| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 108137000 | HORIZONTALLY ADJUSTABLE | 23 |
| 20090145340 | Portable and adjustable multipurpose toilet training device - A device for facilitating use of a bathroom fixture according to various exemplary embodiments can include at least a first planar body and a second planar body having a pair of opposed legs extending from each planar body defining a first opening and a second opening for receiving and conforming to a configuration of a base of a bathroom fixture. An interlocking element may be interposed between at least the first planar body and the second planar body for interlocking and stacking at least the first and second planar bodies to form a raised platform adjustable to a predetermined height based upon a user's height for facilitating use of the bathroom fixture according to the user's height. A skid-resistance bottom surface may be provided on either the first planar body or the second planar body for securing the raised platform to an underlying surface to prevent movement. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100294177 | Modular computer workstation system - The present invention is a modular computer workstation system, comprising a frame structure having two frame structure sides with curved bottoms. Each side has a handle, a higher back vertical side, and a lower front vertical side. The curved bottoms allow the frame structure to rock, and to be non-rigid. The frame structure has: a front horizontal support having an upper surface and a perpendicular front flange, and a back horizontal support. When modular document support and other support elements are placed on the frame structure, the document surface is at an angle with respect to the horizontal surface on which the frame structure typically will rest. The present invention further comprises a plurality of document support elements, and other elements and devices a computer workstation user may wish to situate. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110290161 | STAGE WITH MAGNETIC LOADING - A horizontal planar movable surface forms a stage used as a work holder for optics, scientific instruments, microscopes and the like. The stage has a fixed lower plate with parallel grooves for bearings and a central groove for a ferromagnetic strip. A movable upper plate has corresponding parallel grooves to receive the bearings and powerful magnets over the ferromagnetic strip to pull the upper plate towards the lower plate without surface contact. A magnetic shield is interposed between the magnets and the work support surface of the upper plate to block most magnetic flux from work tools carried by the stage. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120304902 | ADJUSTABLE ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR FURNITURE - An article of furniture includes a support and a plurality of members, each of the members extending along the bottom face of the support. Each of a plurality of attachment devices attaches a respective one of a plurality of legs to one of the members such that each of the members is attached to at least one of the legs. The attachment devices include multiple bodies and multiple fasteners. Each of the attachment devices are able to be adjusted as needed to account for slight manufacturing discrepancies that may occur due to manufacturing tolerance ranges so that the legs attached to the members via the attachment devices are positionable where desired in accordance with a predetermined design. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130186310 | HUNTING UTILITY TRAY AND FOLDING ARM ASSEMBLY - A hunting tray is presented that is configured to be removably attached to a tree. The hunting tray includes a body portion having a top surface, a bottom surface, and side surfaces, the top surface of the body portion dimensioned and configured to receive at least one item and a folding arm assembly detachably connectable to the body portion, the folding arm assembly configured to include at least one attachment member at a distal end thereof for facilitating removable attachment of the hunting tray to the tree. The at least one attachment member is a tapered screw. The folding arm assembly includes a first arm segment, a second arm segment, and a third arm segment, such that the first and second arm segments are pivotally connected to each other and the second and third arm segments are pivotally connected to each other. | 07-25-2013 |
| 108138000 | Concurrent horizontal and vertical movements | 2 |
| 20130112118 | Six degrees of freedom optical table - The design of a high precision optical table with six degrees of freedom. The table will be for use with surface optical table applications as well as other engineering experiments. It will provide a surface with rock solid stability and rigidity to support demanding research applications. The flatness of the table is an outstanding <±0.004 inch flatness over two square feet, and is combined with several frequency damping measures both in the work surface and the base of the optical table. Experimental apparatus' mounted on the work surface can be positioned and oriented anywhere in three-dimensional space within the limits of travel via high precision X-, Y-, and Z-axis motion stages, specifically three jacks and three slides arranged in a 3-point kinematic fashion. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20160150876 | Adjustable Desk Platform | 06-02-2016 |
| 108139000 | Rotates about vertical axis | 10 |
