Abstract: A hardware kit for constructing a gate frame from standard board lumber includes a triple-junction bracket for joining three board members including a first horizontal board member and first and second equal length non-horizontal board members, and two mirror-image double-junction brackets each joining one of the non-horizontal members to a lower horizontal member of the frame. The triple-junction bracket has two attachment surfaces offset by 90 degrees, one of the surfaces having two attachment lengths diverging at an acute angle. Each double-junction bracket has a first attachment surface orthogonal to second and third attachment surfaces, the second attachment surface extending at an obtuse angle with respect to the third attachment surface, the obtuse angle exceeding 90 degrees by a number of degrees equal to half of the acute angle.

Abstract: A sun roof for installation in an automobile or other vehicle including a frame surrounding a roof opening, a pivotably mounted panel for covering the opening and a seal compressed between the frame and the panel. Latches used to secure the panel in a closed or open position are attached between the panel and the frame by connection pieces, and the positions of these pieces can be adjusted by rotation to vary the downward seal compressing force. Before the connection pieces can be adjusted, it is necessary to release them from the latches which normally prevent inadvertent or unintended changes of position.