In an example embodiment, a system of lifting, lowering and rotating a display may include a housing, a rotator, and a hoist. The rotator may be configured to selectively rotate the housing such that a display functionally coupled to the housing is rotated. The rotator may include an anchor and a rotating portion. The anchor may be configured to be attached to an elevated surface. The rotating portion may be configured to be functionally coupled to the housing, and configured to rotate relative to the anchor. The hoist may include a member and a hoist motor. The hoist motor may be configured to selectively rotate the member such that a cable functionally coupled to the member is wound about the member when the member is rotated in a first direction, and the cable is unwound from the member when the member is rotated in a second direction.

An article of manufacture is configured for hanging signs and other objects to poles, fences, trees and other structures. The article generally includes a gripping base and a pair of elongated coiled filaments each extending from opposing sides of the base, the filaments each comprising a coiled length and a straightened tip disposed at a terminal end of the respective tip. The article is wrapped around a support structure and each of the tips is inserted through a respective aperture of a sign to be hanged and pulled through the aperture to secure the sign to the structure.

A storage system has retractable cells used for with storing and transporting articles in totes. A plurality of spaced apart shelves extends transversely between left and right flexible vertical panels. Left and right hangers extend upward from a distal end attached to a shelf to a proximal end at a structural support. A plurality of guide members are attached to the vertical panels, juxtaposed with the shelves. Each guide member slidingly engages a hanger. Means is provided for pulling the left and right hangers upward to raise the shelves upward. The hangers can be secured either to the support or to a shelf above. The left and right panels will fold inwardly between the shelves. The space beneath the shelves will increase to receive an article larger than a tote.

A storage system is configured for adjustable suspension from fixed points on a vertical wall, such as from fixed tie-down loops that are rigidly and permanently affixed to the wall of a shipping container. The system includes a plurality of pivotable arms that may have attached thereto shelves or other planar panels and may be variably positioned to provide vertical storage panels, flat work surfaces (such as a desk surface), or upwardly angled support posts, for example, for hanging items such as cables, ropes, pipe sections, and the like. A suspension assembly for the storage system enables hanging suspension of the system at any desired location along the length of the vertical wall, despite the location of the fixed loops from which the system is ultimately suspended.

A ceiling storage rack comprises a rotary shaft, a drive mechanism driving the rotation of the rotary shaft, two pulleys, a placement platform, a first wire group and a second wire group. The rotary shaft is rotatably connected at a side of a ceiling fixing assembly. Two winding portions rotating in synchronization with the rotary shaft are disposed at both sides of the rotary shaft: a first winding portion and a second winding portion. The ceiling storage rack capable of preventing a placement platform from falling down, increasing safety level and avoiding dislocation and entangling of double-strand cables.

A storage system is configured for suspension from a storage container or modular building. The storage system includes a first vertical upright, a second vertical upright, a first arm coupled to the first vertical upright, a second arm coupled to the second vertical upright, and a shelf coupled to the first and second arms. The shelf has a first side located proximate the first and second vertical uprights and a second side opposite the first side. Each of the first arm and the second arm is configured to pivot between and to be releasably fixed in position in a first state in which the arm is oriented perpendicular with respect to the vertical upright, a second state in which the arm is angled toward an upper end of the vertical upright, and a third state in which the arm is oriented parallel with respect to the vertical upright.

A suspended shelving apparatus for slidably supporting items below a ceiling includes a rail, a plurality of support members, and a shelf. Each support member of the plurality of support members is coupled to and extends downwardly away from the rail to the shelf. Each support member of the plurality of support members is slidable along the rail to move the shelf along a path parallel to the rail.

The present invention discloses a hingedly retractable storage apparatus and the method of using this apparatus. The storage apparatus of the present invention is capable of being lowered, raised, and inclined at an angle to load articles or retrieve stored articles. This apparatus comprises a base plate that runs coplanar to the surface that it will be adhered to, two support arms that descend from the base plate and are perpendicular to the base plate, a rack center element, and at least two transverse support members supported on the rack center element. Both support arms are fixed at the end that is close to the base plate. The other end of one of the arms is hingedly attached to the rack center element while the other end of the other arm is reversibly fixed to the rack center element. The transverse support members have indentations to receive articles.