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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7389564 | Arrangement for fixing furniture fittings to frame profiles of plate-type or board type furniture elements A furniture fitting including frame sections which are preferably extruded and are intended to enclose furniture parts in the form of plates or panels, wherein the flame sections have an open groove extending in the longitudinal direction receive and retain a retain... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7055807 | Expandable pole socket with twist and lock insert An expandable socket holds a fence pole for a flexible swimming pool fence. The socket, being generally cylindrical, but slightly tapered, is open at a top end and has a bottom end partially closed with a rectangular opening. The socket sits within a bore within a c... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6955515 | Locking turn pin A hand tightened locking pin using a unique internal cam configuration to lock the pin assembly. The pin assembly includes a sleeve and a locking cam unit. The sleeve includes anti-rotation protrusions that match a keyhole in a first metal plate to prevent rotation ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6928713 | Hinge mounting system A hinge that has a first mounting base for attachment to a first hinged object. The hinge also has first and second hinge members pivotally connected together. The first hinge member and the first base are configured and dimensioned for cooperatively positioning and... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6904645 | Furniture hinge Furniture hinge (10) for pivotally mounting a door leaf (12) to a cupboard body whose door-side front is narrowed by a frame that projects inwardly at a right angle to the side walls. The hinge has a hinge arm (24) made of sheet metal and provid... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6415478 | Assist grip attachment structure method An attachment structure for attaching an assist grip to a vehicle body is provided wherein the assist grip has a contractible member formed integrally on its grip body such that the contractible member includes large-width portions and small-width portion... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6336253 | Fastening plate for the fastening of a fitting, e.g. a hinge arm, to a supporting wall A fastening plate for the fastening of a fitting to a supporting wall including a bottom plate, provided with two boreholes for fastening screws and with two base-like elevations, and a top plate, at least partially covering the bottom plate, and having a... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6286186 | Furniture hardware device Furniture hardware device (20) which can be fastened to the wall of a piece of furniture because it has fastening means projecting from its surface facing the furniture wall, which can be introduced into bores in the wall of the furniture and can be secur... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6279200 | Hinge with levers for fastening to a piece of furniture A hinge for furniture comprises a bowl (11) intended for being flush-recessed into a piece of furniture. Close to one side (20) of the bowl, arms (12) for hinge articulation are pivotally mounted. The bowl is provided with wings (13) having fastening dowe... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6081970 | Rapid mounting hinge cup for furniture hinges In a rapid mounting hinge cup for furniture hinges, comprising a cup body (2) adapted for insertion into a cup bore (4) of a piece of furniture (6) and for being locked in the cup bore (4) by radially extending the diameter of the cup body, it is provided... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6073311 | Metal fitting for furniture, which can be mounted without tools in a recess in a furniture part, especially a stop part for a door leaf for furniture hinges A metal fitting for furniture, which can be installed without tools in a recess in a panel-shaped furniture part. The metal fitting for furniture has a holding part, at the upper, free edge of which a radially protruding flange is provided, which can be g... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6070299 | Furniture hinge A furniture hinge, includes a hinge part securable to a movable component of a furniture piece, a hinge arm pivotally mounted to the hinge part, a mounting plate connected to the hinge arm, and fastening screws for securing the mounting plate to a body-re... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5979017 | Fastener system for mounting a furniture fitting A fastener system for mounting a furniture fitting includes a pair of spreader dowels supported in corresponding holes in the fastening flange of a furniture fitting. Each spreader dowel includes an expandable dowel with an inner notch and a noncircular s... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5966779 | Base plate for fixing a furniture hinge or the like A base plate for fixing a hinge arm on furniture is constituted by a support plate (2) which can be fixed to a support wall, a covering plate (3) at least partially covering the support plate and transversely guided thereon and having fixing devices for a... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5946404 | Audio/video surveillance and recording system An audio/video surveillance recording system comprising both units having a video camera and units having a dummy lens is disclosed. The use of a dummy lens rather than tinted or mirrored glass on the camera housing provides a greater amount of light to t... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5839164 | Cabinet hinge with press-in mounting cup A hinge for mounting a door to a frame includes a mounting cup having an outer perimeter adapted for mounting within a recess formed in the door and a hinge member for being mounted to the frame and coupled to the mounting cup to allow selective pivotal m... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5829814 | Cover flap and hinge assembly and method of making same for passenger vehicle glove compartments For the vertical alignment of a hinged covering flap, in particular of a glove-compartment cover, it is proposed to insert the hinge leaf on the cover side, accompanied by the spring-loaded engagement of teeth which protrude and engage into a row of teeth... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5715577 | Door-related member of a furniture hinge Door-related hinge member (26) having a cup part with flattened sides, which is to be driven into a mortise in the back of a door. A flange extending outward against the back of the door is integral with the rim of the cup part, and retaining members are ... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5711054 | Fitting part or the like, more particularly a hinge part with an attachment device A fitting part comprises a bushing adapted to be inserted into a pre-drilled hole in a supporting wall and secured in such a manner as to prevent relative rotation on the bottom side of a plate-like part, a holding pin mounted in a rotatable manner in the... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5669108 | Fastening unit for quick fastening of iron fittings, and iron fittings with such fastening unit A unit for fastening iron fittings (43) to furniture parts, comprises an expansion plug (11) which axially receives a pin (12) rotatable between an insertion position and an expansion position of the expansion plug. The pin has a radial protrusion (34) de... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5632067 | Door-related hinge member for hanging a cabinet door The present invention is directed to a door-related hinge member having a cup-like portion to be sunk in a substantially circular mortise (28) in the back of a door (30) and having a flange (34) integral with the upper edge of cup-like portion. At least t... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5586364 | Fastening element for hardware parts and hinge embodying such elements A fastening element for fastening hardware elements (31) to parts of furniture units (14) comprises an expansion plug (11) having an axial through housing (17) which can receive an expanded pin (23), which can rotate between a position in which the plug i... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5577297 | Door fastening member constructed as a hinge cup for furniture hinges A door fastening member of a furniture hinge having a hinge cup for installation sunk in a recess in the rear surface of a door leaf. The hinge cup has a fastening flange engaging the inner surface of the door leaf. Projecting from the underside of the fa... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5561888 | Furniture hinge A furniture hinge (10) with a carcase-related part (12) which can be fastened adjustably on the carcase of a furniture piece, which is coupled to a door-related part by a linkage mechanism, and which is configured as a hinge cup (14) of metal. The cup par... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5549039 | Heat-insulating cooking container The present invention relates to a heat-insulating (adiabatic) cooking container which is ideal for use in cooking, wherein partially-cooked food or the like is thermally insulated with the finished cuisine being prepared thereafter, and, in particular, i... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5513909 | Appliance hinge An appliance hinge connects a cabinet top to a cabinet base for pivotal movement therebetween. The hinge includes a first hinge member attached to the cabinet top and a second hinge member attached to the cabinet base. The first and second hinge members a... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5463796 | Hinge pot A hinge pot has a housing which can be inserted into a bore in a furniture part and dowel-type expandable clamping jaws which can be inserted in the bore and which can be pressed against the bore wall by way of expanding members constructed as tie rods. T... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5412841 | Furniture hinge A furniture hinge (10) for hanging a door (12) on a cabinet carcase, whose door-related member (18) is configured as a hinge cup which can be set into a mortise (16) in the inside of the door (12), the hinge cup being composed of the actual cup part (20) ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5359752 | Laterally adjustable mounting bracket for use on a drawer and with a tongueless drawer guide in connection with a desk or cabinet A laterally adjustable mounting bracket for use on a desk or cabinet drawer maintained by a supporting surface and with a tongueless drawer guide having a base plate, a moveable drawer guide plate cooperatively receiving a tongueless drawer guide, and mea... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5353476 | Hinge cup positioning device An improvement in a configured hinge having a hinge cup for mounting on a surface provided with a hinge cup bore hole comprising a spacer having a pre-selected thickness and a periphery substantially conforming to the configuration of the hinge cup for mo... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5349723 | Adjustable mounting bracket with a tongueless drawer guide A laterally adjustable mounting bracket for use on a desk or cabinet drawer maintained by a supporting surface and with a tongueless drawer guide having a base plate, a moveable drawer guide plate having top, bottom, and side edges cooperatively receiving... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5337911 | Container with main lid and auxiliary lid hingedly mounted on the main-lid A container includes a main lid for closing the container and an auxiliary lid for closing an opening in the main lid. The auxiliary lid provides access to the container without opening the main lid. The auxiliary lid is hingedly attached to the main lid ... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5246322 | Fastening element comprising a dowel-shaped sleeve A fastening element for a member provided with a fastening bore, preferably for a hinge member, consists of a dowel-shaped sleeve insertable in a pre-drilled hold, in the through hole of which a pin provided with a head can be locked by about a quarter tu... | 09/21/1993 |
| 4862556 | Adjustable base plate for hinges An adjustable base plate for fastening a hinge to a furniture part embodies a base plate having at least one fastening hole therein for receiving an insert which is displaceable in the lengthwise direction of the fastening hole. The insert has a center ho... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4785497 | Base plate assembly for mounting a hinge bracket of a furniture hinge or the like A baseplate assembly for mounting a hinge bracket of a furniture hinge has a base plate, which is to be secured to a carrying wall or the like by fixing screws, and a cover plate, which covers or partly overlaps the base plate and is guided on the base pl... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4673087 | Collapsable, reusable container system A container is formed of a rigid, flat base, a rigid cover, and four vertically arranged, flat wall forming panels that are connected together along their adjacent vertical edges by hinge-like corner connectors and whose upper and lower edges are removabl... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4619016 | Hinge attachment arrangement for an adjustable, detachable attachment of motor vehicle doors A hinge attachment arrangement for mounting a door on a motor vehicle includes a pair of hinge wings interconnected by a hinge pin with one hinge wing to be secured to a vehicle door and the other to a fastening element secured to the door frame on the ve... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4574425 | Flexible hinge assembly having a substrate supporting portion A hinge for swingably coupling at least different plate members, which comprises a first mounting portion having first detent protrusions for engaging with each corresponding hole formed on one of said plate member, a second mounting portion having at lea... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4569448 | Expandable storage system An expandable storage system for securely storing materials of various shapes and sizes in an organized, easily identifiable and accessible manner. One or more rows of support members are removeably secured upon a panel so that their positions on the pane... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4517706 | Adjustable cabinet hinge having a biased catch Cabinet hinge having a supporting arm which can be snapped onto the mounting plate. The supporting arm (16) of the hinge is adjustably fastened to the mounting plate (14) that is previously mounted on the supporting wall (12) of a cabinet, and it has a sl... | 05/21/1985 |
