Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
211182000 | OF PIPES OR BARS AND CONNECTORS | 33 |
20090065461 | COMBINATION STORAGE RACK ASSEMBLY - A combination storage rack assembly is disclosed to include multiple pairs of main frame bars, each main frame bar having a curved top portion, the curved top portions of the two main frame bars of one same pair being fastened together to provide a fork, racks respectively connected between the two main frame bars of each pair of main frame bars in horizontal at different elevations, a plurality of crossbars connected between the main frame bars of the pairs of main frame bars at different elevations, and a hanging bar supported on the forks formed of the curved top portions of the main frame bars for hanging a wardrobe or the like. | 03-12-2009 |
20100006528 | REINFORCING FRAME STRUCTURE FOR A STORAGE RACK - A reinforcing frame structure for a storage rack is disclosed having spacer blocks set in between outer rectangular open frame and inner rectangular open frame of each of top and bottom rectangular open frame units thereof at two sides of each of the upright supports at four corners, a reinforcing angle block attached to each rectangular open frame unit at each of the four corners at an inner side, and reinforcing pins transversely fastened to the inner and outer rectangular open frames, the spacer blocks and the reinforcing angle blocks at each of the four corners to reinforce the structural strength of the rectangular open frame units. | 01-14-2010 |
20100252518 | Bar-Type Supporting Framework - A bar-type supporting framework having nodes ( | 10-07-2010 |
20100320165 | BAMBOO RACK - A bamboo rack includes a plurality of crossed, angle bar-like and T-shaped bamboo posts each having a plurality of flat locating blocks horizontally affixed thereto at different elevations within one or a number of phases thereof, and a plurality of flat bearing panels horizontally supported on the flat locating blocks at different elevations for holding things. | 12-23-2010 |
20110309046 | FRAME ASSEMBLY - A frame assembly includes upper and lower frame units, four vertical frame rods, four pairs of top and bottom female connectors, eight male connectors, and first and second bolts. Each frame unit includes four rectangularly-arranged horizontal frame rods. Each female connector interconnects an adjacent pair of the horizontal frame rods, and includes two horizontal tenons engaging respectively the adjacent pair of the horizontal frame rods. The male connectors are connected respectively to opposite ends of the vertical frame rods. Each male connector includes a vertical tenon engaging a respective one of the opposite ends of the vertical frame rods, and an engaging block mating with a respective one of the female connectors. The first and second bolts are for securing releasably and respectively the female connectors to the male connectors. | 12-22-2011 |
20120000874 | Modular truss system with six-way connector boxes - A modular truss system includes six-way box connectors to which truss beams can be bolted and pinned together in a wide variety of configurations and to any or all of the six identical faces. Each box connector face and each truss beam endplate is fitted with matching center holes for bolts and spring pin arrangements on the peripheral corners. These make aligning and attaching the truss beams and box connectors to one another a quick and simple job that does not require any tools. The truss beam endplates have one or more spring pins and a center hole that matches the ones in each of the six faces of the box connectors. | 01-05-2012 |
20120132603 | MULTI-CONFIGURABLE TUBULAR DISPLAY SYSTEM - An exhibit or display for tradeshows or the like having a plurality of support members and an axial connection assembly. The support members include opposing ends and a body portion, and further include an exterior channel and a central bore, the channel defining a flange portion and the bore being in communication with a retention feature. The axial connection assembly is configured to releasably couple an end of a first support member to an end of a second support member such that the two support members are axially aligned. The axial connection assembly includes a collar releasably coupled in the bore of each member, with each collar including at least one locator portion to interact with the retention feature, and a pin having a mid portion and two ends, the mid portion configured to be rotatably selectively restrained within the collar. | 05-31-2012 |
20120160794 | Stackable Stems - A stem may comprise a circular base, a plurality of outer ears, and a plurality of outer uprights. The circular base may have a circular outer perimeter centered on a center point of the circular base. The plurality of outer ears may protrude outwardly from the circular outer perimeter. The plurality of outer uprights may be respectively connected to each of the plurality of outer ears at a bottom end of each of the plurality of outer uprights. The plurality of outer uprights may be substantially parallel with each other and may be substantially perpendicular to the circular base. The stem may be configured to allow an additional stem to mateable stack inside the stem. The additional stem may be rotated (with respect to the stem) an incremental amount such that sides of outer ears of the additional stem may respectively contact sides of the outer uprights of the stem. | 06-28-2012 |
