Abstract: A latch assembly includes a latch that can reciprocatingly move between an extended, latching position and a retracted, unlatching position. A latch-guiding lever having a recessed slot extends into a transverse hole in the latch. A plug member under the elastic force of a spring is urged into the recessed slot, thereby preventing any loosening or slipping-off of the latch-guiding lever from the latch. A pull element may be provided to separate the plug member from the latch-guiding lever to thereby enable disassembly of the latch assembly.

Abstract: A latch assembly for maintaining a battery in position upon a portable telephone. The latch assembly includes a latch body having at least one face surface forming a latching surface for abuttingly engaging with the battery to maintain the battery in position. A spring member exerts a spring force for maintaining the latch body and, hence, the latching surface formed thereupon in the abutting relationship with the battery. A downward force exerted upon the latch body causes translation thereof to remove the latching surface from the abutting engagement with the battery.

Abstract: The present invention provides a drainer pan assembly especially useful in cheese curd processing having an easily removable drainer plate secured to a drainer pan by a plurality of restraints including at least one releasable restraint. Preferably, the releasable restraint is a spring loaded movable pin which engages the plate and the pan.

Abstract: A locking device comprises a lock assembly which is received in a housing adapted to be mounted in a recess in an edge of a sliding panel. The lock assembly contacts a closure member, such as jamb or similar panel, and a latch member is adapted to be mounted in the closure member. The locking device is primarily, but not exclusively, intended for use in connection with yacht hatches.

Abstract: A designer handbag is formed as a flexible pouch having a top opening communicating with a hollow interior. Front and back surfaces of the pouch are formed from a fur pelt material. A flap is formed by a top portion of the back surface and is dimensioned to selectively close the open top. Opposite side surfaces and a bottom surface of the pouch are formed from a leather material. A metallic ribbing extends across the front and back surfaces at an intersection of the fur pelt and leather materials. An ornamental latch mechanism is provided for securing the flap in a closed position. Actuating buttons of the latch mechanism include settings for ornamental gems.

Abstract: A latch or lock enabling a hinged burglar bar gate to be opened by a person on the interior of the protected building. Intruders cannot reach the lock. It includes a housing with an opening for hand engagement. In the opening, a spring supported lock member is pushed by hand to unlatch. Hand operation is constrained by the housing deployment, limiting use to a person near the housing and on the interior of the burglar bar gate.

Abstract: A latch for securing together two relatively movable parts of a suitcase, pocketbook, or the like, has a latch housing secured to one of the parts and formed internally with a retaining guide, a strike secured to the other of the parts and engageable in the housing on juxtaposition of the two parts, and a button displaceable on the housing between an outer position and an inner position. The button is formed unitarily with a latching dog retainingly engageable with the strike when same is engaged in the housing and the button is in the outer position and with a retaining formation engaged inward of the retaining guide and preventing removal of the button from the housing. A spring is braced between the housing and the button and urges the button into the outer position.

Abstract: A device to allow the secured, partial opening of double-hung windows is disclosed. The latch has an insert shell that is fixed into a vertical frame and a spring-loaded plug that is set to an open or closed position.

Abstract: An electrical distribution load center consists of a non-conductive enclosure and a circuit breaker bus bar support panel that are interconnected by interlock members that can be snap-fitted to secure the two panels to each other. The support panel also has a latch member so that the bus bars can be mounted onto the panel in a heat-staking, insert-molded or snap-fit arrangement. The support panel also has elements for locking the circuit breakers onto the panels in conducting contact with the bus bars. The enclosure and the support panel are enclosed by a non-metallic trim panel that has a non-metallic door hinged thereto and which carries a latch for latching the door to the trim panel.

Abstract: The slide latch gravity lock of the present invention includes means which prevent the lock from opening when the article with which the lock is utilized is in its vertical position. When the article is moved from its horizontal position to a vertical position, a ball located within the lock mechanism moves by gravity from a first position wherein it does not restrain movement of the slide latch to a second position where it does.

Abstract: A pre-assembled latch for mounting externally on the header of a pivotal sash window of a double-hung sash window assembly. The latch includes a housing having a spring-biased latch bolt normally providing a protruding bevelled formation for engaging a guide rail of the window assembly. The housing has means integral therewith for retaining the latch bolt operably assembled in the housing and the latch bolt has means cooperating with the housing for retaining the spring means in biasing association with the latch bolt.

