Abstract: A pop-up mechanism is formed of a main frame, supporting poles rotatably coupled to the main frame, an elevating member rotatably attached to the supporting poles, an urging device for urging the supporting poles to rotate in a stand-up direction, and a locking device for locking the elevating member in a pop-up state and in a folded state. The locking device includes a locking piece slidably attached to the elevating member and having a lock releasing projection and a locking hole; a locking member rotatably attached to one of the supporting poles and having a locking pawl; and a locking projection projecting from the main frame. The locking projection is engaged with a locking hole of the locking piece to lock in the folded state, and the locking pawl of the locking member is engaged with a locking dent formed in the elevating member to lock in the pop-up state. When the locking piece is pushed, the locking conditions in the folded state and the pop-up state are released.

Abstract: A power operable door latch and lock mechanism for a vehicle having a central locking system includes a power actuator assembly including an actuating lever drivingly connected to blocking means of the mechanism, a main drive motor for selective powered movement of the lever between locked and unlocked positions, a manual locking lever for operative connection to a non-key controlled manually operable element, and a linkage serving to interconnect the manual lever and actuating lever for manual locking and unlocking independently of the drive motor. The linkage includes a sliding length connected at one end to the actuating lever and having a first guide slot accommodating a connecting pin of the linkage. A rocker arm of the manual locking lever has a second guide slot co-acting with the connecting pin with lost motion for selective transmission of movement of the manual lever to the linkage.

Abstract: A pushbutton console latch is provided. The latch includes a cylindrical housing for housing a pushbutton therein. The pushbutton incorporates a lost motion feature such that when a pushbutton is in the locked position and depressed, the bolt of the latch remains extended. However, when the pushbutton is rotated to an unlocked position, a pushbutton may be depressed thereby retracting the bolt.

Abstract: A modular return spring cage assembly for door lock handles, consists of a door lock mounting chassis member having two opposed faces, at least one face having two opposed arcuate channels forming a circular groove in the face. The groove has two split diametrically opposed spring bases each formed by two substantially equal spring stops projecting from radially outer and radially inner walls of the groove. Two compression springs are slidably disposed within the channels and have length such that a slight compression is required to fit the springs between the split spring bases. An arrangement for transmitting torsional motion between a door handle and the springs, and for limiting rotary motion of the handle is included. A provision for positively retaining the springs and the torsional motion transmission arrangement on the mounting chassis member completes the modular assembly.

Abstract: An auto steering wheel lock is provided which has a locking set and which is connected with the steering wheel by means of a gripping trench and an auxiliary block, and is blocked with the outside of the instrument panel by means of a blocking rod. The position of the auxiliary block can be adapted for various steering wheels of different sizes by means of an elastic element. The locking set mainly includes a lock and a lock rod, which has a flat recess for engagement by a blocking pin when turning the lock and so obstruct the lock rod from withdrawing.

Abstract: An electrically operated door lock has a pair of pivotally mounted jaws (12, 13) which can be moved towards and away from each other to capture and release the end of a bolt or style (11). The bolt or style moves in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the jaws. The jaws are locked in the captive position by a cam (39) which is controlled by a low power electric motor (81). The motor has three positions corresponding to release, locking and deadlocking of the jaws, the jaws being releasable by a handle (49) in the locked position but not when deadlocked. An electronic control system is used to control the motor, and the lock can be released using an electronic coded proximity key.

Abstract: A device for securing a holder to a bore support formed with an undercut blind bore has a sleeve-like plug and a bolt received therein. The plug is formed with a central axis-defining passage having a smooth inner wall, a plurality of axially extending and radially throughgoing slits open at an inner end of the plug and defining a plurality of axially inwardly extending and radially deflectable tongues, and an annularly continuous outer portion from which the tongues extend. The bolt has a smooth outer surface and is shaped and dimensioned to fit complementarily into the passage with outward deflection of the tongues. The bolt and passage are of generally the same axial length so that when fully inserted in the passage the bolt is flush with the outer portion.