20120285917 | SHELVING SYSTEM UPRIGHT ASSEMBLY - An upright assembly for a shelving system includes a tubular upper upright section having a bottom end portion, a rail assembly and a base assembly having a top end portion and a tubular lower upright section. The base assembly is adapted to stand on a surface and the top end portion of the lower upright section of the base assembly is connected to the bottom end portion of the upper upright section. An insert blade assembly connector including a blade and an alignment plate is positioned within the tubular upper and lower upright sections. The rail assembly is connected to the upper upright section and the lower upright section of the base assembly to strengthen the connection between the upper upright section and the base assembly. | 11-15-2012 |
20120285918 | Support Frame - A support frame has tube elements ( | 11-15-2012 |
20130098857 | Scalable Shelving System - A shelving system includes a plurality of vertical posts and horizontal traverses. The horizontal traverses are coupled to the vertical posts by means of a bifurcated collar that are placed on each vertical post. Each horizontal traverse includes an end piece which is configured to couple to both halves of the bifurcated collar. Each half of the bifurcated collar comprises a wedge shaped design such that when a load is placed on the traverse, forces are applied to the bifurcated collar that squeezes each half of the collar together more tightly around the vertical post. The traverses may be coupled to one or both sides of the vertical post to allow the shelving system to be extended as far as the user desires in any lateral direction. The shelving system may also be extended in a perpendicular or other angular direction by means of a wedge shaped corner connector. | 04-25-2013 |
20130193099 | FURNITURE BOW BEAM STRUCTURE - A furniture bow beam structure. By means of pressing, metal board materials are processed into different assembling members and connecting members. The same assembling member and connecting member are respectively formed with varied curvatures and cross-sectional shapes in at least different parts in conformity to different sections of the beam structure. Each assembling member has an opening that obliquely diverges to one side in width. The connecting member is connected to the opening and mated with the assembling member to form multiple hollow tubular supports with closed peripheries. The multiple supports are then connected with each other. Especially, the correspondingly connected end sections of the supports are formed with identical curvature and cross-sectional shape so that the supports can be continuously and smoothly connected with each other. | 08-01-2013 |
20130213917 | SET OF ACCESSORIES WITH SUPPORTS TO EXERCISE THE HUMAN BODY AND STRUCTURES WHERE THEY ARE SUPPORTED - Described herein is a set of accessories and corresponding supports for exercising the human body, same which in its most basic modality requires minimum space, and when not in use, it can hardly be seen by the naked eye. Because of its design, the apparatus is assembled and disassembled in a matter of seconds without the need of tools. In aforementioned most basic modality, up to four persons can simultaneously exercise and therefore it is a solution for all those who wish to have a mean to exercise the body at home, but lack of sufficient space. The apparatus adapts to different locations, conditions and circumstances, either indoors, outdoors, home, office, etc. | 08-22-2013 |
20130220958 | CUBE CONNECTION - The invention relates to a cube ( | 08-29-2013 |
20130256251 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ENCLOSURES - A frame for an enclosure includes a first set of corner support structures. Each corner support structure of the first set of corner support structures includes a main body, a first protrusion arranged to extend from the main body, a second protrusion arranged to extend from the main body and substantially orthogonal to the first protrusion, and a third protrusion arranged to extend from the main body and substantially orthogonal to both the first protrusion and the second protrusion. The frame further includes a second set of corner support structures having mirror image symmetry about a plane of symmetry of an opposing corner support structure of the first set of corner support structures. | 10-03-2013 |
