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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7299525 | Self-locked hinge device A self-locked hinge device includes a hinge body, a first mounting plate, a second mounting plate and a locking mechanism, The first mounting plate is hinged to a first end of the hinge body, and the second mounting plate is hinged to a second end of the hinge body.... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7243406 | Casket with combination hinge, brace, and lock A casket comprises a casket shell having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, a casket lid pivoted to the casket shell for movement to an open position and to a closed position, and a combination hinge, brace, and lock mechanism connecting t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7114219 | Automobile hinges A hinge for pivotably mounting a panel to a vehicle body includes a panel attachment plate securable to the panel, a body attachment plate securable to the vehicle body, and an intermediate member pivotably attached between the body and panel attachment plates. The ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6968598 | Seat back hinge fitting for a motor vehicle seat A seat back hinge fitting for a motor vehicle seat having a seat carrier and a seat back. The seat back hinge fitting has a lower arm that is rigidly fixed to the seat carrier, an upper arm that is rigidly fixed to the seat back and a forward tilting hinge for swift... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6886222 | Momentum lockout detented-dampened hinge A detented and dampened hinge mechanism, with push-pull, and pull-push operation includes a first and second arms pivotally connected to move relative to one another in a scissor fashion between a closed and open positions. A cam and cam follower track establish a d... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6694964 | Barbecue grill assembly with a foldable side rack A barbecue grill assembly includes aside rack mounted foldably on a main frame, which has a mounting seat formed with an insert hole for access to a slide passage and installed with a resilient locking pin and an operating shaft coupled to the locking pin... | 02/24/2004 |
| 5699997 | Foldable playyard connection device A connection device for a playyard consists of a handle and two connectors. The handle is provided integrally with a block and a plurality of protrusions having a hole therein. A pair of connectors is each provided with a plurality of spaces for receiving... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5678798 | Swing away support bracket A swing support bracket assembly for mounting support pads to wheelchairs. The assembly includes a housing, an axle mounted for rotation in the housing, a toggle pivotally mounted in the housing and having a tapered protrusion adapted to engage a cooperat... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5597147 | Articulation mechanism and a universal arm means applying the mechanism An articulation mechanism which can change a hinge angle freely, even if a considerable large load is attached to the tip end of a movable arm, and which can hold the hinge angle rigidly, when it is once stopped, is provided. The articulation mechanism (1... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5553351 | Hinge-lock security system A hinge-lock security system for preventing relative motion between a door and a door frame.... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5436954 | Foldable radio telephone set with rotary selector integral with foldable hinge element A portable radio telephone set provided with a display section includes a rotary selector which turns to select various functions. A menu displayed on the display section is selected by the rotary selector during a non-conversation time, and the sound vol... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5251359 | Heavy duty offset tube hinge A high strength offset tube hinge is provided for coupling tubing or rods. The hinge has a limited range and prevents overextension with a built-in stop feature that prevents any angles over the limited range. The application for the hinge lies in convert... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5096106 | Luggage carrier with pop-up frame A luggage carrier for a vehicle having a frame which is adjustable between an elevated position spaced apart from the vehicle surface and a stored position substantially flush with the vehicle surface. The carrier frame can be moved to the stored position... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5074164 | Angle positioning device A device for positioning a rotary member at a desired angle relative to a fixed member includes a first shaft sleeve mounted in the rotary member, and a second shaft sleeve mounted in the fixed member adjacent to and axially aligned with the first shaft s... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5044044 | Hinged structure and method of integration in a standard ski construction A hinged structure comprises a forward body and a rear body each having a surface face and a channel. A first hinge link and a second hinge link are employed to pivotably and slideably connect the forward body and the rear body and to provide movement of ... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5029363 | Pivotal hinge for an arm of an awning A pivotal hinge for an arm of an awning, comprising a supporting block tightly clampable on a supporting means and a pivotal bracket tiltable into an emergent position about a substantially horizontal axis, on which pivotal bracket an arm is pivotable abo... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5022118 | Ladder joint with engagement spring member A ladder joint with an engagement spring member on it for locking/unlocking the ladder joint into position. The ladder joint has a fixed member and a movable member. The movable member has a circular portion with fixing slots on its outer circumference. T... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5018405 | Angle adjustment device for handle of stroller An angle adjustment device intends for enabling a first bar to be inclinded relative to a second bar at one of a plurality of angular position. The angle adjustment device includes two casing half members for attaching the first and second bars and mating... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4914782 | Wide-angle hinge A wide-angle hinge for furniture doors, comprising a hinge boss fittable into a door wing and a hinge arm fastenable to a furniture side wall. The hinge boss and the hinge arm are connected to each other by means of hinge links which cross in a scissor-li... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4899420 | Hinge system A hinge system for a large or heavy cover member hinged to a container member. A container hinge plate is secured to a side wall of the container member and a cover hinge plate is secured to the side wall of the cover member and rotatably connected to the... