Abstract: A backing member includes locking structure for locking a Z-axis clip in alignment with the aperture of the clip aligned with aperture in the backing member. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the backing member includes a track with spaced inwardly projecting lips which overlie edges of the base of the fastening clip for holding the clip adjacent the backing member. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the backing member further includes an interlocking tab which can be ramped to snap-lock into an alignment aperture associated with the fastener clip for locking the fastener to the backing member against sliding motion within the track.

Abstract: A faucet handle has a generally cylindrical ceramic body, with a bore extending axially through the body. A mounting member extends through the bore and has an enlarged head on the exterior end thereof. The interior end of the mounting member has threads for attachment to the faucet control member. There is a cylindrical chamber formed between the exterior of the mounting member and the surface of the bore and there is an axially extending cushioning insert positioned within the chamber. The insert extends substantially about the mounting member within the chamber and is there to prevent damaging contact between the mounting member and the ceramic body.

Abstract: The present invention provides door handle bases for use in mounting door handles to doors. The door handle base has a base plate having a door handle side and an opposite door side, and a pair of tabs attached to the base plate. The pair of tabs are spaced apart from each other and each tab defines a fastener hole through the tab. A boss protrudes from each tab away from the door side of the base plate and contacts the door when the door handle is mounted to the door by the door handle base. The tabs are removably attached to the base plate by a frangible connection and are useable with multiple door handles and doors.

Abstract: A system for attaching an accessory to a support housing which affords ease of fastening and a hidden fastening system. The system includes a locking stem having a head connected to a body by a neck. The accessory engages the support housing at an angle. The head of the locking stem is positioned in the accessory and the body positioned in the support housing. Movement of body away from the accessory causes the head to engage opposing inside surfaces of the accessory and effect a locking of the accessory to the support housing and a frame. In a preferred embodiment, the accessory is a towel bar and the support housing is connected to a shower door frame.

Abstract: A single-control valve having a valve housing and a stem projecting along a stem axis from the housing and displaceable relative to the housing to control flow through the valve has a handle assembly having a handle body having an actuating arm, a cup-shaped part spacedly surrounding the stem and projecting toward the valve housing, and a mounting collar fittable snugly over the stem. An annular cover skirt us supported on the body by interengaging formations for displacement of the skirt relative to the body between an access position forming with the body an access hole and a use position closely snugly juxtaposed with the body and closing the hole. A fastener engaged is in the collar with the stem and accessible through the hole by a tool only in the access position of the skirt. The fastener is hidden by the skirt in the use position.

Abstract: A handle apparatus for a computer is disclosed, including a chassis forming a framework for receiving various components of a computer and having two pairs of vertically extended tabs each having a support hole for engaging with a shaft, a stop rib for preventing the shaft from being inserted past a predetermined point, a holder rib for preventing the shaft from coming loose, a handle for gripping to facilitate carrying the computer, a pair of shafts for engaging the chassis and the handle in an assembled arrangement, and a cover for covering the chassis, the cover having a groove in which the handle is laid out of sight. The support hole contact area is large in order to disperse the load of the computer efficiently through the center of the shaft, when a worker carries the computer, to prevent the shaft from being transformed. A rest is provided in the groove of the cover to stop the handle's fall thereby preventing the handle from colliding directly with the cover or the chassis of the computer.

Abstract: An improved handle assembly for a refrigerator door including a mounting button secured to a face of the refrigerator door, a mounting block secured to a first or lower end of a door handle, and a mounting bracket integrally formed with a second or top end of the door handle. The mounting block and mounting button cooperate to provide a dovetail-type connection wherein the first end of the refrigerator door handle is slidably secured to a face of the refrigerator door without any exposed mechanical connection. The mounting bracket includes openings through which screws may be inserted to secure the second end of the door handle to a top surface of the refrigerator door.

Abstract: A universal drawer handle that includes a pair screws a pair of post portions, and a handle portion. The pair of post portions, are removably mounted to a conventional drawer front of a conventional drawer by the pair of mounting screws that have free ends that pass through a pair of conventional handle mounting holes in the conventional drawer front of the conventional drawer. The handle portion is slidably mounted to any desired position on the pair of post portions, so that the handle portion is free to slide relative to the pair of post portions and adjust for different spacings between different pairs of conventional handle mounting holes of different conventional drawer fronts of different conventional drawers so as to allow the universal drawer handle to be used to replace different sized drawer handles.

