Abstract: The invention is directed to a warning message system for the deterrence of tailgating. The system provides one or more photoelectric sensors on the rear bumper of the user's vehicle, which determine the distance between the user's vehicle and any vehicle which may be following. The system then compares this distance to the speed of the user's vehicle to determine whether the driver of the following vehicle is allowing a safe stopping distance between vehicles. If it is determined that the driver of the following vehicle is tailgating, a large, red warning message is projected on the rear window of the user's vehicle and, if the following vehicle continues to tailgate for a predetermined period such as 2 seconds or more, a camera acquires an image of the following vehicle's license plate. The image, along with date, time, speed, distance, and location information, is then transmitted to the user's auto insurance company for further action.

Abstract: A locking astragal with self positioning seal that automatically positions at least one seal at the lower end of an astragal adjacent the threshold sill of a door frame, and prevents drafts at the vicinity of the lower end of the astragal and the threshold sill, and/or automatically positions at least one seal at the upper end of the astragal adjacent the header of the door frame, and prevent drafts at the vicinity of the header.

Abstract: An adjustable strike mounting system having a cover plate, which can be mounted to an astragal having a housing, which has a longitudinal channel having retention guides, vertically slidable blocks, which have transverse slots, having horizontally slidable threaded elements, and spring leaves, which are adapted to hold the vertically slidable blocks in selected positions, the cover plates adapted to provide mounting surfaces for the strike plates, the cover plates abutting the retention guides, the strike plates having apertures, which can be aligned with locations of the locks and deadbolts quickly, easily, and efficiently, the adjustable strike mounting system facilitating and allowing vertical and horizontal movement of the strike plates in the astragal, facilitating location and alignment of fasteners, and minimizing loss of the fasteners within the astragal and resultant jamming of the astragal and other operating parts of the astragal.

Abstract: A locking astragal comprising: a bolt having a bolt retracted position and a bolt extended position; a lock having a locked position and an unlocked position, the lock locking the bolt into the bolt extended position when the bolt is in the bolt extended position and the lock is in the locked position, the lock having a wall, which prevents movement of the bolt and locks the bolt into the bolt extended position, when the bolt is in the bolt extended position and the lock is in the locked position; the lock unlocking the bolt when the lock is in the unlocked position, the lock having a keyway, which allows at least a portion of the bolt to pass therethrough when the bolt is unlocked.

Abstract: An astragal with a self positioning seal that automatically positions at least one seal at the lower end of an astragal adjacent the threshold sill of a door frame, and prevents drafts at the vicinity of the lower end of the astragal and the threshold sill, and/or automatically positions at least one seal at the upper end of the astragal adjacent the header of the door frame, and prevent drafts at the vicinity of the header. The self positioning astragal seal independently positions itself abuttingly adjacent the sill and/or the header when the astragal's bolts are extended from a retracted position to an extended position and are received by the upper and/or lower apertures in the upper and/or lower portions of the door frame, is easy to use, install, and can be used with a variety of thresholds, types, sizes, and shapes of threshold sills, headers, doors, and door frames.

Abstract: A self positioning astragal seal that automatically positions at least one seal at the lower end of an astragal adjacent the threshold sill of a door frame, and prevents drafts at the vicinity of the lower end of the astragal and the threshold sill, and/or of automatically positions at least one seal at the upper end of the astragal adjacent the header of the door frame, and prevent drafts at the vicinity of the header. The self positioning astragal seal independently positions itself abuttingly adjacent the sill and/or the header when the astragal's bolts are extended from a retracted position to an extended position and are received by the upper and/or lower apertures in the upper and/or lower portions of the door frame, is easy to use, install, and can be used with a variety of astragals and threshold sills, types, sizes, and shapes of threshold sills, doors, and door frames.