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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7883124 | Gate latch A gate latch includes a bracket that has flanges with a plurality of holes for receiving fasteners that enable the bracket to be mounted to a bracket mounting surface. The bracket has a raised portion joined with the flanges and cooperates with the bracket mounting ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7588272 | Door handle assembly A door handle assembly comprises a handle mount having an opening therethrough and a manually engageable handle rotatable about an axis, the axis aligned with the opening positioning structure is fixed relative to the handle mount. The positioning structure has a pl... | 09/15/2009 |
| 6669024 | Sweeper magnet A sweeper magnet for attracting magnetic debris from a pick-up surface includes a base assembly and a magnet having a first surface supported by the base assembly and a second surface. A cover extends over the magnet second surface and includes a projecti... | 12/30/2003 |
| 5318264 | Infinitely adjustable shelving and method Infinitely adjustable shelving including a vertically elongated standard having a vertically elongated outwardly facing slot therein, a U-shaped bracket positionably mounted on the standard and being horizontally elongated with the proximal end (nearer th... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5315850 | Surface mounted slide bolt A surface mounted slide bolt including a base, a strike, a bolt and a plug for locking the bolt in either extended or retracted positions and for disposing the bolt in position relative to the base for assembly and disassembly. The bolt includes tongues r... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5257839 | Tension latch assembly A latch incorporates a latch member in the form of a leaf spring which is connected by an overcenter operating lever mechanism to a case mounted to a door for latching engagement with a strike mounted to another door or frame member. The strike incorporat... | 11/02/1993 |
| 4845807 | Flashing bracket A hanger bracket for the split rail of a horizontal sliding door assembly is provided with an aperture into which a dependent tab on a flashing support bracket extends, and a resilient tongue on the flashing support bracket fits under the hanger bracket t... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4829794 | Padlock The present invention relates in general to combination padlocks of the type which permit the user to reset the combination, and it relates in particular to a new and improved mechanism for preventing spurious or unintentional changing of the combination.... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4784416 | Door latch The lock button on a door latch is slidable in a horizontal direction between a retracted unlocking position and an extended locking position wherein it blocks a latch hook release member from unlatching the latch, prevents inadvertent locking of the door... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4750237 | Trolley assembly for a pocket door A trolley assembly for a pocket door system comprises a central carrier having a plurality of rollers journaled for rotation thereon. A hanger member having a bolt portion which is threadedly received by the carrier includes a laterally extending pintle. ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4742645 | Pocket-door assembly A pocket-door assembly includes a pair of trolley assemblies fixed to an upper edge of a vertically disposed door. A header member is positioned generally horizontally over the door and comprises a central plate portion with a pair of integrally formed do... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4732418 | Knob latch A door latch employs removable standoff posts in a concealed mounting, and a lockable latching mechanism which includes a locking slide manually actuatable from the inside of the door and movable from the locked to the unlocked position by a rotary cam me... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4731902 | Door and gate spring A coil spring has elliptical openings in the end turns for non-rotatably receiving elliptically shaped studs which are press-fitted into the spring, the ends being respectively attached to a pair of mounting brackets.... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4642844 | Trolley hanger for sliding door A trolley assembly including a channel shaped body and a pair of frictionless bearing assemblies which include a split tubular spring liner constituting the outer race of the bearing and the wheel axle extends through the space between a plurality of roll... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4643469 | Gate latch A latch for use with a gate includes a latch body having a planar mounting surface on a rearward side thereof with a pair of space apart flanges which receive a bolt in openings thereto. The bolt is positioned parallel to the surface of the gauge and is s... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4494354 | Door frame construction A door frame is fabricated of rolled sheet metal vertical frame pieces each including a first channel for receiving the end portions of wood or metal horizontal crosspieces and a second channel for receiving the end portions of corrugated or other panel m... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4486917 | Door closer with a compressible braking sleeve A door closer includes a spring-loaded piston forming part of a conventional pneumatic dashpot, which retards the speed of a door during closing, and an elastomeric sleeve which is longitudinally compressed during opening of the door to retard the speed o... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4483044 | Pneumatic door closer having resilient braking sleeve and cooperating piston rod incremental braking enlargements Door speed is controlled by a pneumatic dashpot including a spring-loaded piston having a piston rod which extends through an elastomeric silicone rubber braking sleeve which is longitudinally compressed as the door opens to increase the friction between ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4098530 | Sliding door latch A jamb latch for a sliding door utilizes a pivotally mounted operating arm which in one position is used to pull the door in tightly against the jamb and to latch the door in place and which in a second position extends across the edge of the door to hold... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4021988 | Metal frame construction A metal door frame is fabricated in the field by interfitting channel cross pieces in channel uprights and curling prepunched tongues in the uprights through openings in the cross pieces to square-up and to secure the cross pieces to the uprights.... | 05/10/1977 |
