Abstract: A fencing system includes a vertically elongated post mount mountable on a foundation and one or more post inserts mounted on the post mount to provide a stable structure for fastening thereto rail mounting brackets and associated rails. Each post insert extends outwardly from the post mount and typically abuts an inner surface of a hollow post. Fasteners extend from the rail mounting bracket through the post and into the post insert to provide a strong connection for the mounting of the rail mounting bracket and rail. The post inserts may be mounted on the post mount without tools. One of the post inserts serves as a spacer for setting the height of associated rail mounting brackets and rails. The spacer may include two members which are removably connected to one another via a friction fit to provide various benefits.

Abstract: A tube assembling device consisting of hub-carriers and hubs for erecting three-dimensional structures. The hub-carriers consist of two pairs of half-rings, bearing tongues offset by 90° along an antero-posterior axis and linked by four connecting lugs, they support radial hook-shaped expansions. The hub-carriers can link two tubes in a fixed or balanced position, can be fixed at the tube end, can be fixed along a tube and support hubs. The hubs support tongues are positioned folded or unfolded inside the tubes used for the construction of the radial expansions into rings and catching teeth internal to the rings. The assembly enables the hubs and hub-carriers to be linked by tubes or elastic links and constitute by folding or combining the hubs and hub-carriers nodes for modelling structures of numerous types from a reduced number or elements.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pipe joint device, according to which two pipe members can be easily connected and disassembled without causing the abrupt discharge of the fluid from the pipe members. A ring shaped first retaining member is mounted on a second pipe member and comprises; a ring portion; multiple leg portions axially extending from the ring portion and circumferentially arranged at equal intervals; and multiple first retaining portions formed at each free end of the leg portions and projecting radially and inwardly, so that the first retaining portions are inserted into apertures of the second pipe member. The above first retaining portions return to the initial shape after a first pipe member has been completely inserted into the second pipe member, so that the first pipe member is axially retained by the first retaining portions at an outwardly expanded portion of the first pipe member.

Abstract: A fence brace assembly, and method for assembling a fence brace assembly comprising at least one post, at least one member, at least one joint connection comprising an opening in a stabilizing surface, at least one tab-slot in a securing surface, wherein the member has at least one tab, the member passes through the opening in the stabilizing surface, and the tabs engage the tab slots in the tab-slots in the securing surface. Also a kit for assembling a fence brace assembly having component parts capable of being assembled in the field and adapted for use with a plurality of fence posts.

Abstract: A fence post anchor comprising a lower portion, first and second supporting arms, and first and second main arms, made out of a single piece of material. The supporting arms wrap around the front face of a metal fence post and ensure that the anchor will bend above the supporting arms rather than at the base. The supporting arms can lie side by side in the same vertical plane or overlap and lock together with tabs and cut-outs or form a notch. The main arms can be flat or rounded at their top edge and can include folded flanges that tuck behind the front face of the fence post. The first and second main arms spread outward and provide resistance if the fence post is subject to upward pressure. A fence post anchor comprising first and second front arms and first and second rear supporting members with outwardly extending flanges.

Abstract: A rocker pendulum for a motor vehicle, has an elongated, especially hollow basic body (1). The basic body (1, 11, 21, 31) has at least one section (1a, 11a, 21a, 31a), which forms or has a bearing shell of a ball and socket joint.

Abstract: A fence having tubular rails, tubular pickets and tubular posts formed from pultruded fiberglass has several advantageous features. Lightweight fiberglass components are very strong and will not rust like metal fencing and do not require frequent maintenance like wood fencing. Pultruded fiberglass components are easy to manufacture and transport and the finished fence can be assembled using conventional fasteners. Once formed the components of this fence system can be bundled in easy to ship sets for assembly in the field. The fence system adapts well to difficult yards to fence because it can be modified with conventional hand tools.

Abstract: A webbing connector comprises first and second inter-engageable components (44, 46) and connecting means (58) co-operable with the components (44, 46) to secure the components (44, 46) to one another. The connecting means may comprise a connecting pin.

Abstract: A releasable self-centering keyless bushing assembly connects two machine elements, such as a hub to a shaft. The assembly includes an outer ring having two tapered inner peripheral surfaces, wherein each of the tapered surfaces has a different taper angle, and an inner cone having two tapered outer peripheral surfaces that have identical taper angles to the tapered peripheral surfaces of the outer ring. The outer ring and the inner cone are drawn together by screws that expand and contract the assembly to connect the hub to the shaft.

Abstract: A fastener is provided particularly useful for securing automobile headliners to automobile roofs. The fastener includes a clip connectable to the headliner and a magnet assembly that can be secured to the roof. The magnet assembly can tilt relative to the clip.

Abstract: A gate stop that extends from the rear lip across the back and side of the gate with a cantilevered portion diverging from the gate across the closure fence post. The gate stop has a plurality of apertures for the placement therein of fasteners to secure the gate stop to the gate. Once installed, the force generated from the engaging gate stop and the fence post are evenly dissipated across the gate preventing warping of the gate or varying torsional forces on the hinges.

Abstract: An apparatus for shielding a fence post from foreign elements includes a collar section with integral sidewalls, one detachable sidewall, a base extending about a perimeter of the collar section, and a mechanism for preventing fluid from traveling distally and medially of an outer wall of the fence post and an inner perimeter of the collar. The detachable sidewall is provided with oppositely spaced tongue portion and the collar section has a pair of grooves formed therein. The tongue and groove portions are slidably engageable with each other so that the apparatus can be assembled and disassembled by moving the detachable sidewall along a substantially vertical plane. The fluid blocking mechanism preferably includes a rubber seal contiguously positioned medially of the fence post and collar section.

