Abstract: A damper interposed between a stationary portion and a movable portion for attenuating or inhibiting vibrations or shock propagated from the stationary portion to the movable portion in an electronic equipment. The damper, which has its one end and its other end mounted on the movable portion and on the stationary portion, respectively, has its main body portion formed of flexible butyl rubber. The main body portion has a hollow portion and a protuberant portion having a shaft-inserting hole and which is protruding towards the hollow portion. The protuberant portion has an outer diameter equal to not less than 2.3 times the inner diameter of the shaft inserting hole. In the hollow portion of the main body portion is enclosed a viscous fluid, such as silicone oil.

Abstract: An integrated system for protecting and fastening pipes to a supporting structure, in particular to a vehicle body, by means of threaded pins welded to the vehicle body, the system including at least one supporting element defined by a one-piece body or clip in turn including a central portion with a through hole housing, in use, a sleeve which fastens on to a threaded pin, at least one seat for a pipe, and a flat circular supporting region surrounding the hole on the side eventually facing the vehicle body; and a protection element integrated with the clip and defined by a channel, which provides for protecting the pipes and is connected laterally to the clip by a thin flexible strip which flexes to enable the channel to be rotated 180.degree.

Abstract: A hanger which accommodates walls made of gypsum boards of varying thickness while allowing heavy items to be hung from the hanger. The hanger features a front plate, a backing plate and a hanger-screw. The item to be hung being suspended from the hanger-screw. The hanger is inserted into a perforation or hanger opening in the gypsum board. The hanger is introduced into the hanger hole so as to allow the backing plate to rotate about the hook of the front plate. The front plate is then pulled toward the user until the backing plate contacts a back wall of the gypsum board. The front plate is then bent in a direction so as to be substantially parallel to the backing plate and the gypsum board and so that complementary attachment holes in the backing plate and the front plate align so that the hanger-screw can engage both sets of holes. The hanger-screw is engaged into the backing plate and front plate and the gypsum board up until the stop portion of the hanger-screw abuts the front plate.

Abstract: The present invention comprises an elongated plastic hook assembly for the support of a sign or the like from an anchor secured to an elongated ceiling tile support member. The elongated hook assembly includes an elongated shaft having a first or upper end and a second or lower end with a first connection means arranged at the first or upper end of the elongated shaft and a hook member arranged at the second or lower end of the elongated shaft. The hook member and the elongated shaft have an annular locking segment connectively arranged therebetween. A web extends across the hook member to provide line of support for any further hook assembly saddled thereon, to minimize movement between any hook assemblies so connected.

Abstract: A container holder is described having a support member (9) that is both pivotally and slidingly attached to a frame (14) attached to part of the body structure (13) of a motor vehicle. The support member (9) is moveable from a stored or concealed position to an in use position by a combination of sliding and pivotal movement with respect to the frame (14).

Abstract: A safety cable system to which the lanyard of a worker's safety harness may be slidably connected while erecting a steel framework. The system includes a number of stanchion assemblies adapted to be mounted on a structural I-beam before the beam is lifted into position. These include a main stanchion, at least one intermediate stanchion and an end stanchion. The main stanchion has a cable supply reel that may be locked in a secured position to maintain desired tension once the end of the cable is connected to an end stanchion. The cable reel can be released to permit extension of the cable along a new beam to another end stanchion.

Abstract: A shelf for being positioned on a generally parallelpiped shaped appliance is provided. The appliance has a top surface and first and second side surfaces extending therefrom. The shelf includes a platform on which articles may be placed and a first leg having a first end and a second end. The first end of the first leg is connected to the platform. The second end of the first leg includes one or more interlocking members configured to securely engage one of the surfaces of the appliance. The shelf includes a second leg having a first end and a second end. The first end of the second leg is connected to the platform. The second end of the second leg includes one or more interlocking members configured to securely engage one of the surfaces of the appliance whereby the first and second legs support the platform above the top surface of the appliance.

Abstract: A pole connector and a detachable sectional pole wherein the pole connector, at one end, is securely insertable into one end of a section of the pole, while another end of the connector defines a set of at least three fins protruding from that pole section for removably attaching to a mouth of another pole section. The pole connector may be made of two to four or more segments. The sectional pole has more than one section, each with a pole connector securably inserted into one end with the other end being a mouth adapted to removably connect to a pole connector protruding from another pole section. The sectional pole has a support member adapted to attach to an external object, maintain approximate vertical stability, and protect the external object from damage while so attached. The sectional pole also has one or more holding members which are either concealable within the sectional pole or removable from the sectional pole and which are adapted to hold external objects thereon.

Abstract: In a joint-arm awning comprising an arrangement for the adjustment or setting of the angle of inclination, the joints alms being disposed on a support pipe which can be mounted on the wall by way of fastening brackets, it is provided, with a view to obtaining a constructionally simple solution requiring only a low number of components, that the arrangement for the setting of the angle of inclination is disposed on the fastening brackets in such a way that the angle of inclination of the support pipe is adjustable in relation to the fastening brackets.

