Abstract: Tent with inflatable structure including an outer cover (1) and a floor portion (2), where the inflatable structure includes at least one beam made of standard fire hose (3) or other industrial seamless hose (3) having outer textile braiding. The hose (3) is at each of its ends closed by a plug (4), of which at least one includes air inlet/outlet element (5), and at least one end of the hose (3) is fixed to and/or leant against the outer cover (1) of the tent and/or the floor portion (2) of the tent.

Abstract: A unique springable hand-free-self-locking self-centering bracket-clamp fence system comprises fence-post base systems, fence-post systems, springable hand-free-self-locking self-centering bracket-clamp systems, board-expansion-internal-gap rail systems, stackable interlocking fence-board systems, and fence-post-covering cap systems. The fence-post base systems are for supporting the fence-post systems, respectively. The fence-post systems are for supporting the board-expansion-internal-gap rail systems, respectively. The board-expansion-internal-gap rail systems are for supporting the stackable interlocking fence-board systems, respectively. The fence-post-covering cap systems are for preventing water penetration to the inside of the fence-post systems, respectively. The fence-post systems have multiple bracket-clamp-locking jaw slots and multiple bracket-clamp-centering grooves.

Abstract: A fencing assembly includes a plurality of corner posts that may be positioned to abut a support surface. Each of the corner posts is positioned on the support surface with respect to each other such that each of the corner posts defines an associated one of four corners of a rectangle. A pair of central posts may be positioned to abut the support surface. Each of the central posts is positioned between an associated pair of the corner posts. A plurality of panels is provided and each of the panels is positioned between the corner posts and the central posts to define a fence.

Abstract: Guardrail support brackets for use in securing safety guardrails during the construction of MSE wall systems. The guardrail support brackets include a clamping portions that secure the support brackets to the top of adjacent wall panels, vertical support posts that are coupled to the clamping portions in such a manner to allow the vertical support posts to extend above or below the clamping portions, and guardrail supports that secure elongate guardrail elements to the vertical support posts.

Abstract: A frame is supported for vertical movement by a vehicle and has an inclined shaft supporting a roll of silt fence material. The frame also supports a vertical plow plate having a forward edge surface and an inclined rearward edge surface spaced adjacent an inclined foldover member to define a narrow gap which receives fence material directly from the roll. The plow supports a removable, flexible and resilient panel which projects rearwardly to extend within a slit formed in the ground by the plow plate to prevent debris from snagging the material. The inclined shaft is adjustable vertically, and the roll is adjustable axially on the shaft to maintain an edge of the fence material adjacent the bottom of the plow plate. The frame may also support a rotatable and vertically movable boom from which depends an impact hammer for installing stakes in the ground adjacent the fence.

Abstract: An OEM factory install door handle construction comprising a display advertisement insert for a storage unit (e.g., a cooler) door is described. The construction is designed to interoperate with a storage unit's electrical system. Electrical wiring is passed from the storage unit, through standoff extrusions and into a display assembly. The standoffs allow the wiring from a storage unit to go through the center of the door handle and corresponding display assembly, via the standoff's center hole hollow core. The electrically-capable display assembly can be constructed with modules for lighting, audio, scent, as well as paper ads or for product pricing communication. Factory installation of the display assembly door handle prior to shipment saves time, and allows the display ad handle to be compatible with various manufacturer-specific door constructions.

Abstract: Four embodiments of a novel display assembly as a door handle are described. The first embodiment is used with a cable conduit and associated electrical wire, and comprises an outrigger and a handle having a display accessory. The second embodiment does not require an electrical wire. Like the first embodiment, the second embodiment comprises an outrigger and a handle having a display accessory. The third embodiment uses an inset handle for opening and a flat surface for a sticker advertisement with no cover. The fourth embodiment is a display case door handle accessory with a recessed panel for holding advertising material. Finally, a method is described for performing a retrofit install of the first and second embodiments.

Abstract: A door strike plate that can be temporarily mounted to a first location for proper alignment, tested while still temporarily mounted and moved to a second or more locations until satisfactorily aligned. It comprises a metal strike plate having a plurality of mounting screw holes on a top and bottom side of a latch or deadbolt hole; an appropriately sized dot of an adhesive/putty applied to a region adjacent each mounting screw hole. A method for installing this door strike plate is also disclosed.

