Abstract: A computer terminal support and hand rest to be placed on a desk top and interposed between the computer terminal and a computer operator as well as being interposed between the computer terminal and the desk top. The computer terminal support provides a hand rest for supporting the hands of the computer operator both during use of the computer terminal and during rest intervals. In a preferred embodiment, the support also includes a conductive portion for draining static charges from the computer terminal operator to prevent circuit damage and erroneous command signals to the computer and to prevent electrical shock to the operator.Several embodiments of the support are disclosed including alternate structures for providing a static discharge path, alternate structures for supporting the hands and alternate structures for supporting the computer terminal.

Abstract: A wall fastener for releasable attachment to a wallboard having an angled slot formed therethrough includes a one-piece, elongated, flat, resilient base plate having a substantially rectilinear first element which has opposite ends and at least one bore hole formed therethrough between the opposite ends thereof, a substantially rectilinear second element disposed at an acute angle to the first element, which has opposite ends, one end of which is integrally joined to one of the ends of the first element, and a substantially rectilinear third element. The third element has opposite ends, one end of which is integrally joined to the other end of the second element, and the third element is disposed at an angle to the second element which is substantially complementary to the acute angle so that the third element is substantially parallel to the first element.

Abstract: A computer terminal support and hand rest to be placed on a desk top and interposed between the computer terminal and a computer operator as well as being interposed between the computer terminal and the desk top. The computer terminal support provides a hand rest for supporting the hands of the computer operator both during use of the computer terminal and during rest intervals. In a preferred embodiment, the support also includes a conductive portion for draining static charges from the computer terminal operator to prevent circuit damage and erroneous command signals to the computer and to prevent electrical shock to the operator.Several embodiments of the support are disclosed including alternate structures for providing a static discharge path, alternate structures for supporting the hands and alternate structures for supporting the computer terminal.

Abstract: An integral one-piece fishing rod holder having a Y-shaped configuration formed by an elongated stake adapted to be inserted generally vertically into the ground and a pair of arms extending upwardly outwardly from a junction zone formed by the upper end of the stake and arms. An elongated vertically extending slot is formed in the junction zone of the Y-shaped holder for receiving and supporting a portion of a fishing rod therein. A curved passage is formed in the junction zone and extends partially along one of the arms and communicates with the elongated slot below the top of the slot. The passage and slot form a downwardly extending projection in the junction zone which retains the rod within the slot if a force is applied to the fishing rod when the rod is unattended. A curved notch is formed in the top edge of the junction zone to provide a casual support for the fishing rod when attended by a fisherman.

Abstract: A generally U-shaped conduit hanger is disclosed which is resistant to bending under the weight of conduit and provides for simplified conduit installation. The U-shaped hanger has a center portion for attachment to a support member and a pair of spaced depending legs for securing conduit and the like therebetween. The center portion has a pair of flat lateral edge surfaces which lie in a plane spaced from that of the surface therebetween, serving to rigidify the center portion against bending in the transverse direction. Apertures may also be provided in the terminal ends of the legs for receiving a clamping bolt or screw, preferably with one of the apertures having a thread formation therearound to threadedly receive said bolt or screw, and eliminating the need for a retaining nut.

Abstract: A fastening device for securing paper sheets or cards to a rigid surface comprises a transparent resilient rectangular plastic sheet with an adhesive strip along its upper edge and a frictional pad near, but spaced from, its lower edge, the pad being at least as thick as the adhesive strip.

Abstract: The cathode ray tube assembly of a visual display unit is suspended over the static base in a cradle, the suspension pivots being as close as possible to the center of gravity of the moving section. Attached to the underside of the cradle is a bracket with forked arms. The forks engage with a spindle carrying a pair of friction pads and a helical compression spring. The spindle runs in a curved slot in a bracket attached to the static base. The friction pads are situated one on each side of the bracket and are maintained in intimate contact with it by the helical spring generating a friction force. Thus a force of sufficient magnitude applied to the moving part of the visual display unit will overcome the friction force and permit it to move, although normally the friction force will hold it in the required position.

Abstract: An elastic pipe clamp having a lower yoke, a fastener foot or the like for anchoring the lower yoke to a fixed surface and a cooperating upper yoke, the pipe being securely held between the yokes when they are locked together in a positive manner. A hinge-band pivotally connects one end of the upper yoke to one end of the lower yoke and mutually engaging locking hooks are provided on the opposite ends of the yoke from the hinge band for locking the yokes together. At least two (2) beaks on the hinged end of one of the yokes curve inwardly with respect to and over the hinge-band, the beaks being adjacent to the outer edges of the yoke with their outer arcs being tangent to the inside wall of the yoke. Cooperating recesses are provided in the other yoke that are open on their outer sides and have upper and lower walls with a radius curvature similar to the curvature of the beaks, whereby the beaks substantially fill the recesses when the clamp is closed.

Abstract: A point of purchase flexible pad holder and display includes an upper clear plastic section which may snap into a pricing channel or be suspended from a peg and a lower separable double-sided, front and back, adhesive section with the front of such section being employed to secure a tear-off pad while the back may secure the holder as a whole or separated in a variety of display locations. The connection and structure of the two sections enables stable support of the pad, ease of insertion into the pricing channel, and also ease of clean separation of the two sections. The back may also secure a second pad so that when the first is exhausted the holder need merely be turned around on the pricing channel or peg to present the second pad to the purchaser.

