Abstract: A rack for accommodating circuit boards includes a pair of metal end plates joined by pairs of front and rear extruded metal tie bars. Slotted guide rails moulded from plastics materials are capable of being snap fitted into position between the front and rear tie bars.

Abstract: A hanging rack device for hanging articles such as neck ties and belts having a base on which is disposed an attachment means such as the hooked material of a hook and burr-type fastener and one or more hanging means for holding said article which can be secured at any position on said attachment means by virtue of a pile material on the surface thereof which is cooperative with said hooked material thus allowing the articles to be hung in any convenient configuration desired.

Abstract: A portable bottle storage device for storing bottles of wine, or the like, is disclosed which includes a main member comprising a sheet of plastic, cloth, or like material, and supporting means for hanging the sheet in a generally vertically extending plane. The supporting means includes an elongated rod to which the main member is secured, and a handle member in the form of a hook attached to the rod intermediate the opposite ends thereof. The hook opens toward the rear of the device, and is used for hanging the device from a closet pole, or the like. Elongated side members, which also may comprise sheets of plastic, cloth, or like material, are attached along parallel spaced lines to opposite sides of the main member to form vertically disposed and generally horizontally extending bottle-receiving pockets along opposite sides of the main member.

Abstract: A locking assembly for electrical enclosures to prevent unauthorized tampering with internal power connections. The locking assembly comprises an adjustable bracket which is secured to the walls of the enclosure by bolts; a cover which covers the open front and a substantial part of the sides of the enclosure and which is secured by a bolt to the adjustable bracket, a locking shield which overlies and prevents removal of the bolt which attaches the cover to the adjustable bracket, and a removable lock bolt which secures the shield to the cover.

Abstract: The invention relates to a holder for elongated articles such as handles of brooms, fishing rods and other sporting equipment. The holder comprises a base member 11 to which is attached a pair of curved metal strips 15 of channel construction. An elongated bristle strip 17 is mounted in each metal strip 15 so that the bristle strips extend towards each other in end-to-end contact. The bristles may, however, be spaced apart and the metal strips 15 may be adjustably mounted on the base member 11.

Abstract: A foldable chair comprising a seat portion made of a sheet of flexible material such as canvas, fabric, leather or plastic supported by a pair of rectangular support frames hinged relative to each other and crossing each other along an intermediary hinge line such as to form a figure X when supported from the ground and viewed from the front. The flexible seat portion is frictionally held at its ends as a result of being wrapped around and passed between a pair of parallel lateral tie members forming part of each support frame or, alternatively, forming part of an armrest in chair structures including a back supporting portion.

Abstract: A lock plug for use with a glad hand coupler of the air brake line of a tractor - trailer. The lock plug is insertable into and held in place locked within the air passage of the glad hand coupler to prevent unauthorized hookup of the plugged glad hand coupler with a mating glad hand coupler.

Abstract: A locking device with a main body member having a threaded bore therein adapted for screwing onto the axle bolt of a bicycle, a securing member for shackling the main body member to an adjacent frame member of the bicycle, and a lock device for locking the securing member to the main body member. The main body member also includes an annular collar protruding axially therefrom in radially spaced concentric relation to the axis of the threaded bore for extending concentrically over the axle nut of the bicycle.

Abstract: A ratchet buckle for tightening and tensioning straps includes a bifurcated frame member having a pair of oppositely positioned parallel arms between which a reel member and ratchet wheels are rotatably mounted. A strap to be tensioned is reeved through the reel member. A bifurcated lever member, having a pair of oppositely positioned parallel arms, is rotated on the reel and has a ratchet drive plate which engages the teeth of the ratchet wheel such that when the lever is actuated the reel is rotatably driven. A portion of the load on the frame is transferred to the lever when the buckle is in its closed position, thereby substantially increasing the strength-to-weight ratio of the device by providing tab members and notches which matingly engage each other with the handle in its tensioned or closed position, one of these two engaging members being on the arms of the lever and the other of these members being on the frame.

Abstract: A ratchet buckle for tightening and tensioning straps which include a bifurcated frame member with a pair of oppositely positioned parallel arms between which a reel member and ratchet wheels are rotatably mounted. The reel member is formed from a pair of oppositely positioned curved plates. This reel member is reinforced structurally by means of a spreader bar insert member which is placed between the plates and which has a slot formed in the center thereof through which a strap to be tensioned is reeved. The insert member has a pair of similar ridge portions running along the outer surfaces of the portions thereof forming the walls of the slot and a pair of wing portions at each of the opposite ends thereof, these wing portions extending in a direction normal to the longitudinal axis of the slot and being fitted between the edges of the curved plates.