Abstract: An actuator-controlled electric strike operates in conjunction with a latch having an engaged position to secure a door in a dosed state and a released position. The strike comprises a housing defining an entry chamber. A keeper is disposed in the entry chamber about an axis for rotation between a locked position and an unlocked position. A unitized actuator module is provided including a body, a keeper release and an actuator movable between first and second positions. When the actuator is in one of the first or second positions the keeper release is coupled to the keeper and the keeper is secured in the locked position. When the actuator is selectively moved to the other of the first or second positions the keeper release is decoupled from the keeper and the keeper is rotatable to the unlocked position.

Abstract: An integrated adjustable keeper shim for en electric strike is provided. The keeper shim may be included in a keeper assembly of the electric strike, wherein the electric strike includes a housing defining an entry chamber that operates in conjunction with a latch of a lockset. The engaged position of the latch secures a door within the entry chamber when the door is in a closed state. The keeper assembly comprises a keeper rotatably mounted to the housing, and is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The keeper retains the latch in the entry chamber when the keeper is in the locked position and the latch is in the engaged position. The keeper shim is adjustably mounted to the keeper, wherein a position of the keeper shim relative to the keeper is selected to minimize a gap defined between the keeper shim and the latch.

Abstract: A method of fitting a childproof latch fitting mechanism and a latch installation tool arranged to locate between a first latch fitting and a second latch fitting, to spatially locate the first and second latch fitting at a pre-determined distance respectfully one from the other, wherein in the installation tool is temporarily attached to the first and second latch fittings, whilst they are located and fixed, at least temporarily in place.

Abstract: A retractor assembly for a cylindrical lockset comprises inner and outer retractors. Each of the retractors has a cam engaging surface to convert rotary motion from the inside door handle into linear latch-retracting motion. Inner and outer spindles having retractor activation cams are configured to bear upon cam surfaces of the inner and outer retractors to retract the latch. When the inner door handle is operated, the inner retractor acts directly upon the tailpiece of the latch bolt assembly to retract the latch. When the outer door handle is operated, the outer retractor presses on the inner retractor, causing it to retract the latch. If there is an attack, a blocker assembly engages with members formed in the outer retractor to render the outer retractor inoperative to move into a latch-retracting position without interfering with operation of the inner retractor to move into a latch-retracting position.

Abstract: A mortise lock including a housing; a hub disposed in the housing; a latch disposed in the housing and operable to be displaced by a rotation of the hub between a latched position where a bolt portion of the latch extends through the first side face of the housing and a retracted position wherein the bolt portion is contained within the housing; and a gas spring disposed in the housing and coupled to the hub. A mortise lock assembly including a housing; a hub disposed in the housing; a latch disposed in the housing and operable to move between a latched position and a refracted position; a gas spring disposed in the housing and coupled to the hub; and a strike plate including at least one magnet. A method including rotating a handle of a mortise lock to compress a gas spring in a housing of the lock.

Abstract: A locking cover includes a plate having a front surface with a solid raised panel, and a lock retaining housing. A side wall surrounds the perimeter of the plate. A first aperture runs through the front surface. A cavity is adjacent the first aperture, and the cavity includes a second aperture. A set of pin insertion channels run through the side wall and the cavity, terminating at one end in a wall within the plate. A blocking pin is adapted to be inserted in the set of pin insertion channels and be locked into place over the second aperture. A tubular cylinder lock is adapted to be inserted in the first aperture and into the lock retaining housing. A first fastener is adapted to be inserted through the second aperture to engage a second mating fastener.

Abstract: A hoop lock assembly including a shackle and a crossbar. The shackle includes a straight foot and an angled foot. The crossbar is operable to receive the straight foot and the angled foot, and includes a primary locking mechanism and a secondary locking mechanism. The primary locking mechanism is operable to selectively prevent removal of the straight foot from the crossbar. The secondary locking mechanism is operable to selectively prevent removal of the angled foot from the crossbar.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock having a locking mechanism essentially consisting of a rotary latch and a pawl, and with an emergency opening handle for emergency actuation. The locking mechanism is first moved by a motor to its unlocked position before the emergency actuation handle can be activated.

