161 |
Self-serving store |
US1368924D |
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US1368924A |
1921-02-15 |
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162 |
Store self-service system |
US31200619 |
1919-07-19 |
US1347936A |
1920-07-27 |
CARROLL JAMES H |
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163 |
Home store |
US32215519 |
1919-09-06 |
US1337050A |
1920-04-13 |
DEBAKEY SHIKER M |
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164 |
Self-adjusting support plate |
US14742855 |
2015-06-18 |
US10124268B1 |
2018-11-13 |
Christopher J. Wicken; Gregg A. Wicken |
The inventive technology includes a support plate that may be secured to an attachment surface and be coupled with a display, such as a balloon support. A vertical pole coupled with a rotational head may be positioned with a rotational head chamber of the support plate such that it is able to rotate. This self-adjusting feature allows a support plate to be secured to an angled or uneven attachment surface such as the side of a hill or other incline, while allowing a vertical pole to be rotationally self-adjusted to an approximately vertical position. |
165 |
Expandable shade and shelter system |
US15810948 |
2017-11-13 |
US10100510B1 |
2018-10-16 |
Fatima Al Doukhi; Hala El-Wakeel |
An expandable shade and shelter system that includes an expandable grid structure of reversibly expandable cells in a two-dimensional grid configured to collapse to a rectangular cuboid with a top surface, an anchored bottom, an anchored first end, an expandable second end, and two expandable sides. The system includes a connecting device fixed at corners of the top surface and/or the expandable second end of the structure, a vertically oriented support structure having a top and bottom ends, where the expandable grid structure is configured to expand upwardly from the second end and inwardly towards the top of the vertically oriented support structure, while the anchored first end remains anchored, to connect the connecting device to the top of the vertically oriented support structure to form a three dimensional shelter. |
166 |
SHELF HEIGHT INDICATION AND VALIDATION DEVICE |
US15997423 |
2018-06-04 |
US20180283863A1 |
2018-10-04 |
Greg A. Bryan; Benjamin D. Enssle; David B. Brightwell |
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to quickly and accurately determine shelf notch height for a shelving unit. This is particularly advantageous to determine whether shelves in the shelving unit were installed at the correct height and/or for installing shelves at desired heights. In some embodiments, a measurement member is provided with a bottom offset and shelf notch indicator portions. A horizontal position indicator can then be aligned with a desired shelf notch indicator portion and project outwardly therefrom towards a shelving unit to provide a visual indication of the height of a desired shelf notch. |
167 |
EXPANDABLE MAT-BASED SUN SHELTER |
US15810944 |
2017-11-13 |
US20180274261A1 |
2018-09-27 |
Hala EL-WAKEEL; Fatima Al Doukhi |
A collapsible sun shelter that includes an arch support and a rollable flat mat that is configured to expand to include a canopy section and further includes a floor area portion, an upwardly deployable area portion at least two mat anchor points and at least two arch support openings. The rollable mat has an upwardly deployable area portion defined by an outer perimeter passing through at least one layer of the rollable flat mat such that the upwardly deployable area portion remains connected with the floor area portion when the upwardly deployable area portion is extended upwardly in a deployed configuration. |
168 |
EXPANDABLE SHADE AND SHELTER SYSTEM |
US15810948 |
2017-11-13 |
US20180274226A1 |
2018-09-27 |
Fatima AL DOUKHI; Hala EL-WAKEEL |
An expandable shade and shelter system that includes an expandable grid structure of reversibly expandable cells in a two-dimensional grid configured to collapse to a rectangular cuboid with a top surface, an anchored bottom, an anchored first end, an expandable second end, and two expandable sides. The system includes a connecting device fixed at corners of the top surface and/or the expandable second end of the structure, a vertically oriented support structure having a top and bottom ends, where the expandable grid structure is configured to expand upwardly from the second end and inwardly towards the top of the vertically oriented support structure, while the anchored first end remains anchored, to connect the connecting device to the top of the vertically oriented support structure to form a three dimensional shelter. |
169 |
MOBILE KIOSK WITH SHADE STRUCTURE |
US15815187 |
2017-11-16 |
US20180272914A1 |
2018-09-27 |
Hala EL-WAKEEL; Asma Yousuf ALORAIFI; Haifa ALARIFI |