Abstract: The handle of the handle assembly can be detachably mounted in at least two different orientations relative to a defined apparatus axis. Furthermore, actuating elements of the particular instrument can be reached without difficulty via a suitable cutout in the handle without it being necessary for the operator to significantly change the manual hold on the handle. The handle assembly is especially advantageous on a surgical microscope.

Abstract: A novelty device simulating a portion of a character or an object, such as half of an animal, for example a frog, is capable of functioning as a toy handle for use with oral devices such as lollipops, popsicles or teething rings or the like, which are typically placed in the mouth of the user and provided with a handle allowing periodic removal. The amusement device allows interactive response between the user and the toy handle, as well as between the user and observers, evoking a surprised, humorous reaction in the observer. The toy handle has securing structure disposed within a receiving channel of the main body of the toy handle such that the typical handle of such an oral device may be selectively and removably secured within the toy handle.

Abstract: A universal float handle device having a central arched gripping portion and a single foot formed at each end, each foot has formed in it one or more apertures which allows for the handle to be readily attached to a hand trowel float. The base of each foot is flat, and may have a marginal rim provided around its periphery, each foot having an aperture provided therethrough, with counterbores formed into both the bottom end and the upper end of each aperture, to provide clearance for accommodating the locating of a fastener therethrough, and for attaching the handle to a hand float. The aperture through one foot may be elongated, to provide a form of slot for accommodating adjustment in the locating of the fastener at that end, while the aperture provided at the opposite foot may comprise one or more apertures, to provide adjustment in the locating of the fastener when attaching that end of the handle to the hand float device.

Abstract: A removable crank for driving various manually powered rotary devices, such as winches. The crank includes an improved mechanism for locking it to the device. The locking mechanism involves a manually retractable locking element located in the crank extension which interacts with a groove disposed in the crank receiving socket of the rotary device.

Abstract: A handle for a tool such as a lobby dustpan is provided. The handle is preferably mounted on a vertical shaft of the tool. The handle may be placed in either a locked position or an unlocked position. In the locked position the handle is rigidly connected to the shaft. In the unlocked position the handle moves freely with respect to the shaft.

Abstract: An operating knob-mounting structure in an air-conditioner for vehicle includes a support shaft provided on an equipment and an operating knob having a boss provided with an axial hole formed therethrough, the operating knob being rotatable and supported on the supported shaft fitted in the axial hole. The support shaft has an engagement portion formed thereon and engageable with an outer end face of the boss of the operating knob. The axial hole of the boss has an insertion recess formed in a periphery thereof and allowing the engagement portion to pass therethrough in a direction of an axis of the support shaft when the operating knob is mounted on said support shaft.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a joining sleeve assembly for joining a metal cookware with a cookware handle. Principally, when a metal cookware piece is bent to form a hollow joining sleeve assembly, a pair of protruding pieces and a pair of corresponding rectangular through holes are joined together by means of inter-coupling linkages or hook-coupling linkages, which are very secure. As a result, effects, such as configuration flexibility, simple construction, attractive appearance, strong joining strength and long working life, can be achieved.

Abstract: A power tool having a detachable arrangement of an auxiliary handle relative to a main body. The main body has a handle receiving portion. The auxiliary handle has a grip portion and an insertion portion engageable with the handle receiving portion. The insertion portion extends from the grip portion and includes an upper flat surface provided with a protrusion, and a lower arcuate surface. The insertion portion also includes a resilient latch. The receiving portion is provided by a hole having a top flat surface, a lower flat surface and a bottom surface. The top flat surface is formed with an indentation engageable with the protrusion. The base end of the arcuate surface is engageable with the lower flat surface. The lower flat surface is formed with a further recess with which the resilient latch is engageable.

Abstract: A handle (12) mounted to a support bracket (34) underlying a headliner (10) through two mounting devices (11). Each mounting device (11) includes a T-shaped end section (24) of a U-shaped spring metal strap (22) of the handle having a T-end that engages a T-shaped aperture in the support bracket (34). The body (20) of the handle includes a tab (23) that extends beyond end 51 of the body (20) and into the T-shaped aperture to abut an abutment shoulder (44) adjacent the T-shaped aperture in order to interlock with the T-shaped end section (24) of the strap. The tab (23) is removable from the aperture (40) and disengageable from the abutment shoulder (44) to allow the handle to be removable from the bracket (34).

