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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331617 | Cabinet door lock A lock for a cabinet of the type wherein a door of the cabinet is movable through a frame of the cabinet is provided. An exemplary lock of the present invention includes a first and second restraining member connected by a rod and rotatable around an axis of rotatio... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7261332 | Multi-position aircraft servicing pit lid latch A multi-position latch mechanism is provided for a subsurface aircraft ground servicing chamber formed by a pit having an upright interior wall and a pit lid seat disposed atop the pit. A pit lid is provided which, when closed, rests upon the pit lid seat. The latch... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7234327 | Adjustable locking mechanism for container A lockable container comprising an open-faced receptacle with a locking mechanism aperture, at least one lid covering at least a portion of the open face of the receptacle, and a locking mechanism for engaging with a padlock and securing the lid in a partially opene... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7198307 | Inertia locking mechanism A door latch mechanism for a vehicle comprising a release lever operable by a door handle and a transmission path linkage containing a resiliently biased inertia device. During normal operation, the inertia device is biased to form a transmission path that transmits... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7156427 | Safety locking device for a container in a vehicle A safety locking mechanism (24) for a receptacle (10) in a vehicle includes a moveable mass (28) which is held in a home position by a snap-in device (28, 30, 34, 38) and which is deflected when acted upon by high acceleration or decelera... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7055724 | Support unit for pickup truck The support unit is essentially a box-like structure having a bottom, a top, two opposing side walls, a front door, a locking device for the front door, and a rear wall opposing the front door. The front door is pivotally attached to the side walls and positioned to... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7029042 | Automobile door handle An automobile door handle mechanism has a door handle with a handle arm and a latch lever with a lever arm moved by the handle in an unlatch direction to unlatch a door. The handle arm and lever arm overlap in the unlatch direction to restrict movement of the latch ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021678 | Four position gate latch assembly A four position gate latch (20) that is used to fasten and lock a gate. The gate latch includes a self fastening gravity gate latch (22) that is fastened to one face of the gate. A gate latch bracket (28) is fastened to the gate on an opposed fa... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6976714 | Cabinet door system Provided are exemplary embodiments that may include a cabinet door securing system, including, a post, a biasing member configured to disengagedly couple to the post, a knob coupled to a door, and a moveable shaft coupled to the knob, configured to couple to the pla... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6902080 | Locking container A lockable container particularly suitable for storing confidential documents or recyclable material has a locking system provided by an elongate tongue that projects downwardly from the underside of the front of a hinged lid and passes through a slot in the materia... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6619706 | Cabinet earthquake latch assembly A cabinet earthquake latch assembly designed to be attached on a cabinet inner surface and a back surface of a cabinet door. The cabinet earthquake latch assembly includes a door arm, a cam and a strike. When in use, the door arm is attached to the cabine... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6347819 | Safety latching mechanism In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a latching assembly for securing a gate having a bolt extending therefrom. The latching assembly is provided with a housing and a bolt retaining member pivotally connected to the housing. The bol... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6290093 | Device for locking the cover of a container, and container so equipped A locking mechanism (7) for the cover (2) of a container (1), especially a garbage can or dumpster, that is emptied by tilting. The mechanism (7) includes a pivoting part (10) pivotably mounted on the cover (2) of the container (1). When the container (1)... | 09/18/2001 |
| 5997052 | Locking mechanism for container lid The invention is directed to a lock releasing mechanism for a container having a hinged or removable lid. A locking arm is disposed adjacent the container lid to prevent an opening of the lid, and a cable, or rigid bar, connects the locking arm to the loc... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5803537 | Storable vehicle arm rest with improved latch block out A compartment type, hollow vehicle seat arm rest having a pivoted, latchable lid in which the entire arm rest and latched lid can be raised to a stored position rotated past absolute vertical. The latch is a flat, spring loaded plunger that moves back and... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5772264 | Gravity operated latch for a refuse container lid The invention is a gravity operated latch for a refuse container with a hinged lid. The invention comprises a latch hook built in such a way as to incorporate a counterweight design. The hook is attached to the underside of the container's lid by means of... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5738395 | Dumpable rubbish container with automatically releasable closure latch A self-releasing latch arrangement is applied to a conventional rubbish container having hinged lid and being liftable and dumpable by the usual automated garbage truck. The latch arrangement comprises one or more keeper members attached to the container ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5738392 | Latch for securing an aircraft video device A latch is disclosed for securing a television monitor for an aircraft video system in a horizontal position, wherein the monitor is rotatable between the horizontal position and a downward position suitable for passenger viewing. The latch includes a sol... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5697655 | Vibration operated safety latching device A ball operated, automatic vibration safety latching device including a cantilevered arm which is gravity biased to a radial position to leave a catch normally disengaged, a ball positioned atop a ball support, and a retaining cup attached to the arm and ... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5683126 | Dual locking assembly for a container The dumpster dual locking assembly includes a housing having two side walls each having an opening. Extending through the openings is a rotatable sleeve which has at one end a flange with a hole for receiving the barrel of a padlock. A rotation bar, which... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5662364 | Latching mechanism for container lid The invention is directed to a latch releasing mechanism for a container having a hinged or removable lid. A latching arm is disposed adjacent the container lid to prevent an opening of the lid, and a cable connects the latching arm to the locking mechani... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5662363 | Window latching mechanism Windows are provided including a latch member which is pivotably mounted to one of the support structures of the window. The latch member includes a body portion including first and second transverse ends. At one end is located a projecting portion which ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5611579 | Earthquake activated safety latch A cabinet mounted latch is activated by the movements of an earthquake from a ready position. The latch then engages a door mounted hook to prevent door opening, preventing loss of contents and personal injury. The device may be manually activated or inac... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5599050 | Lid-locking device for trash containers A gravity activated lid-locking device for trash containers comprises a mechanism enclosed in a security box attached to the front of the trash container. Extending from the security box is a rotatable through shaft having a bar thereattached, the bar ext... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5573050 | Locking device for a slatted roll-up gate or door A roll-up closure for closing/opening a vertical opening such as a window or door, includes vertically spaced, horizontal slats, the ends of the slats being slidable in vertical guide channels. The lowermost slat carries a catch which is biased outwardly ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5570914 | Earthquake actuated door latch The Earthquake Actuated Door Latch mounts outside a cabinet or beside the cabinet door. The device contains a pivoted catch assembly with a weight on one end and a door catch, or hook, on the other. The catch assembly is stable in two positions, one on ea... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5529352 | Earthquake responsive latch A latch responsive to inertial movement of a structure for locking a closure during an earthquake. The inventive device includes a base plate mountable to the interior structure of a cabinet or the like. A latch is pivotally mounted at a lower end thereof... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5474341 | Gravity actuated container lock A locking mechanism for a container having a hinged lid comprising a shaft adapted to be secured to a container and journaled for rotation about its axis. A locking bar is removably secured to the shaft and rotatable about the axis with the shaft between ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5419598 | Lock for trash bin An apparatus for securing a lid of a trash bin includes a frame couplable to a wall of the trash bin. The frame defines a housing which at least partially encloses moving parts of the locking mechanism. This housing inhibits tampering with the locking mec... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5415314 | Gravity locking mechanism employing first and second pendulums for securing the lid of a refuse container A locking mechanism for a refuse container that includes a pivotally mounted bracket system that constitutes a first pendulum, for securing the lid of the refuse container and a catch which can be moved from a potentially engageable position to an unengag... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5312143 | Earthquake safety cabinet latch A tremor actuated cabinet door latch has a spring loaded arm held back by a weighted trip pin. The pin releases the arm in response to shaking of the cabinet, allowing the arm to engage a catch mounted on the cabinet door, to keep the door from swinging o... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5224744 | Device for locking a cover on a container and a container having such a device A device for locking a cover on a container body, particularly a wheeled barrel, having a locking piece mounted to pivot between a position assuring the locking of the cover in the closed position on the body and an unlocking position releasing the cover,... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5090753 | Automatic locking mechanism for dumpster lid The invention is directed to an automatic locking mechanism for a dumpster container having a hinged lid. The elements of the locking mechanism comprise an L or U-shaped securing member which is attached to one or both sidewalls of the container. The secu... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5015021 | Trash dumpster lock with gravity operated release A lock for dumpsters having a free-swinging weight with an attached hook all of which is enclosed in a steel box and mounted inside a trash dumpster. A hanging chain is mounted to a steel plate which in turn is mounted to the lid of the dumpster in such a... | 05/14/1991 |