An expandable kiosk structure with a front face, a rear face, a first side structural unit and a second side structural unit arranged such that the front face and rear face are parallel and connect the first and second side structural units to form a box shaped structure that is expandable from a collapsed form an expanded form in which the front face, the rear face, and the first and second side structural units define an interior workspace in the box shaped structure. The front and rear faces each have an outwardly extendable portion that is hingeably or pivotally foldable onto a remaining portion of the front or rear face. Rolling mechanisms are disposed bottom corners and extendable brackets are disposed at the top corners connecting to a shading unit supported by a shading unit support structure. Front and rear shelf units are hingeably attached to the front and rear faces. One or more extendable chassis brackets extend along the length of the top and bottom edges of the front and rear faces to permit expansion of the first and second side structural units. The front face chassis bracket is strongly connected to a perpendicular revolving rod handle (trailer coupler) that aids in maneuvering the kiosk prior to attachment to or subsequent to detachment from its towing vehicle as well as during towing. |
170 |
Storage container with inventory control |
US15596710 |
2017-05-16 |
US10068201B2 |
2018-09-04 |
Leonard M. Bashkin |
Systems and methods of the invention relate to managing an inventory of items within a storage container. A storage container can house one or more items for distribution among one or more users such as, for instance, employees. The storage container discussed herein provides authentication of a user, tracking of the inventory each user removes or returns, video/image capture of user during access of the storage container, wireless tracking of items housed within the storage container, among others. |
171 |
Battery spill containment system and method of making the same |
US14267821 |
2014-05-01 |
US10016076B2 |
2018-07-10 |
Douglas Frazier |
A spill containment assembly for containing fluids, such as battery acid, leaked or spilled from one or more devices stored on a storage rack and thereby prevent contamination of surrounding areas. The spill containment assembly includes a series of wall segments coupled together and a series of adjustable clips for coupling the wall segments to the storage rack. The series of wall segments together define a perimeter of a spill containment chamber for containing the fluids leaked from the one or more devices. |
172 |
Floor Mat Sensing System and Associated Methods |
US15794830 |
2017-10-26 |
US20180164167A1 |
2018-06-14 |
Bruce W. Wilkinson; David Winkle; Todd Davenport Mattingly |
Described in detail herein are methods and systems for a sensing system. In exemplary embodiments, an array of sensors can be disposed in a floor mat disposed in a facility. The sensor can be configured to detect a set of attributes for any physical objects that pass over and come in contact with the floor mat. The sensors can encode the set of attributes in an electrical signal and transmit the electrical signal to a computing system. The computing system can decode the set of attributes from the electrical signal, determine a set of information based on the set of attributes and initiate one or more actions based on the set of information. |
173 |
Modular wall system for displaying a product |
US15215215 |
2016-07-20 |
US09936826B2 |
2018-04-10 |
Vasco Agnoli; James Andrus; Sam Brown; James Casey Feeney; Christopher M. Green; Kully Kraig Mandon; Christopher Daniel Peak; Jonathan P. Siegel; Stefan Behling; Kevin Fenton Smeds; Andrew Charles Deffenbaugh; Gregory James Ranes; Charles A. Schwalbach; Sheng Yang; Graham O'Brien |
A system for displaying a product is disclosed. The system includes a wall having a recess therein and a display structure that defines the recess. The display structure extends through a front surface of the wall and includes a frame having a top panel, a bottom panel, and two side panels. The top and bottom panels are longer than the side panels. The system further includes a plurality of modular display units disposed within the display structure. Each modular display unit extends from the bottom panel to the top panel. At least a first one of the modular display units includes a frame open to a front exterior of the display structure and at least a second one of the modular display units is not open to the front exterior of the display structure. The system further includes a plurality of display elements disposed within the plurality of display units. |
174 |
Biased mechanism for guided insertion |
US15608701 |
2017-05-30 |
US09918899B2 |
2018-03-20 |
Frank Dean Weber |
A drawer assembly is disclosed that includes a removable container ad a receiving tray. The container has a housing having at least one shaped surface and at least one horizontal alignment element coupled to and projecting from the housing. The receiving tray has a base having a redirection feature and at least one horizontal alignment hole in the base that is configured to accept the horizontal alignment element. The container and receiving tray are configured such that downward motion of the container with the shaped surface of the housing in contact with the redirection feature of the base induces a lateral motion of the container according to the engagement of the shaped surface and the redirection feature that causes the horizontal alignment element to slide into the horizontal alignment hole. |
175 |
Storage container with inventory control |
US15137056 |
2016-04-25 |
US09886806B2 |
