Abstract: A fastener for interconnecting a door lock operating lever and an actuating rod includes two abutting members of plastic material interlocked with each other. The members cooperatively provide a longitudinally extending cylindrical cavity receiving the rod. One of the members has an integral extension which is releasably secured to the operating lever whereby the fastener interconnects the rod and the lever.

Abstract: A handle assembly for a pressurized dispensing container consists of a handle 12 and a collar 11. The collar is fitted with legs 28, provided with bulbous portions 29 which clip resiliently into a groove 20 in the valve cup. The handle is provided with lugs 41 which engage with the collar. The handle is inserted into the collar and twisted to engage the lugs 41 with the collar to retain the handle. The lugs also press against legs 28 to prevent the collar becoming detached from the cam 13. A rachet surface 30 is provided around the top of the collar which is engaged by a tab on the handle as the handle is twisted to lock it into the collar. The rachet surface thus prevents the handle from being disengaged by being twisted in a direction opposite to that required for engaging the lugs.

Abstract: A prefabricated handrail assembly is conformable for use along horizontal or inclined surfaces and is characterized by being adjustable in accordance with the pitch or degree of rise along the surface while retaining the upper and lower rail portions in spaced parallel relation to one another with the balusters extending vertically between the rail portions. Fasteners at opposite ends of the rail portions will automatically conform to differences in the angle between the rail portions and end posts to which they are connected, and a unique bracket or hold-down device is provided for connection to each newel post.

Abstract: A link rod connector is formed to have two sections connected by a resilient hinge and each section is provided with a semicylindrical leg portion having a resilient catch. In use, the sections are closed onto each other to retain a link rod therebetween in such a manner that the link rod is rotatable within the sections but cannot be extracted therefrom, and then the cylindrical leg formed by the semicylindrical leg portions is inserted into a hole in a link arm so that the link rod is rotatable with respect thereto.

Abstract: A parking brake foot pedal is pivoted to a bracket, and is formed with a ratchet plate portion. A pawl is engaged with the ratchet so as to hold the parking brake in the applied condition. A release lever is pivoted to the bracket so that it displaces the pawl away from the ratchet when it is pulled by a release structure. A resin bush is attached to the release lever at a position remote from its pivoting point. The bush has a hole through it which is narrowest at its middle portion and opens out towards its ends. A release cable passes through this hole in the bush, and on its end there is fixed a stop member larger than the internal diameter of the hole in the bush. Thereby, the end of the release cable is flexibly coupled to the release lever, so as not to be subject to severe bending stress when the release cable is pulled and rotates the release lever so as to displace the pawl away from the ratchet and release the application of the parking brake.

Abstract: There is disclosed a new and improved rod retainer for connecting an elongated actuating rod terminating in a short right angle end portion to an apertured lever. The retainer includes a unique hinged rod receiving member which is initially disposed in an opened position for partially receiving the rod. After receiving the rod, the hinged member automatically pivots towards a cooperating wall upon further displacement of the rod toward the retainer until the hinged member automatically lockingly engages the cooperating wall. In the locked position, the rod is securely held between the hinged member and the cooperating wall.

Abstract: A carburetor improvement for connecting a link (R) to a movable carburetor part (L3) so the connection is tamper resistant. A swivel (3) has a longitudinal bore (5) extending substantially therethrough and a transverse bore (7) through which the link extends. A clevis (13) comprises a pin (15) insertable through an opening (O) in the movable part. The pin has a head (17) and the diameter of the pin is equal to the diameter of the longitudinal bore in the swivel for the pin to be inserted into the bore. The end of the pin inserted thereinto has a generally U-shaped opening (19) at its end, the length of the opening being greater than the diameter of the link and the width of the opening being equal thereto. The inner end of the longitudinal bore has a decreasing diameter whereby the sidewalls (21) of the U-shaped portion of the pin are pinched together and press against the body of the link to capture the link in the swivel with sufficient force to prevent adjustment of the link.

Abstract: A door holding apparatus holds a door in a preselected position relative to a door support. The apparatus includes a rod which has a first end pivotally connected to the door and a second end for engaging the door or door support. Force exerting apparatus exerts a force against the rod and urges the rod into forcible engagement with the door or door support.

