Abstract: A hanger/hook accessory supports articles on a vertically dependent member hung from an outer underside of a pool rim member. The hanger/hook accessory has a mounting bracket attached to an outer underside of a pool rim member; a removable fastener device connecting the mounting bracket to a member having opposite ends; and a hook connected to the member for supporting the articles. In a second embodiment, a mounting bracket is attached to outer underside of the pool rim member, the bracket having a vertically extending dependent portion; a hook with a mounting connector portion at one end; and a removable fastener device securing the mounting connector portion of the hook to the dependent portion of the bracket.

Abstract: The collapsible housing frame has a pair of side frame boards opposed to each other, and connecting mechanisms which connect both the opposed ends of the side frame boards. Both ends of the side frame boards are connected to the connecting mechanisms through first hinges. Each of the connecting mechanisms is formed to be collapsible at a second hinge of the connecting mechanism, and a lock-unlock system to lock and unlock the hinge is provided at the second hinge.

Abstract: Fastening device for a stroke-type windshield wiper assembly on passenger vehicles in which a once adjusted position of the windshield wiper assembly can also be maintained during a repeated mounting and demounting. The holding element comprises two hingedly connected half shells which reach around the holding part of the wiper assembly. A first half shell is rigidly arranged on the holding element, and the other second half shell is releasably and lockably held on the first half shell, using a detent lock arrangement.

Abstract: A hanger assembly for managing pipes, cables, etc. is described having the capability to swivel, easily adjust height and with respect to pipes, reduce noise/vibration associated therewith by containing the pipe suspended thereby in a ratcheting holder. The hanger assembly employs a single hanger pin so that the swiveling capability is provided. The invention further, simplifies the installation of a pipe, in particular, and also of other conduits in need of management/suspension since the hanger can be affixed to a joist, rafter or stud at an estimated location. The assembly can then be adjusted to favorably engage the conduit to be hung or managed.

Abstract: A gravity fed bottle dispensing and display rack is comprised of a support frame having front and rear transverse horizontal rigid members. A straight bottle support channel is interconnected between the transverse horizontal rigid members and inclined downwardly from a rear end thereof to a front open end. The support channel has a longitudinal slot defined longitudinally thereof in a lower end and extends between opposed support flanges. The support channel has a horizontally extending dispensing front section adjacent the front open end. Attachment clamps are provided for securing the support channel to the front and rear transverse horizontal rigid members. An arresting element is provided to abuttingly engage a forwardmost bottle suspended by a neck thereof by the channel at the dispensing front section to arrest the forwardmost bottle at the front open end of the support channel.

Abstract: Specification discloses a dunnage bar for a dunnage rack of the type used to store and transport parts within an automotive factory. The dunnage bar includes an outer C-shaped bar and an inner T-shaped bar both roll-formed from structural metal. The inner bar is closely received within and spot-welded to the outer bar. The stem of the inner bar engages the outer bar opposite the mouth and includes spaced webs permitting a welding fixture to be inserted through the mouth and between the webs. The cross arms of the inner bar also engage the outer bar and include spacer webs at their terminal edges to space the inner bar from the mouth of the outer bar.

Abstract: An apparatus for securing a printed circuit cable to an actuator arm in a disc drive is provided. The actuator arm has a pivot adjacent the disc of the disc drive and includes a threaded mounting boss on the side of the actuator arm and adjacent thereto connecting pins for connecting the PCC cable electrically to the actuator arm. A single piece alignment bracket incorporating both forks and an anti-rotation tab which cooperate with a slotted actuator arm to prevent a bracket and the PCC that it holds from being moved out of alignment or from rotating the assembly is provided, bonded directly to the PCC and forming the PCC for attachment to the actuator arm. The bracket is bent to form a first, central and third bracket section. The first section contains the forks and anti-rotation tab which are bent away from the first section in opposite directions. The central section contains a hole for mounting to the actuator arm. The third section has an elongated end piece.

Abstract: A multiple function bracket for attaching various display fixtures to slot walls, wire grid walls, hang bars and many other types of display fixtures. The bracket is formed with a top web and three depending flanges of unequal length and spacing. A narrow groove is formed between a high front flange and a medium height intermediate flange for engaging hang bars and smaller diameter wires on displays fixtures. A wider groove is formed between the intermediate flange and a shorter rear flange for engaging either a slot wall or larger diameter wires or rods in a wire grid wall. The rear flange is sufficiently short to pass into a slot in a slot wall. The bracket may be bonded or welded or otherwise secured to, for example, a display cabinet or a shelf or a neck arm. Or, a vertical hole may be formed in a vertical rib on a front face of the higher flange for receiving a wire hook or rod or other wire fixture.

Abstract: An anesthesia circuit stand is able to support an anesthesia circuit fitting, when not attached to a patient or to a patient airway securement device in such a manner that anesthesia vapor and nitrous oxide is prevented from escaping into the environment of an operating room. The stand includes a base portion to which is connected a stalk element. The stalk can be substantially in the form of a cone having a proximal end with a greater diameter than a distal end. Alternatively, the stalk can be in the shape of a generally cylindrical rod. A distal end of the stalk includes a plug portion which has a diameter sufficient to engage the inner diameter of an outlet orifice of an anesthesia circuit elbow in a frictional fit.

Abstract: A display stand includes multiple support surfaces which can be configured to lie in a single plane to form a table top or in vertically spaced planes to form a multi-tiered display stand. The display stand includes a center section and one or more extensions which substantially surround the center section. The center section is supported by legs which are pivotally attached to the center section. The extensions include locking members disposed along an inner edge thereof for releasably engaging the outer edge of the center section or an adjacent inner extension. When the center section and extensions are locked together, they lie in a common plane to form a table top. When the extensions are disengaged from the center section and each other, the extensions can be lowered so as to rest on the legs in a vertically spaced relationship to one another. The height of the display stand can be adjusted by pivoting the legs inwardly and outwardly relative to the vertical axis of the display stand.

