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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4659053 | Tiltable mount A tiltable mount comprises a stationary base member or base and a support member or support for supporting equipment thereon. The support is movably mounted to the base to enable the support to tilt omnidirectionally relative to the base while remaining r... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4566663 | Overhead pivotal mounting assembly for television set An adjustable mount which is particularly useful in attaching an appliance such as a television set or the like in a movable vehicle. The mount is operable to permit swinging of the appliance to and from any one of a number of preselected positions and fo... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4564166 | Rotary tilt base for video terminal A rotary tilt base for a video terminal which enables the operator using the terminal to rotate and tilt respectively, a portion of the base so as to orient the terminal to provide greatest comfort and greatest ease of operation. The base basically includ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4562988 | Video display mounting mechanism providing pivoting and tilting of the display A mechanism for mounting a video display unit (or the like) to a base unit is disclosed. The mechanism includes a ball-shaped (or partial sphere-shaped) portion which mounts to the bottom of the display unit. The base carries a circular bevelled rim-shape... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4519268 | Gear shift apparatus for manual transmission A gear shift apparatus of a manual transmission, consists of a retainer member securely connected to an extension housing connected to a transmission housing. The retainer member is formed with a relatively long hollow cylindrical section a part of which ... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4483503 | Swivel mountings A swivel mounting for an instrument or apparatus, e.g. a visual display unit monitor, comprises two interconnected parts, one part, in use, being associated with an instrument or apparatus, and the other part being intended to remain stationary relative t... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4423850 | Fine adjusting mechanism for a level platform A mount for mounting a device which must be leveled. Such a device may be a round located laser designator apparatus which is used for illuminating a target at which missles are fired. The mount allows the Ground Located Laser Designator (GLLD) to be mounted ... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4364272 | Multi-position adjustable test fixture A text fixture supports a test article in selected positions relative to a fixed point within the test article. A stylus extends from the test article through slots in two spaced-apart positioning plates. The alignment of the slots establishes the positio... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4320884 | Tripod arm An adjustable arm for mounting an article on a tripod which is composed of first and second arms connected by an interposed joint member, said joint member having two halves pivotally arranged adjacent one another on a common axle, one end of each of the ... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4304381 | Aimable mounting apparatus A disc-shaped member-to-be-aimed is mounted for tilting about two mutually perpendicular tilt axes rotatable about a third and mutually perpendicular boresight axis that affords a conical field of view for the member in the presence of any asymmetry in it... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4226569 | Wafer loading and positioning device The present invention relates to the precise positioning of a body exhibiting a flat face, said latter requiring to be aligned, or in other words brought into coincidence with a mechanically indexed reference plane. The loading device in accordance with t... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4068961 | Swivel joint A swivel joint is designed to provide limited and controlled movement in two orthogonal planes running through its symmetrical center. The three major parts of the swivel joint are molded from a material composition of polycarbon-glass-teflon. A swivel to... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4043686 | Stabilized ball joint A ball joint for support of and orientation of a device in any direction stabilized against rotation on its own axis including means locking the ball in a selected position.... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4016583 | Camera steadying device A camera steadying device for use with a tripod. The device comprises two members, one of them having a tripod-attachment receptacle and providing a cup, the other having a ball portion and a camera-attachment stud that fits into the camera's tripod-attac... | 04/05/1977 |