Abstract: Two-step protruding portions are provided in a cover of a pulley for hooking the cover on the pulley. When a bridging part is broken, a driving-unit-side portion of the bridging part is outwardly displaced in a rotation axis direction of the pulley. The first-step protruding portion of the cover thereby slips out from a hooking state. However, after the driving-unit-side portion mounts on the driven-unit-side portion, no further force acts outwardly in the rotation axis direction. As a result, the second-step protruding portion of the cover is hooked on the pulley, so that the cover can be fixed to the pulley. This results in inhibiting broken bridging parts or dampers from dispersing.

Abstract: A quick coupler formed of two identical sectors that snap lock together in a radially inward direction relative to a central axis of an annular hole passing through the coupler. The coupler is in the form of a nut or housing for surrounding the ends of two conduits that are to be coupled. The annular hole extends between opposite end faces and has structure near each end face. The structure at one end of the annular hole comprises a flange for retaining a first conduit when the sectors are snapped surroundingly snapped together on the end of the first conduit. The structure at the other end of the annular hole has circumferentially spaced lugs for cooperation with bosses on the second conduit in a bayonet quick coupling fashion. The combination of the coupler with first and second conduits having cooperating structure enabling the coupler to join the conduits in sealed fluid communication.

Abstract: A weld between a tube yoke and a driveshaft tube can accommodate a greater amount of torsional shear stresses and, therefore, increase the load carrying capacity of a driveshaft assembly. The driveshaft assembly includes a yoke having a sleeve portion and a driveshaft tube having an end that extends about the sleeve portion of the yoke. The end of the tube is secured to the sleeve portion of the yoke by a weld having a shape that traverses multiple planes, such as a sinusoidal, saw-tooth, or square tooth shape. The weld occupies a greater area and, thus, has a greater surface contact between the sleeve portion of the yoke and the end of the driveshaft tube. The force vectors of the torsional shear stress sustained by the weld are in multiple planes. As a result, the force vectors of the torsional shear stress impinge the welds at different angles, and the weld has a greater load carrying capacity.

Abstract: A fence construction system and a method for building such a fence are provided. The fence looks like a wall and has wall characteristics, such as a post-tension condition, but is much less expensive and easier to build. The method includes the steps of erecting a plurality of fence posts including two end fence posts, erecting two stressing posts within and closely adjacent the two end fence posts, placing a respective spacer between each stressing post and the adjacent end post, stringing a plurality of high-tension tensile wires between the two end posts, tensioning the high-tension tensile wires, securing the high-tension tensile wires to the fence posts, securing wire lath to the pre-stressed high-tension tensile wires and fence posts, applying fence coating material to the wire lath, cutting the high-tension tensile wires between the end fence posts and the stressing posts, and removing the spacers.

Abstract: A picket fence and rail mounting system that is easily transformable by the consumer into a variety of aesthetic styles is provided. The system comprises at least an upper and a lower elongate rail. Each rail has a hollow interior defining a substantially I-shaped cross-section including at least a first slot and a second slot. A plurality of pickets are transversely slidable through openings in an upper surface of the rails and a channel in a lower surface. The pickets each have at least a first notch or indentation near a first end and a second notch or indentation near a second end. The distance from the first end to the first notch or indentation is preferably shorter than the distance from the second end to the second notch or indentation. An elongate retaining rod slidable within at least one rail cooperates with a notch or indentation on each picket to secure the picket to the rail.

Abstract: A ball-and-socket joint (1) is provided with a housing (2) closed by a cover (3), with a bearing shell (5, 6) and a joint ball (4) accommodated therein rotatably and tiltably with a ball pivot. The bearing shell (6) provided with projections and offsets on its outside as well as an entropy-elastic, pretensioned spring element (7) are fixed by the cover (3) in the housing (2). The bearing shell is formed by lower and upper bearing shells (5, 6), both of which are closed, and the lower bearing shell (5) extending partially over the upper bearing shell (6) is provided on its overarching inside (5b) and the upper bearing shell (6) is provided on its outside (6a) with the projections and offsets (20, 21; 11, 12) with which the entropy-elastic spring element (7) cooperates in a positive-locking and/or non-positive manner under the action of the cover (3) in its closed position and nonrotatably couples the two bearing shells (5, 6) with one another.

Abstract: A pull through fence clip is provided which is made of a single length of rod that is bent or shaped to form a device having an axis composed of two pins located at either end and a centrally located square-shaped body. The pull through fence clip is attached to a fence post by use of a commonly available post staple clip. The use of the present invention securely attaches a section of fencing wire to a fence post while allowing the individual fence wire to freely move along the line described by its longitudinal axis. The importance of this design is that it allows the fence to flex and compensate for changing conditions without impacting the general integrity and aesthetic quality of the fence as a whole.

Abstract: A turnbuckle device (10) for clamping concrete shell elements (35, 36) comprises stationary claws (14, 15) and pivotable claws (24, 25) which can be clamped with the stationary claws (14, 15) via a wedge (28) on two neighboring concrete shell elements (35, 36) in that the claws (14, 15, 24, 25) engage in profilings on the frame of the concrete shell elements (35, 36). The stationary claws (14, 15) have archings (18) which engage behind transverse struts (34) or longitudinal struts (33) of a concrete shell element (36). The turnbuckle device (10) is displaceably held on the concrete shell element (36) via the archings (18). If the claws (14, 15, 24, 25) are within the concrete shell element (36), the turnbuckle device (10) can be displaced on the concrete shell element (36) in a longitudinal direction of the transverse strut (34 ) only that far that the turnbuckle device (10) does not project over an outer edge (39) of the concrete shell element (36).