Abstract: A foldable, point-of-purchase display stand is disclosed. The display stand is manufactured from a piece sheet of corrugated board. The display stand has a shelf that is secured by a hook affixed with a pop rivet or eyelet. The disclosed stand is stable for weight-bearing for use in the advertising industry for displaying books and magazines. The display stand of the invention is quickly and easily assembled.

Abstract: A method of forming a thermally insulated, transparent door for use on a reach-in merchandiser, in which said door has at least two glass lites, and which comprises providing a thermally and electrically insulating spacer member having an outer wall portion and an inner separator body portion, and forming angled notches in the separator body portion to define the respective corners of first and second glass lites; folding the spacer member at the angled notches around one of the glass lites with te body portion in surface contact with the inner glass lite surface and an edge flange of the outer wall portion in engagement with the adjacent marginal edge thereof, and bringing the free ends of the spacer member into juxtaposition and securing them together with locking means for holding the spacer member in assembled peripheral contact around the one glass lite; assembling another glass lite in surface contact with the body portion of the spacer member and in spaced relation with the one glass lite; and molding

Abstract: A closure system including a rigid structural part has an edge surface along which sealage is established in response to deformation of a superelastic sheet metal element positioned thereon, such sheet metal element being endowed with a shape memory characteristic by formation as a Nitinol alloy to meet high sealage standards and other environmental requirements.

Abstract: An apparatus used in pairs, each formed of two components, a spring lift roller assembly, (SLRA) and a pair of spring lift lid rollers, (SLLRs) all of which are attached to a mobile tank lid. The roller assembly is mounted at about the midpoint of the depth of the lid, while one of the spring lift lid rollers is mounted at each of the distal and proximal ends along the sidewall of the lid equally spaced from the spring lift roller assembly. The apparatus's SLRA is disposed on and confined to a track and moves from a central position in the desired direction, left side or right side, for the lid raising.

Abstract: A molded corner sealing structure of a door weather strip for attachment along a peripheral surface of a vehicle door including a seal lip for abutment on an inner surface of a door projecting edge which projects around the vehicle door to cover an outer side surface of the door weather strip over the entire length thereof. The door weather strip has an additional secondary seal lip for abutment on the inner surface of the door projecting edge under and along the seal lip. The door weather strip is bonded to a roof-side part and corner part of the vehicle door frame with a double-sided adhesive tape, and is secured to the remaining part of the peripheral surface of the vehicle door with clips. The seal lip and secondary seal lip of the door weather strip in combination effect a double seal in the corner part thereof.

Abstract: A window lift mechanism for raising and lowering a window in a vehicle door includes a support bracket mounted to the window and a motor supported on the support bracket. A vertical rack is mounted to the door and is positioned immediately adjacent the window, and a vertical guide track is also mounted to the door parallel to the rack and immediately adjacent the window. A pinion gear driven by the motor is supported on the support bracket and engaged with the rack to permit vertical movement of the window. A slide is supported on the support bracket and engaged with the guide track to provide support as the window is raised or lowered. Alternatively, a second rack and pinion are used instead of the guide track and slide. A manual drive mechanism for raising and lowering the window is also disclosed including a drive cable which transfers rotary torque from a drive pulley to a driven pulley supported on the support bracket.

Abstract: A glass run of an automobile comprises a channel portion including a bottom portion and inner and outer side walls. The glass run further comprises inner and outer seal lips projecting into the channel portion from the inner and outer side walls respectively. The seal lips have back sides facing inside of the channel portion. At least the inner seal lip is thickened in its wall thickness at its middle portion in a manner that the back side of the seal lip projects more inwardly into the channel portion at the middle portion than at a root portion of the seal lip, thereby forming a convex at the middle portion on the back side of the seal lip while relatively forming a concave at the root portion on the back side of the seal lip. The glass run further comprises a sponge elasticity-reinforcing member provided between the root portion on the back side of the inner seal lip and the inner side wall.

Abstract: An operator for controlling the movement of a window sash relative to a frame with a raised surface along a frame sill thereof, wherein the operator includes a base having a first support surface, an aperture and a bottom exterior surface with a slot therein, the base attached to the frame with the raised surface fitting substantially within the slot. The operator also includes a cover secured to the base and having a second support surface with a hole therethrough defining an internal shoulder, the second support surface mating with the first support surface. A post extends from the cover and through the aperture in the base when the operator is assembled. An arm is pivotally secured to the post and attachable to the sash to control the movement of the sash between open and closed positions. A worm drivably engages the arm and has a worm shaft and a worm shoulder disposed on the worm shaft.

Abstract: A pet door including a cammed closing mechanism and a sliding lock mechanism. The cammed closing mechanism returns the pet door to a resting closed position and provides sufficient force to resist opening by normal weather conditions such as wind or a hard rain without the need for additional components such as magnets. The sliding lock mechanism serves to control the ingress and/or the egress of an animal through the pet door as selected by the pet door owner.

Abstract: A door guard is provided. The door guard includes a pair of positioning seats of symmetrical configuration secured to a door above the bottom of the door and a door guard releasably disposed to the positioning seats. The door guard has an upper plate made of flexible material and a lower plate made of web and connected by a connection plate. It is characterized in that the door guard may put upside-down to cope with the changing of the seasons in order to prevent the insects or the sandy wind from entering into the house.

