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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350470 | Plastic safe with concealed hinge A plastic safe box has a housing formed of connected panels defining an interior space, and a pivoting door supported on a hinge member integrally formed with said pivoting door. The hinge member receives a support rod mounted inside the safe such that the hinge mem... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334851 | Transparent top for a refrigerator A refrigeration appliance with a cabinet having a front wall, a rear wall, side walls and a top enclosing a refrigerated space. A front panel in the front wall is openable to provide access to the refrigerated space. The cabinet walls are sized to fit below a standa... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7291784 | Fire resistant and/or water resistant enclosure for operable computer digital data storage device A fire and/or water resistant enclosure is provided for housing an operable digital data storage device. The enclosure is a low cost, preferably molded enclosure having various embodiments for providing resistance to fire and/or water. In one embodiment, a fan coope... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7232197 | Fire-safe electronic data storage protection device A fire-safe electronic data storage protection device is provided which allows all-time data storage backup and protection. A preferred embodiment of the device includes a fire-proof enclosure having an openable and closeable door which can be opened after the devic... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7188570 | Electrical equipment enclosure An embodiment of an enclosure for electrical equipment is described. The enclosure has a back part arranged to be mounted to a fixed support and having an open front, and a front part having an open back, arranged to contain electrical equipment, and hinged to the b... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185778 | Barrier units and articles made therefrom Barrier units and articles made therefrom, particularly constraining bands of high strength and low weight for containing articles, especially in blast resistant container assemblies, are disclosed. The barrier unit comprises a surface having a regular polygonal per... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7165822 | Fire protection cabinet assembly A fire protection cabinet assembly having a number of lined up fire protection cabinets. The fire protection cabinets are provided, in the form of fireproof wall elements, with a front door, a ceiling element, a floor element, a rear wall or a rear door and with at ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7140508 | Shipping box for shipping of highly-value high sensitive objects A shipping box (1) for shipping of high-value, highly sensitive objects, especially framed paintings, or painting stabilized in terms of shape in some other way, has a frame having side walls (3), a bottom wall (4) and a top wall (5) whic... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7028503 | Refrigerator modular storage assemblies Modular storage assemblies for refrigerators are provided. The storage assemblies include drawers formed of multi-component frames that support pans. The drawers are provided in a variety of configurations and include parts that can be used in various configurations... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7000550 | Ablative blast resistant security door panel Penetration resistant door panel comprises a plurality of spars having a series of holes therethrough and sandwiched between an outer skin and a rear skin. Preferably there are two series of holes in each spar that are staggered with respect to each other. The holes... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6988781 | Airtight blast resistant cargo container A cargo container of unitary construction surrounds a cargo hold and has an opening into the cargo hold defined by an edge. A flange extends along the edge of the opening and projects into the cargo hold to form a seat. A door having a panel defined by a border cove... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6736473 | Fire-resistant cabinet A fire-resistant container for use as a safe, formed of steel and lined on its inner surface with a composition comprising insulative and intumescent materials, preferably mineral wool insulation and hydrated sodium silicate fiberboard, respectively. Preferably, an ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6729701 | Safety cabinet A safety cabinet is disclosed which includes an enclosure having a double-wall construciton and a pair of doors to selectively seal the enclosure. The safety cabinet includes a retaining system for retaining the doors in an open position and a closure system for aut... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6695421 | Method for assembling a strongbox and for coating an equipped and connected framework and kit for carrying out said method A method for assembling a strongbox and for subsequently coating an equipped and connected framework with coating elements and at least one door. The coating is in the form of a bottom element and frame elements at the front end and/or the rear end of the... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6668736 | Drop and slide escutcheon A drop and slide escutcheon system where the escutcheon has rims with locking members that fit into locking grooves formed in the funnels on the safe body. The escutcheon is offset by a slight amount, allowing the locking members to slide down into openin... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6425649 | In-flight meal service cart An in-flight meal service cart for an aircraft equipped with a box-shaped main body composed of a fireproof material, a plurality of connecting members provided to at least both outer side walls surfaces of the main body, and a cover body composed of clot... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6322179 | Orientation adjustable insulated workpiece for welding An adjustable support carries a workpiece in a manner that allows convenient welding. An enclosure having opposed half-round ends and a rounded half cylinder body defines an insulated workpiece cavity. The enclosure supports a hinged cover having a frame ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6288759 | Display device having fire-retardant shield case A display device includes a front case; a cathode ray tube mounted on the front case; a main circuit board mounted on the rear side of the cathode ray tube; a circuit board frame, mounted to one among the front case and the cathode ray tube, to support th... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6224179 | Heat-insulating housing as well as a household oven and a household refrigerator having the housing A heat-insulating housing, such as for an oven chamber of a household oven or a refrigeration chamber of a household refrigerating appliance, includes at least one working space which is surrounded by housing walls and can be closed by a door. The housing... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6158833 | Fire-resistant computer storage apparatus A thermally insulated cabinet is provided for protecting electronic data storage devices from damage by accidental and environmental conditions and from intentional acts. This cabinet provides an interior envelope which contains a data storage device surr... | 12/12/2000 |