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4895271 | Container with closure stay A cabinet with a closure door having a rigid stay for holding the door in an open position. The stay is basically U-shaped and is pivotally held upon a body of the cabinet to be located around hinged together side walls of the body and door in the door op... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4879786 | Low profile tilt lock mechanism with pivotable locking link to engage cam surface A tilt-lock mechanism for a pivotable panel assembly incorporates a pivotable locking link biased into locking engagement with a curved cam surface on the panel assembly to lock the assembly at a selected tilted position. A slight force applied opposite t... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4850080 | Hinge A hinge includes a hinge arm to be connected with a second hinge part by hinge links. The hinge arm is provided at the front thereof with a joint adjusting screw for engagement with a mounting plate. The rear of the hinge arm is provided with a clamping s... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4826124 | Easel with improved sheet material retainer An easel having a leg supported panel at the upper margin of which sheet material is suspended. A hinged retainer is carried at the upper margin of the easel panel and is pivoted between a lowered position overlying the sheet material when the material is... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4780929 | Hinge structure A floating hinge of the type which is composed of a lower member and an upper member each having a surface face and a channel including a pair of guideways located at their distal ends. A first arm and a second arm are employed to connect the upper member... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4782435 | Position-wise adjustable lighting fitting Lighting fitting of the type comprising a support intended to be fixed to a wall or ceiling, or to a stem with base, and a body restrained to the said support in a position-wise adjustable manner through the intermediary of connection means, wherein the s... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4750238 | Hinge A hinge has a hinge arm which is snappable onto a mounting plate by means of an intermediate member. The front of the intermediate member is engageable into the mounting plate and the rear of the intermediate member is provided with a pivot lever having a... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4736490 | Locking hinge A bracket hinge and bracket members (10, 10') with a spring biased and movable locking member (30). The locking or latch member (30) has ear parts (38, 39) received in locking openings (25, 25') where wedging surfaces (40, 41) on the ear parts cooperate w... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4726146 | Hold-open lock A locking device is provided for holding an aircraft door in an open position. The device includes a first member connected to the door which moves in correspondence with door opening and closing. A second member of the device is fixedly connected to airc... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4724551 | Toilet seat lid lock A toilet seat lid lock to reliably and releasably secure a toilet lid in a closed position above a toilet seat to deny access to the toilet bowl. The lid lock comprises a hinge arm connected to the toilet lid, a locking base connected to the hinge arm, an... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4719665 | Double pivot hinge A double pivot hinge for vehicle doors includes a hinge arm pivotally interconnecting door and vehicle mounted hinge butts. A first and second latch means are alternately movable between latched and unlatched positions to either latch the hinge arm to the... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4697305 | Release mechanism for locking hinge for multi-positioned ladder An improved hinge for collapsible ladders which includes a depressable release mechanism operable by one hand, leaving the other hand free to make ladder adjustment. The improved hinge includes a guide shaft disposed within a tubular hub member which is j... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4647043 | Pinball machine with fold-down upper cabinet A pinball machine has an upper display cabinet pivotally movable with respect to a lower playfield cabinet between an upright use position spaced well above the lower cabinet with the rear walls of the upper and lower cabinets substantially coplanar and a... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4609313 | Box having means for guiding and locking wheeled pallet A box for containing a wheeled pallet having articles placed thereon has a lid hingedly connected to a front end of the box to move between an open position and a closed position to open and close an opening formed at the front end of the box. A pair of r... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4577986 | Joint mechanism for folding ladders, furniture and the like A joint mechanism comprised of two pivotally connected joint members rotatable about a common axis is lockable in one of a series of predetermined positions by engagement of a spring-biased pawl provided within one joint member within notches distributed ... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4566150 | Ladder hinge and multi-position locking mechanism therefor An improved hinge for a collapsible ladder includes a pivot pin which has a sufficiently simple construction to permit it to be fabricated by die-casting on a cost-competitive basis. The simple construction is made possible by an improved axial detent arr... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4564974 | Security hinge A door or cabinet hinge which locks in one position--normally the closed position. It may be locked and unlocked from outside. Operated by a conventional keyed cylinder lock passing through the door and actuating an arm, the device has a lock pin parallel... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4543006 | Foldable multi-position ladder joint Improvements in a foldable multi-position ladder joint in which one side of the locking disk of the second joint member is provided between each notch thereof and the common axial bolt with cams capable of one-way rotation under the driving action of the ... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4540306 | Positioning joint for folding ladders A joint having two joint members which are pivotable with respect to each other about a common axis is lockable in a series of predetermined angular positions by engaging a spring-biased pawl provided within one member in notches formed at the peripheral ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4474264 | Collapsible multi-purpose ladder A collapsible multi-purpose ladder has ladder stringers which are connected by joints which are arranged in pairs, can be locked in several operating positions, and each have two joint parts which are pivotal about a common joint axle. The first joint par... | 10/02/1984 |