Abstract: A linking structure enables a metal lever and a metal link to be linked via a metal pin. The metal lever has a circular linking hole. The metal pin has a support shaft part that can rotate in the linking hole while being insertable in the linking hole and can move a set amount in the axial direction, a head part formed at one end of the support shaft part, and a linking shaft part at the other end of the support shaft part. The metal link has a joining hole in which the support shaft part is engaged, and the metal link is linked integrally with the metal pin. At least one end part in the axial direction of the support shaft part of the metal pin is provided with a permitting part for maximizing the amount of axial oscillation of the metal lever relative to the metal pin.

Abstract: Systems and assemblies for determining the status of a fuel door of a vehicle are provided. A latching mechanism having a sensing target and an axis is rotatable about the axis through an unlocked position and a locked position and is longitudinally movable about the axis between an open position and a closed position. A sensor module is configured to detect a sensed position of the sensing target. The sensed position of the sensing target determines a state of the latching mechanism and the status of the fuel door.

Abstract: A vehicle door latch device includes: an interlocking unit assembly including an interlocking mechanism configured to hold the door in a closed position by engaging with a striker; and an operating unit assembly including an operating mechanism configured to switch over the door between a locked state and an unlocked state. The interlocking unit assembly includes a body having a striker advancing groove. The operating unit assembly includes: a casing, in which the interlocking unit assembly is fitted, and in which the operating mechanism is installed; a lock lever configured to move the door to a locked position where the door is in the locked state and an unlocked position where the door is in the unlocked state; an emergency operating member turnably supported by the body of the interlocking unit assembly about an axis; and a slide lever slidably installed in the casing.

Abstract: A decklid assembly includes a striker that movably engages a vehicle body structure. The striker includes first and second opposed surfaces that face each other. The decklid assembly includes a decklid having a latch that releasably engages the striker. A cam is rotatably mounted to the body structure. The cam is disposed between the opposed surfaces of the striker, such that rotation of the cam in first and second directions causes the cam to engage the first and second opposed surfaces, respectively, thereby shifting the striker up and down, respectively.

Abstract: Provided is a small plug door device having a slide base is installed slidably in a vehicle width direction relative to a fixed base. A door drive mechanism for moving one door in a vehicle front-rear direction via a connecting portion has a drive portion including an electric motor, a drive wheel member, a follower wheel member, and an endless member, and is installed on the slide base. A guide portion guides a shaft portion provided on the connecting portion so as to move the shaft portion in a vehicle width direction. In a double-speed rail in which a pinion is disposed between two racks, one rack is connected to the slide base, the other rack is connected to the door side, and the pinion is connected to the connecting portion.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a first member and a second member moveable relative to the first member. A compliant member is compressible between the first member and the second member. A compression control device is attached to one of the first member and the second member for engaging another of the first member and the second member, or the compliant member. The compression control device is moveable between a first position and a second position. When disposed in the first position, the compression control device is not engaged with the first member, the second member, or the compliant member, and allows compression of the compliant member into a first compressive state. When disposed in the second position, the compression control device is engaged with one of the first member, the second member, or the compliant member, and is operable to compress the compliant member into a second compressive state.

Abstract: A vehicle and a hood release system are provided. The vehicle may include a hood release lever disposed within a vehicle cabin connected to a hood latch assembly and a step assembly disposed within a front portion of the vehicle. The hood release lever may be configured to release the step assembly from a stowed to a deployed position in coordination with releasing the hood latch from a primary latching position to a secondary latching position. The step assembly may be configured to release the hood latch from the secondary latching position to allow the hood to fully open.

Abstract: A clamp device comprises a base on which is pivoted a handle which is rotatable about a pivot pin for opening and/or closing the clamp device, a closing device adapted to engage with a clamp element to close the clamp device in a closed configuration, and a locking device for locking the clamp device in the closed configuration hinged by a hinge pin to the handle so that it can be moved between a locking position, in which, in the closed configuration, a catch element of the locking device interacts with the base to attach the clamp device to the base, and a release position in which the handle is free to rotate relative to the base, the locking device comprises a stroke limiting device to limit the rotation of the locking device from the locking position.