Abstract: An arrangement is disclosed for affixing the longitudinal end portions of the mounting flange of rectangular electrical connectors or the like to the outer surface of a support panel adjacent opposite edges of an aperture in the panel. A spring metal clip is provided having a U-shaped clasping portion for engaging the front and rear surfaces of the support panel adjacent an edge of the aperture. Spring fingers integral with the clip lie adjacent opposite side edges of the clip and are spaced apart such as to springingly engage inwardly directed recesses in the longitudinal side surfaces of the mounting flange when the flange is positioned between the fingers. There is also provided a manually operated releasable clamp member integral with that extremity of the clip most remote from the edge of the aperture when the clasping portion of the clip engages the panel.

Abstract: A multi-directional vibration attenuator seat is capable of limited, restrained movement in any direction within a generally horizontal plane in response to vibration and other motions of the seat and the vehicle in which the seat is mounted. The limited movement is made possible by a seat arrangement in which an intermediate assembly is disposed on top of and slidable relative to a base assembly along a first axis with a seat supporting upper assembly being disposed on and slidable relative to the intermediate assembly along a second axis extending in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of the first axis. The seat is normally maintained in and is restrained from movement out of a nominal position relative to the base assembly by a plurality of springs. A pair of shock absorbers disposed generally perpendicular to each other damp movement of the seat along the first and second axes respectively.

Abstract: A document holder attachable to a display terminal used to support one or more documents to be referenced by the display terminal user when information is entered or displayed on the display terminal screen is disclosed. The document holder is supported by an easel bracket which fits in an annular groove in the display terminal cover. The document easel is attached to the easel bracket such that an adjustment in the swivel or tilt of the display terminal for operator viewing convenience also results in a corresponding adjustment in the document holder such that the document holder always remains in the same relative viewing position with respect to the display terminal screen. The document holder can be easily added or removed from the display terminal and is reversible for either righthanded or lefthanded use.

Abstract: An overhead mounting bracket for a horizontal venetian blind assembly having a U-shaped headrail including inturned ends forming return ribs. The bracket has first and second leg portions depending from a body portion where the leg portions include horizontal support shelves adapted to support the return ribs of a headrail. Decoupler means comprising a pivotal portion are included for spreading the legs of the headrail apart so that a return rib may clear a shelf upon disengagement of the headrail from the bracket.

Abstract: A seat suspension system includes a seat frame movably supported on a base in a fore and aft direction by guide rollers supported on the base and received into rails on the seat frame. A seat attenuating device supported on seat frame includes a rod rotatably supported on spaced brackets and having a lug extending rotatably therefrom between the supports with first and second coil springs telescoped over the rod and located between the lug and the respective supports. An accumulator is connected at one end to a rod and at the opposite end to one of the brackets, while a plate is supported on the base and has notches for receiving at least a portion of the lug to define a plurality of adjusted positions for the seat frame on the base. A lock-out member cooperates with the lug on the rod and is supported on the seat frame to fix the seat frame with respect to the base when desired.

Abstract: A new storage and dispenser rack is provided for quasi-cylindrical containers such as bottles, wherein the ends of the containers are of different dimension but with a belly portion of the container being substantially of the same size and shape as the large end of the container. The rack is made of molded plastic parts that are constructed and designed to snap together. The rack includes a pair of upright panels that define a bay and provide thereon tiers of tracks, each for supporting one end of the quasi-cylindrical containers. A plurality of transverse spacer shafts that connect with the pair of panels operate to provide a free-standing structural grid for the rack. The spacer shafts are of an axial length selected for the size of the containers to be supported on the rack.

Abstract: A necktie organizer of the type adapted to hang over a closet pole in which the tie supporting rod is provided with separaters to define sections in which ties might be organized by color, or the like, and in which the tie support of each of the sections is rotatable independently of the other sections. A novel method of construction of a necktie organizer is also disclosed in which a rod is passed through an aperture in one of two spaced supports and tubes and washers alternated thereon until the rod spans the supports.

Abstract: A vertical angle adjusting mechanism for use in a display device and other devices, including a support on which an object whose vertical angle is to be adjusted is mounted, the support being pivotable upward and downward, the support being provided with an engagement slot formed with a plurality of recesses; a lock element pivotally attached to the object and engaged with the engagement slot in the support; and a slide member attached to the support and engaged with the lock element for selectively exposing or covering the recesses of the engagement slot in the support for engagement, or for preventing engagement, with the lock element according to the direction of the movement of the lock element.

Abstract: A plate holder for displaying an ornamental plate on a wall surface has three radial arms joined in a common center and spaced at fixed 120.degree. angles from each other to form a rigid planar structure. Each of the arms has a flat rear surface which together define a back plane such that the holder may be hung flat against a wall. The outer end of each of the arms has a plate retaining portion which extends over the rim to secure retain the plate between the arms. At least one of the plate retaining portions is adjustable along a radial direction to permit insertion of the plate within the holder and also to accommodate plates of different diameters.

Abstract: A plate (such as a printed circuit board) is mounted and immobilized on a base (such as a chassis of a television receiver) by performing the following sequential steps: affixing mounting plugs on the base; positioning an apertured plate on the mounting plugs such that the head of each mounting plug projects through an opening of the plate and the plate rests on a support face of each plug; sliding the plate in its plane in a predetermined direction into a position in which an underside of each mounting plug head is situated immediately above a surface portion of the plate and edge portions defining the plate openings are in an abutting relationship with the respective mounting plugs; and bringing a component into an abutting relationship with a trailing edge of the plate subsequent to completion of the sliding step for preventing the plate from being shifted opposite the predetermined direction, whereby the plate is immobilized.

Abstract: A pipe hanger is disclosed consisting of a distortable strap for positioning about a pipe to be supported, the ends of the strap being shaped to engage the opposite sides of a threaded support rod and an apertured spring clip movable when in a first distorted shape coaxially of said support rod over said ends of said strap so as to forcefully engage said ends against said support rod when said spring clip assumes its normal shape.