20130306584 | FRAME PIECE FOR A RACK - The present disclosure relates to a frame piece for a rack, comprising a hollow profile which extends along its longitudinal axis and is brought into its cylindrical profile shape by shaping a substantially flat starting material. The hollow profile, on two opposite lateral edges, has a connecting zone for closing the hollow profile, at least one tab-type projection being formed on at least one of the lateral edges, said projection extending away from the lateral edge of the hollow profile and being shaped such that it can be brought into engagement with at least one corresponding receptacle on the respective other lateral edge in a clamping or positive manner. | 11-21-2013 |
20140021155 | EQUIPMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR VESSELS - The present Disclosure is an apparatus for holding sporting equipment. The apparatus includes a pair of U-shaped tubular arms spaced apart from one another and in a generally equivalent horizontal position. The apparatus comprising an elongated part configured to fit inside a fishing rod holder. At least two lateral supports opposing parallel members and an extendable middle section, in combination, support the sporting equipment thereon. | 01-23-2014 |
20140076834 | THERMAL GROWTH COMPENSATORS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A thermal compensation apparatus is disclosed including an elongated element extending from a proximal end to a distal end. A length of the elongated element from the proximal end to the distal end decreases in response to an increase in the temperature of the elongated element from a baseline temperature. The length of the elongated element increases in response to a decrease in the temperature of the elongated element from the baseline temperature. In various embodiments, the apparatus may be incorporated in solar module mounting systems. | 03-20-2014 |
20140116974 | FRAME WITH CONNECTING MEMBER FOR CONNECTING BARS OF THE FRAME - A modular frame includes a number of bars connected end by end, and a number of connecting members connecting every two adjacent bars. Each bar includes an outer sidewall and an inner sidewall parallel to the outer sidewall. A first plate and a second plate are connected between the outer sidewall and the inner sidewall. The first plate, the second plate, the outer sidewall, and the inner sidewall bound a receiving space. Each connecting member includes two connecting plates received in adjacent receiving spaces. Each connecting plate defines a groove to engage with a locking block extending from an interior sidewall of each bar. | 05-01-2014 |
20140124468 | CONSOLE MODULE AND MODULAR CONSOLE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to console modules and modular console systems. In one aspect, a console module unit is provided comprising a frame, the frame comprising first and second spaced apart frame sections, each frame section comprising two spaced apart side supports and two spaced apart lateral supports, each lateral support disposed between and forming junctions with corresponding ends of the side supports, and a plurality of cross supports interconnecting the first and second frame sections, wherein at least one of the side, lateral, and cross supports is in the form of an extrusion, the extrusion defining at least one re-entrant channel extending in a direction of its longitudinal axis, the at least one re-entrant channel for receiving at least a portion of a coupler. In another aspect, a modular console system comprising at least two console modules is provided. | 05-08-2014 |
20140144858 | CASING MOUNTING RAIL, BLANK PLATE, AND RACK MOUNT SYSTEM - A coupling member is coupled to a support column of a rack. A plate-shaped member is rotatably engaged with a coupling member with one longitudinal end as an axis. An L-shaped member includes a first flat plate and a second flat plate orthogonal to the first flat plate and includes, with a transverse end of the first flat plate rotatably engaged with one plate face of the plate-shaped member with the longitudinal direction of the plate-shaped member as an axis and with a plate face of the first flat plate in intimate contact with the one plate face, a mounting member in which the second flat plate protrudes from one transverse end of the plate-shaped member and a fixing mechanism that fixes the mounting member with the plate face of the first flat plate in intimate contact with the one plate face of the plate-shaped member. | 05-29-2014 |
20140263129 | RACK ASSEMBLY - A rack assembly includes at least four columns, a top frame module and a bottom frame module. The at least four columns are connected between the top and bottom frame modules. The rack assembly can be easily disassembled for reducing the room required in transportation, and the rack assembly can be easily assembled in offices. | 09-18-2014 |
20140263130 | MODULAR TOOL-LESS FURNITURE - Modular furniture is provided. The modular furniture includes joint and furniture components which allow the furniture to be assembled without tools and which provide increased stability and strength to the furniture. The modular furniture also provides increased attractiveness and user customization while using a limited number of different components. | 09-18-2014 |
