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Rack body with engaging mechanism

Patent Number: 8111509
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Lee, Tung-Ping

Disconnected slits are disposed between one end of at least one of the first and the second side plates coupled to a retaining pin and a bottom plate of a rack body with an engaging mechanism to form a free end thereby allowing an operation of an insertion of the retaining pin into or a separation thereof from the screw hole to be more convenient by offsetting the free end outward to lengthen a distance between the two opposite retaining ...

Construction template

Patent Number: 8109394
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Blincoe, Thomas

A construction template mounted on a mobile platform. The template is useful in the assembly of racks made for storing barrels, typically barrels of distilled spirits in a warehouse. Beams that will be joined to form a rack are placed alongside upright positioning elements of the construction template. Beams are placed horizontally held by tabs on the construction template. Then the upright and horizontal beams are joined to form a rack assembly that is lifted and moved off the ...

Holder and modular stacking system for safely storing and/or transporting frameless PV modules or other flat, cuboidal bodies

Patent Number: 8109393
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Haeberlein, Joachim

The invention relates to a holder for safely storing and/or transporting frameless PV modules or other flat, cuboidal bodies, the size of which is defined by three sides and the thickness of which is defined by the shortest one of the three sides, wherein the holder comprises a base body made from a first material, which base body has a first and second side wall, at least one first and second support element and at least one first and second securing element, and further comprises a buffer ...

Shelf divider

Patent Number: 8104630
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Schneider, Raymond M.

A display apparatus for holding a plurality of items and including a base and at least one shelf divider is disclosed. The base includes a front end, a back end, a left end, a right end, and an upper surface for supporting the items. The shelf divider is removably installable on the base and defines at least one channel dimensioned for accommodating an associated column of the items. The shelf divider includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a rear edge and at least one ...

Device for dropping a first drinking vessel into a second drinking vessel and method of use

Patent Number: 8104629
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Plumer, Scott S.

A device and method for dropping a first drinking vessel into a second drinking vessel includes a holder which outwardly projects from a support member. The holder releaseably suspends the first drinking vessel over the second drinking vessel, so that when the second drinking vessel is pulled away from the support member, the first drinking vessel detaches from the holder and drops into the second drinking ...

Dishwasher rack having slidably coupled tine holder and tine rack

Patent Number: 8104628
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Kim, Ji Ho

A dishwasher rack is provided. The dishwasher rack includes a tine holder, a tine holder moving portion, and/or a movable rack moving portion. The tine holder includes a plurality of portions formed to receive a holding tine for adjusting a gap between the holding tine and a structure opposite to the holding tine, according to a received position of the holding tine. The tine holder moving portion changes a position of the tine holder with respect to the rack frame. The movable rack moving ...

Method of using a window pallet

Patent Number: 8104627
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Ponto, Leanna L.

A pallet for holding at least one window frame includes a base and movable sides pivotally attached to the base. The movable sides are positionable to be substantially perpendicular to the base and are configured to hold the window frame. Connectors attached to the base and the movable sides, respectively, prevent the first and second movable sides from moving away from each other. A method for using the pallet is also ...

Universal mounting bracket with safety lock

Patent Number: 8104626
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Koh, Meng Kee; Huang, Mushan; Baiza, Julian S.; Yang, Wenming

A mounting bracket (16) has a mounting pin (24) for fitting round hole racks (18) and a mounting sleeve (26) which slidably extends over the mounting pin (24) for fitting square hole racks (12). A lock pin (28) and a lock sleeve (30) are spaced apart from the mounting pin (24) and slidably extend for fitting within holes of respective racks (18, 12) to prevent removal of the mounting pin (24) and the mounting ...

Connecting member for a clothes airer

Patent Number: 8100275
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Trowsdale, Dan; Wigzell, Paul; Hobson, Ryan

A connecting member for connecting a plurality of frame elements. The connecting member has a core section having a width and two supporting members for supporting frame elements extending in different directions from the connecting member. The connecting member has at least one additional member for supporting a further frame element. The or each additional supporting member is pivotally connected to the core section and moveable between a first position in which the additional supporting ...

