Abstract: An automobile vehicle seat slide includes a generally U-shaped female section having two substantially parallel flanges. The slide also has a generally U-shaped male section with two substantially parallel flanges that slide longitudinally between the flanges of the female section. A lock longitudinally locks the male section to the female section, the lock including an elastically flexible strip located inside the slide and having a first end portion that bears crenelations extending laterally beyond the flanges of the male section and passing through cutouts located in the male section flanges, the crenelations also engaging notches made in the flanges of the female section. The strip includes an attachment end portion located at a second end of the strip, opposite the first end. There is at least one pincer formation stamped in each male section flange for gripping a confronting surface of the attachment end portion thereby maintaining the 87strip against a base of the male section.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for securing material. In particular, the invention is basically an S-shaped device comprised of three substantially planar members and two substantially U-shaped connections used in conjunction with a toolbox mounted in a pickup truck. The exact configuration of the device can be modified to fit different types of toolboxes or other vertical supports, for example, inserting an L-shaped section for form fitting toolboxes. The device provides a tie point for securing cargo with ropes or similar restraining material. The device itself is secured by closing the lid of the toolbox and is essentially reversible in application due to its S-shape. Furthermore, the device can be used without restraining material to secure cargo with handles or loops. In this manner, the cargo, such as grocery bags, are secured and transported by looping the cargo handle over the tie point.

Abstract: A keyboard support system attaches to an edge of a work surface. The work surface includes a working surface and an underside. The keyboard support system includes a keyboard platform configured for supporting a keyboard. A U-shaped mounting bracket includes a top wall having a lower surface, a monolithic bottom wall and a middle wall interconnecting the top wall and the bottom wall. The bottom wall has an upper surface and a lower surface with a pair of integral, opposing guide rails projecting therefrom. Each guide rail has a length oriented substantially parallel to the bottom wall. The middle wall is configured to both resiliently bias the lower surface of the top wall against the working surface of the work surface and resiliently bias the upper surface of the bottom wall against the underside of the work surface, thereby clamping the work surface between the top wall and the bottom wall.

Abstract: The invention is an enhancement to video display screens which enables enhanced adjustment to the position of the video display screen. The invention enables a user to easily raise the video display screen a variable number of inches vertically above, for example, the keyboard of a computer, or a desk top, or to move the display closer to or farther away from the viewer. The display adjustment mechanism is enclosed in a compartment behind the display screen and a portion slides out of the compartment as the user lifts the display upward from its lowest position. A pressure release button releases meshed teeth between a lock bar and a stabilizer bar. When engaged, the teeth hold the display in a desired vertical position. The display can also be rotated about 180 degrees in either direction relative to the keyboard, desk top or other device. The display may also be tilted forward or back to position the screen in a desired position.

Abstract: In a support device for supporting mobile articles, particularly for supporting a mobile-telephone in a motor vehicle, which includes a support base having a support plate with a support surface, permanent magnets are embedded in the support surface for holding an article consisting at least partially of a magnetic material which is placed onto the support surface, in firm engagement with the support surface.

Abstract: An installation device for installing a mobile phone onto the dashboard of a vehicle includes a fastening part attached to the rack of a radio in the dashboard and a supporting part for holding the mobile phone which is connected to the fastening part.

Abstract: A tree stand for holding decorative trees such as Christmas trees in an erect and upright disposition, including those tree having less-than-straight trunks, while providing a water-retaining reservoir with water in contact with the tree to provide a water source for the tree. The stand provides for the tree to be securely fastened to the trunk through a lag screw in a bore within the trunk, and further provides an adjustable leveling system for maintaining the tree in a stable upright disposition.

Abstract: A beverage holder composed of hollow cylindrical upper and lower parts, where the parts are rotatable with respect to one another. The upper and lower parts are connected with one another by a plurality of rod-shaped connecting elements (rods). When the two parts are rotated relative to one another, the rods are tilted, such that the inside diameter inside the hollow cylindrical upper and lower parts is reduced. In this manner, a container inserted into the beverage holder is reliably clamped. The rod-shaped connecting elements may be designed "in the manner of a stocking." When an impermeable material is used and the rod-shaped connecting elements are attached in a sealing fashion to the hollow cylindrical assembly and/or the ring, the cylindrical assembly then becomes suitable for allowing a liquid or a gaseous media to flow through it.

Abstract: A cable support that is an improved wire chase for supporting electrical and signal cables, particularly for railroad signal houses. The cable support has several side members between which run cross-support members that are riveted to the side members.

Abstract: A setting foot (1) for positioning machines, for example, on a base, comprises two setting members (2, 8) which can be mutually vertically displaced with respect to one another by a screw thread. The upper setting member (8) comprises a spherical surface, along which a bearing plate (17) with a spherical surface can slide. A first flexible sealing ring (21) may be accommodated between the lower (2) and the upper setting member (8), and, in the event of rotation of the upper setting member (8), bridges the spacing between the two setting members (2, 8). As a result, contamination of the screw thread is prevented. A second sealing ring (27) may be positioned along the outer circumference of the bearing plate (17), so that the curved surfaces are protected from the lateral penetration of dirt or moisture. A height indication (23) may be accommodated along the outer circumference of the upper or lower setting member (2, 8), which height indication can be covered by the sealing element (21).

