Sauder Woodworking Company

O'sullivan Industries, Inc.

Automated Pet Care Products, LLC

Mark A Strayer

Marvin K Burnett

Jacob Zuppke

Matthew Wyman

Neal J Fifer

Michael L Franks

Animal climbing tower

Domestic animal shelter accent table

Domestic animal shelter side table

A furniture unit includes at least one substrate having an upper surface, a lower surface, a proximal peripheral surface, a distal peripheral surface, a first seam, and a second seam. The lower surface is opposite the upper surface. The proximal peripheral surface extends from the upper surface to the lower surface. The distal peripheral surface is opposite the proximal peripheral surface and extends from the upper surface to the lower surface. The second seam is spaced apart from the first seam. The first and second seams extend in a direction parallel to the proximal peripheral surface. The proximal peripheral surface engages the lower surface such that the substrate defines a first hollow support.

Construction system and method and related articles

A furniture unit includes at least one shelf. The shelf includes a substrate having an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, a proximal peripheral surface, a distal peripheral surface, a first seam, and a second seam. The proximal peripheral surface extends from the upper surface to the lower surface. The distal peripheral surface is opposite the proximal peripheral surface and extends from the upper surface to the lower surface. The second seam is spaced apart from the first seam. The first and second seams extend in a direction parallel to the proximal peripheral surface. The proximal peripheral surface engages one of the distal peripheral surface, the upper surface, and the lower surface.

Furniture unit

A power module including a housing, a plurality of first electrical connectors coupled to the housing, a second electrical connector coupled to an end of an extension cord that is configured to extend from and retract back into the housing, and a power cord coupled to the housing and configured to energize the second electrical connector via the extension cord and each of the plurality of first electrical connectors.

Power module having retractable cord

A desk including a plurality of panels and a power harness. The plurality of panels includes at least two substantially vertical panels supporting at least one substantially horizontal panel. The plurality of panels includes at least one panel having first and second opposing sides and an aperture extending through the first and second sides, wherein the at least one of the plurality panels having the aperture is at least one of the at least one substantially horizontal panel and the at least two substantially vertical panels. The power harness is coupled to the at least one the plurality of panels having the aperture to extend through the aperture, and includes: (1) an electrical cord extending from a housing for delivering electrical power to at least one externally accessible downstream power port at least partially contained in the housing; (2) a plurality of externally accessible universal serial bus (USB) ports each at least partially contained in the housing, the plurality of USB ports including a plurality of upstream USB ports and a plurality of downstream USB ports; and (3) circuitry interconnecting associated ones of the pluralities of upstream and downstream USB ports.

Power harness having multiple upstream USB ports and furniture article having harness with USB ports

Power and communication hub

A power harness including an electrical cord extending from a housing for delivering electrical power to at least-one externally accessible downstream power port at least partially contained in the housing. The power harness also includes a plurality of externally accessible USB ports each at least partially contained in the housing, the plurality of USB ports including first and second upstream USB ports and a plurality of downstream USB ports. The power harness also includes circuitry interconnecting associated ones of the upstream and downstream USB ports such that accessed ones of the plurality downstream USB ports communicate with: (1) an accessed one of the first and second upstream USB ports when only one of the first and second upstream USB ports is accessed; and (2) a predetermined one of the first and second upstream USB ports when both of the first and second upstream USB ports are accessed.

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Lamar, MO, United States of America

Mark A Strayer