Supports: racks inventions 11/08

20080290052 - Apparatus and method for housing electronic equipment and increasing floor space utilization in a secure environment: A secure electronic equipment rack allows electronic equipment to be hung vertically to save space for deep components. This is done by providing a vertical rack apparatus with horizontal side panels on which components are mounted vertically. The side panels of the rack are shorter than the depth of the... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080290051 - Standalone open frame: A standalone open frame of an apparatus in one example is configured to support a rack-mount electronic component of a predetermined size selected from any of a plurality of predetermined sizes. The standalone open frame is configured to securely engage the rack-mount electronic component through employment of at least one... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080290053 - Firewood rack: A firewood rack that comprises a frame and base. Within the frame is at least one cross bar to add support. Along the sides of the frame is a stabilizer pin assembly that comprises a sleeve, nail and a winged nut. Within the sleeve is a nail. The sleeve has... Agent: Joseph G. Mitchell, Esq.

20080290054 - Utensil storage stand: This invention has to do with a utensil storage stand, which comprises a preferably planar base, a column extending away from the base, and a distal end on the column, with utensil engaging means comprising radially extending spokes with support hooks for engaging utensils stored on the stand. The distal... Agent: Lawrence R. Burns, Esquire

20080290055 - Shower caddy: A shower caddy system comprising a caddy having vertically stacked rows of trays declined toward a mounting surface and mounting tabs which are removably secured to a mounting bracket attached to the mounting surface.... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20080290056 - Stackable tray and inventory system with stackable trays: Disclosed herein is an inventory system with stackable trays that permits access to individual trays. The inventory system comprises an upright pole having a top and bottom, a support attached to the bottom of the pole, and at least two stackable trays, each tray having a fastening device to engage... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080290057 - Railway car loading rack: A loading rack includes at least one support structure having a plurality of support legs; at least one shelf support disposed in connection with each of the at least one support structures; at least one shelf having a surface disposed in connection with each of the shelf supports; and at... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20080283477 - Merchandise security system: A merchandise security system includes a rail adapted to be secured to a first associated merchandising structure, which can be a shelf or a wire rack display. The rail includes a first longitudinally extending channel. At least one tile is mounted to the rail. The at least one tile extends... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080283478 - Towel holder: A towel holder for selectively holding and releasing a towel according to the present invention includes first and second sides, each side having upper and lower ends, respectively. The towel holder also includes an elastic top portion adjoining the first and second side upper ends, the top portion biasing the... Agent: Harshaw Research, Inc.

20080283479 - Remote control unit organizing device: A remote control unit organizing device (10) consisting of a mounting base (20), a bracket (22) and a rotatable barrel (24). The bracket (22) has a first end (26) affixed to a base member and a second end (28) connected to a wrist rest. A solid body (30) extends between... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20080283480 - Collapsible dish rack: A dish rack convertible between and expanded and collapsed configurations. The dish rack has at least three support surfaces, with a first support surface pivotally connected to a base tray, a second support surface pivotally connected to the first support surface, and a third support surface pivotally connected to the... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080283481 - Modular spice rack: A modular container organizer is presented. The organizer includes a rack having a top, bottom, front, back and ends. The top has one or more holes for receiving containers. The holes have a depth suitable for retaining the containers when a lateral force is applied to the containers or the... Agent: Richard W. Evans

20080283482 - Display rack: A display rack for displaying a plurality of inanimate objects that may take different shapes and sizes includes a plurality of interconnected support components each of which has a system for displaying such objects. The support components are releasably interconnected to increase or decrease the size of the display rack... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080277358 - Housing for a drying device: A housing for a drying device which can be folded in and folded out comprises a base which is situated on the rear side and can be attached to a vertical support, such as a wall, and with respect to which the drying device can be folded in to form... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080277359 - Retaining system for holding fabric items: A retaining system for holding a towel, washcloth, or other fabric item by draping a weighted and supported retaining system over an inanimate horizontal bar such as a kitchen cabinet, a shower curtain, or a kitchen drawer, so that the towel would not fall to the floor and become dirty.... Agent: Law Office Of Alicia Porter

