Abstract: A hat holder comprising a length of stiff material that retains its shape when formed by hand. In a preferred embodiment, lariat rope or some other ductile material "with a memory" is used. The length is doubled back into a loop and pinched at opposing ends. The apparatus is then held in this position with slidably adjustable fasteners, such as a conchos, at the pinches. In a preferred embodiment, the length is formed first into a closed loop before pinching, allowing both ends to be identical in presentation and thus interchangeable in application. The crown of a hat is then received into the opening between the pinches. Movement of the fasteners toward or away from the ends allows for adjustability of the size of the opening. The ductility of the material, particularly when lariat rope is used, allows the shape of the opening to be adapted to correspond to the shape of the crown of the hat. The holder may then be fixed at one end to an overhead surface to store the hat upside down.

Abstract: A musical instrument stand comprises an elbow rod device, an upper rod disposed on top of the elbow rod device, a hollow tube disposed on the upper rod, an upper holder inserted through the hollow tube, and two base rods disposed under the elbow rod device. The elbow rod device has a first hollow plate and a second hollow plate. A first and a second undulated brackets are disposed on the corresponding first and second hollow plates.

Abstract: The belt buddy is a body-mountable electric cord carrier for securing power cords close to a user's body. The carrier includes a mounting member, and an adjustable loop extending from the lower end of the mounting member. The mounting member is a plastic or metal hook. A fastener is connected to the lower end of the mounting member and the adjustable loop, which is a single piece of fabric doubled back on itself, is connected to the fastener. The arrangement allows for the adjustable loop to swivel freely around the lower end of the mounting member. The carrier may also be a unitary structure of metal or plastic material.

Abstract: A height-adjusting foot for a household appliance includes an adjuster housing solidly connected to an appliance housing. A vertical threaded shaft is form-lockingly guided in the adjuster housing. A foot plate is connected to the threaded shaft. A nut which is rotatably supported in the adjuster housing and is screwed on the threaded shaft, has an outer periphery with a worm wheel. A worm is rotatably supported in the adjuster housing for driving the worm wheel. An adjusting rod is connected to the worm. Due to reduced expenditures, the costs of the adjusting device are lowered. It can be operated from one side wall of the housing, preferably from the front panel of the household appliance. The adjusting foot does not co-rotate in the adjusting operation.

Abstract: An articulating interface for a machine has an interface support positioned on the machine for mounting a control console. The interface support is movable in a plurality of directions to orient the control console in a plurality of selectable orientations to provide greater ease of use for diverse users. The interface support may be moved longitudinally, may be tilted, and may be swivelled.

Abstract: A rear view mirror coupling assembly includes a glass carrier for supporting a mirror and including a spherical projection having a first spherical surface and a second spherical surface, a mirror drive housing including a mirror drive mechanism and including a spherical recess having a first surface, a spherical shell disposed between and in contact with the spherical projection and the spherical recess, the spherical shell having a first spherical surface contacting the second spherical surface of the spherical projection and a second spherical surface contacting the first surface of the spherical recess, a threaded bolt having a distal end and a head including a spherical underside surface in contact with the first spherical surface of the glass carrier, a threaded nut threaded onto the distal end of the threaded bolt to secure the glass carrier, the spherical shell, and the mirror drive housing together, and a spring element tensioned by the nut for urging the glass carrier, the spherical shell, and the m

Abstract: A keyboard caddy positions a keyboard on a top cover of a machine such as a copier. The keyboard caddy includes a pair of rails and a caddy base. The pair of rails have slots and are mounted upon the top cover. The caddy base includes a planar surface upon which the keyboard is positioned; a plurality of side walls between which the keyboard is positioned; and a pair of protrusions extending from a pair of the side walls and slidably engaging the slots of the rails to allow the caddy base to be moved to a selectable one of a plurality of positions relative to the top cover of the copier. The keyboard caddy holds the keyboard on the copier when the top cover is opened and/or pivoted. The keyboard caddy has diverse selectable positions by being movable to provide ease of use for different users.

Abstract: A continuously adjustable surface mounting system for supporting objects in a range of positions with respect to a mounted surface. The system includes a surface mounted assembly and one or more support assemblies releasably secured at any point along a length of the surface mounted assembly. J-shaped bends formed in member(s) of the support assembly fit within T-shaped channels in the surface mounted assembly and react to cantilever force exerted upon the surface mounted assembly by binding within the T-shaped channels, thereby locking in place on the surface mounted assembly. Clips may be secured to the support assembly and tightened to prevent release of the support assembly from a force opposing the cantilevered force. A cantilevered member extending from the support assembly preferably supports a shelf on which objects may be placed. To adjust sag of the cantilevered member, tilt adjustment screws may be used to tilt the cantilevered member with respect to the remainder of the support assembly.

Abstract: A keyboard support arrangement which includes both a main support pad for a keyboard, and an auxiliary support pad for a mouse. The auxiliary support pad is removably and multiply positionable on and relative to the main support pad to provide increased convenience and flexibility of use with respect to the mouse support pad. The auxiliary pad is totally separable from the main pad, and a releasable and multi-positional connecting structure is provided for permitting the auxiliary pad to be mounted directly on the main pad adjacent either side edge thereof. The connecting structure also enables the auxiliary pad to be positioned relative to the main pad at one of many different angular relationships.

Abstract: Wire trellis cable trays (10, 10') made of cross wires (1) and longitudinal wires (2) connecting the former are to be made stackable so that they can be stored and transported in practical groups in a space-saving manner. For this purpose, the side legs (3) of the U-shaped cross wires (1) are crimped toward the outside at a certain height, resulting in a proportional widening of an upper portion of the tray cross-section. The stackability (with the cross wires being slightly offset in a longitudinal direction) is thus attained.