Abstract: Multiple domestic trouser-hanger comprising a certain number, preferably five, of horizontal bars, one bar for each pair of trousers, adequately spaced one from another, projecting from and fixed to an arm held by an articulated joint to a base which can be fixed to any wall and which can take up two main, self-locking positions according to whether the plane on which it is fixed is vertical or horizontal.

Abstract: Two strip materials from which portions may be severed and used together as a releasably engageable fastener. Each strip material comprises a bonding layer in which are embedded a plurality of U-shaped monofilaments. Each U-shaped monofilament includes two headed stem portions adapted to engage the headed stem portions of the other strip material, and the monofilaments are rectangularly arrayed, and spaced to provide a number of headed stem portions per unit length that are different from and not a multiple of or evenly divisible by the number of headed stem portions per unit length on the other strip material in any direction so that upon engagement the rows of headed stem portions of one strip material cannot readily slip between the rows of headed stem portions on the other.

Abstract: A printed circuit card retainer and rack assembly is described. The retainers comprise resilient arcuate channel members of U-shaped cross section having a flared central wall portion permitting vertical alignment of cards of diverse thickness. The retaining force exerted by the resiliency and deformation of the members is in the vertical direction parallel to the face of the card. The flared portion lends additional stiffness to each member in the horizontal direction.

Abstract: A locking means for a trunk in an automobile is disclosed which can be unlocked by the rotation of a key inserted in a key cylinder of the trunk and which comprises a first switch provided at a proper location in the room of the automobile to open and close a D.C. circuit including an actuator means for unlocking the locking means. A second switch which is usually closed is provided in said D.C. circuit in such a way as to be opened by the rotation of said key inserted in the key cylinder of the trunk in a direction contrary to that for unlocking the locking means, thereby it becomes possible for a proprietor of the automobile who stands outside the automobile near the trunk to actuate the second switch so as to prevent the opening of the trunk by any other person against the will of the proprietor.

Abstract: A slide fastener stringer includes a stringer tape having a pair of opposite surfaces, and a series of fastener elements sewn to the stringer tape on one of the surfaces thereof along its one longitudinal edge by utilizing single thread chain stitches formed with a monofilament thread having a coefficient of thermal contraction. The sewing thread has a succession of loops disposed on the other surface of the tape, each loop being intralooped with a preceding loop of the same thread such that the crossing of these adjacent two loops is disposed between adjacent two of the fastener elements, as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the general plane of the tape. The monofilament thread, after sewn to the tape, is heat-set to shrink and then become dimensionally stable, thereby holding the fastener elements more tightly on the tape.

Abstract: A display stand of the type having vertically spaced bars adapted to releasably receive display cards in suspended relation thereon. The display stand comprises vertically extending corner stanchions comprising wall portions extending in the plane of adjacent sides of the display stand, the inner surfaces of said wall portions removably receiving an elongated strip which extends for substantially the extent of said stanchion and which extends across each corner stanchions to define a generally triangular configuration in cross-section, said strips being provided with vertically spaced support means for receiving and supporting the ends of horizontal bars on which the display cards are mounted.

Abstract: A corrugated paper display stacker having a plurality of vertically arranged springs and upwardly biased pivoted trays secured to a back panel. A double acting torsion spring having hooks on protruding fingers that are inserted into the fluting of the tray and a stablizing U-shape loop on the other side of the spring maintain each of the trays in a vertical position when not loaded with merchandise. The torsion spring is held to the back panel by securing means in the form of a dowel.

Abstract: A gas fired barbecue grill includes a base to which are attached a pair of positioning and support brackets for the lower ring of a propane gas tank. A vertical support post for the grill body rising from the base carries a two part adjustable stabilizing bracket which engages an upper ring of the gas tank to hold it in proper fixed relationship to the support post.

Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers with which the drawer can be pulled completely free of the cabinet and is still held in the latter has a structure such that on each side of the drawer is a holding member attached to the drawer and a holding member attached to the side wall of the cabinet, both holding members being elongated and have a running surface for a roller placed between the holding members and mounted in the middle of an intermediate rail. The holding members have a rack profile and a part of the roller is a pinion engaging in the racks.

Abstract: A slide fastener stringer includes a stringer tape having a pair of opposite surfaces, and a series of fastener elements attached to the stringer tape on one of the surfaces thereof along its one longitudinal edge by use of single needle double locked stitches composed of a needle thread and a looper thread. The needle thread includes a monofilament yarn having a coefficient of thermal contraction, and the looper thread includes a spun or multifilament yarn. The stitching is accomplished from the tape side of the slide fastener stringer. The needle thread, after stitching is heat set to shrink it and make it dimensionally stable.