Abstract: A portable table and chairs therefor which may be foldable for carrying, but used in the extended mode as a table primarily for the outdoors, such as at the beach, etc. The table having chairs attached includes folding arms which are connected to legs of the folding chairs and also includes a supporting rod to enable the folding of the legs. It also highlights a foldable supporting element which connects table and folding chairs to each other. Protected hinges are provided to allow half-folding of table sections and locking means therefor are provided to maintain, with the hinges the shape of a container when table sections may be half-folded.

Abstract: A two-piece spring latch assembly operable as a closure device for a load center cabinet, wherein the latch assembly is slidably engagable with the door of a load center cabinet. The latch assembly includes a sliding latch body having a top surface with a depression for facilitating engagement of the latch body. The latch body also includes a latch member for engaging the frame of the load center cabinet. A latch spring is mounted to the latch member and defines a spring member for urging the sliding latch body into a latched position. The latch spring also defines a latch bearing surface and a strike bearing surface. These surfaces are fabricated from the same material as the spring member and resist wear through repeated cycles of engagement and disengagement with the frame of the load center cabinet.

Abstract: An improved latch and latchkeeping mechanism is provided for a gate closure for gates that close themselves. A detent mechanism is provided to allow the gate to be closed with the latch padlocked. Shock absorbing structure is also provided to absorb the shock of the closing gate.

Abstract: A burglar bar assembly mountable over a window or door opening in a building may be quickly manually released from an interior portion of the building. The manual release mechanism is actuatable without a need for keys, or the like, so as to allow a building occupant to escape through the window or door opening in an emergency situation.

Abstract: An adjustable down pressure mechanism is disclosed for use in association with a furrow forming apparatus of a seed planter. A parallel linkage arrangement is provided for mounting the apparatus on a tool bar of a tractor or the like, whereby the apparatus can follow the contour of the ground for efficient and consistent furrow formation. The down pressure mechanism comprises one or more springs operatively extending between upper and lower links of the parallel linkage. An upper support member for the springs is configured for convenient adjustable positioning along the upper links, whereby the pressure exerted by the springs on the furrow forming apparatus can be readily varied.

Abstract: A bolt fits slidably within a cylinder and is inserted in a drilled hole through a first slidable member to be interlocked. The bolt, under force of a coil spring within the cylinder, is forced into any of a series of aligned holes in a second member to be interlocked. A striker plate with aligned holes is attached to the second member and receives the end of the bolt as it slides until forced into a hole. A body is attached to the cylinder and the body is secured to the slidable first member to be interlocked. A D-spring on the body engages a D-spring notch on the bolt, locking the bolt in the projected position, thereby interlocking the two members. The body and handle, attached to the bolt, have flat surfaces which when aligned indicate that the D-spring is engaged to the D-spring notch. The handle must be rotated to disengage the D-spring and D-spring notch before the handle and bolt can be retracted.

Abstract: A lockable window latch for double hung windows which pivots for cleaning includes an outer shell, a latching member which is slidable therein and a locking member which is rotatably received in the latching member and projects through an opening in the front wall of the shell. The locking element has an elongated control portion or handle which, when aligned transverse to the length of the latch permits latching and unlatching. When the handle is turned 90.degree. so as to be aligned with the length of the latch, one of its ends abuts against an internal wall surface of the shell thereby preventing unlatching.

Abstract: A combination lock and latch mechanism for an access panel. The latch mechanism includes a biased latch part which is located behind the panel and accessible through the panel.

Abstract: A lock for a storm window, a catch of the lock being adapted to fit within a track along which a positionable window slides to a closed position. Spring biased latches on the positionable window are automatically biased by the catch away from the track and received by a recess in the catch, which recess retains the latch and prevents movement of the positionable window.

Abstract: A lid for the luggage compartment of a motor vehicle has a hinge pin with opposed ends supported in upwardly opening sockets mounted on vehicle body. Spring biased latches are carried by the sockets and have lugs projecting over the hinge pin to latch the hinge pin and enable pivotal movement of the lid about a hinge axis defined by the hinge pin. The latches are withdrawn to unlatching positions by handles integral with the latches. Springs carried by the sockets lift the end of the hinge pin out of the socket so that the ends of the hinge pin engage with the lugs to hold the latches in the unlatched position to enable subsequent pivotal movement of the lid about a second hinge pin provided at the other end of the lid.

