Abstract: A collapsible dog feeder which is composed of three hingedly interconnected support panels, a front panel and a pair of spaced side support panels, and a top panel to be supported by the support panels which is hingedly connected to the front support panel and which spans the side support panels when the dog feeder is erected; and, when the dog feeder is in a collapsed condition, the side panels are hingedly moved into coplanar relation with one another and in a plane parallel to the front panel and the top panel is hingedly moved about its hinge axis into a plane parallel to the support panels. A handle is provided on the feeder for carrying it when in a collapsed condition.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to improvements in the art of drawer suspensions, and particularly relates to an improved front release drawer suspension of the type employed for slidably supporting a drawer within a cabinet while permitting the drawer to be bodily removed when the same reaches an outwardmost limiting position relative to the cabinet. The drawer slide assembly includes a release member carried by the drawer, the release member being accessible from the front of the unit at the outermost limiting position of the drawer to facilitate removal of the drawer. The release assembly is characterized by means which positively deflect the forward motion limiting components into engagement as the slide components reach the outermost limiting position and preferably, in addition, permit reinsertion of the drawer without manual activation of the latching mechanism.

Abstract: A door latch arrangement is disclosed to prevent a door from popping open when the door is subjected to pressure from the inside. Means are provided to restrain movement of the door latch until the door and latch have moved partially open, thereafter the door is free to manipulated to a fully open position.

Abstract: A bedroll has an appearance of a cylindrical sofa cushion, by day. When unrolled, it forms bed clothing, with sheets and blankets or the equivalent. The bedroll has at least two separate layers, which are releasably secured together by fasteners. One layer is both a blanket and a shell or outer covering of attractive material that either matches or coordinates with the upholstery on a sofa or other furniture adapted to utilize a pillow similar to the rolled sleeping bag. The other layer is a washable sheeting which may be inserted into, used, and removed from the bedroll. When the two layers are secured together, their combined visible edge has a characteristic which enables the bedding to be rolled, without appearing to be rolled bedding.

Abstract: An inflatable reinforced sealing element for positioning on a jacket to seal off the space between the jacket and a piling in the jacket, with the jacket and piling being associated with the supporting leg of an offshore structure. Control means are provided for controlling the flow of fluid for inflation of the seal means to sealingly engage the piling and seal off the space, to trap the inflating fluid in the seal means and for controlling the flow of grouting material to the space between the jacket after the seal has been effected.

Abstract: The premises to be protected have at least one laterally confined passage communicating therewith, such as an entrance passage, an exit passage, or both. Each passage has mounted therein at least one rotating door, of the type including a vertically oriented rotatable post and a plurality of angularly spaced elements secured to and extending radially from the post, the door being freely rotatable in a single direction to permit one person at a time to pass along the passage in the single direction. Approximately half the circumferential extent of each door is enclosed by a semi-cylindrical barrier, and a treadle or other type of depressible floor section, responsive to the weight of a person entering into the door and attempting to rotate the door in the direction opposite to such single direction, operates a locking means device preventing movement of the door in either direction so that such a person is trapped in the door or between two doors located serially along the passage.

Abstract: A fastening arrangement is provided which includes a spring clip or fastener and a retaining strap. The fastener is secured to a support member and has a plurality of outwardly extending shaped spring fingers. The retaining strap has a loop portion surrounding an element being held and has openings in each of the end portions which are adapted to snap over and be retained on the shaped spring fingers.

Abstract: A chassis for supporting a printed circuit board and other components is captivated between two plastic housing portions in a suspension mode. The housing provides support for the entire unit, there being no direct support to the chassis or printed circuit board or associated components. The chassis is formed with projecting tabs which are captivated between bosses formed on the upper and lower parts of the housing. A screw penetrates the boss of the upper portion and the chassis tab, then threads into the boss of the lower portion. Wedge bosses formed in the back walls of the housing bias the chassis into alignment with the rear of the housing when the housing parts meet and provide support to the chassis when interconnecting cables are attached. No individual components, other than the speaker, are fixed to either housing part.

Abstract: A rockable customer operated door for a chute to a safe type receptacle as in a bank for receiving parcels and/or envelopes, which door may be unlocked by a key, and when opened exposes a pocket into which a parcel or letter may be dropped, and which during the manual closing of the door, a pivoted wall of the pocket ejects the contents thereof into the chute. Spring urged lever and ratchet means control the movement of the pocket wall to not only eject its contents but to scrape the walls thereof as well as to prevent reversing movement of the door intermediate the ends of its travel. Movable trunnion pivots for the door are provided for removing the door for repairs to its mechanism. The lever means pivoted to the door is provided with pins that cooperate with the ratchet means which is pivoted to the frame for the door that is rigidly mounted in the opening of the chute. Stops and toggle means are provided for controlling and limiting the movement of the door, the movable pocket wall, and the lever means.

Abstract: The invention relates to a controlled density fill material and a method of using such fill material in, for examples, the backfilling of sewers, embankments, structures and utility trenches. The material includes Portland cement, fly ash and aggregates. The material, while having some properties of both, is neither a soil nor a concrete.

Abstract: A portable seating bench for positioning subjects for anthropometric measments provides a flat surface upon which a subject may be seated, the flat surface comprising a part of a containing means. Supporting structure is provided to support the flat surface and a subject seated thereon and to support or otherwise position the feet of the subject while a set of anthropometric measurements are made with portable measuring devices, all such support structure and measuring devices being of such dimensions that they may be contained within the containing means for transport or storage.

Abstract: In a seat belt buckle a latch member biased to a position of engagement by a pressure spring is operated for disengagement against the combined spring force provided by the pressure spring and a spring member accessible for finger pressure.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to cabinets and in particular to a cabinet which is adapted for use in performing textile operation in combination with a sewing machine having both flat bed and cylinder bed working capabilities. The cabinet may be opened from a stored position, in which the sewing machine is stored out of sight and the cabinet then has the appearance of a styled table or cabinet, to a first position wherein the work bed of the sewing machine is contiguous with a working surface of the cabinet, to a second position wherein the work bed of the sewing machine is in an elevated position relative to the aforementioned cabinet working surface to permit cylinder bed operation on the sewing machine and to a third position wherein a cutting board work area may be folded out from the cabinet to an elevation for permitting an operator to perform cutting operations on a material while in an operator standing position.

Abstract: A safety hook is provided with a spring loaded closure segment normally closing the mouth of the hook. A pin carried by the segment is normally engaged by a spring loaded crank latch. The crank latch prevents the pin and segment from rotating to open the hook mouth until the crank latch is first rotatably released under the influence of a force acting to rotate the latch in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation which would occur under the influence of the force which would be transmitted from the segment to the latch in opening.

Abstract: The invention is related to a process according to which at the end of reinforcement bars inserted in a pile a nearly cylindrical and elongated chamber is inserted in the ground, said chamber having rigid impervious walls as to the fluids tending to enter from the outside, while when injecting cement grout into said chamber through appropriate tubes, the side walls will break and allow for grout expansion into the ground. The injection operation can be repeated for several times after as many scavengings or washings of the chamber.

Abstract: In a tape recorder having an opening for accommodating a tape-containing cassette, a spring-loaded cover plate pivotally disposed over the opening to prevent intrusion of dust thereinto and a latch for locking the cover in a closed position, a fluid pressure mechanism is provided having a pair of mutually telescoping elements coupled between the cover plate and the recorder housing. One of the elements has a packing groove and a resilient elastic composition packing ring of normally circular cross section seated in the groove, the packing ring having an exterior periphery greater in circumference than the circumference of the bore of the other element so that the ring is compressed in the groove as the telescoping elements are in slidable contact with each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to the immersion at a great depth of an offshore weight-structure comprising a concrete base having two multicellular compartments, the one being central and self-resistant and the other being peripheral and subjected to compensating pressures, at least one multitubular pylon fixed to the said base and having a working area installed above it out of the water, and an auxiliary float co-operating with each pylon. The invention is characterized in that ballasting is effected by partial filling of the said self-resistant central compartment to enable the beginning of the immersion to be effected and that the actual immersion is then effected by the action of the said auxiliary float having an elongated cylindrical shape and being partly filled and whose relative position in relation to the said base is varied by mechanical guiding means.

Abstract: A buckle switch is described for use in automotive safety belt applications which is slidably located inside the buckle and in which an actuator is pivotally operated by the insertion of the tongue of the buckle. The tongue enters the buckle and engages the switch actuator so as to pivot the actuator and its contactor bar into camming wiping engagement or disengagement with a pair of leads supported in a resin case and which resin case also pivotally supports the actuator element. The leads provide an orienting bias against the actuator which restores the original condition of the switch upon release and withdrawal of the tongue from the buckle. The resin case is supported in the buckle by sliding contact with the web floor of the channel shaped buckle housing and detent means secures the resin case to the belt slot and buckle extension. An extension of the buckle cover closes on the resin case assuring top and lateral location support.

Abstract: A sliding vent, such as a door or window, is slidable in a plane parallel to a fixed vent having a bottom rail of channel construction including a vertical panel adjacent the path of the sliding vent. A rectangular opening is cut through the panel into which is inserted and snap-fitted a housing having two parallel vertical walls extending into the interior of the fixed bottom rail. A stop plate is pivoted on the bottom edge of the opening and is rockable between an unlocked position in which the sliding vent clears the stop plate and a lock position in which the sliding vent is prevented from further movement by abutment of the bumper stile of the sliding door or window against the stop plate. In the lock position, a spring biased pin protudes from the stop plate and abuts the fixed bottom rail, thus preventing the stop plate from being moved to unlocked position.

Abstract: The invention covers a protective device in the outer area of a room, for instance a banking hall of a financial institution, with a bullet-proof door, which can be locked, leading into a room, the locking mechanism being operated in conjunction with a release device.