Supports: racks inventions 05/07

20070119790 - Display apparatus having mechanism for opening and closing display panel: A display apparatus composed of a main body and a display panel hinged to the main body is conveniently mounted on a ceiling of an automobile. The display panel is opened to a desired position to display information to a rear seat passenger, while it is closed and stays at... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070119791 - Locking member for locking a card with respect to a shelf: A locking member functions to lock a card with respect to a shelf having an end with a groove upon completing a card loading process into the shelf. The locking member is provided with (1) a connecting section joined to the card, (2) a resilient section extending from the connecting... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070119793 - Mounting apparatus for data storage devices: A mounting apparatus for mounting a data storage device that defines a locking hole in a sidewall thereof includes a bracket for holding the data storage device, and a locking member. The bracket includes a first side wall defining a through-hole. The locking member includes a mounting member mounted to... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070119795 - Power bus for powering electronic devices operating in retail environments: A system and method for supporting and providing electrical power to devices. One embodiment includes an elongated member coupled to the structure and configured to support a device and to supply electrical power to the device. A coupling member is operable to engage the elongated member or power bus and... Agent: Patton Boggs, L.L.P.

20070119792 - Rackmount system including conversion rail: A rackmount chassis includes removable supports that provide interior support for blades having mounting edge-to-mounting edge dimensions that are less than the full chassis width. The removable supports are mounted on parallel support plates that span the full width of the chassis. Each removable support supports an edge of at... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP Tri-valley Office

20070119794 - Vibration damping unit: A vibration damping unit includes a rack-mounted support body removably mounted on a rack. A mass is supported on the support body for movement along an imaginary plane. An elastic member is coupled to the support body and the mass. The support body is removable from the rack. The vibration... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070119796 - Inventory display lock system: A display lock a for securing merchandise on a display hook having at least two bars is provided. The display lock comprises, a clasp, a buckle, and a band. The clasp defines a channel sized closely to the outer periphery of one of the bars for a close fitting receipt... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070119797 - Merchandise display hook: A lockable display hook adapted to display items of merchandise in a retail environment includes a lock that directly engages the rod assembly of the display hook. The lock is configured to securely lock to the rod assembly without the need for teeth or notches to be formed in the... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20070119798 - Beverage container shelf management system: A gravity feed display rack for supporting and displaying merchandise is provided. The rack having a merchandise channel support structure, and at least one merchandise channel. The channel having a merchandise support, a left wall and a right wall, the left wall and right wall adjustably located in spaced apart... Agent: Patent Group C/o Dla Piper US LLP

20070119799 - Beverage container shelf management system: A gravity feed display rack for supporting and displaying merchandise is provided. The rack has a merchandise channel support structure featuring a number of rods. Inner and outer dividers featuring merchandise supports and longitudinally extending walls are positioned on the rods in a sliding fashion. End portions of the rods... Agent: Patent Group C/o Dla Piper US LLP

20070119800 - Stacking system: A stacking system 1 has eleven pairs of right and left uprights (11, 12). They are supported upright by crosspieces (14, 15, 16), there being two straight crosspieces (14) and two cranked crosspieces (15, 16). The straight crosspieces have three pairs of uprights, whilst the crosspiece (15) has two pairs... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070119801 - Device for holding cutlery: A device for supporting cutlery includes at least one movable part for supporting the cutlery. The at least one movable part is designed to lift the cutlery from a rest position by an acting on the at least one movable part.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070119802 - Rack: A first section of a rack includes a first lower wire bend, a second lower wire bend, a first upper wire bend, and a second upper wire bend. The first section also includes a first pivot coupling into which is received a first end of each of the first and... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070119803 - Eyewear case and display method: Methods and apparatuses for an eyeglass case and display are provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, an eyeglass case permitting a consumer to view at least a portion of the eyeglasses is provided. In one embodiment, the eyeglass case is configured to permit a consumer to view... Agent: John C. Stringham Workman, Nydegger & Seeley

20070119804 - Modular magnetic fixture system: A customizable modular magnetic wall system is provided for displaying items while allowing a user to aesthetically configure and tailor the system to the user's needs. The system includes a magnetic backing plate and at least one module. The module includes a base portion and a utility member. The base... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070119805 - Overhead storage systems: Various aspects of the present disclosure provide various exemplary embodiments of systems and apparatus that can, for example, be used to suspend storage devices from supporting structure. In one exemplary embodiment, a system generally includes one or more shelf members and a framework configured to be coupled to supporting structure... Agent: Anthony G. Fussner Suite 400