Abstract: A roll screen comprises side plates, a winding pipe rotatably supported on the side plates, a spring mounted in the winding pipe, a screen to be wound on the winding pipe by the accumulated force of the spring, and a brake mounted in the winding pipe for decreasing a winding speed of the screen from a final stage of the winding of the screen. The clutch case is engaged with the brake from a final stage of the winding of the screen, and the brake is operated so that the winding speed of the screen can be decreased.

Abstract: A garage door opener apparatus (10) with a transfer mechanism (50) is described. The transfer mechanism includes motor sprocket (59), chain (52, 52A), drive sprocket (53, 53A), shaft (54, 54A), driven sprocket (64, 64A) and chain (65, 65A) connected to a carriage assembly (20). The transfer mechanism enables positioning of the apparatus in a building (100) with an obstruction such as a beam (102) and safely allows transfer of the rotation of the motor sprocket to the door (101).

Abstract: A weather strip seal for an automotive vehicle is provided. The weather strip seal includes a first extrusion of elastomeric material forming a sealing wing for sealing a first structure of the vehicle with respect to a second structure of the vehicle. The weather strip seal also includes a second ionomer material which is connected onto the first surface of the sealing wing and forms a thin layer thereon.

Abstract: A two-part shelf-holder for supporting shelves on connecting members fixed around vertical posts of a sectional rack. The shelf-holder includes a fixed part fixedly connected at one end to a corner of the shelf and a movable part pivotally connected at one end to the fixed part via a vertical pivotal shaft. The fixed part is formed at another end with a curved case defining a side opening. The movable part is formed at another end with a curved cover adapted to close the side opening of the case. A free end of the case is formed of a dovetail mortise and a free end of the cover is formed of a dovetail tenon for fitly engaging with the dovetail mortise of the case. Two ends of the pivotal shaft are extended through two long holes provided on upper and lower sides of the movable part, so that the movable part could be moved linearly relative to the fixed part to engage or disengage the dovetail tenon with or from the dovetail mortise so as to close or open the two parts of the shelf-holder.

Abstract: A structure for attaching a door weather strip to a periphery of a doorframe. The doorframe has an inwardly facing protrusion in a projecting edge thereof. A door weather strip has a concave surface formed in its outside surface so as to face and be spaced apart from the protrusion. A channel-shaped groove is formed in a lower part of the concave surface, and a first seal lip is formed along an upper part of the concave surface to close an upper end of a space formed between the projecting edge and the concave surface. A second seal lip is formed along an outside part of the channel-shaped groove to close a lower end of the space, whereby leaked water is received within the channel-shaped groove.

Abstract: A window lift bracket for attachment to a mounting edge of a movable window and which is connectable to a window lifting mechanism. The window lift bracket includes a base which is attachable to the window lifting mechanism and spaced apart portions extending from the base being positionable on either side of the movable window. The spaced apart portions define a channel therebetween. The window lift bracket includes at least one member, such as a flexible beam member, which is disposed generally in the channel for engaging the window when the window is disposed therein. Preferably, the engagement between the member and the window provides a reduced stress area at the bottom of the channel. Opposing surfaces of the spaced apart portions may provide convoluted surfaces, such as protrusions and depressions, which effectively increase the surface area to which the adhesive adheres, thereby improving the adhesion of the adhesive to the window bracket and the window.

Abstract: A ventilating unit for mounting in the top wall of a vehicle that includes a frame and a panel movable between an open and a closed position in the frame. An operating mechanism is provided which includes linkages connected to opposite sides of the panel, and two electric motors connected to the linkages and independently operable to selectively raise either one, or both of the sides of the panel. At least one latching member may be included in the operating mechanism to assist in maintaining the panel in its closed position.

Abstract: A safety device for accurately preventing the catching of a hand or neck of a passenger of a vehicle between a windowpane and a window sash uses a potentiosensor 20 for detecting the rotational angular position of an output shaft adapted to rotate at a slower speed by reducing the speed of a rotating shaft of a driving motor 9 for opening and closing a windowpane of a vehicle with a speed reducing mechanism 10. This potentiosensor 20 comprises a resistance track plate 21 on which circular resistance track 25a and conductor tracks 25b, 25c are formed, and a rotating plate 23 having conductive brushes 24a, 24b adapted to slide over the resistance track plate 21. The windowpane position is detected based on a resistance value outputted when the conductive brushes 24a, 24b are rotationally moved on the resistance track 25a in response to the rotating position of the rotating plate 23.

Abstract: This sliding sash drive assembly includes a rack gear for the sash and a drive unit adapted to be mounted on the window frame and having a driven spur gear. An L-shaped engagement lever is mounted at its vertex on the housing and carries on its short leg a rack guide adapted to embrace the rack gear so that, as the long leg of the lever is moved, the guide moves the rack to a position at which the rack meshes with the spur.

Abstract: A power sliding door for a motor vehicle comprises a door structure, a power drive assembly, a latch assembly, and a single motor for operating both the latch assembly and the power drive assembly. The door structure is mounted on a track associated with the motor vehicle, the door structure being movable along the track between opened and closed positions. The power drive assembly is connected with the door and capable of being driven to move the door along the track between the opened and closed positions. The latch assembly is mounted on the door and movable between latched and unlatched positions. The single motor is mounted on the door structure operatively connected with both the power drive assembly and the latch assembly. The motor drives the power drive assembly and thus enables the power drive assembly to move the door along the track between the opened and closed positions.