Abstract: A telescoping IV pole has a bottom pole with a support at a bottom end thereof for facilitating an orienting of said bottom pole in an upright, vertically oriented position. A top pole is provided which is slidably disposed within the bottom pole in a telescoping manner. The top pole has at a top end thereof an intravenous fluid container support and at a bottom end thereof a circumferential locking groove. A pole latch is provided for automatically effecting an interlock with the locking groove when the top pole is deployed to an extended position outside of the bottom pole. The pole latch includes plural latch members each being supported for movement into and out of the locking groove. A spring is provided for urging the latch members into the locking groove. A manually operable unlocking device is provided for effecting a simultaneous release of the interlock so that the top pole will telescope into the bottom pole.

Abstract: A side kick support bracket is for use in retail merchandise display support systems. The side kick support bracket includes an elongated bracket arm having an inner and outer surface with a rail clamping portion on the rear end of the inner surface. The rail clamping portion includes a rear flange, a front abutment tab, and a clamping device. The rear flange projects laterally from the inner surface at the rear end of the bracket to overly the exposed back and side surfaces of an end cap shelving rail. The front abutment tab is spaced forward of the rear flange and is adapted to lie against the front surface of the shelving rail, but does not extend so far as to cover the slots in the shelving rails. The clamping device operates between the rear flange and the back surface of the shelving rail to draw the abutment tab firmly against the exposed front surface of the shelving rail. Hangers are mounted on the outer surface of the bracket arm to support the wire side kicks.

Abstract: Load handling equipment (10) has a longitudinally extending beam (11) supported by four legs (12, 13) each of which is joined to the beam by insertion into a sleeve (14), and there is a fifth sleeve (35) at one end which is hinged with respect to the beam (11), the arrangement being such that, upon erection of the equipment, the upper ends of the legs (12) of one of the pairs of legs may be inserted into sleeves (14) at one end of the beam (11), a third of the legs (13) being inserted into the fifth sleeve (35) at the other end of the beam (11) and being utilized to elevate that other end of the beam while the fourth leg (13) is inserted, the third leg (13) then being transferred from the fifth sleeve (35) to the third sleeve (14) so that the beam is then supported by two legs at one end and one leg at the other, and when in that position, the fourth leg being inserted into one of the fixed sleeves at the fifth component end of the beam, whereupon the fifth component can be hinged out again, the leg which has

Abstract: A positioning device for holding a wide variety of items such as a trouble light or a flower pot. A block has a rod mounted to be slidable in it and the rod has a bar mounted on one end at right angles to the rod. The block has a indentation with grooves to secure the bar, the groove selected determining the position of the rod. A spring mounted about the rod between a clip on the rod and the mounting block retains the bar in the groove selected. The rod has a threaded end onto which a coupling is mounted and fastening means of various configurations are secured to the coupling. A bracket may be used to hold the mounting block.

Abstract: A picture hanger in the form of a flexible member having upper and lower edges positionable against a wall. A picture wire-receiving groove extends along the upper edge. An aperture extends through the member, between the edges. A fastener such as a nail or screw is inserted through the aperture, into the wall, to compressibly bias the flexible member against the wall. The flexible member is formed such that it curves outwardly, away from the wall, before it is fastened to the wall. A ridge which protrudes into and extends longitudinally along the groove grips the wire firmly and retains it within the groove. The aperture is located within a recess formed in the flexible member. The base of the recess contacts the wall when the member is fastened to the wall. The recess may be in the form of a trough extending across the member, parallel to the edges. A support surface is provided within the recess, around the aperture. The support surface is inclined inwardly at about 45.degree.

Abstract: Redetachable, self-adhesive hook or similar fixing device having a baseplate, characterized by a strip of a double-sided adhesive film which is such that the bond obtained with it can be separated again by pulling on it so as to stretch it, which film carries on its front face the baseplate and with its rear face is bonded to a substrate, the separation of the bonded baseplate of the fixing device together with the strip from the substrate taking place by rotation of the baseplate essentially in the plane of the bond.

Abstract: A footing structure including a plurality of recess holes at a bottom side of a hub, each recess hole having two springy retaining pieces at two opposite sides, and a plurality of metal receptacles respectively mounted in the recess holes and holding a respective magnetic element therein, each metal receptacle having two flanges extended from two opposite side notches thereof and respectively forced into engagement with the springy retaining pieces of the corresponding recess hole.

Abstract: A device for positioning in a civil engineering structure at least one fixed point which, in normal time, locks a point of part of the structure in position relative to another, supporting, part which is considered fixed. In order to return the structure part to its initial position as soon as the disturbing action thereon ceases, the device (32) comprises at least two prestressed damping springs which are mounted in opposition either side of the fixed point and act, first, on the structure part which can move in relative manner, such as a bridge floor (10) and, second, on a structure part considered fixed, such as a bridge pier (11).

Abstract: To provide an an.isotropic damper using an elastic member having an E value two times or more larger than that of an elastic member for damping the vibration in the vertical direction to a portion for supporting the rotary part of an optical disk or the like and a mechanical chassis mounting an optical pickup and to the portion for damping the vibration in the planar direction, and comprising two types of elastic members for controlling the fluctuation in the relative distance between the optical pickup and the disk.

Abstract: A floor stand device made primarily of modular components and used for displaying pictures, posters, and other display materials. A frame assembly is supported on a horizontal support assembly which is connected to a vertical support member and in turn to a base member. The horizontal support assembly includes a center support member, a pair of horizontal support members, and a pair of L-shaped side support members. Preferably, the parts are sized to be press-fit and secured together. Fasteners positioned through the frame assembly members into the horizontal support assembly and optionally into the side support members, retain the floor stand device together.