Abstract: An assembly for mounting a door with a vehicle compartment includes an arm coupled with the compartment and with the door and a constant-force spring having a coil coupled with one of the door and the compartment and an end coupled with the other of the door and the compartment such that a contraction of the spring causes the door to move with rotation of the arm.

Abstract: A bump stop assembly is provided for an access door. The assembly comprises a bump stop configured to couple to the access door or a door frame and a door closure gauge movably coupled to the bump stop. A closure pad couples the bump top to one of the door frame or the access door. The closure pad engages the other side of the access door and door frame when the door is closed. The thickness of a selected closure pad is determined based upon the extent that the door closure gauge protrudes relative to the bump stop.

Abstract: A gliding doorstop having a substantially sinusoidal cross sectional shape, with a central trough configured to accept the bottom of a door and two curved ends configured to slide along a floor. The gliding doorstop is configured to retain the door in a set position against routine amounts of environmental forces, but be slideable such that the door can be manually moved by a user into a new set position without removing the gliding doorstop from underneath the door.

Abstract: A window control method includes as follows. Control a vehicle to switch to a window adjusting mode in response to input operations applied on a touch input unit of a vehicle. Recognize a gesture in response to input signals. Therein the input signals are generated by the touch input unit in response to input operations applied thereon. Compare the gesture with a plurality of predefined gestures stored in a storage unit of the vehicle to determine whether the gesture is same as one of the plurality of predefined gestures. Obtain a control order corresponding to the one of the plurality of predefined gestures when the gesture matches the one of the plurality of predefined gestures. Control one or more vehicle windows to rise or go down according to the control order.

Abstract: A pinching detection device detecting that foreign substances are caught between an opening and closing member for opening and closing an opening portion and a frame member surrounding the opening portion, includes: a sensor that is formed in an elongated shape and is capable of detecting that an external force acts on an outer peripheral surface thereof in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction; and a holding member that has a sensor holding portion for holding the sensor and a gripping portion for gripping a plate-shaped portion formed in the opening and closing member or the frame member, wherein the sensor holding portion is formed of a synthetic resin material and the gripping portion is formed of a synthetic rubber material.

Abstract: A window control arrangement for operating two or more windows in a vehicle includes one or several manually operated window control switches set as default to be associated with a specific one of the windows, a window actuator associated with each of the windows and configured for raising or lowering a corresponding window, a control unit connected to the window actuators for controlling raising or lowering of the windows, and an input device connected to the control unit, the input device having a multitude of input modes of which at least one mode is configured for receiving input concerning operation of the windows. The arrangement is configured for activating the input device to be in the at least one mode configured for receiving input concerning operation of the windows as a result of a detected intention from a driver or passenger in the vehicle to activate a window actuator.

Abstract: A window regulator is provided for a window in a vehicle door. The window regulator includes a drive mechanism having a first cable and a second cable. The first cable is connected to the window at a first connection point and the second cable is connected to the window at a second connection point. The two cables are driven at different speeds so that the window is rotated with respect to the vehicle door panel as the window is displaced between a fully closed position and a fully opened position.

Abstract: This device comprises: a pneumatic cylinder (34), a gas generator (36), a chamber (6, 8) for atmospheric venting, with: an inlet with a connection to the gas generator (36), a first outlet, a second outlet, a valve (16) having a first side (24) and a second side (26) which can change position under the effect of a gas generated by the gas generator and comprising a passage (22) between the two sides (24, 26) obstructed by means which are clearable based on the pressure, where said shuttle-valve (16) is mobile between: a first position allowing connection to the first outlet and the second outlet and isolating the inlet from the first outlet and the second outlet; and a second position allowing connection of the inlet with the first outlet and isolating the second outlet from the inlet and the first outlet.

Abstract: A an automatic safety window apparatus comprising: a window unit configured to attach to the interior of a window, the window unit comprising: an actuator; a linkage in operable communication with the actuator, and configured to attach to a window sash; where the actuator is configured to open the window sash. An automatic safety window apparatus comprising: a window unit configured to attach to the interior of a window, the window unit comprising: an actuator; an alarm and transmitter unit in signal communication with the actuator; a linkage in operable communication with the actuator, and configured to attach to a window sash; where the actuator is configured to open the window sash when the alarm and transmitter unit detects gas levels above a threshold level.

