an enclosure comprised of opposite side walls. The retaining device includes an elongate body having a first face and an opposite face.... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6388874 | Securing device of computer data storage A device for securing a computer data storage device in a computer enclosure includes a support frame having a top wall for supporting the data storage device and two side walls for supporting the support frame in the enclosure. Aligned openings are defin... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6132020 | Drawer slide assembly A drawer slide assembly, includes a first slide member securable to an article of furniture, a second slide member securable to a drawer, an intermediate slide member having an area formed with a plurality of raceways, and a plurality of rolling elements ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5992957 | Abrasion control on sliding assemblies An abrasion control apparatus allowing a drawer member of an electronic enclosure to be inserted into a receptacle wherein the contacting sides of the drawer member and receptacle are made of aluminized steel. The invention includes a double thick side of... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5626405 | Universal travel slide A universal travel slide for two-way drawer travel including a pair of slide rails which are secured to the drawer and the cabinet and are interconnected by a sabot which permits the rails to reciprocate with respect to each other.... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5549374 | Modular cabinet and drawer assembly A cabinet assembly capable of storing various configurations of drawers of different depth is provided. The cabinet assembly includes first and second walls each having a length and height, and first and second one-piece support members each having a leng... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549377 | Corrugated three-piece drawer slide assembly A low-cost, low-noise, and low-weight, high strength three-piece slide assembly is provided for use with cabinet drawers. The slide assembly includes a corrugated drawer-side member having a first corrugated surface with elongated corrugations having a fi... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5507571 | Drawer slide assembly A drawer slide assembly for supporting a drawer on a cabinet in which the slide channels include in-stop elements at the outer ends to facilitate positioning and assembly of the drawer slide assembly. At least one anti-scrape polymeric guide bushing is lo... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5393137 | Damper assembly A damper assembly includes anti-rattle tracking devices or components for preventing rattling and play when a sliding tray is moved into and out from a stationary housing by a damper device. The damper device further includes a fail-safe locking device so... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5332306 | Computer disk drive mounting apparatus A pair of disk drives are mounted in a compact side-by-side relationship in two adjacent bays of an internal sheet metal computer housing chassis using a snap-in mounting system including two opposing pairs of parallel sheet metal guide channel members sn... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5251975 | Extendable and retractable undercounter container assembly for recyclable materials Containers or bins for recyclable materials mounted within a cabinet or in a space in underlying relation to a countertop for movement between an extended position in which the open tops of the bins or containers are exposed for receiving recyclable mater... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5098175 | Removable guide apparatus for a rail-mounted device employed in a computer A removable rail guide apparatus is provided for a disk drive mounting structure which is capable of receiving disk drives or other rail-mounted devices therein. The mounting structure includes a frame including a bay capable of accepting therein one firs... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4948208 | Guide or runner systems for accommodating translational movement A guide system for a drawer comprises a mounting rail attached to a piece of furniture, a drawer rail attached to the drawer and supported and guided by the mounting rail for translational movement relative thereto. The rails are provided with vertically super... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4138176 | Drawer mounting arrangement A drawer mounting arrangement of the type which includes a pair of slider elements mounted on the drawer and a pair of rail elements mounted on the drawer frame for slidably supporting the slider elements. A first of the elements has a pair of longitudina... | 02/06/1979 |
