Abstract: A gear selector mechanism for automatic transmissions with a gear lever connected to the gearbox and movable in a selector gating for setting the correct gear position. The selector gating is connected to the gearbox in such a manner that the movements of the gearbox are transmitted uniformly to the gear lever and the gating, whereby their relative positions remain unchanged.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for buttoning garments such as shirts including a frame supporting surface which supports the garment to be buttoned, such frame comprising a plurality of pairs of spaced plates for fixedly holding the buttonhole strip of the garment, a plurality of hook-shaped members positioned to extend through the buttonholes into contact with the button strip, a plate adjustably supporting the button strip so as to move the buttons into engagement with the extended hook-shaped members; the hook-shaped members and attached buttons being drawn through corresponding buttonholes, and the hook-shaped members and pairs of plates being disengaged from the buttoned garment.