Overhead storage unit
CA 2239355 C · Owner: Langworthy, Thomas A. · Inventors: Mrotz, Walter C. Iii; Langworthy, Thomas A.; Noel, David P.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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An overhead storage unit for a modular open office system is provided. The storage unit can be either a freestanding unit or a panel mounted unit. The present invention provides easy to assemble units utilizing a minimum of different components for inexpensive manufacturing and ease of construction. In the freestanding unit identical end panels are used; whereas in the panel mounted unit complementary right and left end panels are formed. In either unit the shelves and doors are of identical shape. When assembled, engagement tabs on the panel mounted unit prevent the storage unit from being inadvertently removed.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed June 1, 1998 and granted November 18, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 1, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 1, 2020.
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