Abstract: A rekeyable look includes at least one chamber housing a tumbler pin stack having a master pin disposed between the driver pin and the bottom pin. The bitting of a change code key inserted in the keyway displaces the tumbler pin stack containing the master pin such that the interface between the master pin and the bottom pin is placed on the shear line defined by the cylinder shell and plug. Rotation of the change code key aligns a first slot on the change code key with the master pin wherein the master pin is received by the first slot. The master pin is carried with the change code key on removal of the key from the keyway. A replacement master pin disposed in the first slot is inserted into the keyway with the change code key. Rotation of the change code key aligns the replacement master pin with the drive pin.

Abstract: An expansible plug for anchoring in a building component has a expansible sleeve having a front insertion-side end and provided with a plurality of slots which start from the front end and extend along a portion of a length of the expansible sleeve to form expansible legs, the expansible sleeve having a plurality of cut-outs which adjoin the slots and form a compressible zone, and a threaded bolt passing through the sleeve and having a front end provided with an expansion cone to be drawn into a portion of the expansible sleeve provided with the slots, the cut-outs being sickle-shaped and spaced from one another circumferentially and axially, the cut-outs having ends which point toward one another axially and overlap one another circumferentially in meandering formation to form bending webs.

Abstract: A fastener for holding panels together includes a grommet for engaging a first panel, a stud received in the grommet, and a receptacle for securement to a second panel, wherein the receptacle includes a body having an internally threaded bore, an externally threaded barrel member in engagement with the threads of the bore, curved slots in the barrel member for receiving a cross pin of the stud, and a mechanical arrangement for selectively locking the barrel member from movement relative to the body. The grommet may include diametrically opposed slots having open ends extending through an end of the grommet for receiving the cross pin of the stud.

Abstract: A connecting clip for a toilet seat, including a nut and an operating member mounted thereon. The nut includes a plurality of semicylinders that are connected to each other, and which have inner peripheral surfaces that together define a female screw portion, whereby the nut can be screwed onto a bolt. The nut further includes engaging members provided at one longitudinal end thereof to connect the plurality of semicylinders together, the opposite longitudinal end including a connecting portion, such as a hinge member. The operating member engages the nut and is movable between first and second positions, wherein in the first position the semicylinders are compressed such that the nut is adapted to threadingly engage the bolt on which it is to be mounted. In the second position of the operating member, the semicylinders are allowed to spread apart from one another such that the nut no longer threadingly engages the bolt. In this position, the nut may be moved axially along the bolt.

Abstract: An improved lock system structured to secure a structure closure in a closed position, the lock system including a main housing with a surrounding wall structure, an open interior and opposing outlet ends, and a pair of opposing track members disposed within the open interior of the main housing, and each having a first end and a plurality of teeth along an interior surface thereof. The track members are disposed in spaced, confronting relation from one another such that the teeth on the interior surfaces thereof confront one another. Additionally, disposed between the teeth of the track members is a drive member, including a drive segment having a plurality of drive teeth around a perimeter thereof to engage the teeth on the track members, and at least one actuator segment to facilitate exterior rotation of the drive segment resulting in corresponding lateral movement of the track members towards and away from the opposing outlet ends of the main housing.

Abstract: A key operating mechanism is embodied in an elongate housing having an axially disposed shaft defining a helical groove. A shaft end is provided with a key to which rotation is imparted by an actuator slidably disposed on the shaft. A drive member of the actuator cooperates with the helical groove in the shaft to impart rotation to the latter and may serve as a detent to prevent actuator movement. Spring elements, oppositely disposed from the actuator, serve to return the actuator to a neutral or static position wherefrom rotation in either direction may be imparted to the shaft. A thumb operated control button of the actuator slides within a housing defined slot during operation of the mechanism.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rivet device. The device is characterized in that it comprises a substantially cylindrical tubular body (10), an annular collar extending outwards from the first end of the body, and at least two locking elements (20, 22) formed in the body. Each locking element is constituted by an elastically deformable strip (24) cut out in the body, extending in the direction of the axis of the body, and having a first end secured to the first end of the body and a second end secured to the second end of the body, with each strip having folds (30, 32, 34) in such a manner that in an initial state a portion of the strip projects into the inside of the body and in a deformed state the strip projects to the outside of the body.