20140305895 | LATCH ASSEMBLY FOR SECURING TRACKS AND DIVIDERS TO A FRONT RAIL - The present disclosure pertains to a latch or connector assembly that is adapted to attach a track to a rail along a platform of a merchandising shelf assembly. The connector assembly includes an adapter having a first end and an opposite second end such that the first end is adapted to be attached to the track and the second end is configured to be selectively attached to the rail. The adapter includes a first arm and a second arm, the first arm is spaced from a second arm such that the first arm can be resiliently biased relative to the second arm. An attachment member extends from the first arm and is configured to selectively connect to the rail. A press surface is configured to be pressed by a user to bias the first arm relative to the second arm to selectively connect the attachment member to the rail. | 10-16-2014 |
20140305896 | LOCKING RAIL ALIGNMENT SYSTEM - In a panel support array constituted by lower support joists and upper panel rails in a two-tier, two-dimensional arrangement, the array is aligned through the use of V-shaped locking rails extending through apertures in adjacent upper panel rails. The V-shaped locking rails are configured so as to lock at each of the upper panel rails through which the V-rail passes. As a result, the overall support array remains aligned in the proper position despite environmental variations. | 10-16-2014 |
20140339186 | Device For Locking To A DIN Rail - There is provided a device ( | 11-20-2014 |
20140374369 | FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR A SWITCHBOARD AND RELATED FRAME AND SWITCHBOARD - An assembly for the frame of a switchboard is disclosed, which can include a hollow member which extends lengthwise along a reference axis and which has at least one slot. The assembly can include at least one connecting element for connecting the assembly to a corresponding corner joint element of the frame, and the connecting element can include an insulating body and a fixing metal plate which is associated to a carrying part of the insulating body. The carrying part can be at least partially inserted transversally with respect to the reference axis into the hollow member through the slot, so as to arrange at least a portion of the associated fixing metal plate into the hollow member transversally with respect to the reference axis. | 12-25-2014 |
20150014263 | Modular Rack Assembly - A rack assembly has two support frames, each support frame having at least one connecting member comprising a short tube welded on the support frame and an insertion tube inserted in the short tube. At least one shelf is positioned between the two support frames, each end of each shelf having at least one hook that is received in a corresponding short tube to detachably connect the shelf with the support frame. The shelves can be conveniently attached and detached from the support frames. | 01-15-2015 |
20150021285 | SUPPORTING FRAMEWORK NODE - A supporting framework, comprising a plurality of nodes and one framework component, the framework component, selected from a group, consisting of one diagonal brace, one panel and combinations thereof, one of the nodes, comprising one connector and one bar, each of the connectors comprising a plurality of mating bores, and each of the bars, comprising a first end and a second end, wherein one of the nodes further comprises one holder, comprising a plurality of supporting faces and the corresponding connector, comprising one holder mating bore, and a first end of the holder and a second end, the holder and the bars are located on the supporting faces of the holder, and are in contact with and enclose the proximal portion of a plurality of bars for stabilizing the first end and transferring the load of the framework components to the bars as well as to the connector. | 01-22-2015 |
20150083683 | MODULAR FURNITURE SYSTEM AND MODULAR FURNITURE - Modular furniture pieces and, more specifically, a system of modular furniture pieces. The modular furniture pieces system comprises a plurality of unitary blocks joined by means of at least one bar. The plurality of blocks which are conjoined and immediate to one another, joined by an equal number of bars, form a cell. | 03-26-2015 |
20150129527 | FRAME STRUCTURE OF SOLAR CELL MODULE - The present invention relates to a frame structure of solar cell module, which adopts extruded aluminum as the frame member of solar cell module. At the junctions of the length, width, and height edges, connecting members using the three-axis joining and tenoning technology are used as fixing members. The tenon parts in both horizontal directions of the three-axis connecting member are first inserted into and joined with the mortises of the length-edge bar and the width-edge bar of extruded aluminum. Then the mortises in the height-edge bar are joined with the tenon parts of the connecting member in the vertical direction and thus completing assembling of the frame of solar cell module. | 05-14-2015 |
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