Abstract: A stretchable legless chair comprises: a fixed seat frame having a projecting stopper and a holding member provided respectively on the upper surface of the rear portion thereof; a movable seat frame provided over said fixed seat frame and pivotally coupled with the front portion of said fixed seat frame at the front end thereof, and having a chain at the back end thereof to be engaged with said holding member and a leg lever interposed between said fixed seat frame and said movable seat frame and selectibly rotatably mounted on said projecting stopper; a back reclining frame pivotally coupled with the rear end of said movable seat frame at the lower end thereof; and a swinging support lever interposed between said back reclining frame and said fixed seat frame. The stretchable legless chair as described is used as a normal chair, an easy legless chair, an exercise unit for stretching the back of the user.

Abstract: The seat and pedestal of a chair are joined by a knee-tilt control mechanism which includes a first support fixed to the underside of the seat adjacent the front edge thereof, and a second support fixed to the upper end of the pedestal and having a sidewardly extending tube. The first support has bearing hubs which are rotatably engaged with the tube to define a horizontal tilt axis. A restoring mechanism is disposed within the tube for exerting a restoring torque urging the seat upwardly into a horizontal position. The restoring mechanism employs compression springs within the tube on axially opposite sides of a pre-torque member which can be rotated to adjust the initial spring compression. The springs bear against actuators which rotate with the bearing hubs. The actuators have radially projecting followers for engagment with ramp-like cams formed circumferentially of the tube.

Abstract: Construction system for shelves comprising shelves and rear panelling plates, and in which the shelves at their rear end are insertable in upright or wall mounted consoles from which the shelves are cantilevered. The consoles are hidden behind the vertically extending rear panelling plates which are mounted horizontally spaced from the uprights or from the wall. Each console constitutes a horizontally mounted profile support rail for continuously supporting at least one shelf along its rear edge engaging its top side and its bottom side along rear edge zones of which the top side edge zone is closer to the rear edge of the shelf than the bottom side edge zone.

Abstract: The product display device of the present invention comprises a cabinet frame having a front opening therein. Two or more doors are positioned in covering relation over the front opening so as to form an enclosed compartment within the cabinet frame. Each of the doors includes an upper edge, a lower edge, a latching edge, a hinge edge, a front face and a rear face. The doors are arranged in side-by-side relationship with one another with the hinge edge of one door being adjacent the latching edge of the other door. The hinge edges of the doors are hinged at their upper and lower ends to the cabinet frame. A stop member is attached to the hinge edge of the first door and includes a latch surface extending laterally from the hinge edge and being in facing relationship to the rear face of the latching edge of the other door. A seal is attached to the rear face of the second door and sealingly engages the latch surface of the stop member of the first door to form a seal therebetween.

Abstract: A circular storage container (1) for granular materials is provided with a central support column (4) for a top-loading filling device (9) and a lateral conveyor (20) for pivotal movement around the support column (4). The lateral conveyor (20) is connected to the filling device via a telescopic, vertically extendable feed pipe (12). The support column (4) is constructed either of ring plates (5) or a helically coiled band, both of which have a downward slanting, angular outer edge section (34). The granule material dropped in the vicinity of the support column (4) slides onto the ring plates (5) or along the helically coiled band according to the shape of its alluvial cone, but cannot drop into the discharge shaft. During the removal process the granular material is forced between the ring plates (5) or between the coils of the helically coiled band, from where it drops into the discharge shaft (7).

Abstract: A process and installation for transferring pallets for loading (or unloading) a commonplace vehicle, in which trucks, coupled together in rows, are deployed under the load from an accumulation machine, loading then being effected by raising the elevator means of said trucks, followed by a translational movement of the rows in the axis of the vehicle. Then the loads are set down by controlling, from the accumulation machine, lowering of said elevation means then return of the rows of trucks into the accumulation machine.

Abstract: A truck having means for supporting a plurality of tape cartridge holders and used for transferring a plurality of tape cartridges is provided with rotatable means for supporting the tape cartridges holders so that the tape cartridges in the tape cartridge holders are readily accessible to the operator even in relatively narrow aisles.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a footstool for use in conjunction with nursing or bottle feeding an infant. The footstool provides stable support for a mother seated while feeding or holding her baby. The footstool includes a skid resistant surface and rubber stud means for preventing the tilting and shifting of the platform while the mother is seated during the nursing of her child. The invention is especially designed so that the legs which support the inclined platform do not substantially extend outward from under the platform, allowing the entire frame to be more rigid and less susceptible to tilting which otherwise would occur when a force is applied to opposite edges of the footstool in the normal course of its use.

Abstract: A cover apparatus comprising a plurality of peripherally divided and interconnecting cover sections positioned around and outside a plurality of weighing machines, that are arranged in turn in a predetermined array or pattern, the cover sections encircling conjointly the weighing machines in their entirety. The apparatus is so designed that a large space for opening or closing the cover sections is not required and a sufficient open area may be afforded when opened so as to permit the inspection of the weighing machines and other components.

Abstract: A decorative display and storage case for attractively displaying and protectively storing earrings of the type for pierced ears has a base and an enclosure formed by four upstanding walls with at least one of the walls being transparent for permitting viewing of the contents of the enclosure. A plurality of display frames having plastic mesh screens positioned therein which screens have openings adapted to accommodate the wire prong element of earrings for pierced ears are mounted in the enclosure in aligned slots in two of the walls which are in a face-to-face relationship. The slots slidably receive and retain the display frames until the frames are slidably removed therefrom. A cover is positioned on top of the walls for closing the case. A mirror may be mounted on the inside surface of the cover which when held at an angle provides the viewer with a different view of the frames in the case to aid the selection of the frame carrying the set of earrings desired.

