Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090084786 | Storage Bin and Lid Assembly - A storage bin assembly has a container base with a front, a back, a bottom, a perimeter side wall extending up from the bottom, and a storage space above the bottom within the side wall. A base lid is positioned over a top of the storage space. An access opening into the storage space is positioned near the front of the container base. A cover is selectively movable relative to the lid between a closed position closing off the access opening and two optional open positions. One of the positions is a rear position rearward of the access opening and the other of the positions is a front position forward of the access opening. Each optional open position exposes the storage space through the access opening. | 04-02-2009 |
20090140536 | One-Handed Ice Scoop - An ice scoop is disclosed and has a scoop section with a bottom, a leading edge, two spaced apart side walls extending up from opposed sides of the bottom, and a back between the two side walls extending up from the bottom opposite the leading edge. The scoop has a cavity formed within the bottom, the side walls, and the back, and having an open front end and extending rearward therefrom. The scoop has a handle connected to and extending rearward from the back. The scoop cavity has an extended cavity section disposed under the handle that is a contiguous part of the cavity. The handle is spaced above the extended cavity section. | 06-04-2009 |
20090167038 | Two-Handed Ice Scoop - An ice scoop is disclosed and has a scoop section and a handle section. The scoop section includes a bottom with a forward end, a rear end, and opposed side edges, two opposed side walls extending up from the side edges of the bottom, and a back wall connecting the side walls and connected to the rear end of the bottom. A scoop cavity is defined within the scoop section. The handle section extends rearward from the back wall and has two elongate, opposed, and spaced apart rails. First and second grips extend laterally between the two rails. The first grip is spaced from the back wall. The second grip is spaced from the first grip further from the back wall. The handle section is oriented at an oblique angle relative to the bottom and angles upward away from the back. The handle has an offset step formed in the side rails. The forward end is a reinforced edge. The scoop has a hand shield at the back wall and spaced from the first grip. | 07-02-2009 |
20090205875 | Portable Digital Scale - A portable scale includes an instrumentation housing having a plurality of sides, a carrying handle disposed on the instrumentation housing and configured for carrying the portable scale, a platform assembly spaced from the instrumentation housing for movement during a weight measurement via application of a load, and a plurality of disparate accessory components configured to facilitate the weight measurement. Each respective component of the plurality of disparate accessory components is detachably secured to a respective side of the plurality of sides of the instrumentation housing such that the weight measurement can be performed with one or more of the plurality of disparate accessory components attached to the instrumentation housing, and such that the portable scale can be carried via the handle with and without any number of the plurality of disparate accessory components attached to the instrumentation housing. | 08-20-2009 |
20090205876 | Digital Scale with Magnetic Engagement of a User Interface Unit - A digital scale includes an instrumentation unit to which a load is applied for a weight measurement, and a user interface unit communicatively coupled with the instrumentation unit to receive an indication of the weight measurement. The user interface unit includes a housing releasably secured to the instrumentation unit via a magnetic engagement. A housing of the instrumentation unit has an exterior surface shaped to complement the housing of the user interface unit to position the user interface unit relative to the instrumentation unit and facilitate the magnetic engagement. | 08-20-2009 |
20090205877 | Digital Scale with Detachable Platform - A scale includes an instrumentation housing, a load sensor disposed within the instrumentation housing, a platform base spaced from the instrumentation housing for movement in communication with the load sensor, and a platform configured to support a load. In some cases, the platform is attached to the platform base via a snap-fit connection to apply the load to the load sensor. The platform is then detachable from the platform base to separate the platform from the instrumentation housing via a release of the snap-fit connection. | 08-20-2009 |
20100128753 | Multiple-Stage Thermometer and Temperature Monitoring - A thermometer to monitor food in accordance with a monitoring procedure includes a measurement input probe to contact the food to capture temperature information, and a housing coupled to the measurement input probe and having a user interface. Visual indicators of the user interface have a modifiable appearance to convey status information for a respective stage of the monitoring procedure. A controller disposed in the housing is configured to implement a routine in accordance with the monitoring procedure and in response to the temperature information. The routine includes a timer routine to count elapsed time, and is configured to cause the controller to direct the display to convey the temperature information and to indicate the elapsed time, and to direct each visual indicator to convey the status information in accordance with the temperature information and the elapsed time. | 05-27-2010 |
20120074825 | Under Shelf Mounted Drawer - A drawer assembly for mounting beneath a shelf has a drawer and a mounting unit. The drawer has a bottom, a front end, a rear end, and a pair of opposed side panels. The mounting unit is configured to mount to a shelf and has a pair of spaced apart drawer supports that support the drawer under a shelf. A pair of laterally spaced apart tracks is provided on either the drawer side panels or the mounting unit drawer supports. A pair of lugs protrudes from each of the other of the drawer side panels or the mounting unit drawer supports. Each pair of lugs is slidable relative to and along a respective one of the tracks. The drawer is slidable between a closed position and an open position relative to the mounting unit. The tracks and lugs cooperate such that the front end and rear end of the drawer are substantially level with one another in the closed position and the front end is lower than the rear end in the open position. | 03-29-2012 |