Abstract: An auxiliary implement mount which utilizes a triangular shape for attaching to a variety of shapes and sizes of tool bars of a first implement in a variety of positions.A rod is pivotally attached by a pin through one of a series of holes arranged in a triangle configuration on a plate to the mount at one end thereof and to an auxiliary implement at the other end thereof. The rod is laterally stabilized by a bracket with a spring inside for exerting downward pressure and allowing vertical movement. The auxiliary implement is attached to the rod's other end by a wedge-shaped plate that utilizes a collar on the rod to tilt the implement at a desired angle to the ground.

Abstract: A copyholding device is disclosed of the type having a generally flat, rectangular base assembly intended to underly an associated typewriter or the like; the base assembly operatively supports the lower end of an upright pivotable support column, the upper end of which carries an easel-like support platform which functions to carry worksheets or the like that are to be copied with the typewriter.

Abstract: An arrangement for connecting the ties to the uprights of a scaffolding includes a plurality of vertically elongated openings in the uprights, an end projection on a wedge-shaped end plate of the tie which has an enlarged end portion which is introduced into the interior of the upright through an enlargement of the opening while the stem of the projection is received in the opening when the enlarged end portion of the projection is received in the interior of the tubular upright, and a wedge element which is permanently mounted on the projection and interposed between the upright and the wedge-shaped end plate of the tie in the assembled position of the tie with the upright.

Abstract: A housing is provided for mounting a bearing adjacent a wall to support a rotatable shaft that projects perpendicularly through the wall. The housing has a thin-stock stamping that forms on end cap having an axially extending hub and a mounting flange projecting radially outward at one end of the hub. An axial bore is provided within the end cup for receiving a first longitudinal portion of a bearing. A thick plate has an opening therein for receiving a second longitudinal portion of the bearing that projects axially outward from the hub end adjacent the mounting flange. One side of the plate is mounted flush with the wall, and an opposite side of the plate is mounted flush with the mounting flange of the thin-stock stamping. The plate has a surface adjacent the bearing opening that radially supports the second longitudinal portion of the bearing. This plate extends radially outward from the bearing opening.

Abstract: An override assembly for preventing the stoppage of an actuator member if a load bearing member jams or for allowing manual override movement of the load bearing member if it is manually moved against the movement of the actuator member. The assembly includes a plastic bushing which forms a socket for a ball member formed on the end of the actuator member and a spring clip which normally maintains the ball in the socket. If a jam occurs, the spring clip allows the socket and ball to disengage one another.

Abstract: Seismic or earthquake bracing includes brace members, in this form, a channel iron which at each end has an articulated connection respectively to a building element and to the item supported; each brace connector includes a pair of elements pivotally connected, and the hinged or pivot portions of at least one of the connector elements being provided with acoustical snubber which not only cushions the parts pivoted but also reduces noise of vibration which may be caused by earthquakes or the like.

Abstract: A pivotal mounting, especially for an automobile sun visor, comprising a one-piece plastics sleeve having a generally cylindrical bore, the radially inner surface of which, when viewed along the axis, has a first number of radial undulations spaced around its circumference, in combination with a generally cylindrical member which is a one-piece plastics moulding and lies substantially coaxially within the bore, the radially outer surface of the member, when viewed along the axis, having a second number of radial undulations spaced around its circumference, both numbers being greater in value than one, and being different, the arrangement being such that each set of said undulations can register firmly with the other at a third number of relative angular positions of the sleeve and the member, the third number being greater than the first and second numbers.

Abstract: A one-piece plastic fastener for connecting a right angled actuating rod to a lever member. The fastener includes a base member having a rod receiving aperture at one end; a retaining means for associating the fastener with the lever member, the retaining means having a bore co-axial with and communicating with the base aperture and an upstanding wall forming a receptacle on the other side of the base member to receive a right angle end of the actuating rod, the inner wall surfaces having a funnel-like configuration to permit blind insertion of the end of the actuating rod into said aperture and communicating bore. A rigid retaining arm overlying said base in space relation to said aperture and resilient finger means forming a throat with said arm to permit insertion of the actuating rod into retained position under said arm when its right angled end is inserted through the aperture and into the bore of the retaining means.