Push And Pull Bar Patents (Class 16/DIG5)
  • Patent number: 5860538
    Abstract: A system for attaching an accessory to a support housing which affords ease of fastening and a hidden fastening system. The system includes a locking stem having a head connected to a body by a neck. The accessory engages the support housing at an angle. The head of the locking stem is positioned in the accessory and the body positioned in the support housing. Movement of body away from the accessory causes the head to engage opposing inside surfaces of the accessory and effect a locking of the accessory to the support housing and a frame. In a preferred embodiment, the accessory is a towel bar and the support housing is connected to a shower door frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Steven J. Duero, Roger W. Murphy
  • Patent number: 5845916
    Abstract: A handle for an infant stroller includes a pair of substantially parallel opposed arms connected with the frame of the stroller and extending upwardly therefrom. A gripping section interconnects the upper ends of the arms. The gripping section includes a center leg arranged in a longitudinal vertical plane, preferably aligned with the centerline of the stroller. The gripping section preferably has a Z-shaped configuration with opposite outer legs extending from said center leg and connected with said other ends of said arms. The gripping section is titled forward relative to a lateral vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Lisco Inc.
    Inventor: David J. Stroud
  • Patent number: 5788252
    Abstract: A wheeled, manually propelled vehicle with vertical support structure has an ergonomic handle attached to the support structure, the handle having a central section extending substantially horizontally in use and inclined sections which incline downwardly from the opposite ends of the central section and respectively terminate in curved end sections which curve toward the support structure and are integral for attachment plates for attachment to the support structure. The inclined sections facilitate grasping of the handle with an ergonomic arm position when a user is pushing the vehicle and facilitate maneuvering the vehicle around corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Snap-on Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Happ, David D. Curry, Nancy C. Rittmann Gasperi, Michael D. Schoenbeck, Gary S. Wollert, James R. Piehl
  • Patent number: 5385248
    Abstract: Items of decorative hardware, e.g., handles, pulls, towel bars, tissue bars, etc., and a method of making the same. Each hardware item comprising an assembly of a pair of posts, a cross member, and an externally threaded rod. The cross member may comprise one integral elongate rod-like member or a plurality of separate sections disposed in a side-by-side array to form an elongated rod-like member. In any case the cross member has a decorative exterior surface, a pair of ends, and an internally threaded passageway extending longitudinally through it. Each of the posts has an under surface for securing the hardware item to a panel, e.g., a wall or a cabinet, and a decorative exterior surface including a side portion. Each of the side portions of the posts include an internally threaded bore. The posts are arranged to be oriented with respect to each other so that their side portions face each other with their internally threaded bores axially aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Inventor: Frederick H. Klein, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5144718
    Abstract: A door pull comprises a pull member and a pair of fittings coupled with opposite ends of the pull member. The door pull is attached to a door by these fittings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: YKK Architectural Products Inc.
    Inventor: Akio Ozawa
  • Patent number: 4692962
    Abstract: A push bar assembly or the like having a plurality of bars retained by extruded mounting members which receive the ends of the bars whereby the mounting members may be secured in fixed, spaced relationship to a structure to captively retain the bars, and further having cover or cap elements which are retained with respect to the bars and the mounting members to conceal both the ends of the captively retained bars and the securing elements by which the mounting members are secured in fixed, spaced relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Inventor: Sam Avny
  • Patent number: 4638529
    Abstract: A handle assembly for an oven door or the like. The handle assembly comprises a handle grip section and an end cap at each end. The handle grip section is a longitudinally split tubular member. The end caps are capable of mounting the handle grip section in either of two rotative positions 90.degree. apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1987
    Assignee: Mills Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph W. Katona