Clothes airer

Patent Number: 8100274
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Trowsdale, Dan; Hirst, Tom

A clothes airer with a number of pairs of pivotally connected pairs of frames 1. The pairs of frames are pivotally connected to each other at their free ends and to legs 5. One frame of each pair is pivotally connected to one or more legs 5 and the other is pivotally connected to one or more fittings 7 slidably mounted on respective legs 5. ...

Rack for containers

Patent Number: 8100273
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Apps, William P.

A rack for securing containers includes a plurality of bays into which one or more containers are received. An expandable, inflatable chamber is disposed adjacent each bay and selectively expands into the chamber to secure the containers within the bay. When installed on a vehicle, a pump may be activated automatically based upon a vehicle operating state or whenever the door is closed. Activation of the pump inflates the expandable chambers, thereby locking containers in place in the bays. ...

Painting tool cleaning mount assembly and method

Patent Number: 8100272
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Schaefer, Jackie

A painting tool cleaning mount assembly includes a central member and a plurality of legs attached to and extending downwardly from the central member to support the central member on a support surface. Each of the legs includes a vertically orientated paint roll receiving stanchion for receiving a paint roller. A plurality of hooks is attached to the central member. The hooks are extendable through apertures in handles of paintbrushes to removably hang the paint brushes from the central ...

Tiered battery cabinet

Patent Number: 8100271
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Conrardy, William; Osko, Michael; Heinz, Christopher

An apparatus and method of mounting storage batteries are presented in which batteries in multiple tiers may be easily accessed for installation and servicing. A battery cabinet or relay rack has provision for multiple tiers of batteries spaced so that batteries may be inserted in each tier. The batteries are supported by a tray or other structure so that they are positioned to permit top access to the battery terminals mounted on the front or front to surfaces of the battery. Tiers are ...

Set of parts for information stand

Patent Number: 8100270
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Kuznetsov, Valery Viktorovich

The set parts of the information stand has pieces like solid box-shaped assembly modules, among them at least one square module (1), at least one right-angled module (2), at least one isosceles triangular module (3), at least one sectored convex module (4), and at least one sectored concave module (5), meanwhile sectored modules (4, 5) being right-angled with the angular stretch making up one fourth of the circumference. Each module has flat bottom ...

Storage rack

Patent Number: 8096430
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Lim, Gary M.

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 connecting screw that connects the front horizontal batten and the front vertical batten. The screw piece defines a pivot axis for folding the ...

Comestible fluid rack with conduit routing system

Patent Number: 8096429
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: White, Keith D.

A rack for comestible fluids with conduit portals in front and rear rails for passage and support of the conduits passing from the fluid container to the ...

Counter display for articles such as perfumes and cosmetic products

Patent Number: 8096428
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Slimane, Hedi

The inventive counter display for articles such as perfumes and cosmetic products comprises a connecting element (3) extending between a lower end (3b) fixed to a displaying element (2) and a top end (3a) pivotally mounted with respect to a ceiling (8). A mirror (6) is also arranged on the connecting ...

Product management display system

Patent Number: 8096427
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Hardy, Stephen N.

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. An offset pusher may have an upper portion that is offset, via an angled offset portion, from a lower portion of the pusher. Additional supporting bases, any of which may include ...

Inclined universal tray for paper and the like

Patent Number: 8096426
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Vivas, Carlos

A tray assembly for supporting papers, folder, files, or smaller articles such as vouchers and ticket books includes a plurality of identical tray modules configured to be joined end to end or stacked upon one another. Each tray module includes a plurality of rectangular slots which are slanted with regards to a vertical plane which allows for easy recognition of a top sheet and simplified insertion and removal of sheets and other items to be supported within the slots of the trays. The ...