Abstract: The combination of a casket and non-invasive externally removable hardware for lifting the casket. The combination comprises a casket shell including a socket in a wall thereof, a plate, a handle operably connected to the plate for lifting the casket, a stud passing through the plate, means for translating the stud relative to the plate, a retainer connected to the stud, and resilient material surrounding the stud and disposed between the plate and the retainer. The handle, when the stud is inserted into the casket shell wall socket, is removably securable to the casket shell upon actuation of the translating means to translate the stud and retainer toward the plate compressing the resilient material therebetween and causing the resilient material to swell to fill the socket.

Abstract: An assist strap is made of a flexible exoskeleton of a tubular shape which overlies a tubular core to provide a strong yet cushioned strap. Opposite ends of the strap are held by clamps which in turn are secured to a vehicle for attaching the strap to a vehicle.

Abstract: An improved packaging handle is provided which consists of a strap member with a structure for adhering the strap member to a top surface of a package. A component for grasping is located at the center of the strap member, so that a person can carry the package with one hand therefrom.

Abstract: A bracket for attaching a handle to a surface has a main bore for receiving the handle. A secondary bore intersects the main bore and receives a set screw having a tapered midsection which tangentially engages the handle. Tightening the set screw advances the tapered midsection which acts as a wedge to press against the handle and maintain the handle firmly within the main bore.

Abstract: Items of decorative hardware, e.g., handles, pulls, towel bars, tissue bars, etc., and a method of making the same. Each hardware item comprising an assembly of a pair of posts, a cross member, and an externally threaded rod. The cross member may comprise one integral elongate rod-like member or a plurality of separate sections disposed in a side-by-side array to form an elongated rod-like member. In any case the cross member has a decorative exterior surface, a pair of ends, and an internally threaded passageway extending longitudinally through it. Each of the posts has an under surface for securing the hardware item to a panel, e.g., a wall or a cabinet, and a decorative exterior surface including a side portion. Each of the side portions of the posts include an internally threaded bore. The posts are arranged to be oriented with respect to each other so that their side portions face each other with their internally threaded bores axially aligned.

Abstract: A cover assembly is disclosed for a paint can having an open top. The cover assembly includes a lid dimensioned to over-lie the open top of the paint can having a spout attached along one side of the lid to provide access to the contents of the paint can. A closure selectively opens and closes the spout while locking tabs detachably lock the lid across the top of the can. With the lid secured to the top of the can, a paint stir extends down into the interior of the can to continually mix the paint. The lid and spout are constructed of a material which does not react to water-based paint.

Abstract: A handle can be attached on a cooking pot, frying pan or the like frictionally and possibly also form-lockingly without a separate connecting element, wherein the fastened handle can be released from the rigid anchoring element on the cooking utensil. Through suitable openings in the handle attachment, a separating tool can be moved between two surfaces of the two fastening pieces which surfaces face one another and, with the help of the separating tool, a jerk-free release of the handle takes place. A conventional screwdriver can be used as the separating tool.

Abstract: An apparatus for interconnecting with a lanyard a handle of the type used in rapid inflation applications includes apparatus for impaling a first end of a lanyard with multiple spikes to secure the first end to a handle. The lanyard handle is made with a channel having spike-receiving cavities along its extent, and the spikes on a spike-carrying strip impale the first end of the lanyard when the strip is press fit into the channel.

Abstract: A handle for turning on and off a faucet has a push button release for removal of the handle from a stem of the faucet structure. Pressing down upon the push button causes a latch attached to the handle to disengage from a slot in the stem allowing removal of the handle. Following removal of the handle, the faucet structure and/or the handle can be repaired and/or cleaned if necessary. The original handle or a new replacement handle can then be quickly and easily put back into place by reengaging the latch on the handle with the slot in the stem.

Abstract: A retractable carrying handle for a room air conditioning unit that is easily assembled with the main structural member of the unit to provide a high strength, safe means for installing and removing the unit from a window frame or the like for transporting the unit from place to place.

