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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7359188 | Disk-drive enclosure having rows of alternately facing parallel drives to reduce vibration and method A system and method for an improved multiple hard-disk-drive data-storage enclosure. Some embodiments position drives in counter-rotating pairs, each simultaneously accessing half the data, such that seek-caused actuator rotational-acceleration vibration cause simul... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350884 | Tray with integrated rail guides for facilitating installation of equipment units into a cabinet rack Described is an equipment tray having integrated rail guides. The tray has a base sized for supporting a unit of electronic equipment, a back wall extending perpendicularly from the base at a back end of the tray, and opposing side walls spatially separated by the b... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7281634 | Side slider for storing or organizing objects A sliding closet organizer for mounting on an interior vertical surface of a closet wall includes a substantially two-dimensional vertical storage rack and a sliding means adapted for attachment to the interior vertical closet wall surface, wherein the sliding mean... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7221564 | Low-profile box channel support beam configuration A support apparatus includes a first member and a second member. Each member has a first and a second portion. The first portions of the members are spaced apart and the second portions of the members are interconnected. The first member is a ribbed member in a firs... | 05/22/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6980725 | Space reuse during technology upgrade in a protection area of an outdoor enclosure An outdoor enclosure for a remote terminal is designed so that a structure supporting protector modules (normally coupled between telephone lines and line cards to prevent damage from a surge in current or voltage) is easily reachable and removable. To upgrade from ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966618 | Furniture unit using dual slider mechanism A furniture unit having a dual slider mechanism with an outer carriage and an inner carriage. Both the outer carriage and the inner carriage may include stoppers at opposing ends. A bearing or wheel assembly is provided. The bearing or wheel assembly may be position... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6945615 | Vertical peg board shelf system A cabinet is provided in a rectilinear configuration. A plurality of U-shaped rails is secured to, and faces upwardly from, the bottom with a plurality of inverted U-shaped rails secured to, and faces downwardly from, the top, and a plurality of slidable peg board s... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6793298 | Furniture unit using dual slider mechanism A furniture unit having a dual slider mechanism with an outer carriage and an inner carriage. Both the outer carriage and the inner carriage may include stoppers at opposing ends. A bearing or wheel assembly is provided. The bearing or wheel assembly may be position... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6688708 | Stabilizing and enclosure system for mobile storage units A stabilizing and enclosure system for a series of side-by-side mobile storage units. Each mobile storage unit includes a storage member, such as a cabinet assembly, mounted for extendible and retractable movement relative to a base which is rigidly fixed... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6454371 | Pull-out slide set A pull-out slide is used for fastening a drawer sliding bottom on a side wall of a stationary furniture body. The set has a carrying rail which can be connected with a holding part. The holding part can be fixedly connected with a furniture body. In addit... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6234591 | Disk array subsystem for use in a data processing system A disk array subsystem for use in a data processing system. In one embodiment, the disk array subsystem comprises a generally rectangular chassis having a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, an open front end and an open rear end. A fan pack is... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6220682 | Refrigerator shelving system A shelving system for a refrigerator includes a plurality of shelf units having opposite sides and placed side-by-side within the interior of the refrigerator and mounted for selective movement along longitudinal directions between a retracted position, w... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6095626 | Subsurface pullout guide for drawers, etc. A subsurface pullout guide (10) with a guiding rail (12), constructed as a profiled rail, which is to be fastened to the carcass wall, and with a running rail (26), which is disposed in the region of the bottom of the drawer and supported longitudinally d... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5992956 | Inclined slide assemblies for vertical drawers A tool cabinet has a plurality of vertically-oriented drawers, each slidably supported at its upper and lower ends by upper and lower drawer slide assemblies, wherein each slide assembly is coupled between facing support surfaces on the drawer and the cab... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5626406 | Integrated chassis slide assembly An integrated chassis slide assembly (10) is provided for integration with a chassis (12) and coupling to a mounting rack (not shown). The integrated chassis slide assembly (10) includes a fixed slide (14) coupled to the mounting rack (not shown), at leas... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5597219 | Mobile receptacles for cigarette trays A box-shaped container for temporary storage of filled or empty cigarette trays defines a plurality of compartments for temporary storage of a set of trays. The compartments have open front sides for introduction or extraction of trays and at least partia... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5590940 | Sliding tie rack cabinet for dressers A tie rack cabinet which includes a rectilinearly shaped cabinet member having a pheripheral edge wall having a height of at least about that of one-half the length of a standard tie, a back wall connected to and spanning the peripheral edge wall, a tie r... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5490723 | Disk array subsystem for use in a data processing system A disk drive module adapted for use in a data processing system, the system including first and second disk drive module guide plates. The disk drive module comprises an elongated, generally rectangular frame. The top wall of the frame includes a fin slid... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5468063 | Accessories organizer A vertical panel is mounted in a cabinet for movement into and out of the cabinet. A plurality of removable accessory holders are attached to the panel for holding accessories. A drawer front is attached to the panel for closing the cabinet when the panel... | 11/21/1995 |
| 4574524 | Apparatus for opening aligned sliding doors of furniture Apparatus for opening aligned sliding leaves of furniture, wherein the or each sliding leaf comprises, at its upper part, an upper track for receiving a first roller having a vertical axis and connected to a movable part of a slide guide fixedly secured t... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4030609 | Storage and display apparatus employing cantilevered roller track A longitudinally reciprocable roller carrier useful in both a horizontal and a vertical track to support various live and dead loads which comprises a pair of juxtaposed track members of generally H-shaped cross section, a connecting track of generally I-... | 06/21/1977 |
| 3967870 | Molded plastic drawer A molded plastic drawer for use in cabinets having spaced, parallel guide rails comprises a normally horizontally disposed bottom wall and front, side and back walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The bottom wall is provided with guide members w... | 07/06/1976 |
