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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4144972 | Valet rack A valet rack comprising in combination a plurality of drawers in a body, said drawers having a magnetic means located at the back thereof to cooperate with a magnetic means in the body to provide a positive locking of the drawer in the closed position in ... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4122568 | Mattress of the hard surface type An orthopedic mattress is made of a plurality of rigid supporting members each including a vertical post with a rigid flat platform at its upper and lower ends. The platforms are preferably square in shape and may include connecting means on each of the s... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4123123 | Method and apparatus for fixing glove to glove box and glove suitable therefor A method and an apparatus for fixing a glove to a glove box and a glove suitable therefor are provided. A glove having an extended fin portion at its proximal end is fitted around a cylinder forming a handling hole of the glove box such that the fin porti... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4123125 | Combined dispensing and inventory control system A portable dispensing system for storing and dispensing, for example, surgical suture packages, which system provides one or more shelved dispenser boxes having a transparent front panel for allowing visual inspection of individual packages (and descripti... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4121877 | Magnetic tape cassette storage case A case for storing a group of smaller boxes, such as boxes containing magnetic tape cassettes, includes a container for receiving the boxes in a side-by-side arrangement, and a keyboard having a plurality of levers for elevating selectively and individual... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4120551 | Interlocking drawer assembly A kit of parts for assembly into a drawer comprises a bottom panel, two side panels, a back panel, and a front panel, and assembly means adapted to connect the panels in pairs. The assembly means comprise a male attaching part on one panel and a female at... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4120548 | Displaceable garbage bin holder A domestic garbage bin is mounted on a holder pivotally mounted to be swung into and out a compartment. The holder comprises a manipulatable four-bar-linkage system by which the bin is adapted to be raised to a higher level position and maintained self-su... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4119376 | Movable storage unit system A movable storage unit system comprising a plurality of individually driven storage units at least some of which are movable toward and away from one another into contact with one another to define an access space between a pair of the units. A logic cont... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118089 | Furniture drawer A drawer for use in furniture defining drawer support slides comprises: (a) a generally rectangular frame defining parallel peripheral guide rails for cooperation with said support slides whereby the drawer may be advanced and retracted, and (b) a basket havin... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4118087 | Recreational vehicle shelf bars A protective, retaining device for shelf items stored in refrigerated or unrefrigerated enclosures to protect the items from spilling or breakage when the enclosure is jarred or moved is disclosed. The device of this invention is particularly adapted for ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4118086 | Tackle box A tackle box is disclosed which includes a plurality of storage drawers guidingly supported for selective horizontal extension by removable support means. The removable support means are assembled individually within the tackle box and retained therein by... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4118082 | Advertisement pillar An advertisement pillar for use on public streets, squares or in buildings for displaying advertising cards which can be dispensed in blank form and thereafter reinserted into the device for subsequent display. The pillar is comprised of an outer transpar... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4118081 | Plate holder A plate holder for use in leisure time vehicles such as campers, trailers, and the like, the holder having a plurality of carriers mounted in stacked relationship within a housing, each carrier being constructed and arranged to support a plate, whereby th... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4116510 | Chassis formed of sheet stock This chassis has side, top, bottom and rear plates which are made out of sheet stock and where are oriented at 90° with respect to each other. Bifurcated tongues are formed in edges of plates. Elongated slots are also formed in plates at points spaced aw... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4116511 | Automatic filing cabinet retrieval apparatus An automatic filing cabinet retrieval apparatus comprises two automatic retrieval saddles, the first saddle being located between two facing banks of filing cabinets containing filing cabinet drawers and being operable to extract a drawer from either bank... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4116512 | Drawer latching device A valet rack comprising in combination a plurality of drawers in a body, said drawers having a magnetic means located at the back thereof to cooperate with a magnetic means in the body to provide a positive locking of the drawer in the closed position in ... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4116508 | Portable bathroom cabinet A generally rectangular cabinet having a pair of outwardly swinging doors. The center interior is designed to form a paper cup dispenser, the cups exiting at the center bottom. With proper shelving, hooks and clips the interior will hold toothbrushes, too... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4116507 | Radiator concealing article of furniture A bookshelf unit has a pair of parallel sides spaced from each other, a distance greater than the length of a heating system radiator. The sides have a width greater than the width of the radiator. A plurality of book shelves extend between, and are suppo... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4114965 | Medication dispensing cart A portable medication dispensing cart comprised of a cabinet portably mounted on casters and a plurality of medication drawers or bins which are convenient and easy to use. The cabinet includes swing-away doors that lock to provide security as well as a v... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4114966 | Bathroom cabinet Container for use as a cabinet, in particular as a bathroom cabinet, shelf and similar, with a back wall and side walls having U-section covering panels, in which the back wall of the container is formed by a framework of U-section bars provided with at l... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4114963 | Suspended files The present invention concerns suspended files of the kind in which the two open longitudinal edges of the files are held in reinforcing sheet-metal channels and extend beyond the transverse ends of the file where they are cut on their underside to form i... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4114964 | Module for forming articles of furniture A foldable module comprising a plurality of substantially similar, hollow pyramidal elements, at least some of which lack a single tapering side wall so as to provide access to the interior thereof. The elements are foldably interconnected, preferably in ... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4113331 | Modular console enclosure with writing surface A modular console system for housing display devices, panel-mounted apparatus, storage facilities, writing surfaces and the like comprises interchangeable parts which can be assembled or replaced on site. The writing surfaces are added or removed from the... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4114065 | Refrigerator cabinet and method of constructing A single sheet of metal is stamped to provide portions which form the top, side and bottom outer walls of the refrigerator cabinet and portions which form the top, side and bottom inner walls of the cabinet. This single sheet of metal is stamped in the sa... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4110857 | Resilient foam cushion structure A resilient foam cushion structure and method for producing same are disclosed. The structure comprises a plurality of foam sheets each having a plurality of tapered protuberances on at least one face thereof. The sheets are stacked face-to-face to form t... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4111502 | Automobile tape storage case An automobile tape storage case includes a housing having a base, a pair of upwardly extending end walls, an upwardly extending rear wall, an open top, and an upwardly extending front wall having a plurality of openings therethrough. A plurality of interm... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4111506 | Tilting hanger apparatus A rail is tiltably mounted on a crank arm at one end of the rail or the rail is hung at both ends on pivotal link hangers. In the case of the crank arm, the rail extends from the attached end over center to the opposite side of the crank arm so that when ... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4111505 | Child-proof cabinet A cabinet employed in the kitchen, bathroom or the like, which comprises an upright enclosure having an access opening on an upper horizontal surface thereof, which access opening may be completely covered by means of a movable cover attached to said surf... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4111503 | Sewing machine cabinet A sewing machine cabinet for use with a free-arm type sewing machine in which the sewing machine is maintained at the same level when used either in a free-arm or flat bed mode of operation. The cabinet includes a hinged sewing machine support panel havin... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4109980 | Home battery storage and dispenser A rack mountable on a wall, the rack having compartments formed on its front side, the compartments being of different sizes so that each is suitable for containing a particular size of dry cell batteries that are stored therein. This rack can also be pla... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4109984 | Walk-in cooler construction A walk-in cooler construction designed to be built into a corner of a room which is complete in and of itself together with hydroplaster walls, fiberglass and urethane insulation throughout, and at least one insulated entrance door. The cooler is complete... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4109981 | Cabinet-like furniture unit of cellular structure A cabinet-like furniture unit of cellular structure having generally large area door arrangements for closing the open fronts of the cells; handling ledges or strips are mounted at the edges of the doors, with finger grooves provided in the outer surfaces... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4109982 | Folders/dividers and compartmented filing system Correspondence (or the like) filing folders and filing cabinet drawer dividers, hereinafter generally referred to as "separators", are made of relatively thin and inexpensive sheet material and are novelly constructed and configured to prevent them from "... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4109983 | Speaker cabinet A speaker cabinet is constituted with plate material formed by intimately bonding a rigid foam plate having communicating or open-cell bubbles to a surface plate material with the latter being outside.... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4108517 | Child's desk with slide-door and guideway therefor The disclosure relates to a desk with a roll-top door, slidably moveable along a pair of parallel guideways. The door includes a plurality of slats articulated to one another by a flexible backing sheet. Each of the guideways is formed with walls defining... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4108514 | Phonostand A stand which is assemblable by laymen for insertion of phono-devices, accessory units and sound carriers, which is able to be expanded starting from a base unit which corresponds to a so-called phonotable, by mounting thereon assembly elements, which res... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4108518 | Banquet food serving apparatus Apparatus for preparing individual servings of food for a banquet type meal is disclosed which includes a carousel means for presenting empty plates for use in a plurality of vertical stacks and means for positioning cooked food in bulk adjacent such caro... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4108515 | Display case The present invention is an enclosed display case having slidable trays therein movable from the outside of the display case. The slidable trays are stacked either vertically or horizontally with the items contained thereon being visible through a locked ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4108511 | Modular record selector and storage apparatus A cabinet has side and rear walls, and a front opening, in which is disposed a hinged front cover, thereby forming an enclosure in which record discs are stored on edge with the upper and lower disc edges being engaged by spaced internal upper and lower c... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4108510 | Record player cabinet A cabinet for a record player comprising a cabinet body molded from hard resin concrete with large mass, a base of wood adhered to the bottom of the cabinet body and a plate adapted for attachment of a tone arm, the plate being composed of wood and adhere... | 08/22/1978 |