20070119806 - Cosmetic organizer: A storage device for organizing personal items. There is a tower; first and second wings coupled to the tower at opposite sides thereof and extending outward; and a plurality of shelves slidably coupled to the tower and extending substantially orthogonal to the long axis of the tower and to the... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20070119807 - Bin divider for use in a door bin: A moveable bin divider is provided for use in a door bin. The divider includes a divider plate extending at least a portion of the width and depth of a bin within which it is used. The divider plate includes a panel integral and perpendicular thereto which extends vertically and... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070119808 - Modular rack conversion apparatus and method: Some embodiments of the present invention provide structure that can be installed within a warehouse-type rack to convert the rack for use as a merchandise and display rack. In this manner, warehouse-type racks can be provided with a greater degree of adjustability to accommodate a larger number of shelving and... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070114191 - Positioning rack for thin-type electrothermal straps: A positioning rack for mounting thin-type electrothermal straps includes a main frame with a tubular base from which a plurality of support arms extend radially. A plurality of blade plates are removably mounted to the support arms and each have positioning recesses and separation portions so as to position electrothermal... Agent: Shu-lien Chen

20070114193 - Column network hardware management system: A channel for managing equipment cables that includes opposing first and second members and a third member extending between and connecting the first and second members. Each of the first and second members includes first and second inner and outer surfaces. At least one cable receiving area is defined between... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070114192 - Mounting system for equipment enclosures: A system for mounting equipment into enclosures includes one or more longitudinal rails with bent flanges and a plurality of holes within the flanges. A side bracket mounts to the equipment, and also to the flanges of the rails. The side bracket has bent ears with slots therein, which mate... Agent: Lockheed Martin Corporation Intellectual Property Law Department

20070114194 - Fastening mechanism for electronic devices: A fastening mechanism for fastening a circuit board to an electronic device is proposed, including: a carrier used for carrying the circuit board; at least one fastening member having a first retaining portion that is connected to said carrier for coupling to at least one side of said circuit board;... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070114195 - Rack for stem glasses: A rack for holding stem glasses of the type comprising a stem portion interconnecting a foot portion and a cup portion. The rack is elongated and defines first and second horizontally spaced-apart ends. The rack comprises elongated lower and upper rails both extending between the first and second rack ends,... Agent: Lesperance & Martineau

20070114196 - Retractable hanging apparatus: A retractable hanging apparatus that includes an engagement structure, such as a bar, upon which an article is hung or secured, with the engagement structure being suspended by one or more lines that are attached to a roller assembly rotatably mounted between two brackets. The roller assembly may be mounted... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070114197 - Wire shelf having integrated hooks with hanger rod: According to various aspects of the present disclosure, various shelf embodiments are disclosed that include a rod member connected thereto using one or more hook members. In some embodiments, a shelf includes a plurality of hook members supporting a rod member so as to provide free sliding movement of clothes... Agent: Anthony G. Fussner

20070114198 - Storage rack: A rack for holding articles includes a plurality of sets of vertical battens, a plurality of sets of horizontal battens that are clamped together with the plurality of sets of vertical battens, a long connecting screw piece that extends through each set of horizontal and vertical battens, and a supplementary... Agent: Raymond Sun

20070108139 - Horizontal cable troughs and tool drawer: The present invention relates to telecommunications equipment racks including vertical cable guides, horizontal troughs, cross aisle panels and cross-connection modules for telecommunications equipment racks. The vertical cable guides define vertical cable channels for both network infrastructure and cross-connection cables. The structure defining the second cable channel is hingedly attached to... Agent: Attention: Steven C. Bruess Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070108140 - Apparatus for removing optical element from washing tool: An apparatus (50) for removing a plurality of optical elements includes a plurality of clamping device (52) and a connecting portion (54). Each clamping device includes two operating portions (56). Each operating portion has an end portion (58) bent outwardly. The connecting portion is attached to an end opposite to... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070108141 - Dispenser for disposable cutlery and components therefor: The present invention relates to dispensers for disposable cutlery. The invention also relates to banded packets of disposable cutlery that can be used in the cutlery dispenser of the present invention, as well as other cutlery dispensers that do not use a cartridge therein. The present invention also relates to... Agent: Patent Group Ga030-43 Georgia-pacific LLC

