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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364181 | Self locking coupling device A coupling device that requires no manual actuation to achieve coupling features a locking bolt movable along a hole extending into a mouth of a hook body to secure a coupling pin therein. A control lever pivotally connected to the locking bolt opposite the mouth en... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7302818 | Apparatus for locking and unlocking vehicle door In an apparatus for locking and unlocking a vehicle door, an inner cable, with one end connected to a rotor to make a twisting operation in response to the rotation of the rotor of a cylinder lock and the other end connected to a key operation input shaft of a door ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7246413 | Magnetic safety knob for a cabinet door A magnetic knob is provided for use with a series of plates attached to threaded mounts which may be substituted for kitchen or bathroom cabinet door or drawer knobs. The user simply unscrews existing kitchen and/or bathroom cabinet knobs and replaces them with flat... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7204527 | Lock comprising two locking rods, in particular for vehicles A lock having a locking rod that is displaced in a longitudinal direction. The rod is driven by an actuator via a rotor. The internal section of the locking rod is flexible so as to have the properties of a flexural section. The locking rod, together with the flexur... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7182373 | Side lock apparatus for storages In this side lock apparatus, a opening and closing member is fixed to a support unit so that the opening and closing member can be opened and closed, left and right latches being movably held on the opening and closing member, the left and right latches being urged ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7128350 | Sliding slam latch strike This disengageable strike has a strike annexed to a strike member that is slideably mounted to a strike base. The strike member and strike base are, in turn, mounted to a door frame or door opposite a slam latch. In a first position, the strike engages the latch to ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7059639 | Spaced-apart hood latch cable retaining system A method and apparatus for a hood latch cable retaining system. A cable mounting cavity for a conventional snap-fit cable fastener is provided in a latch support structure of the hood release mechanism. A retainer is mounted to the latch support structure and positi... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043800 | Sanitary door opener A sanitary door opener in the form of an attachment to the bottom of a conventional door enables a user to pull open the door by engaging the attachment with his/her foot or shoe, thereby preventing hand contact with the door opener. The sanitary door opener prefera... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7011347 | Latch for section doors and the like, and operating sets including said latch A latch for a section door wherein near the hinges located between the door elements there are provided, at each end of the elements, small rolling wheels which turn on horizontal pivots and slide within side guide bars having a vertical branch, an upper horizontal ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004517 | Latching device The present invention relates to a latching device for securing two panels together such as those of storage structures in which an enclosure is secured by means of a door or panel which will remain in a closed position until released. The present latching system is... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6957836 | Lock assembly A lock assembly having a housing containing a push rod movable along its longitudinal axis between a locked position where the push rod is extended outwardly of the housing and a retracted, unlocked position. A movable latch moves radially to engage with the push ro... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6942258 | Operating arrangement for a sliding door A system for operating a door lock (14) and a latching device (16), which can be arrested in a positive-locking manner, of a sliding door (10), said latching device preventing the sliding door (10) in its open position from sliding back. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6877783 | Latch A door latch comprises a follower mounted for rotational movement in a latch housing, a guide pin provided on an actuating arm of the follower which is operatively linked to a multiplier, a bolt biased outwards of the housing, and an inelastic flexible element conne... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6688659 | Egress window latching mechanism A window assembly includes a pane defining a plane, and a latch bolt housing mounted to the pane. A latch bolt is slidingly mounted to the latch bolt housing for movement in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the pane between a first position ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6637842 | Switchgear cabinet A switchgear cabinet with at least one cabinet door, which can be locked by a lock element of the switchgear cabinet body wherein, in a locked position of the cabinet door, a locking engagement between the lock element and a counter-lock element can be re... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6618994 | Sliding-rotating leaf system which can be locked A rotating and/or sliding leaf system, which can be locked, with a leaf (1), which can be swiveled and/or shifted and can be fixed in a system frame by two locking bars (5), which can be shifted and are mounted opposite to one another, wherein the locking... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6550831 | Lock and emergency release system for power operated doors A lock and emergency release system for a door normally power operated by a door operator. The system comprises a lock displaceable between an idle position to a functional position in which opening of the door by the door operator is prevented. An emerge... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6527311 | Door lock for a railroad car The present invention reveals a lubricant-free door lock for railroad cars and particularly auto rack railroad cars, which eliminates the need to use grease or other lubricants to lubricate the door locks. The lubricant-free door lock generally includes a... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6485068 | Fall arrestor and lockdown device for vertical lift doors The apparatus is a fall arrestor and lockdown device for vertical lift doors, particularly single membrane fabric vertical lift doors. A pulley on a sensing arm engages the cable which raises and lowers the door. Alternatively, the sensing arm is directly... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6431616 | Child safety latch assembly A latch assembly for releasably maintaining the drawer in a closed position with respect a drawer frame includes a latch guide attached to the interior surface of the front panel of the drawer. The latch guide has a guide channel defined therein, a latch ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6422614 | Electronic lock An electronic lock employs an electronic latch for operating the lock bolt. The lock utilizes a flexible member linked between a portion of the lock bolt and a solenoid device. Upon retraction of a solenoid driver, the flexible member pulls the deadlockin... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6378919 | Cylindrical lock with slam latch and auxiliary cable release The invention provides a dual release system for a slam lock to a luggage compartment door for a vehicle. The slam lock, as is conventional, includes a catch and a latch bar. The catch is installed on a surface of the luggage compartment adjacent the door... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6178790 | Safety padlock assembly As assembly is provided for securing a door to a fixed object which allows the door to be locked from the outside with a conventional padlock, but which allows the door to be opened from the interior while the padlock is in place. The door has a first fac... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6142035 | Interior securing device for a lock of a movable body part of a motor vehicle and method of operation An interior securing device for a lock of a movable vehicle body part of a motor vehicle includes a Bowden cable provided as a transmitting device which is rigidly connected with a securing knob and is linked to an adjusting element. The Bowden cable is s... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6050623 | Latchbolt assembly and method of sealing same A latchbolt assembly having a carrier with a solenoid operator mounted on the carrier is slidably received in a base or mounting cap with an annular groove formed in the carrier with a projection formed in the groove at a vertically downward location. A s... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6036239 | Door security arrangement A door security arrangement with the frame member which is mountable in a wall alongside the opening edge of a door and has an elongate member slideably mounted therein, the member being substantially the same length of the door edge and being movable fro... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5857386 | Pivot-arm overtravel in a motion transmitting remote A motion transmitting remote control assembly (10 and 110) comprising a flexible motion transmitting core element for transmitting motion and a conduit for movably supporting said core element along a longitudinal axis. An adjustment means allows a change... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5711558 | Charger locking mechanism A locking mechanism for locking a first member that is inserted into a second member into a first member, such as to secure an inductive coupler in a charge port while it is used to charge an electric vehicle. The locking mechanism prevents premature or m... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5301926 | Prefabricated simulated wrought iron and like fencing systems and methods A fencing system which utilizes coated steel to simulate wrought iron fencing and which comprises prefabricated sections of fence comprised of steel, the length of which can vary, ground or floor-anchored post members to which the fence sections attach us... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5236233 | Lid lock apparatus A lid lock apparatus is comprised of a lid pivotally mounted to a vehicle-body for opening/closing an opening formed therein and movable between an opening position and a closing position, a locking mechanism which is in engagement with the lid in order t... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5219177 | Releasable latch for air bag deployment door An air bag deployment door in an instrument panel has a sliding bolt engaging an aperture in the panel to latch the door closed. A pivoted linkage connected to the bolt is engaged by the air bag upon initial inflation to withdraw the bolt to release the d... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5048878 | Striker for lid of fuel inlet chamber A striker for a lid of a fuel inlet chamber, which is remotely controllable through a control cable. The striker comprises a lock pin, a spring and an inner cable of the control cable. The lock pin is movable in the axial direction thereof and rotatable a... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4917418 | Fuel filler door release system A fuel filler door release system comprising a spring loaded fuel filler door, a latch normally holding the door closed, and a fuel filler door release device including a first strand connected at one end to a remote manually operated lever and releasably... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4907303 | Orthopedic chair The present invention is an orthopedic chair which may be used to assist an invalid to easily sit therein or to rise therefrom. The orthopedic chair includes a frame and a seat which is pivotally coupled to the frame at the front thereof, a back which is ... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4848813 | Door-bolt assembly A door-bolt assembly for a door set has a stud having a pair of arms which engage respective eccentric rods coupling the doorknobs together so that one of these arms is effective to retract the door bolt in one sense of rotation of the doorknobs while the... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4838585 | Handle-latch mechanism A handle-latch mechanism is described for use in a portable carrying case of the type having an openable cover portion (e.g., a portable computer case). The handle is movable between extended and retracted positions. The latch for the case is releasable o... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4778205 | Precision latch assembly having means for restricting pin movement in three degrees of freedom An improved latch assembly having a latch body adapted to be coupled to a generally fixed support, such as a chassis unit, wall or post. The latch body has a groove for removably receiving a retained pin which is adapted to be mounted on a movable structu... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4691948 | Fail-secure lock system A fail-secure lock apparatus includes a normally pneumatically actuated locking bolt that can be manually operated to withdraw the same in the event of a power failure. The apparatus incorporates a standard key operated lockset connected to operate the pn... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4605250 | Internal brake for doors An internal door brake having a friction member biased downwardly by a spring to engage the floor beneath the door at any location thereof, the friction member being retractable by the rotation of the doorknob, to which the member is connected by a cable,... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4548274 | Automatically opening decorative fire extinguisher cover A decorative housing for a fire extinguisher. A five sided box forms a cavity to receive and hold a fire extinguisher. A door or decorative cover is slidably mounted to the box adjacent the cavity and is movable from an up position closing the cavity and ... | 10/22/1985 |
