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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7293389 | Self aligning top guide wheel for sliding doors A sliding door assembly includes a sliding door that is slidingly mounted to a top track via one or more top guide assemblies. The sliding door is also slidingly mounted to a bottom track. Each top guide assembly includes a top guide wheel that rotationally mounts t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7234274 | Vehicle door A vehicle door drive unit for raising and lowering a glass plate is constructed so that a plurality of pulleys across which wires extend are provided at upper and lower sides of a base panel. The glass plate is supported by a carrier plate which is connected to the ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7219470 | Sliding window assembly and a track member for same A sliding window assembly for a vehicle includes an upper track member, a lower track member, and a sliding unit. The track members each define a first channel having a first depth, a second channel having a second depth, and a third channel having a third depth les... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7197904 | Lockout device A telescoping lockout device for encasing a gate valve, electrical connection, or similar apparatus, for the purpose of preventing unauthorized access and tampering with the apparatus. The lockout device is comprised of two nested half cylinders attached to one anot... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7076918 | Window regulator A window regulator comprises a front guide rail installed in a front portion of a door and extending upward and downward; a rear guide rail installed in a rear portion of the door and extending upward and downward; a front carrier unit fixed to a lower front portion... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7010830 | Repair using plastic as the sliding mechanism for laterally sliding doors/windows The invention pertains to the repair of the sliding mechanism of horizontally or laterally sliding glass doors/windows, including shower doors, that are permanently built into a residential or commercial building. Instead of the door/window riding on a metal track u... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6945364 | Elevator roller guide and rail assembly An elevator door assembly includes a rail and at least one roller that rolls along the rail to move a door between opened and closed positions, for example. A resilient track is provided on the rail that facilitates more efficient roller movement and increases the l... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6938286 | Wheel chair accessible crib A crib is sized to permit the legs of a wheel chair bound care giver to fit beneath the bed. The access side of the crib is equipped with at least one laterally opening door which folds out of the way to provide access to the infant. More preferably, the access side... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938374 | Guide system for guiding window glass of vehicle A guide system for guiding a window glass of a vehicle includes a guide rail and a guide. The guide includes a shaft to be attached to the window glass; a base as one part of a component divided in a widthwise direction of the vehicle and contacting an inner surface... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6925685 | Angular adjustment arrangement of pivot hinge A pivot hinge for pivotally mounting a glass structure to a border frame, includes a joint body having two joint walls for securely sandwiching the glass structure, a joint hub including a supporting shaft having an adjusting portion, and an angular adjustment arran... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923500 | Sliding sunshade of sunroof for automobile A sunshade includes a cut-out panel formed by cutting a portion from a ceiling panel for opening a ceiling window and injection-molded rigid edge members made of synthetic resin and fixed to a front edge, both side edges and a rear edge of the cut-out panel so as to... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6886218 | Apparatus for moving a curtain along a curtain rail An apparatus for moving a curtain along a curtain rail, which apparatus is provided with driving means (5, 6; 105, 106) movable along the curtain rail (1) and, in use, coupling means (10; 110) connected to the curtain, which coupling means (1... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6855063 | Arbor guide shoe assembly for counterweight system An arbor guide shoe assembly for slidably interconnecting an arbor top plate or bottom plate with a pair of spaced rails. The guide shoe assembly has a rail contacting channel which defines a plurality of operable rail capturing distances, and an elongate slot for o... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6763550 | Window regulator channel slider device A slider (10) is provided for use with an elongated channel (12) having a pair of spaced apart side walls (14, 16) interconnected by a base wall (18) and an upper wall (20, 22) projecting from each side wall spaced from and general... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6640388 | Assembly for transit car door hanger A hanger bar assembly for sliding doors used in transit cars has at least two separate coaxially oriented, preferably tubular bearing segments which can slidingly engage a cylindrical rod secured above an entry portal of a transit car. Each bearing segmen... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6557932 | Roof assembly for a vehicle A roof assembly for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof has a stationary part to be fixed to the roof and a closure element supported by the stationary part. The closure element is slidably guided along guideways in the stationary part at its si... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6438796 | Integrally molded stud fitting for drapery track A drapery track fitting for use with a channel-shaped track (28) or tee-shaped track (30) holds drapery secure in a vibration and shock environment. The fitting may be an end cap (20), a carrier (22), or the like, and interfaces with the track either on t... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6434789 | Sliding glass door track engagement and method A moveable sliding glass door track clip guide, ideally formed of plastic, and attached to the bead on the top of the rail on the sill which is subsequently secured in place by a sliding glass door track clip cover which will inhibit the door from jumping... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6427286 | Adjusting a sliding door A track system for a movable panel, such as a companionway door on a boat, allows adjustment after installation of the tracks for the panel, and allows the panel to be removed without removing the tracks. Typically a number of adjustable slide block assem... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6370734 | Shoe insert for rail car sliding doors A wear guide insert for use in rail car door support carriages for sliding rail car doors. Wear guide inserts are positioned in the wheel carriage openings for intermediate engagement with a supporting track on which the wheel carriages travel. The insert... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6324726 | Guide runner for door drive mechanism The invention relates to a guide skid for a gate drive which is accommodated sliding in a C-profile, with two lateral openings extending over its length to accommodate a drive cord, a locking element for the coupling and disconnecting from the drive cord ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 5920956 | Support for a closing element, preferentially for a door leaf of a folding/sliding door For mounting a folding/sliding door, a support is connected to a hinge arm of a hinger mounted in the upper outer end area of an outer door leaf in a position in which the side of the retaining part that attaches to the hinge arm is located in the extensi... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5907890 | Guiding device for sliding doors A guiding device for sliding doors is disclosed and includes a guide bar and door supporting elements that travel along the guide bar. The guide bar and each door supporting element form a recirculating ball bearing sliding pair. The guide bar and the doo... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5873642 | Hanging file bar support assembly for a drawer A hanging file bar support assembly for a drawer includes at least one elongate rail with opposing ends adapted to be mounted on opposite walls of a drawer and at least one clip supported on the rail which has a clip body. The clip body is provided with a... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5771534 | Slider block assembly for a vehicle window A slider block assembly and method for making the same are disclosed. The slider block assembly is for use with an elongate guide channel having a pair of laterally spaced apart side walls and a pair of axially spaced apart base walls joined to the side w... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5737802 | Door track A base member and a fascia are assembled to form a hollow door section which is filled with insulative material. Adjacent sections are coupled along respective longitudinal edges for angular and spatial displacement. The base member is extended from a sel... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5647094 | Sliding member for regulator assembly An improved sliding member for a regulator assembly has a slide body providing a substantially spherical working contact surface and attachment means extending from the slide body for mounting the sliding member to another member of the regulator assembly... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5598606 | Bottom slide for doors A bottom door slide includes a bracket having mounting portions for mounting on a door and providing a channel opening at the lower end of the bracket. Slidably seated in the channel of the bracket is a slide guide having a guide portion extending below t... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5195211 | Guide channel pivot for window regulator A device for slidably and pivotably connecting a window regulator arm to a door inner panel includes, a molded plastic slide channel mounted in a slot provided in the door inner panel. The slot defined by spaced apart walls of the door inner panel and ext... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5120151 | Roller guide alignment for a vehicle door The vehicle door has a mounting panel with a track formed therein by integral flanges struck from the panel. The window regulator arm has a roller carried thereon for engaging with the track to permit movement of the roller along the panel. The track has ... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5081743 | Friction stay and adjustable friction slider A slider for a track, such as the track of a friction stay, comprises a slider body adapted to be slidably received in the track, and slider body includes a recess having a cam mounted therein. Rotation of the cam causes the curved portions of the cam to ... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5036621 | Sliding member for window regulator A sliding member for a window regulator having a substantially vertical guide rail lip channel cross sectional shape. The sliding member is capable of sliding internally of the guide rail. A carrier plate has a shaft to support the sliding member and fixe... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4984332 | Slide shoe Slide shoe for sliding roofs, sliding lifting roofs and the like. The slide shoe has a slide shoe body made of rubber, which can be mounted onto a slide shoe carrier, and which, in an assembled state, is displaceably guided in a longitudinal guideway whic... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4962948 | Passive seat belt system incorporating a guide rail and a slide shoe In a passive seat belt system for a motor vehicle, a slide shoe mounted on a runner is composed of at least a pair of blocks spaced from each other in the direction of movement of the runner, in order to overcome the problem of the varying clearance betwe... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4935986 | Window slider A window slider for guiding a vehicle window in a guide channel having spaced, side and base walls comprises a one-piece molded plastic part having stiffly resilient projections integral with the part and extending laterally in two directions to bear agai... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4882805 | Slider for window regulator arm A slider, for use in slidably connecting a balance arm of a window regulator mechanism to a guide member having a pair of spaced planar edge portions defining a linear slot therebetween is disclosed. The slider is molded from a one piece plastic material ... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4880253 | Driving force transmitting structure for automatic seat belt apparatus A driving-force transmitting structure applied to an automatic seat belt apparatus having a slide piece moved along a guide rail by a driving force and a slider adapted for supporting a webbing for restraining an occupant, the slider being capable of movi... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4868935 | Movable glide support for tub enclosure and shower stall doors A structure comprising by-pass doors for use in tub enclosures or shower stalls, each door having a frame and a panel mounted in the frame, and a hanger assembly integral therewith provided with glides adapted to move on a track provided on a supporting d... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4829630 | Window slider A window slider for guiding a vehicle window in a guide channel having spaced, side and base walls comprises a one-piece molded plastic part having stiffly resilient projections integral with the part and extending laterally in two directions to bear agai... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4819297 | Sliding door top guide or hanger An integral plastics body mounted on a corner connector for a door can serve as either a hanger or guide. As a hanger, the assembly supports the weight of a door for sliding along a horizontal overhead track having a downwardly extending L-shaped limb. If... | 04/11/1989 |
