Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hollow section elongated structural member comprising three parallel spaced channel section elements (13) with three panels (11) extending between the respective pairs of elements to form a hollow section member. The edges of the panels have edge formations (17) which are received in the channels, each edge formation being shaped to conform to a side wall (15) and adjacent base part (14) of a channel. Clamping members (18) are provided for each channel having a clamping face including a main part (19) flanked by said faces (21) to act in co-operation with the base and side wall of the channel (13) to clamp the respective edge formations of a pair of panels therein and screws (23) are provided for securing the clamping members to the channel to lock the edge parts of the channels in the channels and thereby create a rigid structue between the channels and panels.

Abstract: The Diagonal Grip Block of the present invention includes a reinforcing metal interwoven screen with "U" shape diagonal cut. Both ends are parallel in slant, cast in a concrete mixture. The metal screen protrudes from the limit of the concrete cast, forming vee shaped pins on the sides and bottom when contacting each other on a concrete surface. The vee shaped pins define the mortar thickness with a perfect bond. The core of the "U" shape is filled with insulation to alleviate the tension of the expansion and to moderate the temperature of the whole construction. This will also help the absorption of sound waves.

Abstract: A tent stake and a method to manufacture the tent stake. The tent stake is essentially comprised of two parts which are mechanically pressed one onto the other. The mechanical pressing process eliminates the need for any welding of the two parts to hold them together. The tent stake is simply an elongated rod with an enlarged eyelet at the top through which a guy wire or a rope may be threaded. The eyelet at the top is fashioned to accept a person's finger so that he may easily remove the stake from the solid substrate in which it is fixed. The eyelet is large enough to hold a loop or grommet which may be positioned below it to hold an object in place. The stake may alternately be provided with a series of removable barbs at or near its point to help hold the stake fixed in the ground or other pertinent substrate.

Abstract: A latch coupling includes a male and female member having complementary latching portions, all of which are dimensioned and positioned so as to assure that a first surface, which extends from the edge at which the two exterior surfaces are to meet, engage in their mating position before second surfaces which extend from the first surfaces during the insertion along the longitudinal axis of the male and female member. The complementary latching portions apply continuous mating forces to the first and second surfaces of the complementary shoulders when mated.

Abstract: A fastening device to fasten at least two edge-to-edge contiguous panel facings includes a plurality of looped members projecting from the back face of each panel facing along the longitudinal sides thereof. Each looped member has an engagement face spaced parallely from the back face and two opposed angled flanks connected to the back face. Key members are to be inserted into the looped members, each having an insert rod portion and a handle rod portion which forms an angle with the insert rod portion, the insert rod portion having a pair of first opposed longitudinal faces, and a pair of second opposed longitudinal faces. The distance between the first opposed faces is smaller than the distance between the engagement face and the back face so that the insert rod portion can be inserted into two aligned looped members, and the distance between the second opposed faces is greater than the distance between the engagement face and the back face.

Abstract: A camping tent assembly for attachment to a van or for freestanding use is of a generally L-shaped configuration for direct attachment to the rear and one side of the van. The interior side walls of the tent which are demountably attached to the van include access openings to the rear and side van doors and collars to seal the interface therebetween. The interior side walls may be detached from the van without collapsing the tent, the van moved away, and conventional tent supports substituted to completely restore the tent to and allow its use in a freestanding orientation. A portable galley unit stored in the rear of the van and directly accessible from inside the tent provides a camping assembly for complete cooking, sleeping and living needs.

Abstract: A walking aid is disclosed herein for use in combination with a cane, crutches or the like having a foot member provided with a centrally located base formed with a central socket for insertably receiving the tip end of the cane or crutch. The foot member is provided with several raised reinforcement ribs on its top surface that radiate outwardly between the socket and the base. The foot member is substantially rectangular in plan view having rounded corners and a plurality of ridges carried in fixed parallel spaced-apart relationship on the underside of the foot member. The opposite ends of the base curve upwardly to permit limited rolling of the foot member when used with a cane or crutch during a walking procedure.

Abstract: A window molding which is made of nonrigid plastics and which is attached to a vehicle body and a window glass, wherein the molding has contacting portions which come into contact with the vehicle body and the window glass and which are made of softer nonrigid plastics.

Abstract: A sheet material assembly for forming a fascia assembly, raised roof edge assembly, coping assembly, or other such building component assembly, is disclosed. Such assembly includes at least a longitudinally-extending generally vertical outer face member, and frequently a longitudinally-extending, generally vertical inner face member spaced laterally away from the outer face member with an intermediate member disposed between the spaced-apart inner and outer face members to interconnect the inner and outer face members. Preferably, both or at least one of the face members has a flange portion located generally at an upper edge, with the intermediate member or an adjacent portion of the face member being secured to the flange portion. Such an assembly facilitates the forming of an angulated configuration, or a curved arcuate configuration, in order to form a "corner" portion of the assembly.

Abstract: A knock down partition wall assembly comprising a base member with built-in adjustable electric connectors. Partition walls snap onto the base member and the horizontal tops thereof are finished off by snap-on moldings. The vertical ends of the partition walls line-up with exposed ends of the base member and these ends are closed off by snap-on end moldings presenting a knock down partition wall assembly.

