Patents Assigned to United Products Inc.
  • Latch with multiple function prevailing-torque mechanism
    Patent number: 4218081
    Abstract: A latch having a multiple function prevailing-torque mechanism which facilitates engagement and disengagement of the drawbolt and the strike of the latch and provides a simplified construction enabling ease of assembly and adjustment, with the prevailing-torque mechanism serving to retain the component parts in assembled arrangement and in appropriate adjustment. A further latch arrangement includes a positive lock which serves to retain the actuating lever of the latch in a stowed or latched location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: United Products Inc.
    Inventor: Norman S. Johnson
  • Quarter-turn fastener
    Patent number: D255772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1980
    Assignee: United Products Inc.
    Inventors: Norman S. Johnson, Robert J. Trotter