| 20110139043 | Drilling platform - A supporting structure for geological sample drilling equipment having a minimal environmental footprint is disclosed. The structure consists of a platform on which drilling equipment can be positioned, and a plurality of legs extending from the platform to the ground. The legs are of variable length, which allows the platform to be set horizontally even on uneven ground. The platform includes a rotatable portion so that the drilling equipment can be easily rotated to a desired orientation. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20120006237 | FREE BALL BEARING, BEARING UNIT, SUPPORT TABLE CARRYING EQUIPMENT, AND TURNTABLE - A free ball bearing includes: a main body that has a ball retainer where a ball-retaining recess having an inner surface of a semi-circular recessed surface is formed; a plurality of retainer balls that is disposed on the semi-circular recessed surface of the main body and a main ball that has a diameter larger than the retainer balls and is rotatably supported through the retainer balls; a cover portion that surrounds the ball retainer of the main body while ensuring a predetermined internal space; a retained ball-pressing ring that has a ring-shaped pressing member that is inserted in between the semi-circular recessed surface of the main body and the main ball and presses the retainer balls, and is disposed to be movable in the internal space in the depth direction of the ball-retaining recess, between a pressing position where the retainer balls are pressed and a releasing position where the retainer balls are released; and a releasing mechanism that moves the retained ball-pressing ring from the pressing position to the releasing position by applying a displacement force to the retained ball-pressing ring. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120199051 | SELF-TENSIONING DRIVE BELT SYSTEM - A self-tensioning drive belt system includes first and second gears rotatable relative to each other about a common first axis. A drive belt is fixedly secured to the first gear at a first location on the drive belt, and is fixedly secured to the second gear at a second location on the drive belt. A biasing member is disposed between the first and second gears. Various methods of using and assembling the self-tensioning drive system are also provided. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120227641 | ROTATING APPARATUS - A rotating apparatus including a base and a rotating element is provided. The base has first and second concave spherical surfaces. The rotating element includes first and second universally-jointing portions. The first universally-jointing portion has a first convex spherical surface. The first convex spherical surface is universally jointed to the first concave spherical surface. The second universally-jointing portion is fixed on the bottom of the first universally-jointing portion and has a second convex spherical surface. A curvature radius of the second convex spherical surface is smaller than a curvature radius of the first convex spherical surface. The first and second convex spherical surfaces have the same curvature center. The second convex spherical surface is universally jointed to the second concave spherical surface and the rotating element is supported on the second concave spherical surface of the base by the second universally-jointing portion. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130019783 | Moby Susan - Lazy Susan with four nylon legs - Four nylon legs were added to old Lazy Susan to allow much improved functionality of the device. Work to date demonstrates that the addition of a set of four nylon legs represents a major departure from, and adds a new dimension to, the age-old Lazy Susan. As such, this seemingly small difference between Lazy Susan and my Moby Susan may prove to be very substantial and significant. Incorporation of Moby Susan as a built-in feature in the design of future microwave ovens is suggested. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20140261106 | Tab Welded Turntable - A turntable assembled from a plurality of flat sheet metal parts where the sheet metal parts include a series of voids and/or protrusions. The protrusions insert into the voids so that some flat sheet parts are disposed in a vertical orientation and some in a horizontal orientation, the vertical parts substantially perpendicular to the horizontal parts. The flat sheet parts are welded together to create a support structure with the voids and protrusions interacting to align the flat sheet parts within required manufacturing tolerances. One of the horizontally disposed parts has holes therein for attaching the support structure to a hub to create a rotating turntable. | 09-18-2014 |
| 108140000 | And moves lineally | 2 |
| 20100101461 | Worktable comprising a multidirectional coupling - The worktable comprises a work platform and a multidirectional coupling for operatively attaching the work platform to an external structure. The multidirectional coupling comprises a first linear assembly comprising a first translation member and a second translation member engaging the first translation member and linearly movable relative to and along the first translation member between first and second limit positions and according to a first translation axis. The multidirectional coupling also includes a second linear assembly comprising a third translation member and a fourth translation member engaging the third translation member and linearly movable relative to and along the third translation member between third and fourth limit positions and according to a second translation axis that is transversal to the first translation axis. The multidirectional coupling further includes a swivel assembly comprising a first swivel member and a second swivel member engaging the first swivel member and rotatable relative to the first swivel member about a swivelling axis that is transversal to both the first and the second translation axes. The work platform is allowed to be displaced along the first and second translation axes and rotated about the swivelling axis at any position of the work platform when the multidirectional coupling operatively attaches the work platform to the external structure. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20120085270 | Veterinary Table Assembly with Rotatable Table - A veterinary table assembly having a support assembly and a table mounted to the support assembly. The table is operable to rotate with respect to the support assembly at least approximately 90 degrees between a first position and a second position. Preferably, the table is also operable to move vertically between a lowered position and a raised position. The table assembly also preferably includes a back panel mounted to the support assembly for restraining an animal on the table. | 04-12-2012 |
