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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7100405 | Latching devices for gates and doors A latching device (1) particularly for installation such as swimming pool gates may have an automatic magnetic latch with a child resistant device to control access. The child resistant device may include an operating handle (10) at an elevated locatio... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7065830 | Door stop A door stop is provided for retaining a door in a user selected position. The door stop includes a support connectable to the door adjacent the bottom thereof and a stop member pivotably connected to the support. The stop member is pivotable between a first retracte... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6966583 | Gravity-sensitive latch The present invention is a gravity-sensitive latch. The latch includes a pendulum pivotally secured between the actuating button or handle and the pawl. When the latch is in a first position, gravity acting on the pendulum rotates the pendulum so that it abuts the b... | 11/22/2005 |
| 5987717 | Remote release latching method and device A latching device capable of being remotely released and a method of remotely releasing a locking tab from a locking body. The latching device includes a locking tab comprising a shaft with an engaging recess and a head with a buckle; a locking body compr... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5201434 | Dumpster locking mechanism A standard garbage receiving dumpster is provided with a locking bar disposed across its lid. A locking mechanism cooperating with the locking bar is added to the dumpster to prevent the locking bar from rotating when the dumpster is in an upright positio... | 04/13/1993 |
| 4494784 | Door-stop for the handicapped A door-stop for handicapped people and particularly people in wheel chairs which permits the person to push a self-closing door open and lock it in an open position before passing through the doorway. The door-stop is comprised of a pivoted cross bar moun... | 01/22/1985 |
