Abstract: A security device which includes a locking member, a ratchet member, and a plurality of cables. The cables extend through both a fastener and a base of the locking member and are wrapped around all six sides of a book or box-like structure. The fastener is releasably snap-fitted into the base and secured therein by a pair of metal tines. The ratchet member includes a housing containing a gear and bearing member which are latched together in a spaced relationship to form a reel and a pawl. A bottom plate encloses the contents of the housing. The gear includes a multi-sided key hole, a plurality of openings to secure enlarged ends of the cables therein, and a plurality of teeth. The gear and bearing member each include an annular nub which sits in and rotates around a corresponding bearing surface of the bottom plate and housing, respectively. The pawl has a catch and a resilient spring and communicates with the gear to allow the ratchet member to be turned only in one direction.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle door (10) has a door lock mechanism (18) mounted therein which is mechanically operated by a door lock button assembly (24) between a lock position and an open position. The door lock button assembly (24) has a control rod (28) connected on one end (32) to the door lock mechanism (18) and is non-threadingly retained on the other end (34) to a button member (26) so as to permit the control rod (28) to pendulumingly swing a predetermined angle (.beta.) with respect to the longitudinal axis (50) thereof and to allow the button member (26) to rotate around the longitudinal axis (50) so as to prevent binding when moving through an opening (45) in a trim panel (12) of the vehicle door (10).

Abstract: Apparatus for aiding persons in rising or descending between seated and standing positions provides stability to a conventional walker. In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus has a platform portion and two flexible connection members. The platform portion is substantially rigid and includes two parallel rails. At forward end portions of the rails, openings are formed for pivotable attachment therethrough of the connection members. The connection members are also pivotably attached to a forward portion of the walker, so that when a person places his or her weight on the platform portion, the connection members transmit the weight to the walker, thereby stabilizing the walker.

Abstract: A keyholder and tumer haw a body in which a key is held for turning in a lock. The holder has deployable wings and a chain for holding additional keys. The key is held in a central compartment of the holder by the urging of a key stop projection. The projection assists in holding the key head during operation.

Abstract: A tacking device for tacking a first member to a second member comprises a tacking member having a fusible plate and a pin having a bulged tip and projecting from the lower surface of the fusible plate; and a retaining member having a substantially cylindrical body provided with a plurality of catches on its outer circumference. The tacking member is rotated at a high rotating speed or vibrated with the fusible plate pressed against the first member so that the upper surface of the fusible plate is fused by frictional heat to weld the tacking member to the first member, the pin is inserted in the central hollow of the retaining member so that the expanded tip of the pin is caught by the retaining member to combine the tacking member and the retaining member, and the retaining member is forced into a hole formed in the second member so that the catches engage with the edge of the hole to tack the first member to the second member.

Abstract: A locking system for a window sash comprises a lock handle assembly, reciprocating rod members connected to the lock handle assembly, and rotatable cam assemblies connected to the rod members. Each cam assembly has a cam element which upon reciprocation of its respective rod element moves into and out of a cam keeper which is mounted on an adjacent window sash. Each rod member has a rod tip which moves into and out of a channel provided in the window frame. In a first operation of the lock handle assembly, the rod members are reciprocated inwardly to rotate the cam elements out of their respective cam keeper and to move the rod tips partially out of the frame channels which allows the window sash to be moved vertically within the channels. A further operation of the lock handle assembly moves the rod tips entirely out of the channels to allow the window sash to be tilted.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing an electrical transmission path in a door lock to an electrical lock operating system from an electrical contact pin protruding axially from a pin tower of an insulated key cylinder having an electronic touch button for a front face, the door lock having an outside spindle operably engaged with a door handle containing the insulated key cylinder, includes an insulated contact ring surrounding the spindle and having an electrically conductive pad on a portion of its outwardly facing surface, which contacts the electrical contact pin when the door handle is in its parked position, and a cable connected to the conductive pad and extending through the non-moving part of the door lock to the controlling electronics of the lock.

Abstract: A support device is disclosed that includes a base attached to two spaced straps with a plurality of adjustable footholds. The support device permits users to maintain a seated position with their legs drawn up on a bed or other support surface without requiring any effort or exertion on the part of the user to retain their legs in this position. The device does not require attachment to the support surface, but rather depends upon the user's own weight to anchor the base and support the user's feet and legs.

Abstract: Proposed is a fabric mattress having a layered structure as a kind of health-promoting bedding goods, which comprises an upper fabric layer, a lower fabric layer and an intermediate fabric layer sandwiched between the upper and lower fabric layers, at least a part of these fabric layers being formed from fibers such as rayon fibers containing very fine particles of tourmaline in an amount of up to 7% by weight. This unique ingredient in the fibers has an effect to emit active electrons and far-infrared light which exhibit an invigorating effect on the human body cells of the person lying on the mattress to promote blood circulation so that even a patient lastingly lying on the bed never suffers from bedsores by using the mattress which can be constructed to have good air permeation.

Abstract: A security lock for a computer, such as a laptop. The security lock includes a blade member that can freely pass through the gap between the computer display and keyboard. Attached to one end of the blade member is a blocking member which is larger than the gap. The other end of the blade member is attached or otherwise fastened to a fixed object, via a padlock, to thereby secure the computer to the fixed object. Theft or unauthorized removal of the computer is thereby prevented.

