Abstract: A lid support is described for a food warming vessel which includes lid support arm comprising a channel with a pair of parallel vertical flanges connected by a center panel and a lid connector supported at the free end of the arm and extending downwardly between the flanges. The connector comprises a retaining member formed from sheet material with at least one recess for the handle of a cover with structure for securing the handle in the recess of the connector.

Abstract: The window shade track hook carrier includes a body of plastic, metal, ceramic or the like which is adapted to slide or roll freely in a shade track and bear a depending shade hook which is adapted to extend out of an opening in the bottom or side of the track. The carrier body has a window shade cord passageway extending longitudinally therethrough for holding such cord in the track. The track passageway is preferably lined with slippery plastic, smooth metal or the like low friction material to reduce abrasion of the cord and facilitate relative movement of the carrier and cord in the track. In one embodiment the body has a pair of body-centering rotatable wheels of plastic or the like disposed on opposite sides of the body. In another embodiment, the body has a pair of low friction skids on opposite sides of the body. In a third embodiment, the body is cylindrical and solid, with a low friction exterior, curved sidewalls and flat front and rear.

Abstract: A hanger bracket for the split rail of a horizontal sliding door assembly is provided with an aperture into which a dependent tab on a flashing support bracket extends, and a resilient tongue on the flashing support bracket fits under the hanger bracket to removably attach the flashing support bracket to the hanger bracket.

Abstract: Spring closing device for door or the like, comprising at least two hinges, each one comprising two components articulated on an axis and one of which, known as the mobile component, is fixed on the door and the other of which, known as the fixed component, is fixed on the post of this door, whereby a flexible spring torsion bar is also provided between this door and its post so as to bring it back automatically into the closed position, a device characterized in that the elastic component comprises a steel spring torsion bar (6) connecting the fixed component of a hinge to the mobile component of another hinge.

Abstract: A position retentive hinge assembly is provided in which two bodies are swing about one or more axially aligned hinge pins. The first body has at least two paired supports holding the one or more hinge pins. The second body has a receiving and retaining portion for each hinge pin. The inner end face of at least one support is non-planar and cooperates with a non-planar opposed adjacent end face of a receiving and retaining portion of the second body. A spring confined between a support and an end face urges the non-planar opposed faces together and position retentive cam and cam follower action is had as the bodies are swung pivotally.

Abstract: Hinge particularly adapted for wallets, purses, paper-holders, or the like, consisting of two hinge members (1, 2) which are made of leather or similar flexible material, and which along one edge thereof are each provided with a row of comb-like, spaced apart co-axial tubular segments (3, 3'), the tubular segments (3) in one hinge member (1) being fitted between the tubular segments (3') in the other hinge member (2). A hinge pin (4) passed through the tubular segments (3, 3') in the two hinge members (1, 2) is in the form of a cylindrical helical spring (4) which is held in place by holding pins (5, 5') fitted in the ends of the helical spring (4) and provided with enlarged outward heads (205).

Abstract: A clip for securing a carpet fixing strip relative to a floor, comprises a first part which, in use, engages over the fixing strip and constrains the strip against movement relative to the floor, a second part connected to the first part and, in use, extending towards, and engaging with, an adjacent upright surface, a third part also connected to the first part and in use extending generally away from the upright surface, the third part, in use, being connected to the floor, so that, the clip is held against movement away from the upright surface by virtue of the third part being connected to the floor, and the engagement between the second part of the clip and the upright surface holds the first part rigid so as to constrain the carpet fixing strip against lifting/rotational movement due to the tension applied to a carpet secured to the carpet fixing strip.

Abstract: An annular grommet for supporting lightweight curtains for sliding on a rod has mating halves with flat surfaces. One half has one or more alignment tines extending from the flat surface between its edges at one end and engagement tines at its inner edge at the other end and near the middle. The other half has slots and a hole located so as to receive the tines when the halves are pressed together. The alignment tine enables the halves to be aligned with an aperture in a curtain and with one another for engaging the halves. The grommet may be readily installed and removed by hand, thus facilitating disassembly for laundering.

Abstract: In a hinged structure in which two substantially cylindrical supports (1,2) are hinged together by means of one or more hinges so that they are parallel and closely adjacent, the or each hinge comprises at least two members (3,4) each made of resiliently flexible strip material, each member being S-shaped, passing partially around each support and together with one of the other members forming a letter "x" or figure "8" configuration as seen in a direction along the supports, the ends of the strips being crimped between plates (6,7,8,9) having opposed complementarily profiled surfaces, which plates are attached to the supports or extensions (14,15) of them whereby the strips are tensioned round the supports.

Abstract: An easily molded plastic handle is usable to quickly, firmly and reliably support and retain the narrow flimsy plastic handle strands of one or more plastic bags, and to close such bags.

