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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331146 | Window and door jamb adjustment system A window and door jamb adjustment system for accurately installing windows and doors and providing for later adjustment of the same. The window and door jamb adjustment system includes a support member attachable to a building frame, an alignment member slidably att... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7222892 | Device for locking two telescopic elongated elements Device for locking two elongated elements the first of which slides in the second telescopically, comprises members for locking in the longitudinal direction the first element relative to the second element, which include a lock washer arranged around the first elem... | 05/29/2007 |
| 6676109 | Rotary valve A rotary valve includes a main valve body that includes a body, a seat disposed in the body and a valve body disposed in the body so that the valve body is rotatable through the seat that are modulated as a common component part. A stem pierces the body a... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6357895 | Arm-mounted luminaire with clamping elements A luminaire, and in particular an arm-mounted spotlight or a picture light, having a long slim stem with a lighting head at one end and fixing elements at the other end. The fixing elements have clamping ends which engage at least partially around the ste... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6082503 | Clamping device A clamping device is disclosed for attachment to two elements in order to clamp the two elements in any desired relative position. The clamping device comprising a rod for attachment to one element and a collar for attachment to the other element and havi... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5836627 | Housing and securing device A locking device for use with a conventional liftgate support to retain a hatchback-type door of a vehicle in an open position. The locking device of the present invention is for use with a liftgate support to retain a hatchback-type door in an open posit... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5538299 | Housing and securing device A locking device for use with a conventional liftgate support to retain a hatchback-type door of a vehicle in an open position. The locking device of the present invention is for use with a liftgate support to retain a hatchback-type door in an open posit... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5373959 | Container with a cover A container is disclosed for packaging food, paint or the like. The container includes a cover having a lip which engages a top edge of the container and is sealed on the container by one or more sealing elements. The sealing elements include a hook which... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5207237 | Ozoneated liquid system A liquid ozone system in which a liquid bath, preferably of distilled water, is kept in a pressure vessel and gaseous ozone is diffused into the liquid. The ozonenated liquid is then used as a steriliant in a container which is engagable with the pressure... | 05/04/1993 |
| 4826225 | Locking system for sliding panels A locking system is disclosed for securing and locking sliding panels such as doors or windows of the type in which the opening and closing movement of a sliding panel occurs in a plane adjacent and generally perpendicular to a fixed surface which is subs... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4822084 | Sliding door lock assembly A door lock assembly of the type for use with sliding doors, windows or the like for securing a moveable member relative to a stationary member, the assembly including an elongated bar member adapted to be attached at one end to a support frame mounting t... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4792169 | Open lower sash ventilation safety lock In a double-hung window system of the type having upper and lower ventilating sliding sashes and a lock having a lapping assembly having upper and lower vertical lapping members the closer ends of which form a stop assembly together with a stop means coop... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4771490 | Gravity actuated lock A gravity actuated lock for the e.g. dropside of a crib to hold the dropside elevated. A rotary lock enters a notch on the dropside rod under the influence of a relatively heavy manually manipulated member that is fixed to the rotary lock and actuates it ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4758033 | Window lock A window lock for a window that has an outer sash and an inner sash in a wall is provided and consists of an upper mounting bracket attached to interior surface on top rail of the outer sash of the window and a lower mounting bracket positioned onto botto... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4567660 | Clamp device in measuring instrument This disclosure depicts a clamp device in a measuring instrument wherein a slider having a detecting portion is clamped to a guide member, comprising: a holder provided on the slider and penetrated therethrough with the guide member; a movable block recei... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4535493 | Crib drop side latch A double action latch for the drop side of a crib, wherein the drop side must be lifted slightly in order for the latch to be free to be actuated.... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4437265 | Safety guard The present invention provides a children's safety guard apparatus for installation into the frame of a window. A plurality of preferably square guard bars disposed in spaced relationship are connected to two support members, which are secured to the fram... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4405166 | Energy saving window lock This energy saving and burglar proof lock enables windows to be adjustably opened to about six inches, at night, for allowing fresh air to circulate throughout a dwelling, thus allowing the air conditioner to be turned off, and it further serves to preven... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4368906 | Adjustable locking device for relatively sliding double closures For adjustably locking relatively-sliding double closures, such as double-hung sliding sash windows, inserted between the adjacent frame and one of the sashes, this adjustable locking device includes a pair of interconnected first and second elongated bar... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4227725 | Sliding closure lock latch A lock latch assembly for sliding closures (windows and patio doors) which is placed to limit the opening of such closures beyond an adjusted position and which prevents access through the closure opening. A simple integral notched plate as one element an... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4152018 | Window security means A window security means for double hung casement windows includes a lower tube, open at its upper end and having a metal box rigidly fastened to its lower end, with the box being open at its bottom and shaped to fit over the window lock on one movable par... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4005889 | Security device for windows A security device for windows comprising a first tube member pivotally secured at its lower end to the upper end of the lower window unit and having a second tube member slidably received on the upper end thereof. The upper end of the second tube member i... | 02/01/1977 |