Abstract: An assembly for mounting a lighting fixture on a tree includes a mounting plate having a flat mounting surface and angled flanges on opposite sides of said surface with slots in the flanges. A metal strap is secured to one of said flanges, passed through a clutch in two layers leaving a take-up loop on the opposite side of the clutch from the mounting plate. The free end of the strap is wrapped around the tree and passed through a slot on the opposite flange, being doubled over upon itself and clamped down with a screw and locking plate. The free end of the strap is then secured to the adjacent band with a clamp. The clutch consists of a housing carrying a pair of blocks between which two layers of the strap are passed to provide a take-up loop.

Abstract: A motor mount for an electric motor includes a single piece pedestal-like support structure having a pair of quick disconnect mounting clips, which attach the electric motor thereto. Specifically, the motor mount includes a pair of spaced apart substantially vertically extending support legs. The upper ends of the legs include a support recess therein adapted to receive mating structure on axially spaced ends of the motor. The upper end of each of the legs further includes two openings therein, one on each of the opposite sides of the support recess. Each of the openings has a transverse extending retaining ledge formed therein. A pair of motor mounting clips are provided, each of which is adapted to be installed on one of the pair of support legs. Each of the clips includes a support recess therein adapted to receive the mating structure on the axially spaced ends of the motor to be mounted. Each mounting clip further includes two flexible latches, one on each side of the support recess.

Abstract: In the vessel holder for an automobile-mounted console box, the wobble of a vessel ie: cup or the like caused by the vibration and the like of an automobile is particularly prevented. A console box 10 includes a box main body 20 and a lid 40. The box main body 20 has a hollow structure with its upper surface opened and the rid is openably and closably attached to the open upper surface of the box main body 20. The lid 40 includes a cup inserting hole 70 and a sliding door 90. The cup inserting hole 70 passes through the lid 40 in a vertical direction. The sliding door 90 is slidably held by sliding rails 80 disposed to the lid 40 and opens and closes the cup inserting hole 70. The sliding door 90 is slid so as to be abutted against the periphery of cups A B C inserted into the cup inserting hole 70 and holds them between it and the inner edge of the cup inserting hole 70 by adjusting the amount of opening of the cup inserting hole 70.

Abstract: A system for holding pages comprising a plastic hollow housing partially filled with ballast and having a flat base, and a groove in the housing for holding pages. The groove has a center and outer regions and a horizontal cross section in a shallow "V" shape. The groove wall spacing is approximately constant throughout, and protrusions extending from the inner surface of a first lip near the center region of the groove and from the other wall of the groove near the outer regions of the groove create substantial friction and gripping ability.

Abstract: An all-dimensional display device includes a base, a support, and a display. The base has one side provided with an opening at an intermediate portion thereof, with opposed holes formed on opposite sides that define the opening. At least one of the holes of the base accommodates a retaining element. The support has a width matching the length of the opening of the base and one end provided with pins projecting from both sides thereof. The pins are insertable into the holes of the base so that the support is pivotally turnable with respect to the base. The display includes a display board, a display screen, and a pivotal connecting element pivotally connecting the display to the support so that the display can turn forwardly and rearwardly as well as horizontally with respect to the support.

Abstract: The swivel hinge includes a swivel element with apertures and a base element with a swivel shaft which is journaled for rotation within the apertures. The apertures include radially inwardly extending fingers which position the swivel shaft and are formed as molding gates for molding windows which are provided in common for initially molding the base element and the swivel member as a single integral piece. Subsequent rotation breaks the molding gates and the vestiges form the fingers.

Abstract: A remote control stand for supporting a remote control above a floor surface so that the remote control is easily retrievable by a user. The remote control stand includes a base with a tubular post upwardly extending from the base. The post has a top end with an opening into the lumen of the post. A first end of an elongate flexible member is extended into the lumen of the post through the opening of the top end of the post such that a second end of the elongate flexible member outwardly extends from the top end of the top post. A weight is disposed in the lumen of the post and coupled to the first end of the elongate flexible member. The second end of the elongate flexible member is designed for attaching a remote control thereto.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical control or signaling apparatus such as a push-button or indicator lamp consisting of a tubular body (12) which can be inserted into an aperture in a surface (13) and capable of fitting, using locking means (24), to a base (2) designed to receive at least one electrical unit (4) and comprising fastening means (3) acting on the inner side of the surface and characterized by the fact that the base (2) fits onto the tubular body (12) to which it is fastened by a sliding lock (24) and fastening means (3) consisting of a pivoting yoke (3) provided with two anchoring forks (33,34) mounted on hinges (35-221) to the base so that their free ends lie on either side of the movable section (25) of the lock (24), said yoke bearing a tightening screw (31).

Abstract: A locking device for multiple section telescope tubes that locks the telescoping tubes in any position of extension and releases the leg sections sequentially from the bottom up by depressing a push rod. The push rod releases a pin or ball that clamps the internal surface of an outer leg to the surface of an inner leg, thereby preventing an inner leg from sliding within the outer leg. The device can be used on any telescoping device. For example, the locking device may be used with tripods for cameras, painter's easels, telescopes, and other optical instruments, as a single multi-section stand for music, microphones, light stands, canes, walking sticks, flagpoles, umbrellas, handles, tent poles, or for devices such as radio antennae or pointing devices.

Abstract: A support for sheet music on a piano type instrument comprises a longitudinal block positioned on the ledge in front of the music stand and behind the raised ridge along the front of the ledge. The block has a trapezoidal cross section with a rearwardly inclined upper surface to hold the music pages against the music stand while raising the level of the bottoms of the music sheets above the raised ridge to permit a pianist to turn the pages freely without interference by the ridge.