Abstract: An adjustable leg for use with benches, stilts, and the like, the leg including a first strut having a first strut end wall defining an outer surface, the first strut end wall having a first aperture therein, a second elongate strut, the second elongate strut having a second strut end wall and being telescopically received in the first strut, the first strut end wall being adjacent the second strut end wall, the second strut end wall having a plurality of second apertures, a lever journalled for rotational movement about an axis outward of the outer surface on the first strut end wall, the lever having a first portion on one side of the axis of rotation and a second portion on the other side of the axis of rotation, a resilient biaser to urge the first portion of the lever away from the first strut end wall and a latching dog carried by the second portion of the lever end wall and being in register with the first aperture, the resilient biaser urging the latching dog into the first aperture whereby when the f

Abstract: In its broadest context, the present invention includes a belt with clips at both of its ends. The belt further includes male and female buckle elements slidably secured along the intermediate length of the belt. In use, the clips are secured to an adjacent wall via screws or the like. Thereafter, the buckle elements can be secured to one another thereby creating an intermediate loop of adjustable size. Such intermediate loop is specifically adapted to be formed about an object to be secured, such as a Christmas tree.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a one-piece cabinet base, including: a horizontal, generally rectangular, planar, cabinet receiving surface on which to place a cabinet; vertical supports at either end of the horizontal surface, formed of one piece with the horizontal surface and depending therefrom; and horizontal base plates at lower ends of the vertical supports and formed of one piece with the vertical supports.

Abstract: An improved multi-functional stand that uses a swivel device and a hinge to allow a display unit to be adjusted in any angle relative to the stand. The stand has a speaker and has connections on a rear portion of the stand housing for both a power cable and a plurality of signal cables. The cables are connected to an interface circuit board and the power and image signals are then transferred to the main circuit board through a cable that runs through the stand and is inserted into the display device.

Abstract: A computer mouse support comprising a mouse-supporting pad in a generally rectangular configuration. The pad is formed of an upper component of a semi-rigid foam and constitutes about seventy percent of the thicknesses of the pad with an exposed upper surface adapted to receive a computer mouse and with a lower component of a soft foam secured to the lower surface of the upper component for constituting a resilient surface positionable on a user's lap or leg.

Abstract: A device to secure a trunk lid in an open position is disclosed. The device comprises a telescoping shaft with two ends. These two ends secure the two portions of the latch system of an automobile. Most automobiles have a pair of jaws on one part of this latching system and a transverse rod on the other part of the latching system. When the trunk lid is closed normally, the jaws grip the rod to lock the trunk lid closed. In the present invention, one end of the device has a loop to secure within the jaws and the other end of the device has a notch and locking pin to straddle and secure itself to the rod. A metal extension on the notched end in electrical connection with the loop at the other end of the present device can be used to trick an electrically operated trunk lid into thinking the lid is fully closed when the present device is actually in place.

Abstract: Mourning apparatus for retaining and isolating a machine subject to vibratory forces. A base plate having a series of raised bosses on its top surface is equipped with rubber grommets that are received upon each boss. Each grommet has an expanded foot and an elongated body that is insertable into the mounting hole of a machine support bracket. A weakened section is provided in the top part of each body that expands radially when the body is compressed to provide an upper flange for capturing the support bracket between the foot piece and the upper flange. Each grommet is compressed by passing a bolt axially through the grommet and through the bolt into the boss.

Abstract: A duster pedestal comprises a main body, a plurality of fins and an annular seat which are capable of being easily and rapidly assembled together thereby supporting an inserted duster in straight, or resolved thereby folding in a limited space advantageous to the transportation, storage, delivery and packing thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus is proposed for supporting a device, the apparatus having at least one foot with an undercut. The apparatus has a depression for accepting the foot and an engaging mechanism with a projection. When the device is moved toward the apparatus, the undercut presses against the projection and thereby displaces the engaging mechanism. As soon as an upper edge of the undercut moves below a lower edge of the projection, the engaging mechanism moves back toward its starting position and thereby engages the undercut of the foot.

Abstract: A holder for an article of the type having a handle at one end and a working member at the opposite end, includes first and second fingers or arms extending in substantially parallel, spaced relation to each other to receive the article handle between them. One described embodiment is constructed as a flat blank of stiff sheet material for holding toothbrushes or similar articles. The flat blank is provided with cut and fold lines to define a pair of side sections normally spaced laterally apart, and a pair of strips separated from each other by cut lines and joined to the side sections by fold lines such that when the two side sections are moved toward each other to a mounting condition, the pair of strips become bowed outwardly of the side sections to serve as the upper and lower arms for supporting the articles between them.

Abstract: An adjustable foot of a piece of furniture or support, having an adjusting arrangement formed from an internal adjusting part and a sleeve element displaceably mounted on the internal adjusting part. With a simple structure, a multiple variability of the foot of a piece of furniture or support is possible when the sleeve element is configured as a connector element, the outer surface of which is adapted to the internal diameter of an external profile for insertion into the external profile and has an abutment, on which the external profile is supported in the inserted position.