Abstract: Portable cover for vehicle has foldable frame with weather resistant flexible sheet. A ground-rail on each side of the vehicle includes support bars redoubtably mounted on the ground-rail, the bars supporting the weather resistant sheet and being connected over the top of the vehicle. The redoubtably mounted bars are arranged in pairs so that they can be folded over the vehicle, or folded down to the ground beyond the ground rails. For larger vehicles, each ground-rails includes a track, and the support bars are mounted for sliding along a portion of the length of the relatively parallel tracks. Flanges mounted on support bars at the ends of the ground-rails receive wheels of the vehicle for anchoring down the portable cover and for fastening down an end of the frame when it is closed over the vehicle.

Abstract: The subject device is an auxiliary apparatus designed and structured to be appended to the lower part of a cane or crutch so that the user may have additional mechanical means to help lift his leg or foot with the aid of the crutch or cane. The device comprises in general an L-shaped frame member, the lower leg of which functions essentially as a stirrup upon which the foot can be placed, while the vertical is adapted, when so used, to be rested against the lower shank of the cane or crutch. An adjustable U-shaped collar is pivotally mounted to the upper leg of the L-shaped member serving to affix the L-shaped frame to the crutch shank. By pivotally mounting the L-shaped frame to the collar member, the L-shaped frame member can be pivotably moved to a position that is retracted upward out of the way when not in use.

Abstract: A mobile home anchor apparatus that withstands high wind loading and other forces in any direction includes a pylon-mounted support member for supporting a frame flange of a mobile building structure. The support member has a bladed clamped member that permanently deforms a flange portion of the frame when it it tightened against the support member, and a stop member that receives an opposite side portion of the flange. The clamp member is mountable in selected locations on the support member for accommodating variant flange widths of the frame, blade members of the clamp member extending in sloped relation to the support member across an edge of the first flange portion.

Abstract: A laminated wall construction for building exteriors comprising a gypsum sheathing having a non woven fiberglass layer covering at least one surface thereof, an acrylic water-based coating completely covering said fiberglass surface, and a cementitious adhesive applied to said coating for receiving and securing an insulating layer.

Abstract: A self-supporting tent structure for protecting small private aircraft and the like comprises a plurality of vertical side posts each defining a corner of the tent to which a roof membrane is secured. A lifting apparatus is connected to the roof membrane for selectively moving the roof member between an untensioned position and a tensioned position. A truss member is provided for supporting steadying struts against the side posts for providing stability to the self-supporting tent.

Abstract: An impact-impeding structure includes a pane which extends along a plane and has a front and a rear side, and an impact-impeding frame for the pane. The frame may include an outer frame member and an inner frame member received in the outer frame member, the frame members being provided at least at one of the front and rear sides of the pane with impact-impeding elements, and defining with one another a labyrinthine gap situated at a region of the impact-impeding elements and including a plurality of steps extending at least substantially parallel to the plane. The parts of the gap which interconnect the steps extend at an angle deviating from the normal to the plane of the pane and may have different widths which may decrease from the exterior to the interior of the frame arrangement.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the mounting of windows in a frame, particularly to the mounting of windows of a vehicle, e.g. an automobile, in the body frame work. The invention provides a window ready to be mounted comprising, along its edges, a first profiled bead of adhesive material, already cured and having the general cross section of an U-profile. This first bead is elastic but not plastically deformable. The first bead comprises in its interior a second bead of plastically deformable not yet cured adhesive material consisting of a substance chemically compatible to the material of the first bead. The second bead, serving as the real adhesive material, is protected from environmental influences e.g. by covering it by a protection foil which is removed just prior to mounting the window.

Abstract: A tilting device for an umbrella includes an elongate connecting member connected to a control block, an upper bending head connected to an upper rod, and a lower bending head connected to a lower rod. The elongate connecting member has a pivot hole at the lower end. The upper bending head has a pair of downward extending plates each having a pinhole and an inclined slot. A spring member is mounted around the control block and the elongate connecting member. Each lateral side of the lower bending head is formed with a pinhole and an obtuse angular-shaped guide slot. The upper bending head is connected to the lower bending head and fixed in position by a pin. The lower end of the elongate connecting member is connected to the combination of the upper and lower bending head by a displacing pin extending through the guide slots, the inclined slots and the pivot hole.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to building blocks, especially for erecting shielding walls in nuclear facilities. Each building block is made of a cubeshaped metal jacket consisting of steel plate, especially special steel, which jacket is closed on all sides and is filled with concrete. To facilitate the handling and to permit the erection of shielding walls with building blocks in fixed positions, the top surfaces and the bottom surfaces (2, 4) of the jacket (1) are provided with bulging formations in the form of projections (3) and depressions (4) [sic, (5)] which engage with each other between adjacent building blocks to mutually fix the positions of the building blocks.

Abstract: A structure for use as a wall, floor or roof comprising a plurality of panels with a pair of spaced apart elongated edges; each panel having front and back metal layers of substantially the same shape joined to an insulating concrete core of substantially uniform thickness; the panels being arranged edge-to-edge with an elongated metal member between the edges of two adjacent panels; and the edges of the panels being joined to the adjoining elongated metal member.