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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325847 | Household apparatus for holding windows open A device for maintaining an openable window in a desired position within a window frame is provided. The device comprises a rod having a top end and a bottom end and a housing having a top end, a bottom end, a front surface, and a rear surface. A first aperture is f... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7240399 | Door checker for automobile In a door checker for an automobile, including: a case; a check plate which movably extends through the case and which has on its opposite sides ball guide grooves extending in a lengthwise direction; a pair of ball holders accommodated in the case; a pair of balls ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228595 | Anti-rattle door assembly An anti-rattle door assembly includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a first base plate and a roller disposed on the first base plate. The second member is configured to receive the roller of the first member. The second member include... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210711 | Door lock The solution according to the invention is based upon the knowledge that the undesirable hysteresis of the force-path function in door locks (1) can be avoided or at least minimised if the (frictional) forces acting during transitions from open positions to c... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6981295 | Door closer hold-open apparatus The present invention relates to a hold-open apparatus for controlling the position of a door, preferably a screen door or storm door. The apparatus is used in conjunction with a piston assembly and can maintain a door in a predetermined open position, such as about... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6942256 | Door catch Door Catch with a catch retaining assembly and a catch. The catch assembly is comprised of a rigid first ball retaining mounting plate, a first ball, a concave disk, a rigid J shaped rod and a second ball retaining cup shape. The catch is comprised of a door mountin... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6928694 | Apparatus for controlling a door Door check device for a vehicle door, movable from a closed position in a door frame to a plurality of different open positions and held in the open positions, includes a strip connected to the door or door frame and a braking mechanism connected to the other of the... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6564424 | Door-stop device for vehicles A door-stop device for vehicles having a base structure with a pair of rollers that are parallel to each other and pushed against one another. The door-stop device also includes a metal tie rod with a pair of rolling surfaces set opposite to one another w... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6370732 | Door check mechanism providing an infinite number of stable positions A vehicle door checkstrap assembly is provided including an arm having the first end engaged to the frame and a second end interconnected to a brake member within the vehicle door. The brake member cooperates with a carriage assembly which slidably engage... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6371533 | Pop-up mechanism A pop-up mechanism is formed of a base body, at least one pair of flip-flop members, each being rotatably linked to the base body at one end, and an ascending and descending member rotatably attached to the flip-flop members at the other ends. The flip-fl... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6349448 | Vehicle door check An infinite door check mechanism for enabling a door to be moved from a closed position in a door frame to any one of a plurality of different open positions including a clevis adapted to be mounted to the frame, an elongate strip member mounted to the cl... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6081965 | Braking mechanism for the casement of a window or door A braking mechanism is disclosed for installment between the frame and the casement of a door or window including those that are movable about two axes (combined tilting-rotation action) includes a tube that has at the face a guide opening for passage of ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6065185 | Vehicle infinite door check An infinite door check mechanism for enabling a door to be moved from a closed position in a door frame to any one of a plurality of different open positions including a clevis adapted to be mounted to the frame, an elongate strip member mounted to the cl... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5311642 | Door closer with a detent for holding a door open and the detent therefor A door closer being affixable to a door for closing the door. A channel having a slide therein for engaging with a detent also in the channel for holding the door open. The slide is connected to an arm of the door closer which arm moves the slide along th... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5228737 | Vehicle trunk lid holder A device for holding a vehicle's lid, e.g., an automobile's trunk lid, in a partly-open position to enable an oversized article to be placed inside the vehicle's compartment which would normally be closed by the lid. The holder generally includes an upper... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5074010 | Vehicle door check mechanism A door check mechanism for regulating pivotal movement of a vehicle door between a closed position and one or more open positions, which mechanism is sometimes incorporated in a hinge, includes an elongated track member having a track surface with at leas... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5048150 | Door holder A door holder that includes a holding member adapted to be secured between the door and a frame of the door. The holding member includes a lever that may be clamped in either a first released position in which the door is freed to be opened and closed or ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5026103 | Spring support for a motor vehicle door fastener In a door fastener for motor vehicle doors which can be assembled independent of the door hinges and whose door holding bar, which is formed by means of a sheet metal material blank, cooperates with a torsion bar spring supported in a holder housing forme... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5002320 | Sliding hold-open A hold-open for a refrigerator display case door having two slotted elongated members which are connected for linear sliding engaging on their respective inside surfaces. The inside surfaces of each elongated member is provided with a raised impediment wh... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4997221 | Door fastener for motor vehicle doors In a door fastener for motor vehicle doors, whose rigid door holding bar, which is fixed at a door arrangement part, penetrates a holder housing in the other door arrangement part and is supported on the one hand against a rigidly supported abutment rolle... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4968088 | Outwardly swingable roof assembly for automotive vehicles A roof vent, sun roof or like system has a tiltable panel which is hingedly mounted in a frame around a roof opening of an automotive vehicle. The assmebly includes a rectilinear guide along which a slider is displaceable to straighten a bent spring bar c... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4837890 | Door closer having arm/slide track connection A door closer is disclosed having an operating arm with a track traveler which mounts a plurality of rollers. The rollers engage between them the opposite sides of a track on the door. The opposite sides of the track each have outward concave faces. The r... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4772054 | Door holder for motor vehicle doors A door holder for motor vehicle doors includes a housing with guide tracks and detent recesses as well as a guide body secured at a holding strap whose balls mounted in a bushing and acted upon by a compression spring by way of intermediate plates engage ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4572401 | Device for safely holding in position a raised or lowered flap The holding device comprises a part provided at each of its ends with a lug, each lug being caught between the walls of a groove of elongated shape formed in a casing and capable of having a translational and rotational motion, each groove having adjacent... | 02/25/1986 |
| 3996642 | Adjustable degree door holder An apparatus to vary the degree which a door may be opened and held in place. An operating arm of the door holder is pivotably mounted to a slide which is mounted within a slide channel. Holding means releasably hold the slide at a fixed position within t... | 12/14/1976 |
