Abstract: The locking device includes a support having a first plate rotatably mounted thereon. Four radially extending locking bars are rotatably mounted on the first plate such that the rotation thereof moves the bars between locked and unlocked positions. A second plate movably mounted on the support between first and second positions is provided with means engagable with the first plate to prevent the rotation thereof when the second plate is in the first position. A projection is mounted on the lock cylinder and is movable with respect thereto along an arcuate path upon actuation of the cylinder. The projection is engagable with the given portion of the first plate to rotate same as the projection is moved.

Abstract: A latch arranged to automatically lock a boat to a boat trailer by snapping a latch pin through the bow ring of the boat when the boat is powered onto the trailer. The latch mounts on a trailer stanchion and includes a trigger plate that holds the latch pin cocked and that is moved by the boat to release the latch pin so that it can extend through the bow ring.

Abstract: A locking device for locking a spoked wheel carried in fork prongs comprises a housing mountable on one fork prong, and locking pin receiving means mountable on another fork prong. The housing is provided with a lock lever that is movable between a release position in which the wheel is free to rotate and a locked position in which the lock lever is in line with said locking pin receiving means. A locking pin is mounted within the lock lever and may be moved to protrude from one end of a bore extending through the lock lever. A lock member adapted to move the locking pin is provided adjacent the other end of said bore. The housing and the lock lever are so formed that the lock lever is retained in the locked position between the housing and the locking pin receiving means on removal of a support axle for the lock lever by force.

Abstract: The pad assembly is made up of three pads of resilient foam material assembled one on top of the other, the center pad having a greater density than the outer pads. The center pad has three cut-out openings at locations corresponding to the maximum pressure points exerted by a person sitting on the pads, these openings including a filler foam of density less than that of the outer pads, the overall assembly distributing pressure against a person seated thereon.

Abstract: A combined storage bin and display assembly for rolls of decorative paper, such as wallpaper, wherein a plurality of parallel upstanding partitions are arranged along an essentially straight-line path with each of the partitions being disposed at an angle with respect to the straight-line path. Shelves span the space between successive ones of the partitions to form vertically-spaced bins for the storage of rolls of decorative paper, the shelves terminating before a forward edge of an associated one of each of the partitions whereby a display area is formed for each bin between the termination of its shelf and the forward edge of an associated partition. In this manner, a sample of the decorative paper stored in a bin can be displayed on a display area in front of the bin, all of the display areas being readily visible to a shopper as he walks along the forward edges of the storage bins.

Abstract: A utility wagon for use with outdoor living equipment which includes a floor, upstanding side and back members and a generally planar shelf member. Depending generally planar dividers are carried by the shelf member and upstanding generally planar divider members are carried by the floor member for holding a plurality of seating devices neatly within the interior of the cart.

Abstract: Improvement in a doorbar device for barring the door of a doorway, the doorway having doorjambs and a door therefor, the door having a doorknob, the doorbar device comprising a doorknob constructed to be affixed to the doorjambs of the doorway to extend across and bar the door from being opened, the doorbar device also comprising a mechanism for applying a force upon the doorknob to prevent turning thereof.

Abstract: A latching mechanism having a latch member and a pin assembly mounted on the latch member. The pin assembly includes a first sleeve member secured at one end to the latch member, a second sleeve member secured to the other end of the first sleeve member and having an opening therein and a third sleeve member slidably mounted on the second sleeve member and normally biased in a direction encircling the opening in the second sleeve member. A pin is slidably mounted within the first sleeve member and extends into the second sleeve member and detent means are associated with both the pin and the second sleeve member for selectively preventing the third sleeve member from moving into a position encircling the opening and for releasing the third sleeve member for movement to a position encircling the opening. A locking flange having a floating ring therein is provided for receiving the pin assembly in locking engagement therewith.

Abstract: A roller bracket assembly includes a first and second generally planar wings connected perpendicular to each other by a narrower intermediate panel slanted at forty-five degrees with respect to both wings. Two horizontally spaced rollers are journaled on the first wing adjacent the forward and rearward end portions thereof for guiding and supporting a drawer to slide in and out of an opening in a cabinet. The first wing is secured to the face frame of the cabinet by two screws which extend through vertically spaced openings formed through the forward end portion of the wing. In addition, the screws serve to partially support the first wing vertically within the cabinet with further vertical support being provided by bosses formed around the openings and protruding outwardly from such wing and into the face frame. A third screw extends through another opening formed through the forward inner corner of the second wing to secure the latter wing to the horizontal member of the face frame.

Abstract: A lock assembly useful in coupling a tire assembly to a wheel which is locked and unlocked by a magnetic key.