| 5890785 | Container compartment in particular for refrigerators and similar household electrical appliances To obtain an appreciable level of insulation while at the same time achieving easy dismantling in view of material recycling, the container compartment (1, 1A) of the invention comprises a seat (9, 9A) freely housing laminar elements (10, 10A) opaque to i... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5813739 | Flammable material storage cabinet An improved, under-counter flammable material storage cabinet which complies with all present fire codes and which overcomes problems associated with access to the utility conduits behind the storage cabinet is provided. The cabinet is self-closing in the... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5638907 | Fire extinguisher cabinet mounting A simple and inexpensive, but highly effective, single-walled fire-rated enclosure for a fire extinguisher cabinet which maintains the integrity of 1- and 2-hour fire-rated walls. The enclosure requires only five panels of fire-rated material which are fi... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5599082 | Hardened aircraft unit load device A hardened load carrying device includes a unitarily constructed container for holding the load. The container has an opening which is partially bordered by a slot that includes opposed crooked thumbs which project into the channel of the slot. A door for... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5595431 | Strengthened hardened aircraft unit load device A strengthened hardened telescoping load carrying device includes a container and a door, with the door being attached to the container by means of an interlocking rail and cradle, or by means of an interlocking set of J-channels. Pins are inserted throug... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5413410 | Telescoping hardened aircraft unit load device A hardened telescoping load carrying device includes a plurality of telescoping container sections with interlocking edges and a door with interlocking edges. The telescoping sections are loaded with baggage one at a time and then extended outwardly. The ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5377514 | Escutcheon and method of making a fire-resistant safe A fire-resistant safe is made with internal and external shells that are filled with insulation material. Hollow reinforcements interconnecting the two shells are formed as cone-shaped recesses in the internal shell having truncated bottom portions attach... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5312182 | Hardened aircraft unit load device A hardened load carrying device includes a unitarily constructed container for holding the load. The container has an opening which is partially bordered by a slot that includes opposed crooked thumbs which project into the channel of the slot. A door for... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5295447 | Hollow reinforcements for fire-resistant safes A fire-resistant safe is made with internal and external shells that are filled with insulation material. Hollow reinforcements interconnecting the two shells are formed as cone-shaped recesses in the internal shell having truncated bottom portions attach... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5212355 | Sound absorptive file cabinet door A file cabinet is disclosed which has a door with high sound absorption properties. The door has metal front and rear panels and an intermediate layer of sound absorbing material sandwiched therebetween. An array of openings are cut through both the front... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5171079 | Fire extinguisher cabinet An improved fire-extinguisher cabinet for insertion into a vertical wall surface consisting of double fire wall cabinets creating an internal cavity which hold a fire-retardant material. The improved double-walled fire extinguisher cabinet satisfies all t... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5152231 | Fire-resistant safe A fire-resistant safe has a main body and a closure, both of which are formed from integral resin shells filled with insulation materials. When exposed to fire, a portion of the resin material burns away leaving gaps between the insulation materials of th... | 10/06/1992 |
| 4893397 | Fire-resistant container and method of assembling same A fire-resistant container for magnetic media is constructed by mounting a base of thermal insulation material within a casing having an open face and by positioning on the base and securing to the base a body of thermal insulation material so as to defin... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4776903 | Method of fabricating a light weight plastic vehicular interior building construction A lightweight building structure and method of fabrication is provided which is especially adapted for use in airline galleys or other interior vehicular constructions. It includes fireproof sandwich/core panels interconnected by plastic adhesive in a nov... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4685402 | Fire resistive cabinet for storing easily damageable electronic data storage materials A fire resistive cabinet for storing easily damageable electronic data storage materials such as floppy discs to protect them against the deleterious effects of high temperature and high humidity. The cabinet includes an outer housing of fire resistive co... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4574454 | Method of constructing fire resistant enclosures The body of a cabinet for storing temperature-sensitive articles such as magnetic discs and tapes is built by a process which involves the successive steps of (i) fabricating an internal skin; (ii) attaching so-called "phase-change" material to the skin; ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4441766 | Protective equipment cabinet A protective cabinet has four upright and hollow polygonal-section posts formed of a fiber-reinforced polyester and spaced at corners of a rectangle. Four respective upright walls between the posts each have a rigid and rectangular inner panel, a rigid ou... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4413869 | Heat resistant cabinet and method of manufacture A heat resistant cabinet having at least one protected compartment for storing temperature-sensitive articles. The compartment is surrounded by a heat absorbing layer and may also be surrounded by a heat barrier layer. The heat absorbing layer is a solid ... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4303286 | Insulated filing cabinet An improvement in R. E. McClellan's U.S. Pat. No. 2,750,901 issued June 19, 1956 to an Insulated Metal Cabinet Construction and its adaptation to lateral or wide shallow drawer insulated filing cabinets. The improvements include: a U-shaped sheet for thre... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4272137 | Fire resistant cabinet with protective void in gypsum filling In a heat resistant cabinet, a gypsum filling is provided in the interspace between the outer casing and the inner surface. In the upper part of the cabinet, at least one hollow space is present in the gypsum filling. This hollow space extends practically... | 06/09/1981 |
