Abstract: A lock and emergency release system for a door normally power operated by a door operator. The system comprises a lock displaceable between an idle position to a functional position in which opening of the door by the door operator is prevented. An emergency release handle is manually operable for simultaneously displacing the lock to its idle position and releasing the door from the door operator, thereby allowing the door to be manually opened.

Abstract: An article of jewelry with ornamental male and female inserts that are reversible relative to their frame. The inserts form an opening on top to accept wire from a balled wire attached to the tubing on the frame. The balled wire allows the inserts to be flipped easily, while a wire, passing through the tubing, is the axis of rotation. A spring wire is attached to the bottom of the frame and fits into a notch formed by the mating inserts to secure the inserts in place. A stop is positioned on the back of the frame to prevent the inserts from extending beyond the back of the frame.

Abstract: A device for enhancing the fastening of the top button of a dress shirt comprises a latch member having a tab portion and a hook portion. The tab portion is adapted to be sewn to the button hole placket at the top of the shirt so that the hook portion may engage the top button.

Abstract: A gemstone setting is disclosed with rounded gemstones with outer faceted surfaces, each gemstone forming an outwardly contoured or convex gemstone configuration which is invisibly set in flush, surface to surface, mating relation within the setting. A section of a rounded gemstone is cut away, leaving a concave inset within and a curved concave inner surface on the gemstone. This concave configuration allows the partially cut away gemstone to mate in flush, surface to surface relation with the convex outer surface of the adjacent gemstone. Grooves within the side facets of the gemstone invisibly set the gemstones in position within supporting housings. The setting of gemstones in this fashion, employing surface to surface flush mating contact, can be used in infinite jewelry designs which employ rounded, curved edge, contoured or generally convex configured gemstones.

Abstract: Disclosed is a snap lock device for a sliding door of a machine casing, which sliding door is preferably reinforced on at least one side by a sheet metal fold or a hollow rectangular profile, with a handle which is swivelably mounted at the reinforced side of the sliding door and which cooperates with a latch bolt device, and with a retaining device for receiving the latch bolt when the door is closed, this retaining device being arranged on or accommodated in a door frame or in a profile defining an opening in the machine casing. The handle comprises a bar whose ends are supported around a swivel pin extending parallel to the reinforced side of the door leaf and located behind the door leaf or inside the sheet metal fold or hollow profile, the ends of the bar being received in a bar holder, and at least one of the two bar holders is coupled with a hook which is mounted so as to be swivelable coaxially to the swivel pin and has free travel and forms the lock latch.

Abstract: A method of and system used for venting out buildup of explosive gases in a manhole caused by an explosion and including a support frame, a two inch thick plate member positioned on top of the support frame, a plurality of restraining assemblies and a manhole cover for covering the manhole. The support frame and the plate member are embedded into a street and positioned above the manhole, where openings are aligned with the manhole. Three retaining assemblies are positioned on opposite sides of the manhole cover. Each retaining assembly includes a rod, a stop plate, a coil spring, a support plate and a nut. The rod extends downwardly through the dirt and the horizontal concrete base ledge, where the stop plate, the coil spring, the support plate and the nut are positioned and secured to the other end of the rod.

Abstract: A necklace assembly is constructed to be either worn as a necklace or releasably attached to a display stand. The necklace assembly is comprised of a pendant having at least one passage and at three openings with each opening communicated with at least one other opening through at least one passage with a continuous cord slidably received therein to form at least three adjustable loops external to the pendant. The loops of cord are accessible at the openings in the pendant and can be either adjusted to be worn as a necklace or to be releasably attached to a display stand.

Abstract: A secondary latch (38) for a vehicle hood (34) includes a secondary latch member (90) that is mounted on the vehicle body (22) by a pin and slot mounting connection (98) for pivotal movement between latched and unlatched positions with respect to an associated striker (40) on the hood and for translational movement between a lower retracted position and an upper extended position.

Abstract: A door closing mechanism for pulling a door tight to a frame to which the door is mounted comprises a latch arm assembly having a latch arm pivotally secured to a panel of the door and pivotable between a first, open position and a second, latched position. An activating mechanism is operably connected to the latch arm assembly by a connecting apparatus and actuates the latch arm between its first and second positions. A latch member is secured to the jamb in which the door is mounted and is arranged and constructed so that when the latch arm is moved into its second, closed position, the latch arm engages the latch member and exerts force upon the latch member in a direction substantially normal to the plane of the door so as to cause the door to contact the door frame over substantially its entire height.

Abstract: A case lock is disclosed to include a fixed retaining member and a movable lock body assembly respectively fastened to the top and bottom cover shells of a case for locking the case. The movable lock body assembly includes a front cover, an actuating member pivoted to the front cover, a sliding retainer, a link pivoted between the actuating member and the sliding retainer and adapted to move the sliding retainer in an axial direction while the link is driven by the actuating member and moved along with said actuating member, and a back cover covered on the front cover and defining with the front cover a space in which the actuating member, the link and the sliding retainer are positioned.

