"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7216902 | Portable door lock A portable door lock with a strike plate, a bolt, and a magnet is disclosed. The strike plate has a boss that fits into the recess of a door frame, and has at least one aperture for accommodating the bolt. The strike plate may also have a handle for gripping by the ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7000955 | Portable casement window securing device A compact, portable device for effectively locking a crank window in a user selected position. The body of the device can be selectively secured to or released from a window crank. When secured to the window crank, the device limits rotation of the crank by mechanic... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000290 | Lockable hinge A lockable hinge for preventing opening of a door wherein the fixed and pivoting hinge plates have solid, torque resistant knuckles with aligned passages configured in non circular shapes to permit insertion of a complementary hinge pin thereby preventing opening of... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6926316 | Portable security locks A portable security lock for use with a hinged door includes a base plate that hooks into a keeper opening in a strike plate and a latch plate that is pivoted on the base plate and carries a locking foot which bears against the door when the door is closed. A slidin... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6755450 | Safety door lock A safety door lock is constructed to include a positioning plate for plugging into a mounting hole in the doorjamb, the positioning plate having a longitudinal sliding way and a serrated longitudinal rail along one side of the sliding way, and a stop plate assembly ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6641185 | Door lock having U-bar and custom striker plate A door locking apparatus for use on a door and an associated door jamb is provided. The door locking apparatus includes a custom striker plate and a U-shaped element or U-Bar. The U-shaped element has two arm portions and the custom striker plate has two ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6609739 | Locking devices for gates and the like A locking device (20) for double-wing gates (10, 12). The lock comprises a pair of base plates (16, 18), each secured to one of the wings so that in the closed position thereof the members (18d, 16d) are located side by side. At least one of the projectin... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6471264 | Door security apparatus A door security device operative to secure the door in a fully closed and partially opened state is disclosed. A vertically oriented housing mounted close to the handle side on the inside surface of the door contains a coaxial brace bar, the bottom end of... | 10/29/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6345849 | Safety door stopper A safety door stopper for use in trip, including a wedge stopper block and a coupler member. The coupler member is used to fix the wedge stopper block under a lower edge of the door board. A bottom face of the wedge stopper block is disposed with an unsmo... | 02/12/2002 |
| 5836626 | Locking door latch A door latch is disclosed herein for use in cooperation with a door jamb striker plate and a door closure sliding latch which includes an elongated latch plate having a pair of lateral spaced-apart arcuate projections insertable into the opening of the st... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5819561 | Security door-locking system A security door-locking system is described for locking closed doors of tractor cabs on truck tractors, for example, of the type used to pull over-the-road common truck trailers, and vehicles, etc., with similar pre-existing door latching systems. A flat ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5704665 | Portable door securing device A press fitted stud on one end of a metal strip is hooked into the opening of a striker plate in a door jamb and the strip extends in the space between the jamb and the edge of the door past the jamb and closed door. The extended end of the plate has hole... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5549338 | Keyless lock A base plate with an extension which defines a pair of notched seats is secured to the frame of a pivoting door in the gap between the frame and the door. A stop plate, made from a disk of stiff metal plate having an aperture of predetermined shape and wi... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5401068 | Portable door locking mechanism A portable door lock comprises a planar lock plate for extending from a door frame and a door edge with a transverse tongue at one end that passes through a frame striker plate into a recess. Apertures in a central portion of the lock plate align with ape... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5193867 | Portable security device for a door A portable security device for preventing normal opening of a door includes a hard steel strap having a hooked end for engaging a doorjamb and an extension that includes a plurality of aligned rectangular apertures. A U-shaped clip is slidable along the s... | 03/16/1993 |
| 4964662 | Portable door securing device A press fitted stud on one end of a metal strip is hooked into the opening of a striker plate in a door jamb and the strip extends in the space between the jamb and the edge of the door past the jamb and closed door. The extended end of the plate has hole... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4878701 | Portable door lock A portable door lock for securing a door from the interior. The lock includes a retractable blade (10) for interaction with the door strike plate and a handle (12) including mechanism to prevent motion of the blade when the handle is not coliner with the ... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4653786 | Portable security lock A portable locking system for hinged door improves on the type having a right-angle end of a first member for engaging a strike plate in a door frame and second member with a right angle end for pressing against the door and laterally and detachably engag... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4603895 | Combination padded security lock and carrier therefor An improved simplified portable padded security lock and carrier in combination for use with hinged doors comprising a lock bar provided with a slot medially thereof, an end bent out of the plane of said lock bar and an opposite end provided with ears or ... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4506527 | Vehicle door lock assembly This door lock assembly has a thin mounting plate which fits snugly against the door post and passes behind the rear edge of the door without interfering with the usual latch on the door. An opening in this mounting plate passes the usual striker on the d... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4471981 | Personal security lock A security lock for attachment to the inside of a door which is secure, pick-proof, adaptable to any door-lock and door-frame combination and is easily locked and unlocked by the user. The lock is characterized by having a hook end to engage the striker p... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4262503 | Door security device A security device for preventing the unauthorized opening of swinging doors. The device has two members, each of which includes two parallel tubes and a rectangular metal plate or web. Each pair of tubes is welded to the respective opposite side edges of ... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4190273 | Cabinet lock assembly A locking apparatus for use with a cabinet or other structure having double doors separated by a jamb at the point of closure. Two brackets are mounted on either side of the jamb, extending beyond the exterior surface of the cabinet sufficiently to instal... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4178026 | Security door lock This door lock provides for locking a door securely from the inside, and it consists primarily of a lock housing, which is slidable on a lock plate. The lock plate includes an integral pin, which is placed in an anchor plate that is fastened secure, to th... | 12/11/1979 |