| 108142000 | With means to limit or inhibit rotation | 2 |
| 20090320724 | SWIVEL BASE WITH INSTALLATION AID - A shelf and swivel for supporting a shelf for rotation with respect to an underlying base, the shelf including an off-axis aperture, the swivel including a first member having a plurality of openings to receive fasteners for securing the swivel to the underlying base and a pair of downward projections straddling one of the openings. A second swivel member, coupled to the first swivel member for rotation about a vertical axis, is secured to a lower surface of the shelf so that the first member openings are serially accessible through the shelf aperture. A first fastener is installed through the shelf aperture and aligned first swivel member opening into the underlying base with sufficient force to embed the projections in the underlying base, thereby inhibiting movement of the first swivel member sufficiently to permit rotation of the shelf to serially expose additional first member openings to receive additional fasteners. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20120279427 | Table Device - A table device comprises a base, a footing and a tabletop. The base is designed with an upper portion, which is rotatable relative to a lower portion in the horizontal plane. The lower portion of the base is arranged to abut a basis. The upper portion of the base is provided with two diametrically opposite castors abutting rollably the lower portion of the base. A friction element arranged to be able to abut the lower portion of the base, is connected to the upper portion of the base outside an axis extending between the two castors. | 11-08-2012 |
| 108143000 | Mounted on slide-and-guide | 6 |
| 20090255447 | TABLE GUIDED BY AEROSTATIC BEARING ELEMENTS FOR VACUUM APPLICATION - The invention is directed to a table for vacuum application which is guided by means of aerostatic bearing elements, having a fixedly mounted supporting structure and a tabletop which is displaceable in x-direction and y-direction with respect to the fixedly mounted supporting structure by means of slides. The slides are provided with the aerostatic bearing elements for guiding, these aerostatic bearing elements being connected to feed lines for supplying the gas required for the operation of the gas bearings and suction lines for removing this gas. The suction lines comprise at least one variable-length line arrangement having a first pipe member and a second pipe member which penetrate one inside the other without contacting, at least one sealing gap being provided between the pipe members. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100212554 | Carrying Apparatus Capable of Preventing Deviation of a Positioning Platform Carried by it - A carrying apparatus capable of preventing deviation of a positioning platform carried by it is provided with a positioning platform at the top thereof and a support base at the bottom thereof. At both lateral sides of the carrying apparatus are provided an anti-deviation structure, respectively, so as to restrict the positioning platform and prevent it from being deviated. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20140137776 | DEVICE FOR THE TRANSLATIONAL GUIDANCE OF A LOAD AND METHOD OF CREATING SUCH A DEVICE - Device for the translational guidance of a load and method for creating such a device. The guide device ( | 05-22-2014 |
| 20150033993 | PERIMETER TRACK LAZY SUSAN - A track system comprises a plurality of track components. Each of the plurality of track components has a substantially coplanar and substantially continuous pair of tracks extending about an upper surface of a platform. At least one carrier has a plurality of rolling surfaces having a first and a second rolling surface coupled by a body to engage the continuous pair of tracks. A loading portion may be removeably coupled to the platform for loading carriers to the track. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20160135587 | TABLE DEVICE AND CONVEYANCE DEVICE - A table device including a first member; a second member; a first guide device guiding the second member such that the second member is moved in a direction parallel to a first axis by movement of the first member; a table supported by the second member; a third member connected to at least a part of the table; a bearing member forming a gas bearing between the bearing member and the third member with a gas supplied between the bearing member and the third member, and movably supporting the third member in the direction parallel to the first axis; and a support device including a parallel pin that is arranged such that the parallel pin becomes parallel to the first axis, and connects the second member and the table, and supporting the table. The table is supported by the second member through the support device. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160135588 | TABLE DEVICE AND CONVEYANCE DEVICE - A table device including: a first base including a first reference surface; a second base including a second reference surface, and movable on the first reference surface in a direction parallel to a first axis; a first bearing member provided to the second base, and forming a gas bearing between the first bearing member and the first reference surface; a second bearing member provided to the second base, apart from the first bearing member relative to a direction parallel to a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and forming a gas bearing between the second bearing member and the first reference surface; and a table movable on the second reference surface. A distance between the first bearing member and the second bearing member is longer than a dimension of a moving range of the table relative to the direction parallel to the second axis. | 05-19-2016 |
