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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7278664 | Fastener with lateral fastening mechanism The present invention discloses a fastener with lateral fastening mechanism, including an outer case, a slide block, a claw-shaped head, and a flexible member. The outer case is a hollow tubular member. A swing lever is pivotally connected inside the outer case. The... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7261331 | Two-way hidden latch and apparatus utilizing the same An apparatus with a two-way hidden latch. A main body comprises a magnet disposed under a retainer, which fixes the two-way latch disposed in a cover portion. The cover portion can be placed on the main body with a first or second surface facing downward. The cover ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7234735 | Locking device A locking device includes an operating button and a lock member disposed in a case. When the operating button is pressed against an urging force of a spring member, the lock member switches from a locked position for restricting a movable member to move relative to ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7210711 | Door lock The solution according to the invention is based upon the knowledge that the undesirable hysteresis of the force-path function in door locks (1) can be avoided or at least minimised if the (frictional) forces acting during transitions from open positions to c... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201409 | Retracting locking mechanism for operable unit in stop position A retracting locking mechanism for an openable unit includes a striker attached to one of the openable unit and a fixed unit, and a catcher attached to the other of the openable unit and the fixed unit. The catcher includes an inner part, and an outer part for housi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7165790 | Distortion resistant silent push-push latch A push-push latch assembly includes opposed gripper arms moved between opened and closed positions upon axial activation of a slide in a housing. The gripper arms have pin disposed in channels of the housing, the channels being angularly oriented to urge the gripper... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7097220 | G-force push-push latch The push-push latch of the present invention is attached to a storage compartment and allows the door of the compartment to move between an open position and a closed position. The latch will remain closed and in a locked position when the door is subjected to a for... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7032765 | Container with over center corner latches A container constructed of parts that are injection molded using a synthetic resin molding technique includes a base, side walls and end walls. The side and end walls are movable between a first position in which the side and end walls are collapsed in the interior ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6883838 | Locking necked barrel bolt apparatus A locking necked barrel bolt apparatus includes an attachment plate having a hollow barrel body attached to an upper surface thereof. A neck bolt having first and second sections rotatably connected to one another is slidably disposed within the barrel body. The fir... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6659513 | Closure for connecting two thin walls A closure, for connecting two thin walls, such as a sheet metal cabinet door to a sheet metal cabinet frame is disclosed, which comprises a bearing piece, arranged in or on an opening in the first thin wall and a shaft, retained in the bearing piece and w... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6371326 | Sterile container for medical purposes In order, in the case of a sterile container for medical purposes having a tub-shaped lower portion and a lid positionable thereon in sealing manner, which lid may be clamped against the lower portion by a closure, wherein the closure comprises a flap swi... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6217835 | Sterilization container A sterilization container for medical instruments includes a receptacle with a bottom wall and an open top, there being a multiplicity of vent openings in the bottom wall. The receptacle has a cover movable between a closed position wherein the cover clos... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6032986 | Door system for a mine stopping A door system for closing a doorway in a mine stopping includes a door hinged adjacent the doorway for swinging relative to the stopping between a closed position and an open position. A keeper is mounted in fixed position relative to the doorway. A latch... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6007115 | Door lock assembly A door lock assembly comprising a housing that is received in a mortise in the door with a bolt that is retractable into the housing to permit opening of the door and extendable from the housing to secure the door in its closed position. The bolt has a fi... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5997053 | Latch A latching apparatus controls the motion of a first member relative to a second member. The first member is reciprocally moveable relative to the second member in forward and reverse directions along the line of motion. The second member carries a latch w... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5486026 | Double-acting positive latch system for sliding doors A positive latch system for sliding doors having a break away feature, which includes a door which is capable of sliding along a track between open and closed positions; means for allowing the sliding door to breakaway from its linear track, and swing ful... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5401067 | Latch device A latch device includes a latch body provided in a housing so as to be movable in an inserted direction in which the latch body is inserted into the housing, and in a withdrawn direction in which the latch body is withdrawn from the housing, and being con... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5302016 | Automatic pull-in mechanism for drawer guides An automatic pull-in mechanism for drawer guides consists of a guide rail and a runner rail, which are made longitudinally displaceable relative to one another by rolling bodies. On the guide rail there is disposed a component that can toggle between two ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5090751 | Latching device for use on a vehicle A latching device for a vehicle comprises a hollow casing having open front and rear ends, a latching member supported for sliding motion within the casing so as to protrude through the open front end of the casing, biasing means for biasing the latching ... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5020204 | Tool for aligning the connecting of an exhaust manifold to an engine block A tool having a pair of end members, each with an arcuate surface for engaging a riser section of an exhaust manifold. One of the end members is formed with a threaded cylindrical recess for threadably receiving an adjustment bolt having a cylindrical rec... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4687236 | Lock with pivotable slides The invention concerns a lock for doors or windows, with two latches each pivoting about a pivot pin being provided in the one component and of which the mutually facing ends in the locked position engage in mutually opposite directions an undercut surfac... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4653784 | Spring-loaded oscillating cam latch A latch mechanism comprising a latch plate spring biased to a central position by a coil spring located in an opening in the plate. Ends of the spring are held against two stationary pins which extend through arcuate slots to guide the plate.... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4570984 | Door hold A mostly automatic device designed to hold open a common interior or exterior door simply by swinging the door until it strikes a small spring-loaded lever which moves in a linear mode, allowing the door to pass by said lever and to contact a larger lever... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4135746 | Latch bolt assembly A bolt assembly for use with interior door latches or locks embodying a movable latch bolt and a relatively movable strike engaging latching element normally activated with the bolt to engage and disengage a jamb mounted strike in response to actuation of... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4047632 | Pressure vessel especially for a nuclear reactor A pressure vessel, containment or burst shield for a nuclear reactor has a substantially circular cover (closing the top or bottom of a cylindrical casing or shell) comprised of a plurality of layers, each formed from a multiplicity of segments meeting a ... | 09/13/1977 |
| 3951442 | Pivoting latch and lock A pivoting latch and lock for a door hinged in a frame having a strike aperture has a detent latch that can be moved out of the strike opening merely by pulling the door open unless the detent latch is specially blocked against such movement. In one embod... | 04/20/1976 |
