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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4102523 | Vehicle sewage hose support system A sewage hose support system for recreational vehicles of a type using an elongated sewage hose leading to a sewer pipe. The system having an elongated support assembly module, having upwardly facing hose-engaging surfaces for engaging the right and left ... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4100954 | Dowel or anchoring means This invention relates to an anchoring arrangement comprising a two-component adhesive adapted to be received in a hole in a receiving material, said adhesive being hardenable after the intermixing of the two components and at least one component thereof ... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4101103 | Cradle type conduit hangers A conduit hanger includes an inverted U-shaped bracket having laterally spaced depending legs swingable supporting at their bottoms closure arms. The closure arms are swingably between a closed position extending toward each other and gravity urged toward... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4099626 | Modular rack A modular component of a rack for storing articles comprises: A. a longitudinally elongated body having opposite sides, a longitudinally elongated boundary, longitudinally spaced segmented boundaries laterally spaced from said longitudinally elongated boundary... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4095765 | Adjustable cable clamp A plastic strain relief clamp is provided which comprises a head and a body having a through bore for receiving a cable, a pawl integrally formed with the body and flexibly connected thereto adjacent the bore and a second bore for a self-tapping screw ada... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4095827 | Window lock A window lock and, more particularly, a check rail lock which can be mounted in association with a double hung window having a center vertical muntin. The window lock has a casing housing a linearly movable locking unit with locking members having a locki... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4090686 | Pipe-laying apparatus A device for supporting in selected alignment pipelike elements, such as sectional sewer pipes and drain tiles, in an excavation during the positioning of the pipe therein and prior to the filling in of the excavation with particle material. The device co... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4089496 | Cord grommet Disclosed herein is a cord grommet, which comprises a female member of the shape of a tube having an approximately rectangular outside cross section and provided at one end thereof with a wall blind except for an oblong hole bored therein for passage of a... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4088290 | Artist's maulstick A telescopic maulstick that can be extended and retracted, as required, and clamped to the sides of an artist's frame having end means for securing same thereto and means intermediate the ends for locking the maulstick in a clamped position. The maulstick... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4087068 | Golf bag support A support device for a golf bag comprising a pair of spaced apart legs, rigidly braced with respect to each other, securing means pivotally connecting the legs to the golf bag such that the legs are moveable between an extended position for support of the... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4086794 | Gate lock mechanism A lock mechanism housed in a steel case and directly weldable to iron doors, gates, grilles and similar objects, a bolt slideable in either direction along its longitudinal axis, a fixed member adjacent a long side of said bolt, said fixed member having a... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4087122 | Fastening mechanism for doors In a fastening for a door of a vehicle or freight container an operating bar mounted for angular movement about its axis on the door carries on at least one end a fastening member for engagement with a keeper on a door frame, and the said member has on on... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4085652 | Screw fixing device for structural units of agglomerated material A screw fixing device for a structural member of agglomerated material, e.g. of plaster or concrete, comprising a member for accomodating the screw integrated to said structural member at the moment of manufacturing the latter, characterized in that said ... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4084478 | Screw heads A screw head is provided with projections on selected of the driver-engageable surfaces of the head to interlock with surfaces and edges of the driver to reduce the tendency for the driver to slip out of engagement with the screw during driving and also t... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4083522 | Spring support device This invention relates generally to supports and more particularly to a spring support device for supporting piping loads subject to generally vertical movement in use due to changes in operating conditions, such as major changes in temperature. The prima... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083525 | Fastener for hanging pictures A picture hanging bracket comprising a pair of complementary parts, one for attachment to the picture and the other for attachment to the wall, which parts interact to hold the picture and also to permit leveling after the picture is hung on the wall.... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083590 | Narrow stile panic exit actuator A panic exit actuator and locking mechanism adapted particularly for mounting on a narrow stile door frame with the actuator spanning substantially the full door width and extending between the inner and outer narrow stile frame members, and wherein the l... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4082242 | Omnidirectional sewer hose support An omnidirectional sewer hose support comprised of a multiplicity of interconnected arches of planar form adapted to be deflected from an adjacently related stored condition and into an angular relationship and upstanding condition extended in a zig-zag f... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4081980 | Electric security lock The present invention is an electric security lock which not only provides an alarm signal to an alarm device, but which also has a push bar emergency release. The electric security lock includes a dead bolt, a frame adapted to slideably receive the dead ... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4080757 | Door latch The invention relates to a safety latch assembly for a warehouse type door that has rollers riding in a vertical guide track, such track having latching holes at various points along its length. The latch assembly has a latch pin with a roller end spring ... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4080810 | Rimlatch to deadbolt lock converter accessory A formed block of metal, plasic, or other suitable material, shaped to adhesively abutt the bevelled face of the bolt of a springlatch door lock, changing it from prism to rectangular shaped parallelpiped.... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4079605 | Optical key reader for door locks An optical key reader for door locks is disclosed including optical scanning means for detecting a code pattern on a key unit when the unit is randomly oriented in an area near a given surface; the detected code being then compared by comparator means wit... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4078752 | Conduit support and seismic bracing system A support and seismic bracing system for suspending conduit and the like includes support means for carrying the weight of the conduit, relative movement of the conduit being limited by a seismic anchor secured to the conduit and to a structural surface i... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4077300 | Plastic screw grommet This invention provides a plastic screw grommet which comprises in combination a flange head, a leg having a polygonal (tetragonal) section and perpendicularly extending downwardly from the underside of the said flange head, depressions formed centrally o... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4076198 | Mobile home telephone stake A mobile home telephone stake used with an underground telephone cable for receiving the end thereof and attaching the cable to a junction box mounted on a mounting plate secured to the stake. The mounting plate is designed to receive a number of differen... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4076199 | Cable support method and apparatus Method and apparatus are provided for securely clamping cables in rows and columns between substantially rigid bars having a plurality of slots. Flexible plastic straps having teeth along their lengths cooperate with teeth in the slots of the bars to form... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4076064 | Locking thread construction A locking thread design which may be incorporated in various types of male and female threaded elements, for example, a bolt and nut, or a bolt and casting, forging or similar member having a threaded bore therein. The thread design is of the reversed but... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4076095 | Pedal locking device A locking device for the pedals of a motor vehicle is comprised of a first rigid support with a first rigid bar mounted at one end to the first support and perpendicular thereto. A second rigid bar is mounted at one end thereof to the first rigid support ... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4073200 | Cable retainer A cable retainer for locking the sheath of a sheathed cable in a pivotal position on a support.... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4073518 | Electrically and manually actuatable door locking structure A lock housing is provided for mounting upon or in a door, but which may also be mounted upon or in a door frame. Latch and bolt bars disposed in side-by-side relation are supported from the housing for lengthwise extension and retraction relative thereto... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4072331 | Door latch having three-way actuation means A latch is provided for a door of a cab of a vehicle, such as a track loader, or the like. The latch is provided with external actuating means, internal actuating means and a third override actuating means, the third override actuating means being operati... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4072285 | Dumpable rain gutter system The invention permits a conventional rain gutter to be converted into a dumpable rain gutter system which can be easily cleaned. The system comprises a plurality of rain gutter supports, each including a mounting bracket adapted to be secured to the facia... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4070945 | Screw grommet Disclosed is a plastic screw grommet, comprising a flange head containing a through hole for insertion of a screw at the center thereof, a pair of insertion leg members perpendicularly extending downwardly from the undersurface of said flange head opposit... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4071213 | Clamp back spacer for conduit A clamp back spacer for rigid conduit or the like includes a generally flat base member having opposite upper and lower surfaces. Projection means extends outwardly from the upper surface to define a cradle for cradling the rigid conduit. Recess means in ... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4071212 | Implement rack An implement rack having upper and lower slotted members mounted on a support. The slots are so shaped and disposed as to receive, from the front of the rack, knife blades at off-vertical angles, the knives then resting on the upper member at the bases of... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4069992 | Travel stop This invention relates to variable spring supports for loads, such as piping systems, and particularly to a novel travel stop mechanism which enables both minimum and maximum allowable spring movement ranges for such type supports to be set at predetermin... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069993 | Bag supporting means An improved bag supporting means is disclosed for gripping a marginal portion of the mouth of a bag comprising a substantially vertical upright peg fixed at its lower end to a support. A resilient locking ring having an inside diameter less than the diame... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069994 | Bag holder A bag holder of the type wherein a bag mouth is to be received and supported by a closed-figure frame of variable shape, the frame being made up of two elements, one being adapted to be attached at one side to a support and the other at an opposite side h... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069731 | Wedging device A fastening device for the connection of two bodies having aligned openings therein utilizing two members having facing inclined surfaces and projections engaging the lip of an opening such that an impact force creates a wedging action resulting in firmly... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4068871 | Latch operating mechanism A one-piece continuous resilient rod extends between spaced apart latch bolts and has its ends operatively connected to the latch bolts. The unrestrained free length of the rod exceeds the spaced relation between the latched positions of the latch bolts s... | 01/17/1978 |