Abstract: A lock set for a door has a cylindrical spindle integrally coupled with a knob and containing a slide plate which can be actuated to lock and unlock the cylindrical spindle against rotation. The cylindrical wall of the spindle is provided with two diametrically opposing grooves which extend axially from one end thereof to a predetermined depth and which are opened at the one end so as to facilitate installation of the slide plate in the spindle. The slide plate has two opposing lugs for insertion into the grooves.

Abstract: A key-chain with a perpetual calendar constructed in accordance with the present invention includes a body having a central recess, a plate securely mated with the body within the central recess and having at least two substantially "L" shaped openings, a first numbered area provided between the two opposing openings, a second area with numbers of months, a third area with a number of a specific year, and a frame slidably received within the openings with a pair of legs provided on respective sides corresponding to the openings. Furthermore, a specific picture may be inserted into the space between the body and the plate, before the plate is put into the central recess of the body.

Abstract: A device for the chassis of a computer case that prevents unauthorized access to the internal components thereof is disclosed. The device includes a `U` shaped member, positioned primarily inside the chassis, such that if one arm is pulled forward against a spring bias through an aperture in the chassis by a user, the other arm of the `U` fastens the cover of the computer case to the base. In addition, an a hole positioned near the tip of the arm that is pulled through the aperture to allow the user to attach a locking mechanism to the fastening device, thus preventing the disengagement and the opening up of the computer case by others. As a result, expensive electrical components located inside the chassis, including a CPU, will not be accessible to outsiders. The user is free to select the type of locking mechanism that is attached to the fastening device.

Abstract: A boat locking apparatus is provided for a boat that has a centerboard slot which has a predetermined width and a predetermined height. The boat locking apparatus includes a lock-retaining assembly which includes a first end portion and a second end portion extending distally from the first end portion. A predetermined distance which includes the first and second end portions of the lock-retaining assembly is greater than the predetermined height of the centerboard slot. The lock-retaining assembly has a width which is less than the width of the centerboard slot. A transverse lock assembly is connected to the second end portion of the lock-retaining assembly.

Abstract: A tamper-resistant anti-theft device inhibits rotation of a vehicle steering wheel thus preventing theft of the vehicle and discouraging theft of the driver's side air bag.

Abstract: An anti-snagging loop striker for use with a door latch for securing a door in a closed position on a vehicle. The striker includes a ramp adjacent the rivet head connecting the crossbar to the leading leg of the striker to prevent sheet metal from the door from catching on such head and impeding opening of the door from outside the vehicle following an accident.

Abstract: An adjustable nut is disclosed which has a body with an axial passageway therethrough for receiving a threaded shaft and a transverse bore communicating with the axial bore. A button is disposed in the transverse bore which has an elongate aperture passing radially therethrough. The elongate aperture intersects with the axial passageway such that said threaded shaft can pass through the elongate aperture. The button is urged out of the transverse bore by the biasing means but is secured within the transverse bore by the restrictive means to form an operative position and an inoperative position. The operative position mechanically interconnects mating threads on a distal end of the elongate aperture with threads on the threaded shaft. The adjustable nut can then be rotated to loosen or tighten the adjustable nut. The inoperative position is assumed when the button is depressed which moves the mating threads in the elongate aperture away from the threads on said threaded shaft.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle door latch has a door-mounted fork displaceable between an open and a fully latched position and through an intermediate semilatched position and a body-mounted door bolt engageable with the fork and retainable thereby only in the semilatched and fully latched positions. A door-mounted pawl can pivot about a pawl axis between a holding position engaging and retaining the fork in the fully latched and semilatched positions and a freeing position permitting the fork to move freely between its positions. A controller is connected to a servomotor in turn coupled to the door bolt for displacing same between an outer and an inner position so that, when the bolt is engaged with the fork in the fully latched position, movement of the bolt into the inner position pulls a door carrying the latch tightly closed. A switch lever can pivot about the pawl axis.

Abstract: A hydrodynamic sprung surface bearing having at least two bearing elements bearing against a tube-shaped container which is filled with a substantially incompressible medium, and against which side walls bear. Surfaces of the bearing elements bearing against the container are, in total, smaller by one order of magnitude than a surface of the container wall. Even for scarcely progressive, low pressure forces, the preferably T-shaped or anchor-shaped bearing elements cause overturning in a negative stroke direction, along with a pronounced change in shape of the container, and positive arching and consequently a very large coarse contour adaptation stroke. Therefore, a positively supporting adaptation stroke of the bearing elements is achieved. Overturning results in two separate chambers which bring about an inherent progressive damping by effectively reducing streaming through of the substantially incompressible medium.

Abstract: A fastener, for example a nut element, for attachment to a plate-like component with an end face of the fastener having a recess within a raised contact surface and a plurality of projections and undercuts are provided in a sidewall of the recess. The base surface of the recess extends up to the bore of the fastener without the presence of a pilot portion and a plurality of recesses are provided in the contact surface for resisting rotation. The die button which serves for the attachment of the fastener to a plate-like component has a hole-forming punch projection which has a plurality of noses distributed around the periphery in the region of the transition to the planar surface of the die button. On attachment of the hollow element to a plate-like component in a press, the sheet metal part is perforated by a hole punch and is molded in form-locked manner by the die button, in particular by its hole-forming punch projection, into the recess of the hollow element.