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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7162898 | Cross bar security device for container door stanchions A security device is provided for a cargo container having doors hinged on vertical axis, which are locked by vertical stanchions. The locking device includes a housing and a hook. The hook has a pair of vertically spaced claws, which are placed around a stanchion i... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7093320 | Pin-less locks for sliding members A lock for overlapping parallel sliding members has a hinge member having two leaves. The two leaves include a fixed leaf permanently secured to one of overlapping sliding members, and a pivotal leaf pivotally moveable between locked and unlocked positions, to permi... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7048315 | Lock for lever-handled door latch A door lock is provided for use with a door handle having a lever movable about a shaft extending perpendicularly to the lever and connected to a latch mechanism which controls the opening and closing of a door. The lock includes a housing configured to be coupled t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6983629 | Security device for container door stanchions A portable security device for locking a pair of stanchions of a cargo container which employs a J bar having a hook at one of its ends for engaging one stanchion and notches on its other end which are engageable by a complementary latch on a flip plate pivotally mo... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6976716 | Portable door lock A portable door lock includes a stop member and a connection plate, wherein the stop member has a slot defined therethrough and a rod is movably engaged with the slot. The stop member has two flat sides and one of which is to be contact an inside of a door. The conn... | 12/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6874198 | Door safety devices Gravity actuated door safety devices, which prevent injury to fingers and pet's tails, are provided. A swinging door safety device comprises a pair of spaced parallel bars connected to one another at one end by a crossbar. At the opposite end of each bar, a counterw... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6591453 | Locking hinge system A locking hinge system for allowing an individual to selectively lock a door within a desired open or closed position. The locking hinge system includes a first leaf having a plurality of first extensions and first apertures, a second leaf having a plural... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6416089 | Portable door lock A portable door lock comprises a jam plate connected through a hinge to a latch plate through a hinge that allows the latch plate to swing from a lock position alongside a door to an unlock position alongside a door jam when the portable door lock is inst... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6409236 | Portable door lock The present invention is a portable door lock which comprises a bracket having a protrusion capable of insertion into a lock chamber of a doorframe. The bracket is connected by means of a hinge to a threaded bolt, upon which a hinged brace is slidably mou... | 06/25/2002 |
| 5865484 | Door locking device A door locking device is provided for positionally constraining an outwardly opening door against a stop of a cooperating door frame. The door locking device includes a door engaging member attached to the free-end of the door (i.e., the unhinged-end of t... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5539954 | Abutment swivel doorstop An abutment swivel doorstop has a mounting plate mountable onto a door frame, a stop member pivotally and slidably mounted on the mounting plate, a biasing means for urging the stop member in the disengaged position, a keeper pivotally mounted on the moun... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5325685 | Portable auxiliary door lock A portable auxiliary door lock includes a lock cylinder slidable upon a bar having toothed edges to engage the locking means within the cylinder. The device differs from such locks for sliding panels, as it provides for temporary attachment between the ed... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5297829 | Security lock for door A security lock for a door used to open and close an opening defined by a door frame, the door having a reciprocable bolt movable into and out of a hole in the door frame. The lock comprises an elongate lock member having a flat end section with a central... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5195791 | Portable security buckle for doors A portable security buckle. The portable security buckle has a tongue which is inserted in a recess in a jamb of a door frame, together with a lock tongue. A fastening assembly is used to retain the tongue and a door in position. Thus, the door can not be... | 03/23/1993 |
| 4589692 | Portable door lock A portable door lock has a relatively-thin sheet-metal locking strap that fits between the door and the jamb. The strap has a fixed bolt on one end that is received in the recessed keeper in the jamb, with the door in the open position. The door is closed... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4382621 | Door latch Rigid with a plate mounted on a door jamb is an inward extension, on the free end of which is pivoted a latch which swings between door-blocking and door-unblocking positions. The latch is releasably retained in door-blocking position by a flat strip havi... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4341042 | Sliding door spacer A door spacer adapted for mounting in the space between a sliding door and its top track to prevent vertical motion of the sliding door into the space adjacent its top track member, comprising a base member and first and second legs forming a triangle wit... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4337973 | Door lock A portable door locking apparatus has a body having two end portions and a retaining hook member movably attached to the body between the end portions. The retaining hook member has a hooking end portion shaped to engage an opening in a door jamb striker ... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4311330 | Door latch Ridged with a plate mounted on a door jamb is an inward extension, on the free end of which is pivoted a latch which swings between door-blocking and door-unblocking positions. The latch is releasably retained in door-blocking position by a flat strip hav... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4135748 | Portable door lock This invention is an improved security door lock, particularly to night security latching arrangements, and specifically to a portable door lock that can be carried during travel for use in securing hotel and motel doors against entry. The portable door l... | 01/23/1979 |
