Abstract: A window bar guard system for discouraging breaking and entry through a window is constructed of components which may be readily assembled and installed by the consumer. The grillwork for the window bar guard system includes a set of telescoping tubular steel bars. The telescoping bars permit the consumer to expand or retract the grillwork system to fit a desired window. Upon obtaining the proper size of the grillwork, the steel tubular bars are permanently secured together to provide a solid grillwork custom fitted for the particular window.

Abstract: A double door installation includes an astragal which is removably mounted in the head jamb and sill portions of the door frame independently of the doors, but the combination includes a locking mechanism in one door which incorporates a bolt arranged to project through the astragal into the other door to effect firm locking of both doors to each other and to the astragal.

Abstract: A panel assembly for a door or window including a generally quadrilateral frame member having a panel member operatively connected therewith for movement between a closed position and opened positions wherein the frame member is either tilted about one edge thereof or moved laterally offset parallel to itself. Latch means provided between the panel member and the quadrilateral frame include at least one releasing arm and an angular housing, with the angular housing being connected at a corner of the panel member with two adjacent members thereof and with the releasing arm having a panel-side end at which the releasing arm is connected with the angular housing.

Abstract: A pivotal door for an entrance or passageway, and particularly for shower or bathtub enclosures, comprising a plurality of frame members, a panel mounted in said frame members, a channel provided in both top and bottom frame members, and a pair of pivot members each having one end adjustably retained within one of the channels, and the other end engaged in a socket provided in the shower enclosure frame, each pivot member being arranged to be affixed at any of a plurality of positions on the channel to enable the door to be utilized with enclosures having entrances of different widths.

Abstract: A split hinged sleeve circumscribingly engages a substantial length of stranded aluminum cable and includes a plurality of diametrically opposed wedges extending laterally from the sleeve. The sleeve is mounted within a frame having bearing surfaces contacting each of the wedges. On exerting a pulling force upon the frame, which force is resisted by the cable, the bearing surfaces act upon the respective wedges to force the sleeve to grip the cable and place the cable in tension.

Abstract: This disclosure pertains to a cabinet for kitchens, bathrooms, and laundry rooms having a door hingably secured to the uppermost lateral surface of the cabinet. The hinge is located parallel and adjacent to the frontmost edge of the cabinet requiring the user to pivot the door upwardly and forwardly thus minimizing the ease of access to the storage area of the cabinet by children, preventing thereby tampering with dangerous household chemicals. A rigid perforated plastic liner is stored within the cabinet and is utilized to contain the articles to be stored within the cabinet and for convenient removal therefrom. A recessed handle is provided to facilitate opening the cabinet door as are two hand grasping areas for removing the plastic liner from within the cabinet by lifting the liner through the opened doorway.

Abstract: A wheel pack and fence utilized to form a radiographically secure combinan lock are disclosed. The wheel pack includes three or more wheels. Each wheel of the wheel pack has a plurality of gates formed in the wheel. Half of the plurality of gates on each wheel are cut halfway through on one side and the other half of the plurality of gates are cut halfway through the other side. The gates are cut in the shape of right triangles and are so positioned that the hypotenuse of each triangular gate on one side of a wheel intersects the hypotenuse of a triangular gate on the other side of that wheel. The fence which must drop into a gate of each wheel to withdraw the lock bolt is designed to contact only one-half of each wheel of the wheel pack. The fence is shaped to fit into a triangular gate of each wheel that is identical in shape and orientation to the fence. There is only one gate on each wheel that matches the fence and therefore there is only one true gate on each wheel.