Abstract: A partition door including, a plurality of door slats, wherein each of the door slats are suspended from a track and extend vertically toward a floor. Each of the door slats are moveable in a generally horizontal direction. The partition door also includes a plurality of hinges, each hinge coupling adjacent door slats. The partition door further including a sound attenuating coating fixed to a first surface of at least one of the plurality of door slats.

Abstract: A retractable cellular shade is illustrated in various embodiments to consist of a support structure that could assume numerous forms including cellular material, flexible sheets of material, tapes or ribbons, or flexible monofilaments or similar cords of natural or synthetic fibers with the support structure supporting a plurality of vanes or slats in various configurations and orientations. The movement of the vanes or slats is totally dependent upon movement of the support structure. The fabric so formed can be incorporated into a covering for architectural openings with the covering including a headrail with means for gathering the fabric material within the headrail.

Abstract: A curtain blade contains: a body and a two reinforcement ribs. The body is made of any one of bamboo veneer, wood veneer, and linen fabric and includes two long sides, wherein each reinforcement rib is covered on each of the two long sides of the body so as to reinforce said each long side. Said each reinforcement rib has an accommodation groove defined therein and corresponding to said each long side of the body, hence said each reinforcement rib is fitted on said each long side, and said each long side of the body inserts into the accommodation groove. The curtain blade is therefore fixed firmly and obtains aesthetic appearance. Preferably, said each reinforcement rib protects said each long side of the body effectively so as to prolong service life of the curtain blade.

Abstract: An telescopic ladder for a vehicle. The telescopic ladder comprises a first ladder section and a second ladder section, with each ladder section comprising a front portion and a rear portion and each including opposing sides extending from the front portion to the rear portion. The second ladder section is configured to telescopically extend from the first ladder section. The telescopic ladder further includes an extension support for facilitating the extension of the second ladder section from the first ladder section. The extension support includes at least one front roller assembly positioned adjacent to a front portion of the first ladder section, at least one pair of side roller assemblies positioned on the sides of the first ladder section, and at least one pair of cam-follower assemblies positioned on the sides of the second ladder section adjacent to the rear portion of the second ladder section.

Abstract: Improvements to the leg extension of an adjustable ladder leveler and, more generally, improvements to ladder legs. A shoe with a claw that folds to be parallel to the ladder leg and then slides upward with respect to the leg thereby becoming locked into position so that it cannot move away from being parallel so long as weight is applied on the ladder. If the shoe is on an extension, as the shoe slides up, it engages a safety bar that prevents release of the extension.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for producing a plurality of spaced apart drilled pits in the soil with excavated soil displaced radially outward to form an annular shape mound around the perimeter of the newly drilled pit. The earth boring/drilling device is a compact, portable and highly maneuverable power driven device which is self-propelled or towable. The earth boring/drill device is arranged on a chassis with a plurality of upwardly depending support posts connected by horizontal support elements along with a mechanical means of reciprocating up and down a motorized power auger comprised of a shaft with a helical blade and cutting tips of hard wear-resistant material on the cutting end to drill a pit to a predetermined depth and predetermined diameter and then mound up excavated soil in an annular shape around the perimeter of the drilled pit as the auger is disengaged.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for creating axial movement of a drill string using a variable valve and a controller. In some embodiments, the controller is a proportional-integral-derivative controller.

Abstract: A drill head for expanding a pilot bore in order to create a borehole having a borehole wall as a result of loosening rock surrounding the pilot bore in the region of a working face, which extends in a substantially right-angled manner to the pilot bore, and having a basic body on which a connection element for a pilot bore string is provided, wherein at least one tool holder for at least one drilling tool is provided on the basic body, characterized in that at least two tool holders are provided, in that at least one tool holder is at a greater spacing radially from the basic body than the at least one other tool holder such that there is present at least one outer and one inner drilling tool which are movable into engagement with the working face, and in that the at least one inner drilling tool and the at least one outer drilling tool are each arranged offset at an angle in relation to the working face.