Abstract: The hand tool has an interchangeable handle member with a particular coupling mechanism. The tool comprises a tool member fixedly disposed at one end of a ferrule member having a socket portion open to receive the tool end section of the handle member. The handle member includes the tool end section at one end thereof and a hand gripping section toward the other end thereof. The tool end section is elongate and extends into the socket portion and includes an outer surface having an inner end and an outer end. A shock absorbing mechanism is located intermediate the inner and outer ends of the tool end section along the outer surface thereof. The shock absorbing mechanism is effective to provide a tightened fit between the ferrule member and the tool end section when the ferrule member is slidingly displaced over the outer surface of the tool end section.

Abstract: A hinge assembly for a vehicle is provided having an internal passageway defined by mated slotted portions of the hinge and the door jamb, check assembly, mounted on the hinge and having a specifically configured free end extending through the passageway, and detent arrangement, mounted on the interior of the door jamb for engagement with the specifically configured free end of the check assembly to restrain rotation of the door in a primary intermediate open position. The specifically configured free end of the check assembly and the detent arrangement cooperated with one another so as to alternatively restrain rotation of the door in the primary intermediate open position and a less open secondary intermediate open position, and the check assembly is formed for releasable engagement with the detent arrangement to permit free rotation of the door to a fully open position.

Abstract: The furniture hinge with snap closure has a housing that can be sunk in a recess of a door part and articulates with a hinge arm through at least one joint plate, the hinge arm being detachably connectable with a mounting plate fastened to the furniture part by two or more fastening and adjusting screws. The connection between the hinge arm and the mounting plate on the furniture side is designed as a snap closure with a spring-loaded rotary slider pivoting at the end of the furniture-side part of the hinge away from the door. The furniture-side mounting plate has a two-part design, the bottom section bearing the spring-loaded rotary slider and the top section being connected with the hinge arm. Form-fitting connections are arranged between the top section and the bottom section of the mounting plate that center automatically in both the direction of the longitudinal axis of the hinge and in the direction vertical thereto when the two sections are guided toward each other in order to close the hinge.

Abstract: An improved automotive hood hinge has a pair of plates fixed to the hood and the body, one mounting a fixed pivot pivotally and translationally engaging a slot formed on the other. A single stabilizing link controls the simultaneous pivotal and translational movement of the hood during opening and closing.

Abstract: An improved security hinge is provided in which security control wires pass through only one or two knuckles of a hinge whereby improved structural integrity of the hinge is achieved. Slots are cut through the body of the hinge which extend only part way through the thickness of the body of the hinge, and which are located between fastener openings whereby the integrity of the body of the hinge is not impaired. Furthermore, the security control wires extend through only one or two knuckles of the hinge, leaving one or more knuckles undisturbed, whereby the structural integrity of the knuckle portion of the hinge is not impaired. In an alternative embodiment, a hollow sleeve is formed from hardened steel through which the security control wires pass, whereby even greater structural integrity is achieved.

Abstract: Furniture is disclosed having concealed wheels which are supported and concealed by exposed and decoratively finished structural members of the furniture. Separate wheel shrouds or other add-on devices for concealing the wheels therefore are not needed. A method of constructing the concealed wheel support also is disclosed.

Abstract: An improved snap-toggle hinge for furniture comprising a toggle segment and a first pivot arm both combined with a base plate, the toggle segment connected with a pin by way of a shaft, the shaft surrounded by a helical spring, a foot provided in the toggle segment able to insert in between two fixing pins provided in the second pivot arm when this hinge becomes closed up.

Abstract: An adjustable hinge is set forth wherein a hinge utilized for mounting doors and furniture and the like may be mounted for adjustment and alignment of adjacent surface of such furniture mounted for pivoting by the hinge. A first hinge plate is pivotally mounted to a second overfolded hinge plate providing aligned surfaces of said first and second hinge plate portions that are vertically adjustable relative to one another. A captured screw with a reduced shank is secured to a first portion of the overfolded hinge plate and threadedly mounted to an overlying second portion whereupon the second portion surface may be adjusted vertically relative to the first portion with a further included captured spring between the first and second portion to eliminate slack between the captured screw and the second portion.

Abstract: A door closer is disclosed having an operating arm with a track traveler which mounts a plurality of rollers. The rollers engage between them the opposite sides of a track on the door. The opposite sides of the track each have outward concave faces. The rollers are ball-shaped, conforming to the faces of the track. A door holder is also disclosed which may be adjustably fixed at a position along the track, the traveler and the holder having the mating parts of a snap fastener which, when engaged, hold releasably the door at a fixed hold-open position.

Abstract: This invention relates to a system for marking the relative position of a mobile element with respect to a fixed element, the mobile element being able to occupy two extreme positions, close or remote, of the type comprising a lever articulated by one of its ends on the fixed element and a guide disposed on the mobile element and cooperating with the lever, the guide being in the vicinity of the articulation of the lever in the close extreme position and being in abutment against the other end of the lever in the remote extreme position. The guide includes rollers mounted for rotation on flexion bars in the mobile element, the rollers being disposed on either side of the lever, pressing it therebetween. At least one undulatory profile is formed on the lever which is capable of cooperating with one of the rollers, so as to immobilize the mobile element in a desired relative position, when the roller is located in one of the troughs of the profile.