20070108142 - Merchandise display rack: A merchandise display rack is provided for displaying a row of merchandise on a store shelf and feeding the row of merchandise forward on a store shelf as merchandise at the front of the row of merchandise is removed by a customer. The merchandise display rack includes a pusher frame,... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070108143 - Arrangement of rack and corkscrew: An arrangement includes a rack and a corkscrew. The rack is configured to be capable of holding plural bottles. The rack includes a holder formed in the rack. The corkscrew has a size and shape to render it detachably attachable to the holder.... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070108145 - Collapsible container holder: A collapsible container holder that can be used to hold bottles, cans, glasses and other containers in either a vertical or horizontal position. The container holder can be made of a tough, durable plastic that is inflatable or semi-inflatable or it can be made of a rugged, yet shapeable material... Agent: Richard L. Bigelow

20070108144 - Magnetic treatment device for beverages including a rack and associated methods: A beverage treatment device may include a rack defining a beverage container holding positions for holding beverage containers in a generally horizontal orientation, and a plurality of permanent magnets carried by the rack for causing a magnetic field in the beverage container holding positions. The rack may define the beverage... Agent: Christopher F. Regan, Esquire Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20070108146 - Fences for attachment to wire shelving and related methods: Various aspects of the present disclosure provide various exemplary embodiments of shelf fences that can, for example, be attached to wire shelves. In one exemplary embodiment, a fence generally includes an upper horizontal rod member and a lower horizontal rod member. The lower horizontal rod member can be spaced below... Agent: Anthony G. Fussner

20070108147 - Assembled shelf: The present invention provides an improved structure of the assembled shelf. The invention includes a main frame having two vertical side racks and several sets of shelves. Each shelf is placed inside the two vertical side racks. There is a vertical bar of the vertical side rack, which includes a... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20070108148 - Full hard steel storage organizer components: A storage and organizer apparatus has a shelf and a shelf support structure supporting the shelf when fully assembled and/or installed for use. At least a part of the storage and organizer apparatus is formed of a full hard steel material. The shelf can be supported by full hard steel... Agent: Lempia Forman LLC

20070108149 - Space adjustable rack for cocktail glasses to endure earthquake: A space adjustable rack for storing fragile wine/Champaign/cocktail glasses during transportation and for storing the glasses in house is provided. The space adjustable precious alcohol beverage glass storing rack can hold glasses of different sizes at the same time. The rack of the current application is comprised of a bottom... Agent: Eugene Oak, Ph.d., J.d. Patent Attorney, M.div

20070102376 - Desktop organizer: An embodiment of an organizer for a desk or other horizontal surface having an extending portion includes an elongated base assembly having a clamping member and a cover member for attaching to the extending portion, at least one fastening device for attaching the clamping member to the surface and for... Agent: Duckor Spradling Metzger & Wynne A Law Corporation

20070102375 - Folder rack: This invention is a backward-leaning folder rack having a plurality of side walls, a first floor, and a back wall. The side walls extend upwards and the back wall is upwards from the first floor. The side walls have a front edge and a rear edge. The first floor has... Agent: Jean V. Rittmann

20070102377 - Loading hook for commercial goods: The loading hook for commercial goods including an attachment piece attached to the goods exhibition implement and a support rod and/or a hook rod which are attached to the attachment piece, includes a buffer member which includes an attachment part which is attached detachably to the support rod; and a... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070102379 - Removable product support bar display apparatus and method: A product support bar display device is disclosed for supporting packaged products from a display bar which may be removed to allow new packaged products to be installed thereupon behind older packaged products previously located thereupon without first requiring the removal of the older packaged products from the display bar.... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20070102378 - Versatile display hook system: A mounting device for a display hangar which is used to hang display pouches etc. from the hangar generally used in commercial displays. The hangar portion comprises an elongated protruding rod which extends from a flat base to permit the threading of plastic pouches having suitable hanging holes provided therein.... Agent: Edward H. Oldham

20070102380 - Adjustable strap mounting system: An adjustable storage rack system that allows for the organized storage of objects. The storage rack is adjustable with regard to the size of the objects to be stored, as well as to the position of the objects along the rack.... Agent: Michael A. Guth