Abstract: An improved manually adjustable vehicle seat assembly is disclosed.

Abstract: A stand for holding compact discs and/or tape cassettes preferably has a rotatably mounted part (1) made up of a multiplicity of bar-shaped elements (7, 8) of two different types. These elements have transverse grooves enabling them to be fitted one on the other in parallel pairs, with alternate pairs at right angles to each other, thus giving two pairs of parallel walls. The elements (7, 8) also have longitudinal ribs (9) located opposite each other in pairs, thus providing lateral supports for the objects. The individual components can be provided as a kit which enables the stand to be transported and distributed in unassembled form. A second, smaller, part (2), can be mounted on the first (1) and connected to it. This second part is designed to hold differently shaped objects, such as audio cassettes.

Abstract: A shoe rack assembly with a heating device which can heat a number of shoes simultaneously and economically.

Abstract: A motor mount for reducing vibration and noise associated with motor load imbalances. The mount includes a one-piece elastomeric support having a motor attachment portion from which a plurality of supporting legs extend. Prior to assembly, the amount has a planar configuration. In assembly, the motor attachment portion is positioned around and secured to the motor by a clamp. Brackets are provided to secure the legs to a base. The mount provides the motor with pivotal freedom of motion but prevents substantial vertical displacement of the motor. The motor mount is well suited for use in centrifuges and other apparatus in which load imbalances cause vibration. In one embodiment, the mount includes three legs so that, in assembly, the mount is tripod-like.

Abstract: A display unit back wall includes in a structure reinforced by stiffener bars two parallel uprights forming at least part of a slideway for a plurality of stacked slats, the two uprights forming the two lateral sides of a U-shape unitary construction frame. A crossmember is fixed to the bottom ends of the two uprights. The stiffener bars fixed to the uprights and to the crossmember are all within the peripheral edge of the frame. The U-shape unitary construction frame is made from channel-section, and each side of the slideway is formed between one of the two flanges of the upright and a facing side of the associated stiffener bar.

Abstract: The device is used for the mutual alignment of perforated printed circuit boards and pattern carriers, for example films. It consists of a support (10) with parallel pins (16) axially slidable and laterally immovable within guides disposed thereon. In order to achieve a very exact alignment of the printed circuit boards and the films in spite of unavoidable tolerances regarding the position and the diameter of the centering bores cooperating with the pins (16), the pins are substantially polygonal in cross-section, having parallel lateral surfaces with either chamfered or rounded corners. The corners of the pins taper from the support (10) toward their free ends. They furthermore can be retracted into the support (10) using an actuator to prevent the tilting of the printed circuit boards in the course of their removal.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for protecting clothes hanging on a hanger bar in a closet from dust. The apparatus employs an elongated roller assembly that is provided with an extensible and retractable preferably transparent sheet member and also at least one elongated rod-like member. The roller assembly and the rod-like member(s) are in spaced, parallel relationship to the hanger bar. The relationship is such that the sheet member is extendible first transversely over the hanger bar to the rod-like member and then downwardly. Preferably the apparatus is width adjustable and can include a pair of adjustably transversely extending, and transversely elongated bracket structures that function to hold adjoining ends of the roller assembly and the rod-like member(s) and also to facilitate the apparatus installation in any one of various closets. The roller asembly may have a protective housing enclosing the sheet member.

Abstract: The base support of a display device provided comprises a base plate and a brake device. The base plate has a plurality of cavities with a depth and corresponding retainer plates. Within each cavity a rolling ball with a diameter is received. Each retainer plate is attached to the base plate for retaining the rolling ball within the cavity and has a circular opening smaller than the diameter of the rolling ball. The diameter of the rolling ball is larger than the depth of the cavity such that a small portion of the rolling ball is exposed to the outside of the cavity through the circular opening. The rolling ball comes into a first rolling contact with a table surface. The base plate also has a plurality of slots each receiving a roller. The rollers come into a second rolling contact with the table surface. The base plate also has a plurality of slots each receiving a roller. The rollers come into a second rolling contact with the table surface.

Abstract: A pusher unit for placement into a merchandise display tray to dispense merchandise which has an elongated shelving track with a front end and a top surface for carrying the bottom surface of the merchandise. The pusher unit has a spring-biased pusher plate with a front surface for contacting the side surface of the merchandise. The bottom section of the pusher plate is movable along the top surface of the shelving track so that the front surface of the pusher plate engages the side surface of the merchandise and the merchandise is thereby disposed between the pusher plate and the front end of the shelving track. The pusher plate has interconnected upper and lower sections with the upper section being movable between a merchandise-dispensing position and a merchandise-loading position. When the upper section is in the merchandise-loading position, the front surface of the upper section of the pusher plate is out of the plane defined by the front surface of the lower section.

Abstract: An audio/video media package storage structure is formed using side rails, partition rails and spacer tubes. The side rail inner surface contains: a bottom flange; a row of interleaved long and short posts; a shelf beneath the posts and above the bottom flange, the shelf having notches centered between adjacent long posts. The rail can support packages of up to three different sizes at one time. Thin packages are supported between adjacent long and short posts and rest on the shelf. Thick packages are supported between adjacent long posts and rest on the bottom flange. Medium-sized packages fit within the notch on the shelf and rest on the bottom flange. The shelf and the bottom flange have protuberances centered between adjacent long and short posts and adjacent posts, respectively, to allow the packages to shift from a forwardly to a rearwardly-oriented display position. Each end of the side rail has a tunnel adjoining the bottom flange for inserting a spacer tube.