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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7389661 | Keyless deadbolt door lock assembly A deadbolt door lock assembly operates a deadbolt between an unlocked and locked position. It generally comprises an actuator, a ring, and a biasing member. The ring contacts the actuator and rotates it in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction to lock th... | 06/24/2008 |
| RE40193 | Keyless deadbolt lock engaging device A device allowing engagement of a conventional keyed deadbolt lock tumbler assembly without use of a key is provided. The device is assembled around the tumbler assembly and is fitted into a standard:door lock cut-out. The device includes a rotatable ring extending ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7251970 | Cylinder housing arrangement A cylinder housing arrangement, where the cylinder housing encloses a lock cylinder or the like, which comprises a number of locking elements to be arranged by a key, preferably tumbler discs to be turned by a key, which discs in their locked position prevent the tu... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7165426 | Locking device with convertible shank including locking method thereof A method utilizes a locking device that includes a shackle member having a shank with a latch portion and a stop at opposite ends. A locking head mounts in a locked state on the latch portion but is removable when unlocked. A sleeve is carried on the shank but is re... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7051562 | Retainer clip for lock plugs A retainer clip is used for retaining a lock plug within a bore of a lock housing. The retainer clip includes a generally arcuate body disposeable about the plug outer surface and having a radial retention surface positionable generally against a housing end surface... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6964184 | Shielded pushbutton lock A shielded pushbutton lock that includes housing that supports a lock cylinder connected to a key operated pushbutton. The pushbutton is shielded by way of a rotatable collar that extends over the pushbutton and shields the pushbutton, so that a thief may not defeat... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6959567 | Lid device of double-sided auxiliary lock A lid device of a double-sided auxiliary lock comprises an inner annular wall, an outer annular wall and a plurality of engaging portions. The engaging portions are equi-spaced on the outer annular wall. A double-sided auxiliary lock has an interior auxiliary lock a... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6854303 | Torque resistant security casing for a padlock A security lock and encasement providing resistance to torquing moment with a slip ring designed to slide onto the padlock encasement from the back without being able to advance beyond the front face of the encasement. Said slip ring is designed such that it can onl... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6840073 | Lid device of double-sided auxiliary lock A lid device of a double-sided auxiliary lock, the lid device includes an inner annular wall, an outer annular wall and engaging portions. The engaging portions are equi-spaced on the outer annular wall. A double-sided auxiliary lock has an interior auxiliary lock a... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6672115 | Locking device with convertible shank A locking device includes a shackle member having a shank and a latch portion at one end and a stop at the other end. A locking head mounts in a locked state on the latch portion but is removable when unlocked. A sleeve is carried on the shank but is remo... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6601420 | Keyless deadbolt lock engaging device A device allowing engagement of a conventional keyed deadbolt lock tumbler assembly without use of a key is provided. The device is assembled around the tumbler assembly and is fitted into a standard:door lock cut-out. The device includes a rotatable ring... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6502436 | Cylindrical shell for a deadbolt The invention is directed to a device to protect a deadbolt assembly from tampering. A deadbolt assembly comprising a deadbolt reciprocable along a longitudinal axis, and a deadbolt actuating mechanism having an axis transverse to that of the deadbolt, is... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6397649 | Keyhole barrier system and method A keyhole barrier system for use with tumbler locks containing a keyway and a plurality of tumblers. The system contains a keyhole block having both retention and signaling portions. The retention portion prevents removal of the keyhole block from the loc... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6145358 | Auxiliary lock with a control plate for preventing unlatching from outside An auxiliary lock includes an exterior lock assembly having a knob and an actuating plate that is connected to the knob to rotate therewith. A casing is mounted inside a door for rotatably supporting a knob that is also connected to the actuating plate to... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5964111 | Pick-resistant pin-tumbler lock A pick resistant lock assembly has two lock sections which can be opened in two stages separated by time using a single key. Both lock sections share the same multiple stacks of locking pin tumblers which engage the machined depths provided on the key, bu... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5813261 | Keyless deadbolt lock engaging device a device allowing engagement of a conventional keyed deadbolt lock tumbler assembly without use of a key is provided. The device is assembled around the tumbler assembly and is fitted into a standard door lock cut-out. The device includes a rotatable ring... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5761937 | Auxiliary lock An auxiliary lock comprises a latch assembly having an elongated casing to be received by a first horizontal bore extending into the end of the door. A cylinder mechanism is received by a second horizontal thru bore extending, from one face of the door to... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5669255 | Anti-tamper lock guard For a circular lock currently in popular use that is disposed in covering relation over lugs projected internally of the lock and consequently results in the holding of the lock stationary, an anti-tampering guard that encircles the lock and has a rotatio... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5442943 | Steering lock for motor vehicles In a steering lock for motor vehicles, a lock cylinder having a rotor and a stator is received in a tubular steering lock housing. A tubular end section of the lock housing and lock cylinder is enclosed by a pot-shaped cap made from a high strength materi... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5351513 | Double cylinder deadbolt A double cylinder tubular deadbolt having the inside cylinder provided with a removeable cap or cover which covers the exposed screws in the flanged face of the inside cylinder. The removable cover fits over and covers the face portion of the inside cylin... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5291767 | Protective lock cylinder mounting assembly A lock cylinder apparatus includes first and second lock cylinder assemblies rigidly fixed to a lock case and coupled to an internal locking mechanism contained in the lock case. The first lock cylinder assembly includes a lock body and an adaptor ring ar... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5199285 | Locking device for an auxiliary lock A locking device for an auxiliary lock comprising a safety button able to be pressed in and a rotating ring to be rotated to actuate the dead lock to be extended for locking the lock.... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5186030 | Locking device for an auxiliary lock A locking device for an auxiliary lock comprising a rotatable ring, able to be rotated at the outside of a lock to turn an actuating wheel 90°, said actuating wheel having an 8-shaped opening for an actuating plate of the dead bolt to pass through so tha... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5150592 | Locking device for an auxiliary lock A locking device for an auxiliary lock comprising a rotatable ring provided with inner teeth around the inner peripheral surface and a traditional lock additionally provided with a lateral hole to fit a spring and a steel ball pushed by the spring therein... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5056344 | Bezel An insert for a panel opening, the panel having edges disposed therewith proximate the opening, the insert comprising a resilient member having a perimeter and two ends, the member being flexible in a direction transverse to ends of the member when the in... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5010749 | Locking device for an auxiliary lock A locking device for an auxiliary lock comprising a rotatable ring and a base. The ring is fitted around the auxiliary lock and combined with the base. Then they are mounted in the door to let a large part of the rotatable ring be exposed outside the door... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4998953 | Lock with an externally mountable escutcheon A lock assembly for an automobile door comprises a lock mechanism, arranged to be offered up and connected to the door from the inside and an escutcheon arranged to be offered up to the door from the outside and to be fixed to the lock mechanism by means ... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4712403 | Method of protecting lock cylinders from being wrenched or pulled A method of protecting lock cylinders from being wrenched or pulled from the door, is provided and consists of a plate with a hole in the back top of the plate, which will accept the cylinder. So when the plate is slid up, the cylinder will lock into the ... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4587816 | Lock assembly A lock assembly of the type mounted on a door or like closure structure and including two lock cylinders each at least partially encased and surrounded by a casing structure each of which has reinforcing means formed thereon so as to prevent collapse or d... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4586354 | Mounting a device on a member A cylinder lock is mounted in an aperture in a panel by means of a retaining ring which has resilient teeth to grip a part of the lock housing which protrudes from the panel. A further ring defining a non-circular aperture is provided in the opening of th... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4522048 | Lock and door reinforcing plate means A lock and door reinforcing plate device comprising plate members adapted to be secured to the opposite faces of the door by common bolt members which extend through the plates and the door and the lock assembly, a tube member is secured to the inner face... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4394821 | Door lock mechanism A doorknob has a neck in rotational bearing engagement on a knob sleeve and has a pair of inner recesses which open inward to engage a driver lug and open axially to be engageable with the lug by axial knob movement. The sleeve has a cross slot adapted to... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4012929 | Latch construction with improved anti-violation features A bolt is reciprocally extended and retracted in a door by a latch driving mechanism operably connected to exterior and interior operator assemblies projecting from a mounting opening between faces of the door. A pair of inwardly dished reinforcing plates... | 03/22/1977 |