Abstract: Coated metal peroxides, their preparation and use, in which metal peroxides are coated with silicone compounds from selected from the group siliconates, hydrogen-polysiloxanes, siloxanes, silicone resin emulsions, silane/siloxane emulsions, silane/siloxane mixtures, silicone microemulsion concentrates, and silicic acid ester mixtures.

Abstract: A piece of jewelry comprising a substantially rigid base member comprising a groove along its length and a plurality of beads retained within the groove wherein the shape of the groove conforms to the shape of each bead to limit transverse movement of he beads and to allow the beads to slide along the groove. An outer member over a groove in the beads in turn holds the beads in the groove in the base member.

Abstract: A buckle provided in the form of a frame comprising first and second side edges opposed to each other in a longitudinal direction of strap recieved by the buckle, first and second ends opposed to each other in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and a plurality of partitions arranged between the first and second ends which connect the first and second side edges to each other. The first and second side edges and the first and second ends cooperating with the partitions to define a plurality of strap guiding holes arranged in the longitudinal direction. One of the first and second side edges partially defining a first outermost one of the strap guiding holes lying adjacent the first end. The other of the first and second side edges partially defining a second outermost one of the strap guiding holes lying adjacent the second end.

Abstract: An underwater cable branching apparatus has an elongate cable junction housing for positioning in line between two cables for installation underwater. The housing has through bores at each end for receiving the ends of respective first and second cables, and the cables are each terminated at a respective connector in the housing for releasably connecting the two cable ends together. Each connector is pivotally and retractably mounted in the housing by a respective pivotal linkage, such that the connectors can be separated and rotated upwardly out of the housing by an ROV for selective connection to other cables in an underwater network, to permit branching.

Abstract: Furniture pieces designed to span maturity of user from post-crib to adulthood by use of interchangeable panels. Furniture is comprised of a frame with interchangeable panels and backing panel that are connected by means of an attachment system. Interchangeable panels are of finishes with themes consistent with various age categories.

Abstract: A multi-point buckle assembly includes a body having a top opening on a top surface, a plurality of side openings, and a plurality of channels, a release button disposed within the top opening, a plurality of main tongues, and a plurality of side tongues, wherein each of the plurality of main tongues is adapted to fit into each of the plurality of side openings and each of the plurality of side tongues is adapted to fit into each of the plurality of channels.

Abstract: A power-closing motor-vehicle latch-bolt assembly has a housing, an elongated rocker having inner and outer ends, and a pivot at the inner end connecting the rocker to the housing for pivoting about an axis passing through the inner end. A drive engageable with the outer end pivots the rocker about the axis. A door bolt fixed to and projecting from the rocker is engageable with a door-mounted fork. The bolt projects from the rocker between the ends thereof. The housing is formed with a slot through which the bolt projects and along which the bolt travels when the rocker is pivoted about the axis. Furthermore the housing is provided with a guide pin extending parallel to the axis offset from the pivot. The rocker is formed with an arcuate slot through which the guide pin extends and along which it travels when the rocker is pivoted about the axis.

Abstract: A locking mechanism (10) is produced for holding a sliding door in the open position and has a Bowden cable (22) which acts on its locking element (20), a moving-carriage support (14) and a moving carriage (18), which move relative to one another during the closing of the door. In order to disengage the door handles from the locking mechanism when the sliding door is closed and therefore in order to reduce the actuating forces for unlocking the door lock, the moving-carriage support (14), during the closing movement, shifts a driver (34) which is guided on the moving carriage (14) and carries along the locking element (20) in the direction of its unlocking position. By this, the Bowden cable (22) is moved in its actuating direction, thereby enabling the door handles to be disengaged.

Abstract: In a quick connector for piping 10 for detachably connecting a male member 12 to a female member 11, an O-ring 15 is interposed between the female member 11 and the male member 12 so as to form a seal therebetween, and the O-ring 15 is subjected to a low-friction treatment so that the O-ring can be moved in a direction of an axis of the quick connector 10 by a pressure of an employed fluid.

Abstract: A latch mechanism includes a latch bolt having an open position for releasing a striker in use, and a closed position for retaining a striker in use, and a pawl having a retaining position for retaining the latch bolt in at least its closed position, and a release position for allowing the latch bolt to move between its open and closed positions, a release element having a rest position and an actuated position, a release link having an engaging position and a disengaged position, movement of the release element between its rest position and its activated position causing movement of the release link, movement of the release element from the rest position to the actuated position when the release link is in its engaging position causing the pawl to move to its release position, and movement of the release element from the rest position to the actuated position when the release link is in its disengaged position allowing the pawl to remain in its retaining position, and a locking member having a locked positio