Abstract: A positioning device includes a fastener member fixedly mounted on a supporting post and having an abutting base protruding outwardly from a periphery thereof. A recess is defined in an end face of the fastener member. A substantially U-shaped adjusting rack includes a first arm adjustably mounted on the abutting base and a second arm. A flange protrudes outwardly from an end face of the first arm and is securely received in the recess.

Abstract: The device is used for security by e.g the occupier of a hotel room. A toggle-type self-gripping mechanism is provided with thin jaw-blades. The blades are entered into the slot or gap between a door and a door jamb. The jaws engage the door-bolt, and the device enables a heavy gripping clamp to be applied to the bolt. The thin jaws do not buckle under the heavy clamping because they are constrained against buckling by the slot. A screw-clamp may be substituted for the toggle-clamp.

Abstract: A holding assembly for holding movable members such as doors and the like in their closed positions comprises: a female element 1 fixed to one of a movable member 17 and a stationary member 18; and, a male element 11 fixed to the other thereof. The female element 1 has a slot 36, a right-side wall portion 2 and a left-side wall portion 3 in its central portion so that the walls portions 2, 3 sandwich the slot 36 therebetween. The right-side wall portion 2 and the left-side wall portion 3 are provided with a right hole 4 and a left hole respectively. The male element 11 is constructed of a latch-support frame 8, latches 12, 13 and a casing 19. The latches 12, 13 mounted in the latch-support frame 8 are slidably urged axially outward by a compression coil spring 14. The casing 19 is provided with through-holes 15 and 16 in its right-side and its left-side wall portion through which semispheric front-end portions 27 and 28 of the latches 12 and 13 project outward, respectively.

Abstract: A door lock system including a control mechanism transversely mounted in a door in the middle, a transmission mechanism mounted in one hollow stile at one lateral side of the door and coupled to one end of the control mechanism at right angles, a top latch assembly and a bottom latch assembly respectively fastened to the hollow stile at difference elevations and driven by the control mechanism through the transmission mechanism to secure to the door to a doorframe, the top latch assembly including a shell fixed to the hollow stile on the inside, a frame mounted inside the shell, a latch bolt pivoted to the shell, a push member pivoted to the frame and driven to move the latch bolt, an adjustment device driven by the transmission mechanism to move the push member, and a locating device mounted in the frame and controlled by a fine adjustment device to secure the actuating device to the frame.

Abstract: A multishaft combination lock includes a lock body, an alignment sleeve, and a detachable pin. The alignment sleeve has a hole and is rotatably coupled to the lock body to provide access into the lock body. The alignment sleeve has an angled cutout at a first end, with the alignment of the cutout being adjusted by rotating the alignment sleeve. The detachable pin has a floating bushing that can be misaligned with the principle axis of the detachable pin. To lock the multishaft combination lock, the lock body is fitted to the detachable pin through the hole of the alignment sleeve with the floating bushing misaligned with the angled cutout. When the detachable pin is fully inserted into the lock body, the floating bushing is positioned beyond the end of the alignment sleeve within the lock body and becomes misaligned or offset with the alignment sleeve. To unlock the lock, the alignment sleeve is rotated so that the angled cutout is aligned with the floating bushing of the detachable pin.

Abstract: An improved snap-in metal plug for closing either a flat or flanged opening in a sheet metal panel or the like. The plug, in one embodiment, includes a circular disc formed with three co-planar tongues extending radially outwardly from the plug principal axis, with each tongue disposed about a radial center line of symmetry. Each tongue terminates in a radially outer fold line, disposed normal to its associated center line, formed by an underlying reverse folded ply. The ply terminates in a radially inner right angle bend juncture from which projects a single downstanding finger defining opposite vertical side edges. Each side edge has an upper tang struck outwardly and upwardly therefrom defining an upper tang free end. Upon the plug being seated in a flat opening, each upper tang has its upper end locked, in a snap-in manner, juxtaposed the panel interior surface.