Abstract: A five sided steel box with a honeycomb member therein formed by corrugated sheets and defining a plurality of hexagonal elongate recesses. Spacers on the outer faces of the walls of the box have tie bars secured transversely thereto and the ends of the bars are welded to protective hoops. A door closes and seals the box and comprises a framework, a panel mounted on the framework by means of clamping screws or parallelogram linkage and coil springs, and a seal between the panel and the open side of the box. The framework is preferably hinged to protective hoops of the box at one side and provided with a latch arrangement at the other.

Abstract: A window construction having fixed and movable frames and an associated latch assembly. The latch assembly includes a latch housing, a latch member reciprocable within said housing and a cam lock. The cam lock is rotatably mounted within the housing and has a first position wherein the cam lock urges a latch member into a locked position and a second position wherein the latch member may be moved to an unlocked position. The cam lock is preferably composed of a resilient, resinous material and has a cantilevered portion which engages a portion of the latch member. A special tool or key of predetermined configuration may be required to rotate the cam member. Among other uses, the latch may be employed in connection with double hung windows which are adapted to be tilted inwardly for cleaning. In such use the windows may be subjected to sliding movement regardless of the latch position, but tilting movement may be accomplished only when the latch assembly is in a locked position.

Abstract: A foot operated door stop adapted to be positioned in a floor opening adjacent the door so as to effectively limit its degree of opening as a safety and anti-burglar means. This door stopper is in the form of inner and outer telescopically mounted cylindrical members. The inner cylinder is spring urged to an extended position wherein such member projects upwardly from the floor in a door blocking position. The inner member is guided by specific means at the upper and lower ends of the outer member and a particular detent assembly is mounted in such inner member so as to present the means by which the inner member may be held in its retracted or non-operative position. The inner cylinder is also adapted to freely rotate with respect to the outer cylinder.

Abstract: A hatch cover opening and closing assembly which includes a hat member rockably secured to the hatch at about its center, the hatch cover being pivotably secured to the railway car coaming through the hat member at one end and the other end of the hat member being adapted to coact with a locking assembly that locks the hatch in closed, sealed, position either by means of a cam or crank acting mechanism.

Abstract: A tilt latch for a window sash including a base member mountable on a sash and a slide member disposed for sliding movement in a channel formed in the base member and resiliently biased toward an extended position in which a nose-shaped first end of the slide member engages a window frame to prevent the sash from tilting out of the frame. A downward projection formed on a second end portion of the slide member interferingly engages an end edge of the base member to arrest movement of the slide member at the extended position, but this second end portion of the slide member is dimensioned to enable the projection to be lifted manually out of such engagement so that the slide member can be moved beyond the extended position.

Abstract: A latch for a side panel of an engine hood mounted on the vehicle chassis and having a seal between the latch structure and the side panel.

Abstract: A storage container for holding a tape cassette which container is adapted for molding in a unitary structure of a thermoplastic material. The container includes an improved single latching arrangement incorporating integrally molded leaf springs. Also locking tabs are molded with the top or bottom wall which are adapted to engage corresponding apertures provided at each end of the spine of the container such that when opened the container does not open to a completely flat configuration.

Abstract: The lock for bags, brief-cases, shoulder bags and the like comprises two components, one being provided with an eyelet, tooth or stirrup and fixed to the rotatable flap of the bag or the like, and the other being connected to the fixed part of this latter and provided both with an aperture into which said eyelet is inserted and a knob connected to a slider so as to be able to move this latter against a spring, in order to enable a slider appendix, which acts as the bolt and is located in a position corresponding with said aperture, to be withdrawn from the eyelet which is inserted into this latter and so enable the bag or the like to be opened. Opening is facilitated by resilient means which tend to eject the eyelet from the aperture into which it is inserted when the bag is closed.

Abstract: A security door stop bolt mounted in the floor preventing entrance through the door including a tube housing imbedded in the floor with a door stop sliding in the tube, nestled in the tube when not in use but raised with a manual lifting means to prevent inadvertent triggering of the stop bolt with a carpet cut out attached to the top of the door stop to hide the entire mechanism.

Abstract: A lens cap has a disc-shaped cap body, a pair of sliding members opposed to each other on the cap body and slidable diametrically of the cap body, and a biasing member for biasing the sliding members in a direction in which they are extended outwardly from the cap body. The sliding members have connecting portions engageable with a connecting portion provided on the inner peripheral surface of the rim of a lens barrel. The lens cap is mounted on the lens barrel by engagement between the connecting portions. Engaging members are provided at the opposed ends of the sliding members and limit the outward extension of the sliding members from the cap body against the biasing means by mutual engagement therebetween.