20070102382 - Ratchet wrench and display rack thereof: A ratchet wrench display rack includes a main body, a mounting portion mounted on the main body to allow passage of the drive stud of the ratchet wrench and having a periphery wall provided with a plurality of locking portions urged on corners of the drive stud, and a holder... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20070102381 - Tool box fastening device for fastening a tool box set to a vertical wall: Disclosed is a tool box set fastener, which include a first fastening structure, which has mounting base fixedly fastened to a vertical wall or upright support and a coupling unit formed integral with the mounting base, and a second fastening structure, which is connectable to a tool box set to... Agent: Leon I Edelson Levenfeld Pearlstein

20070102384 - Portable presentation and display boards: Display device including a unitary, rigid sheet defining a left center panel, a right center panel pivotally connected to the left center panels, a left side panel pivotally connected to the left center panel and a right side panel pivotally connected to the right center panel. Vertically extending separation lines... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070102383 - Athletic equipment storage device: An equipment rack for the storage, drying, and display of sports equipment, such as football equipment uniforms. The equipment rack includes a frame having a ground-contacting base portion and an upper equipment support portion for supporting a helmet, and shoulder pads. In addition, the frame includes a laundry bag support... Agent: Shawn Hunter

20070102385 - Nestable and stackable document storage trays: Document storage trays are disclosed that may be stacked in at least two different configurations including a “nesting” stack where an upper tray fits within the storage area of a lower tray and, in turn, is also able to receive a tray within its own storage area so that multiple... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070102386 - Nestable and stackable document storage trays: Document storage trays are disclosed that may be stacked in at least two different configurations including a “nesting” stack where an upper tray fits within the storage area of a lower tray and, in turn, is also able to receive a tray within its own storage area so that multiple... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070095766 - Fixture for affixing product to a clip strip: A fixture for facilitating the loading of product onto a clip strip of the sort having at least one perforation therein such that the perforation defines at least two opposed tabs. The fixture includes a frame having a support surface for supporting the clip strip during the mounting of the... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070095767 - Gondola extender: In an embodiment, an extension is configured to be mounted in an upwardly facing socket provided in a gondola upright. The extension may include a shoulder for interfacing the upwardly facing socket. In an embodiment, the extension may be mounted on a shelf surface with the aid of an adaptor... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070095768 - Adjustable storage rack: An adjustable storage rack includes outer frames having different shapes, fastening sections at appropriate positions at frame portions of the outer frames, and an interwoven net body connected with the outer frames. Each fastening section at each frame portion is a U-shaped sliding groove or a rectangular loop allowing one... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070095769 - Bathroom caddy: A bathroom fixture that provides a convenient way to store wipes, toilet paper, and other supplies efficiently in the bathroom while adding elegance to the decor. The Bathroom Caddy has a modular structure, consisting of at least one shelf and a detachable toilet paper roll holder, that allows the consumer... Agent: Law Office Of Polly L. Oliver

20070095770 - Fish tank stand: A fish tank stand with two leg support structures, a top load bearing structure and a shelf that is assembled without any fasteners by engaging male/female locking mechanisms (e.g., peg/peg groove) integrally formed in the top load bearing structure with complementary locking structures integrally formed in the leg support structures... Agent: Roy L. Anderson, Esq. Law Offices Of Roy Anderson

20070095771 - Method for separating banana clusters into separate bananas: This application discloses a method for separating banana clusters into individual fruits. In this method, the banana cluster is hung on a carrier (such as a cable) in such a way that the hanging point is the place where the banana fruit stalks converge (at the crown). The cluster and/or... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070095772 - Product management display system: An integrated “T” assembly combines into a single integrated assembly, a track portion along both sides of a divider. The T assembly may have a wide-base portion, which may include a spring-urged-pusher track, on one side of the divider and a narrow-base portion on the opposite side of the divider.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070095773 - Storage system and method: A shelving system having one or more shelving units is disclosed. In some embodiments, the shelving units include one or more corner shelving units and/or one or more rectangular shelving units, each of which has one or more shelves connected to and supported by uprights. Shelving units can be connected... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070095774 - Integrated frame and central electronic complex structure: A method and incorporated assembly is provided that can be quickly assembled and disassembled inside side racks used for purpose of housing computer systems. The assembly comprises a plurality of side plates that can be secured to inside rack sides, preferably through flexible flanges, a plurality of top and bottom... Agent: Lily Neff IBM Corporation - Ms P386

20070095775 - All-terrain vehicle shipping package: A shipping container for a motorized vehicle comprises a base frame and a top frame, each constructed of rigid tubing. The base frame has a plurality of tire rests on which respective wheels of the motorized vehicle will be placed. In addition, the base frame has a plurality of base... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP