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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357467 | Door assembly for use in a home appliance A door assembly is made up of a door provided in a cabinet of a home appliance, such as a dishwasher, and a door handle for operating the door. The door assembly includes a door, installed in the cabinet, having an exterior surface; a door handle, affixed to the doo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7334824 | Door lever lock A child safety lock for a lever door handle is rotatably mounted on a first side of a door and is biased in a first position. The child safety lock has a holder adapted to engage the door handle so that rotating the door handle rotates the holder. A cover is pivotal... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7219394 | Door push bar structure A door push bar structure includes a mounting mechanism having a locking element with a stopper, a sleeve screwed at an end to the locking element, and a locating element, the stopper and an end of the locking element screwed to the sleeve being located in a through... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7204569 | Adjustable door-mounted rack An adjustable rack designed for mounting onto a back surface of a cabinet door includes a pair of spaced-apart, generally upright side members having an inside surface and an outside surface. At least one shelf of fixed length extends between the inside surfaces of ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185929 | Door knob with light-emitting location indicator and door A door knob with a light-emitting location indicator comprises a knob designed for placement on a door, for being grasped by the hand of a user for opening the door. The knob comprises translucent material. One or more objects comprising light-emitting material that... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7093320 | Pin-less locks for sliding members A lock for overlapping parallel sliding members has a hinge member having two leaves. The two leaves include a fixed leaf permanently secured to one of overlapping sliding members, and a pivotal leaf pivotally moveable between locked and unlocked positions, to permi... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6966101 | Handle of a glass door A handle of a glass door, which is made of such materials as to match glass, e.g. acrylic, includes handle parts, and metallic connecting blocks; each of the handle parts has two folded ends formed with connecting tail end portions; each of the metallic connecting b... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6539579 | Hinge A hinge giving a neat look to a mounting area of a door is not exposed to an outer surface of the door. The hinge has a hinge spindle unit, buried flush with top and bottom lines on a fixed end of the door and disposed so as to allow protrusion and retrac... | 04/01/2003 |
| 5706900 | Gardening tool for loosening soil A gardening tool for loosening soil includes a shaft having an upper and a lower end, a longitudinal axis, and a tine having a wavy profile along its length. The tine is connected to the bottom end of the shaft and initially projects outward from the long... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5533232 | Hand lever assembly A hand lever assembly including a plastic handle body molded around a metal insert for rotation of a rotary member such as an axle, spindle, or the like. The upper surface of the insert has a high point and a low point. The upper surface is further dived ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5379552 | Door protector A door protector used for protecting an area on a door from marring caused by the scratching of dogs. A protective pad is provided with a scratching surface. The scratching surface has a texture such that as a dog scratches thereon with its paw an audible... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5210905 | Pivot control for hand grip useful for vehicles A hand grip for pivotal attachment to a surface of a body, as on a vehicle. The hand grip has a U-shaped grip body with a web joining two arms. The free end of each arm is attached on a bearing pin. The bearing pin is swingably mounted on a bearing bracke... | 05/18/1993 |
| 4790122 | Kick pad for removing debris from footwear A rectangular shaped pad is mounted on a building in an area adjacent the doorframe to protect the building from damage due to kicking by persons trying to remove devris from their footwear upon entering the building. The pad can be mounted below the door... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4688353 | Guard attachment for vehicle door A guard device or shield for use with an automobile door is comprised of a rigid plastic material and is shaped to conform to the exterior door handle well. The shield is provided with at least one tab for securing the shield to the exterior panel of the ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4503692 | Protective doorknob encasement device A protective doorknob encasement device which provides a protective cover over the space formed between a door jamb and an exterior doorknob to prevent insertion of a tool to forcibly open the door. The invention includes a mounting plate and a track guid... | 03/12/1985 |
| 3973616 | Alignment device for bi-fold doors An alignment device for bi-fold doors is provided which consists of wedge-shaped members fastened to the bottom of the door. The complimentary wedge-shaped members engage each other and pull the bottom edge of the door into alignment and are substantially... | 08/10/1976 |