Abstract: A reel storage container comprising a body including a central post having a generally mushroom-shaped head; a cover having an elongate handle extending diagonally across its center; and a latching member mounted within the handle for longitudinal sliding movement between a release position and a latching position to which it is biased. The latching member will engage the mushroom-shaped head in its latching position, will cam around and engage the mushroom-shaped head when the body and cover are assembled, and is manually engageable through an opening in the handle so that the latching member can be manually moved to its release position to open the container.

Abstract: A manually operable latching device for use in securing a truck door in the open position during the loading and unloading process. The latching device comprises a cantilevered latching plate affixed to a truck trailer door and a pinning assembly secured to the frame of the truck at a location substantially adjacent the plate when the door is in the open position. The pinning assembly comprises a bushing bracket, a U-shaped rod moveably mounted within the bracket, a safety stop plate, and a spring attached to one end of the rod for exerting a compressive force between the rod and the bracket when the rod is moved relative to the bracket. The other end of the rod positively engages the plate to secure the door in the open position.

Abstract: A small, strong jewelry clasp which requires fewer manufacturing steps to produce is disclosed. A generally flat, rectangular, elongate pin body is formed having a finger element extending from one end thereof. The other end of the pin body typically has a hole formed therethrough to capture a link of a chain. The upper surface of the pin body has a notch formed therein for receipt of a compression spring. This notch is bounded on one end by a spring stop portion of the pin body. The other end of the notch is open. A box-like enclosure member is formed by folding a flat piece of malleable material to fit around both the pin body and the notch formed in the pin body. A portion of the enclosure which is near the open end of the notch is folded inwardly so that when the enclosure is slid over the pin body, a spring is captured between the spring stop portion of the pin body and inwardly folded portion of the enclosure.

Abstract: A locking device for removable frame structures, and more particularly for use in conjunction with fly-wire screens, wherein the device comprises a spring-biased pin having an elongated shank member including an enlarged-diameter, shorter length head member having one or more protrusion members projecting radially outwardly from the surface of its general configuration, the shank member being adapted to receive a coil spring thereover to allow the pin to be spring-loaded once the pin and the spring are force-fitted and retained in the frame structure by the protrusions.

Abstract: A luggage lock for locking together the two shells of a luggage case. The lock includes a housing adapted to be mounted in one of the luggage case shells and which is secured to the shell by a threaded cap. A hook member is adapted to be mounted in the other one of the luggage case shells. A button is reciprocally mounted in the housing for movement between retracted and projected positions. A spring is positioned between the button and the cap to bias the button to its outward retracted position. The button includes a locking edge portion which projects into the path of travel of the hook when the case is closed whereby the hook end engages and overlies the locking edge to fasten the lock. The lock is unfastened by displacing the button to its projected position, against the action of the spring, to disengage the hook end from the locking edge to permit the case to be opened.

Abstract: A system is described for retaining a wheel trim member in operative relationship to a conventional multiflanged vehicle wheel which is particularly adapted for use on wheel trim members fabricated from plastic composition. The retention system comprises a cavity or pocket provided in the wheel trim member in which is disposed a clip member and a member for biasing it in a radially outward direction and into engagement with a radially inward facing flange portion of a vehicle wheel. The outer portion of the clip member is provided with teeth which are adapted to bitingly engage the wheel trim member thereby securely retaining the wheel trim member in installed relationship to the vehicle wheel. Cooperating portions are also provided on the clip and within the cavity to limit the radial outward movement of the clip member when the wheel trim member is removed from the vehicle wheel.

Abstract: A latch, particularly for a crib or the like, is spring biased to a latched position. A single fastener secures the latch member to a support and guides the latch for reciprocal movement.

Abstract: A cassette-carrying case having a base and cover joined by a piano hinge which allows the base and cover to be opened a full 180.degree.. Easily operable latches are incorporated into the cover, which automatically lock the case closed when the cover is moved to the closed position. A handle is incorporated into the main body of the base and cover.

Abstract: A door latch particularly for use in mobile homes or recreational vehicles. A housing having a channel formed therein is mounted on one surface of a door overlying a passageway therethrough. A spring-loaded slidable latch engagement member is positioned within the channel for operating engagement with a striker plate mounted on the jamb of the frame against which the door abuts when closed. A latch retaining pin is positioned through the housing and has a shaft part extending within the passageway in the door for receipt on the other side of the door surface of an operating knob or handle secured thereon. Rotation of the operating knob actuates the pin to disengage the latch engagement member and thereby unlatch the door. A lockable abutment member may be positioned upon the door surface or an extension part of the housing to block the path of the latch engagement member when moved toward disengagement position and thereby prevent such disengagement.

