Patents Assigned to The Nielsen Hardware Corporation
  • Patent number: 3936082
    Abstract: A catch for releasably securing together two separable parts and comprising a base member mounted on one of the parts, an operating lever pivotally supported on the base member, an adjustable draw bar carried by the operating lever and movable into and out of connected relation with an associated strike mounted on the other of the parts, and a control lever assembly carried by the operating lever for cooperating with the base member to releasably latch the operating lever in a closed position to maintain the draw bar in connected relation with the strike. Compound movement of the control lever assembly is required to effect release of the operating lever from its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1976
    Assignee: The Nielsen Hardware Corporation
    Inventor: Gunnar E. Swanson