Abstract: An expandable reamer for a borehole has a plurality of support elements (202) distributed around a central axis of the tool with cutters (234, 236) and stabilising pads (250) on the support elements, arranged such that at least one of the support elements comprises at least one region comprising cutters and at least one support element comprises a stabilising pad having a front surface positioned to face the wall of the borehole. The reamer includes drive mechanism for expanding the support elements (202) radially outwardly from the central axis. The support elements differ in the presence or axial positions of stabilising pads (250) thereon such that at least one support element differs from at least one other support element in the presence or axial position of at least one stabilising pad. This arrangement allows the stabilising pads to be positioned at or close to full gauge, thereby reducing vibration.

Abstract: An example insulation enclosure includes an outer shell having an open end and a top end, and an inner shell arranged within the outer shell and including a plurality of sidewall members and a top member. Each sidewall member is independently moveable relative to one another and to the top member, and the plurality of sidewall members and the top member each include a support member and insulation material positioned on the support member. One or more compliant devices arranged between the outer shell and at least one of the plurality of sidewall members and the top member, the one or more compliant devices biasing the at least one of the plurality of sidewall members and the top member against adjacent outer surfaces of a mold disposable within the inner shell.

Abstract: Embodiments of an ultra-fine-grained, medium carbon steel are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the ultra-fine grained steel can have high corrosion fatigue resistance, as well as high toughness and yield strength. The ultra-fine grained steels can be advantageous for use as sucker rods in oil wells having corrosive environments.

Abstract: A riser tree controls adapter comprises an outer riser tree controls adapter, placed outside a first tubular, and an inner riser tree controls adapter placed outside a second tubular and configured to be received into the outer riser tree controls adapter. Once inserted into the outer riser tree controls adapter, one or more control signal pathways are provided between a junction plate control connection receiver and a corresponding set of inner connection interfaces.

Abstract: A heavy weight drill pipe may include a tube body formed of AISI 1340 alloy steel, and first and second tool joints at respective ends of the tube body, and which are formed of an AISI 41XX series alloy steel. The first and second tool joints may be welded to the tube body at a weld line within a weld region. A Charpy impact toughness at the weld line or surrounding weld region may be least 12 ft-lbs. (16.5 N-m). Yield and tensile strengths at the weld line or weld region may be at least 65 ksi (448.0 MPa) and at least 106 ksi (731.0 MPa), respectively. Material properties at the weld line or weld region may be achieved by heat treating after welding. Heat treating may include austenitizing, quenching, and tempering the weld line and/or the surrounding weld region.

Abstract: Systems, tools, and methods include using a milling assembly with a catch mechanism configured to maintain a connection between the drill string and the mill in the event a primary connection between the mill and catch mechanism fails. A primary connection may support the weight of the mill by using a connection between the drill string and the mill. The catch mechanism may operate as a back-up or redundant connection and may support the weight of the mill by coupling the catch mechanism to both the mill and the drill string.

Abstract: Embodiments may generally take the form of a safety joint and methods related thereto. One embodiment may take the form of a safety joint deployable in a well. The safety joint includes a first sub and a second sub coupled to the first sub. The coupling of the two subs may include a first set of threads having a first orientation and a second set of threads having a second orientation different from the first set of threads. The first sub is decoupleable from the second sub upon disengagement of the first set of threads by rotation in a first direction followed by disengagement of the second set of threads by rotation in a direction opposite from the first direction.

Abstract: A well tool apparatus for damping torsional vibration of a drill string comprises stabilizing members projecting radially outwards from a housing that is, in operation, rotationally integrated in the drill string, to stabilize the drill string by engagement with a borehole wall. The stabilizing members are displaceably mounted on the housing to permit limited angular movement thereof relative to the housing about its rotational axis. The well tool apparatus includes a hydraulic damping mechanism to damp angular displacement of the stabilizing members relative to the housing, thereby damping torsional vibration of the housing and the connected drill string, in use.

Abstract: A device for controlling a brake of a drum of a draw-works equipping a drilling rig operating a drill tool in a borehole, which device comprises a brake lever having a first end connected mechanically to brake bands designed to act on the drum and a second end provided with a first brake control handle. The device further comprises actuation means configured to be controlled and arranged to act mechanically on the brake lever, and a second brake control handle arranged to servo-control said actuation means.