Abstract: A child-proof cabinet latch having a base mounted on an inaccessible inwardly facing surface of a closure panel and a restraining member that is slidable in a guide channel defined by the base. The restraining member is movable between a first position in which an abutment surface is engageable with the cabinet frame to permit only limited opening movement of the panel and a second position in which the abutment surface is not engageable with the frame to permit unlimited opening movement. A spring biases the restraining member toward its first position, the spring force being such that it can be overcome by an adult but not a small child.

Abstract: A fence gate latch for rolling or swinging gates having a yoke for receiving a gate stile, and a spring loaded and beveled latch bolt for retaining the gate stile in the yoke. Means are provided for retracting the latch bolt from either side of the fence.

Abstract: A latch mechanism having a latch member defining a slide portion received in a track channel. The slide portion is slidably guided by the track for movement between a latching position and a retracted position. A helical spring is provided for biasing the latch member to the latching position and a force transfer member is disposed between the end of the spring and the latch member slide portion in the channel for preventing catching of the spring end between the latch member and the track member in the channel.

Abstract: A latch is provided for a door of a cab of a vehicle, such as a track loader, or the like. The latch is provided with external actuating means, internal actuating means and a third override actuating means, the third override actuating means being operative even though either or both of the internal and external actuating means are inoperative.

Abstract: A combination lock with a combination dial having a shaft extending through an elliptically shaped door aperture, through a wheel post, and through an elliptically shaped aperture in a lock stand to mount a cam and a plurality of locking wheels each having a slot which when properly positioned permits sliding movement of the dial, post wheels and a locking bolt mounted on the post to a release position in response to manually applied lateral force as the aligned slots move into an upstanding fence on the stand. A spring connected to the stand extends about the post to urge the post in the opposite direction toward a latch position.

Abstract: A window latch and handle assembly exhibiting an attractive appearance while providing a high degree of strength and small size. The assembly employs a pair of body members which are secured to a door or window frame and a unitary handle and latch. The handle extends from one side of the assembly of the two body parts and the latch from the opposite side thereof. A lock member with an elongated arm surface engages a key slot in the handle and latch. When in one orientation, the locking member allows the handle and latch to move laterally against the resistance of return spring and when turned 90.degree., effectively prevents movement of the handle and latch by direct broad area contact with one of the body parts. When rotated 90.degree., the lock member rests in the key slot allowing limited movement of the handle and latch to release the door or window.

Abstract: A compact portable lock has a locking plunger angled to fit into a pre-drilled opening in a door or window rail permitting a lock with very minimal clearance requirements with regard to the adjacent frame. A window in the bottom cover plate of the lock accommodates a flange on the lock plunger and defines the travel of the plunger.

Abstract: The lock comprises a lock casing in which there is slidably mounted a lock plate movable between a projected locking position and a retracted unlocking position by a manually actuable operating member projecting from the front face of the casing. A plurality of push button assemblies are mounted in the casing, and each assembly includes a push button, an interlock block and a code changer, the push buttons projecting from the front of the casing and the code changers being accessible at the rear of the casing. By operating the push buttons to selected positions in accordance with the "combination", the interlock blocks are positioned to release the lock plate for operation by the actuating member. The code changers are operable to angularly adjust the interlock blocks to set the desired "combination".

Abstract: A plastic privacy lock for recreation vehicles and the like includes an outside handle portion for the outside of a door and an inside portion for the inside of a door. The outside portion includes an outside handle having a rotatable outside latch lever to operate a bolt on the inside portion. The inside portion includes a handle and a housing with the bolt in the housing. The bolt and an inside bolt actuator are formed as a single integral molded plastic part positioned within the housing. To move the bolt out of engagement with a strike from the inside, manual operation of the molded plastic bolt against the force of a biasing spring is required. A locking bar or dog having a locked and unlocked detent position is also provided in the housing. The locking bar is accessible from the inside portion of the lock. In locked position, the locking bar holds a bolt shifter connected to the outside latch lever to prevent rotation and operation of the lock.

Abstract: A hopper car roof is provided with a plurality of hatch covers positioned over an elongated trough through which materials are loaded into the car. The hatch covers are locked over the trough by means of a hatch cover locking device which includes a hinge strap adapted to engage adjacent end portions of the trough hatch covers with the strap having an outwardly projecting tab engaged by a locking bar which is tightly held in a closed locking arrangement by means of an improved foot operated latch secured to the hopper roof.