2018-02-06 |
Leonard M. Bashkin |
Systems and methods of the invention relate to managing an inventory of items within a storage container. A storage container can house one or more items for distribution among one or more users such as, for instance, employees. The storage container discussed herein provides authentication of a user, tracking of the inventory each user removes or returns, video/image capture of user during access of the storage container, wireless tracking of items housed within the storage container, among others. |
176 |
Storage rack for barrels |
US15261271 |
2016-09-09 |
US09826830B1 |
2017-11-28 |
Justin B. Stiefel; Darrin Filand; Carl Taylor-Swanson |
A storage rack may include a plurality of sections for holding a respective plurality of items. A first section may include, for example, a first vertical support, a second vertical support substantially parallel to the first vertical support, and a first set of horizontal supports substantially perpendicular to the first vertical support and the second vertical support. The first set of horizontal supports may include a first horizontal support disposed at a first height and a first depth in the first vertical support, and a second horizontal support disposed at the first height and the first depth in the second vertical support. The first horizontal support may extend from an inner wall of the first vertical support towards the second vertical support for a distance that is less than half of the distance between the first vertical support and the second vertical support. |
177 |
SHELF HEIGHT INDICATION AND VALIDATION DEVICE |
US15481687 |
2017-04-07 |
US20170299387A1 |
2017-10-19 |
Greg A. Bryan; Benjamin D. Enssle; David B. Brightwell |
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to quickly and accurately determine shelf notch height for a shelving unit. This is particularly advantageous to determine whether shelves in the shelving unit were installed at the correct height and/or for installing shelves at desired heights. In some embodiments, a measurement member is provided with a bottom offset and shelf notch indicator portions. A horizontal position indicator can then be aligned with a desired shelf notch indicator portion and project outwardly therefrom towards a shelving unit to provide a visual indication of the height of a desired shelf notch. |
178 |
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SHELF LABEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM |
US15508556 |
2015-09-28 |
US20170293959A1 |
2017-10-12 |
Yoshihiro ITOU; Kanako TAGA; Takenobu KITAHARA |
A product recognition unit (2020) recognizes a product from a target image on which the product and an electronic shelf label are imaged. A shelf label recognition unit (2040) extracts a shelf label ID from the target image. The shelf label recognition unit (2040) recognizes an electronic shelf label (3000) from the target image. A determination unit (2060) determines whether or not association of product information and the shelf label ID regarding the product and the electronic shelf label a closest product within the image, and product information and the shelf label ID of the electronic shelf label (3000) matches association of product information and a shelf label ID of relation information acquired by associating product information of the product and the shelf label ID based on the product and shelf label ID recognized from the target image. |
179 |
Reel receiving device based on RFID |
US15031583 |
2013-10-25 |
US09785805B2 |
2017-10-10 |
Young-Jeon Son |
A reel receiving device based on RFID is disclosed. A reel receiving device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a reel receiving antenna array for individually receiving and supporting a plurality of reels each of which is wound by a strip loaded with electronic components by allowing each of the reels to be supported at outer circumferential side in part, and reading independently RFID tags attached to the reels received individually, a switching unit for activating antennas forming the reel receiving antenna array individually in sequence, and a control unit for providing reception-position information of each of the reels by identifying the RFID tag read. |
180 |
MOVABLE PRESENTATION SYSTEM AND EXHIBITION METHOD |
US15317455 |
2015-06-02 |
US20170265657A1 |
2017-09-21 |
Christel Kurig |
For trade fair visitors, the trade fair visit should be possible in such a way as to produce less stress and use up less energy. There is therefore a need for a presentation system with which it is possible to spare the trade fair visitor (the future customer) unnecessary walking, so the trade fair visit can become a pleasantly relaxed experience. This is achieved by an exhibition or presentation at a trade fair, in which a plurality of presentation platforms (3) are coupled to one another in the manner of a train, and the coupled presentation platforms are moved at a speed of less than 5 km/h in a continuous loop on a predetermined transport path (2) and in a predetermined direction, with this taking place past stationary areas or regions (5) for visitors to the trade fair, on which they may firstly be “stationary”, without missing out on any trade fair stand. |