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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5368267 | No-sag flowerbox brackets A flowerbox support bracketing comprising a plurality of similar L-shaped members and a generally Z-shaped member. The L-shaped members each have a first arm and a second arm, each arm formed with elongated longitudinal slots. The generally Z-shaped membe... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5351924 | Furniture mount A mount for a furnishing has a housing which is designed to be attached to the furnishing. A carrier is mounted in the housing for horizontal and vertical displacement and has a hook-like end portion which projects from the housing and can engage a hook o... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5344111 | Anchoring device for a water heater An anchoring device for a water heater comprising two bracket elements. These elements are fastened around the water inlet and outlet pipes near their attachment point to the water heater, where the pipes are very rigid. The bracket elements each comprise... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5137241 | Burner mounting A burner mounting enables a longitudinally extending burner to be removably suspended from a framework without requiring the use of any tools or the manipulation of any fasteners associated with the mounting. The burner mounting comprises an angle fastene... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5022624 | Adjustable support for hot water tanks, or the like A domestic hot water tank, or the like, is firmly supported against toppling or swaying that may be induced by earthquake activity by a mounting assembly comprising a support bracket adapted to be securely attached to an adjacent building structure, such ... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4867498 | Overhead console assembly An overhead console (2) attaches to the interior roof (4) of a motor vehicle and provides various features including a retractable compartment (18) for sunglasses or the like that with a damper mechanism (118) for protecting the sunglasses (61) when the c... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4863132 | Safety restraint bracket This invention relates to a safety restraint bracket of functionally interchangeable components for constraining freestanding appliances and furnishings. A malleable and machine scored parent plate can be joined with a mating plate to form a fastening cla... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4784359 | Adjustable support for optical device A support for an optical device such as an optical read head, permits the optical device to be positionable along a linear path. The support includes a precision bar and two gibs, with first and second adjustable means for securing the gibs to one another... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4754857 | Universal air chamber mounting bracket An improved air chamber mounting bracket (40) for mounting an air chamber (41) to a rotary cam (32) actuated brake (10) is provided. The bracket includes a slot aperture (70) and a multiple hole aperture (72) for receiving air chamber mounting fasteners (... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4748451 | Adjustable bracket mount An adjustable bracket mount for mounting certain functional components such as a feed horn and a low noise amplifier feed assembly on a satellite antenna dish at the prime focus or other desired location above the antenna dish, which mount includes a base... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4742981 | Surgical support system A surgical support assembly includes a telescopic support bar which may be clamped at opposite ends to a pair of conventional IV poles so that the support bar extends across the width of an operating table. A number of accessories such as a tray support b... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4717099 | Fire sprinkler alignment bracket An alignment bracket assembly for holding and aligning a fire sprinkler supply pipe in a horizontal or vertical orientation relative to a pair of spaced apart building members such as joists, studs or T-bar suspended ceiling frame supports comprises a cen... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4687165 | Adapter plate assembly for adjustable mounting of objects An adapter plate and two locking discs are together affixed to an optic table with machine screws or bolts threaded into a fixed array of internally threaded holes provided in the table surface. The adapter plate preferably has two, and preferably paralle... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4659047 | Appliance support This invention relates to an appliance support such as for example for supporting kitchen appliances, such as microwaves. This is by way of example only. The support includes an elongate brace member, which is adapted for attachment to a wall or similar s... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4570890 | Universal holder for mounting handguns remote from the user A handgun holder is adapted for use in conjunction with an apparatus having a surface adjacent which a handgun is to be positioned for easy retrieval. The holder includes: rod structure for receiving a handgun barrel by extending into the barrel; support ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4542873 | Bow holder A sportsman's or hunter's bow holder in which an elongated bow-supporting stanchion has an elongated slot for vertically adjusting the angle and elevation of the stanchion relative to a supporting bracket. The stanchion is provided with a bow-engaging fix... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4491294 | Adjustment device for an optical waveguide An adjustment device for supporting and positioning an optical waveguide end portion, composed of: a supporting frame; a spring element supported by the frame for supporting the waveguide end portion; and device associated with the element for applying pr... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4451076 | Outer support bracket for automobile sun visors The disclosure concerns an outer support bracket for use in the body of a vehicle for supporting the outer support shaft of a sun visor. The sun visor is supported by a swivel bearing at one end and by an outer support shaft at the other end. The bracket ... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4428513 | Spare wheel carrier A spare wheel carrier includes a spare wheel support member mounting brackets adjacent one end thereof having L-shaped slots. Pivots mounted on the vehicle are engageable with the ends of either legs of the slots to locate the support member different dis... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4426055 | Precision translator A precision translator for focusing a beam of light on the end of a glass fiber which includes two turning fork-like members rigidly connected to each other. These members have two prongs each with its separation adjusted by a screw, thereby adjusting the... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4422616 | Support arm for fastening to a wall A support arm for fastening to a wall features four longitudinally extending grooves displaced at 90° intervals around its periphery and a central bolt for fixing the support arm by one end face to a wall. The grooves are adapted to receive the marginal ... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4401288 | Adjustable optical mirror mount An optical mirror mount for use in mounting an optical mirror in a generally upright position on a horizontal supporting surface and which is adjustable in pitch and yaw is disclosed. The mount includes a bracket having a horizontal leg and a vertical leg... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4320935 | Structural support system with load control A horizontal rail assembly (10) on which a plurality of storage components (50) are hung is secured between vertical support members (34). The rail (10) carries hanger clips (24) which secure the rail in place on vertical supports. Flanges (32) on the cli... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4311323 | Adjustable fixing device of a safety belt anchoring point An adjustable fixing device for attaching a safety belt anchoring point along a support element of a vehicle body and of an emergency release allowing the safety belt, while permitting at least two positions for the anchoring point, including a guide with... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4226397 | Package supporting assembly means A tension wrap packaging machine has a supporting frame and a driving assembly mounted in the supporting frame, a main drive shaft is mounted in the supporting frame and at one end has a combined supporting member and safety closure disc fixedly connected... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4111390 | Apparatus orientating arrangement An improved arrangement for orientating an apparatus which is adapted to transmit, receive or relay electromagnetic or acoustical energy is described. The apparatus includes a housing and a housing positioning means and a housing mounting means are provid... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4088290 | Artist's maulstick A telescopic maulstick that can be extended and retracted, as required, and clamped to the sides of an artist's frame having end means for securing same thereto and means intermediate the ends for locking the maulstick in a clamped position. The maulstick... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4076195 | Adjustable mounting assembly An adjustable mounting assembly includes a supporting member having a load bearing surface and an anchoring element extending outwardly from said surface, a variably positioned member having an opening and a plurality of threaded passages, the opening hav... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4054119 | Archery bow with adjustable arrow rest A generally inverted U-shaped member is provided and includes a pair of side-by-side legs interconnected at one pair of corresponding ends by an integral bight portion. The member is constructed of stiff, but resilient material whereby the free end portio... | 10/18/1977 |
| 3981500 | Adjustable support apparatus A flexible support rod is formed with a longitudinal channel for receiving a support rope. The channel extends from the upper end of the support rod downwardly along the longitudinal axis thereof and out the side of the rod. A locking cleat that releasibl... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3977641 | Adjustable fitting for rigid attachment of traffic signals to mounting members A hanger fitting usually made of metal includes two spaced, substantially parallel and planar rigid portions joined by at least two transverse portions. The planar portions have a first pair of threaded apertures formed generally perpendicular to the plan... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3969620 | Lantern support apparatus This invention relates generally to a support apparatus for holding a lantern having a pivotable bail handle including a pair of elongated members connected together by a pivot joint one of the members being cantilevered with respect to the other and havi... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3946979 | Adjustable suspension for attaching pieces of furniture to a wall An adjustable suspension for attaching a piece of furniture to a wall includes a housing having an elongated supporting arm projecting therefrom. The upper edge of the arm is provided with a rough, preferably toothed, surface which engages a protrusion wi... | 03/30/1976 |
