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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2006
Robert M. Fitzgerald, Norcross, GA (US);
Kyle A. Joiner, Roswell, GA (US);
Joel H. Eisler, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
James W. Dotson, Sr., Cumming, GA (US);
Robert M. Fitzgerald, Norcross, GA (US);
Kyle A. Joiner, Roswell, GA (US);
Joel H. Eisler, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
James W. Dotson, Sr., Cumming, GA (US);
Innovative Product Achievements, Inc., Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
An item receiving apparatus that, in various embodiments, comprises: (1) a housing defining an interior storage area and an opening through which at least one item may be received for storage within the interior storage area; (2) an item support surface disposed adjacent the interior storage area for supporting one or more items as the items are stored within the interior storage area; (3) an item repositioning assembly disposed between the opening and the item support surface. The item receiving apparatus may be adapted to move the item repositioning assembly from a first orientation to a second orientation in response to the occurrence of a pre-determined event. The item repositioning assembly may be adapted to push one or more items within the storage area laterally away from at least a portion of the item repositioning assembly as the item repositioning assembly is moved from the first orientation to the second orientation.