Abstract: A container has an end wall and a stack of assemblies each composed of an adhesive film splice and a protective cover for the same, is accommodated in the container. The container has an opening in its end wall of a width which corresponds to the width of the assemblies so that the latter can be withdrawn individually from the container.

Abstract: A key case which includes a battery and a coil disposed in coaxial relationship with respect to a swivel pin for carrying keys. A switch selectively connects the battery and the coil for heating of the keys to assist in insertion thereof into locks which may be frozen.

Abstract: A fabric hand towel dispenser is disclosed which has an electric motor for winding up used hand towel, and a towel brake member for smoothing and tensioning the used hand towel which is being wound up. The towel brake member is a movably mounted flap, and biasing means are provided for urging this flap yieldingly into an operative position between two projections. In this way the towel brake flap can serve several additional purposes: It can actuate a switch for switching the electric motor off when the hand towel is tensioned and pushes the flap out between the projections against the effect of the biasing means. It can also actuate a switch for switching the electric motor off when the end of the hand towel has passed the flap so that the latter drops further between the projections; however, a separate detector finger, coaxial with the flap may also be used for this second purpose, if desired.

Abstract: A security storage system comprising a security storage chest having a lock and a compartmented frame. The frame is slidably mounted in the chest to move in or out in a straight line. Access to the compartments is from the side of the frame in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement of the frame. Each compartment holds a security storage box. Each box has a construction permitting it to be locked into the frame.

Abstract: A cylinder lock having a non-rotatable part which is provided with an axially extending chamber and one or more recesses communicating with the chamber. A plug is arranged in this chamber for rotation about an axis, and a key is axially insertable into the plug. A number of tumblers are slidably mounted on the plug for movement transverse to the axis into and out of the recesses, the purpose of these tumblers being to prevent rotation of the plug when at least one of the tumblers extends into a recess. Each tumbler has an opening through which the key, when inserted into the plug, may extend. The tumblers are spring-biased for movement into positions where the tumblers are in a recess.

Abstract: A lockable securing device including a bifurcated body having a pair of outwardly extended, spaced, parallel arms. A slotted opening is formed between the arms. Transverse apertures are provided in the arms near their outer ends and are sized to receive a removable, axial locking device. The locking device has an extension member at one end which is arranged to extend across the slotted opening to block the opening and retain an object within the slot when the axial lock is inserted and retained within said body arms. In one embodiment the slotted lock is used to secure the frame of a bicycle to an anchored object to prevent unauthorized removal; another is a door handle.

Abstract: A bedstead is disclosed including crossheads between which a woven mat support is stretched. The mat is made of spring steel wire, preferably plastic coated and includes longitudinal wire members having U-shaped ends. Hook rails are carried by the crossheads and have adjacent recesses between which they define V-shaped hook members. One of the hook rails is adjustable so as to tension the mat support. A U-shaped clamping bar is provided into which the U-shaped ends of the longitudinal wire members are fitted. A resilient intermediate layer is positioned between the clamping bar and the U-shaped ends of the longitudinal wire members. The clamping bar is positioned in the V-shaped hook members of the adjustable hook rail such that a clamping force is exerted on the U-shaped ends of the longitudinal wire members by the clamping bar in proportion to tension force applied to the mat support by the adjustable hook rail.

Abstract: A door lock has a frame in which a knob spindle is mounted for rotation about an axis. The spindle can be prevented from rotation on the frame by a bar movable along the axis into and out of a position in which the bar engages both the frame and a slot in the spindle. The bar is moved by a spring and by a manual button mounted in an inside knob on the frame. The spindle can also be prevented from rotation on the frame by a pin radially movable on the frame into and out of a position in which the pin engages both the frame and the spindle slot. The pin is moved by a spring and by an arcuate electromagnet disposed coaxially of the spindle and having a polepiece in position to influence an armature on the pin. The customary key-operated lock is installed in an outer knob fastened onto the spindle.

Abstract: An elongated, normally horizontally disposed, generally rectangular base frame supported adjacent to its opposite ends by pairs of legs, and a pair of end frames each having a pair of spaced parallel posts connected adjacent one end by a cross-member and pivotally connected at their other ends to the legs at one end of the base frame for movements between operative generally vertical positions and folded generally horizontal positions overlying the base frame. An elongated top frame is detachably mounted to the end frames adjacent the cross members and, like the base frame, is provided with a body supporting sheet. An intermediate frame, similar to the top frame, is detachably mounted between the end frames, and top and intermediate frames being adapted to be horizontally disposed and held in stacked relationship between the base frame and the end frames in their folded positions.

Abstract: The passage comprises two successive gates, maneouvrable in rotation in a single direction and conjugated to one another so that initially one is closed and the other open. These gates are sufficiently close to one another so that, on the opening of the first by a passenger arriving in the normal direction, the other closes thereby resisting the passage of a defrauder in the opposite direction.