20080277360 - Pet bed: A system and method for displaying a pet bed at a point of sale location is provided including a display unit for displaying a plurality of mattresses having different volumes and differently sized covers corresponding to the different volume mattresses. The mattresses are preferably displayed at the point of sale... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080277361 - Dispenser with led lighting: An enclosure for displaying a number of items. The enclosure may include a first product shelf, a second product shelf, and one or more light emitting diodes positioned about the first product shelf and directed towards the second product shelf.... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080277362 - Portable sports equipment rack: A portable sports equipment rack is provided with two relatively foldable sections. Each section has a top wall and a bottom wall below the top wall. End walls and a rear wall hold the top and bottom walls vertically spaced. Along the front edge of at least one of the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080277363 - Modular display rack and related methods: A modular display rack includes a frame having a plurality of frame elements, and a first holding unit having a plurality of holding slots. The first holding unit is supported by the frame. By selecting appropriate frame elements, the frame is readily dimensionable to accommodate one or more holding units... Agent: Herbert L. Allen Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20080272070 - Shock proof structure for storage device of electronic device: The present invention discloses a shock proof structure for a storage device of an electronic device or more particularly to a shock proof structure being used on motor vehicles or in environments with strong vibration or shocks. The structure has a housing and inside the housing is a shock proof... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080272071 - Fastening system for fastening a plate within an enclosure: The invention relates to a fastening system for fastening a plate within an enclosure for electric installations. The fastening system comprises an elongated holder and a support member arranged to be fastened to the holder with snap-in fastening means. The snap-in fastening means are arranged to fasten the support member... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080272072 - Height adjustment mechanism for a dishwasher rack and associated method: A height adjustment mechanism for a dish rack of a dishwasher is provided, having an attachment channel for attaching the dish rack to the dishwasher. A wheel assembly slideably engages the attachment channel at first and second spaced apart locations. The wheel assembly includes engagement features corresponding to a plurality... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080272074 - Rack handle member for a dishwasher: A dishwasher includes lower and upper racks that slide in and out for loading and unloading of dishes. Either or both of the racks includes a handle secured to the front wall of the rack. The handle is molded from a thermoset polymer material and at least part of the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080272073 - Rack system and support member for supporting a folding rack in a dishwasher: A support member is provided that includes a body defining a first channel configured to engage a main spine of a folding rack and a second channel perpendicularly disposed with respect to the first channel and configured to engage a wire member of a dishwasher rack so as to secure... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080272075 - Support cradle for rolled coils and other cylindrical objects: A cradle unit for supporting metal coils, and other cylindrical objects, consists of two, parallel and separate saddles preferably made of polyurethane having an approximate hardness range of between 50 Shore A and 90 Shore D, which saddles are connected together via a pair of parallel steel angle-brackets that provide... Agent: Milton S. Gerstein Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20080272076 - Shelf mounting system: A shelf mounting system with a rigid shelf track having a face substantially free of apertures other than those used to mount the track to a wall, two sides having slots, and a bracket to engage and support the shelf track. In the preferred embodiment, the bracket includes a pair... Agent: Michael P. Mazza, LLC

20080272077 - Device for coupling clothing hangers together and providing a comfortable grip for carrying: This invention includes two embodiments for retaining together a group of several hangers. Each hanger has an attachment section which is shaped like a cane and a clothes section on which clothes are hung. In the first embodiment, hook and loop material is wrapped about the attachment section of several... Agent: John Maier, Iii

20080272078 - Display tray: A display tray which employs a mounting or support panel for attachment to one face of a transparent wall is provided with a floor which extends the full width of the support panel and a containment wall which projects upwardly from the floor. The support panel defines an opening above... Agent: Jack A. Kanz