Abstract: A containment bag system specifically used for the removal of asbestos insulation from asbestos covered pipes and valves without contamination of the worker or the surrounding environment. A method of removing asbestos and other hazardous materials from limited areas uses a safe containment system. A method for manufacturing the containment system includes heat sealing a length of lay-flat tubing along a bottom edge and preferably along two side edges.

Abstract: A device for moving an automobile seat back and forth is provided. The device comprises a seat bracket attached to a main seat having an auxiliary seat, a fixed bracket secured to the bottom of the automobile, and trapezoidal legs hinged to the brackets by means of bolts located at the longer sides of said legs. Each leg is adapted to move back and forth along an arc-shaped path at the axis of each bolt as the seat moves back and forth. Each leg also has contacting sides adapted to selectively contact the brackets, depending on the movement of legs, and a pin. The device also comprises a linkage adapted to receive the pins of the legs so that movement of the seat can be constrained at the moved position thereof.

Abstract: A device for moving up and down and tilting a headrest of a vehicle seat having a driven shaft for moving the headrest up and down and a support member for tilting the headrest. The drive shaft is operatively connected to leg members fixed to the headrest, and provided in a backrest of the vehicle seat. The support member is provided below the driven shaft. A drive mechanism drives the driven shaft to move the headrest up and down relative to the backrest, and a tilting mechanism rotates the leg members about the support member to tilt the headrest to a back of the seat backrest.

Abstract: A bag holder comprises a generally rectangular housing in which plastic shopping bags having peripheral dimensions larger than those of the housing itself can be stored. The housing has a forward opening and a pair of doors which are hinge-mounted on opposing sides of the opening for movement between open and closed positions. A bag retainer is mounted on a rear wall of the housing and inserts into aligned handles associated with the bags to releasably retain upper bag portions. A bag folding element is hinge-mounted in the interior of the housing for movement between a first position in which the folding element extends through the housing opening and permits lower bag end portions to be rested between the folding element and rear housing wall and a second position in which the folding element folds the lower bag end portions upwardly and is concealed within the housing.

Abstract: A dovetail drawer guide wherein the mortise member is attached to the outer bottom surface of a drawer and the tenon member is mounted on base frame adjacent the bottom of the drawer slideway of the case goods, further includes a pivotal drawer stop means mounted on one side of the mortise member. The stop means includes a body portion having an arcuate edge, a resilient finger member, and a leg member opposite the arcuate edge. The stop means pivots such that the leg member is out of the path of movement when the drawer is inserted in the slideway, but the leg drops by gravity to engage the forward base plate and prevent the drawer being pulled out of the slideway during normal use. The stop means is of sufficient resilience to permit overriding thereof by application of force, which force compresses both the finger and leg members, to permit removal of the drawer from the slideway.

Abstract: Protective covers for elevated display cases having multiple faces including at least one glass face, for example, a jewelry display case. The protective covers include a plurality of panels of a non-frangible, rigid material. The panels are of a size and shape sufficient to cover the glass faces of the display case. The panels are joined together, one edge, by a plurality of hinge assemblies. Since each panel is attached to the joining panel by a hinge assembly, the protective cover is foldable such the panels lie in approximately parallel planes. The cover, when unfolded is comprised of one or more columns and one or more rows of the panels, depending on the size and shape of the display case being protected. The ends of each row or column of two or more panels have latching members attached thereto. These latching members are compatible with latching assemblies attached to the display case to affix the protective cover to the display case.

Abstract: A seat slide device for adjusting the forward and backward positions of the seat which comprises an upper rail and a lower rail, the upper rail being slidably fitted to the lower rail. In the upper rail, there is provided an anchor plate adapted to be connected with a seat belt, the anchor plate having a plurality of hook members arranged in correspondence with a plurality of engagement holes formed in the lower rail. When an upward pulling force is exerted on the anchor plate, the hook members are brought to engagement into the engagement holes, to thereby prevent removal of the upper rail from the lower rail.

Abstract: In order to move heavy large diameter tires and the like cargo from a storage site to a work place a cradle adapted to support the cargo is suspended at the end of a foldably linkage arrangement. The linkage arrangement is foldably into a compact form at one end of the vehicle and provided with a servo/damper arrangement which permits the weight of the cargo to be compensated for in a manner which permits the linkage to automatically return the cradle quickly and smoothly to a predetermined height.

Abstract: A completely collapsible chaise-cot deriving an unique compact folding characteristic from a folding transverse foot-base support structure. The folding support structure gives an increased compactable collapsibility to this invention over the folding chairs and cots of prior inventions. Earlier art, although achieving a modicum of collapsibility for cots, lawn chairs and the like, was devoid of full and compact collapsibility because no provisions had been made by the inventors to fold the common transverse base and upper frame supporting structures. The long felt need, therefore, for a folding, completely collapsible transverse foot-base support structure has been fulfilled by this invention and the art form has achieved a new level of utility as a result.

Abstract: A flexible cover for closing the opening of a refrigerated produce rack when the produce does not need to be viewed thereby optimizing the refrigerated and moisturized air conditions inside the display area. The cover includes a plurality of transparent curtains that roll up on rollers for storage and roll down for use. Strip connectors provide connections across the gaps between adjacent curtains. Fasteners of the hook and loop type allow the strip connectors to be secured to the curtains across the gaps simply by placing the connectors across the gaps.