Abstract: A vandalism-proof lever handle system for activating a locking or latching device has a U-shaped lever handle having first and second bent end portions with a central or intermediate portion therebetween. A second end portion is secured to a mounting surface and has an extended portion for engaging the lock or latching device for activating the same. The opposite first end portion is movably secured to move in an arc-like path within a curved retaining channel forming an arc segment of given arc length. The first end portion is entrained preferably by a shoulder bolt or collar having a widened end portion. The widened end portion or widened portion of the shoulder bolt is received in an interior of the channel. End portions of the retaining channel form abutments or stop points which limit further movement during rotation of the lever handle. The shoulder bolt or widened collarlike element limits rotational, lateral, vertical, and inward and outward forces placed on the lever handle.

Abstract: An assist strap is made of a flexible exoskeleton of a tubular shape which overlies a high density foam core to provide a strong yet cushioned strap. Opposite ends of the strap are held by clamps which in turn are secured to a vehicle for attaching the strap to a vehicle.

Abstract: Handles formed to fit various shapes, sizes, and designs of baby bottles available on the market. The handles aid in holding the bottle in proper feeding positions. The handles' unique design allows attachment and detachment, thus making the handles reusable. The attachment is by way of lugs positioned on the edge of the handles and various bottles will utilize different combinations of the lugs.

Abstract: A device to allow health practitioners' cabinet drawers to be opened and operating lights and other movable operating equipment to be repositioned as he works, without the need to grasp, and thereby contaminate, the existing handles. The device comprises magnet devices attached to the drawers and equipment and a hand-held sterilizable element for contacting the attached magnet devices and moving the drawers and equipment, thus allowing for one easily washable and sterilizable handle to be used for any individual patient.

Abstract: A handle bracket intended for attachment on a vehicle door panel is a sheet metal stamping having a pair of spaced apart legs which carry spaced apart feet extending longitudinally and adapted to overlie the planar surface of the door panel. Each of the feet has a toe portion and a heel. The panel has a pair of toe straps struck from the panel and defining receptacles for receiving the toe portions of the feet when the feet are abutted with the panel and then slid longitudinally along the surface into the receptacles. The panel also has a pair of openings therein which register with the heel portions of the feet. The heels have integral retaining flaps bent forwardly from the underside thereof and being admitted through the openings in the panel to become engaged with the panel when the feet are abutted with the panel and then slid longitudinally along the surface.

Abstract: A handle assembly for attaching a decorative handle to a turning stem is disclosed. The handle assembly comprises a handle body having a side wall and a top wall defining a hollow interior open at the bottom. A shaped aperture extends through the top wall of the handle body and is in communication with the hollow interior. An insert having a top portion and a shaped body portion of cross-sectional configuration, such as octagonal cross-section, complementary to the cross-sectional configuration of the shaped aperture extending through the top wall of the handle body is press-fit into the aperture with a section of the shaped body portion extending above the aperture. A decorative ring is disposed on top of the handle body. The ring has a shaped opening extending therethrough.

Abstract: An entrance handleset 20 is assembled on a door 22 and includes a handle 24 which is connected at an upper end to an upper rose 26 and at a lower end to a lower rose 28. A thumbpiece 30 extends from upper rose 26 just above the upper end of handle 24 to facilitate operation of a latch (not shown) which is assembled with door 22. At the juncture of handle 24 and upper rose 26, the handle is formed with a spherial face 26 recess 62 to permit swivel or universal adjustment of the handle relative to the upper rose.

Abstract: A fastener particularly adapted for securing an end of a cord in an opening in an object comprises a cylindrical shaped body. Extending through the fastener body is a passageway to hold an end of the cord, for example. In practice, the fastener preferably is made of plastic allowing the fastener to be molded onto the cord. Projecting outwardly on an angle from an inner end of the fastener body is an ear. Because the cord, the fastener ear, or both are flexible, the fastener ear and cord may be pressed into alignment. Once aligned, the fastener and cord end may be threaded through the opening in the object with the ear then returning to its prior nonaligned position. The cord is prohibited from being drawn back through the opening by an interference fit between the fastener ear and the object.

Abstract: An umbrella handle has an aperture at one end into which an umbrella shaft can be inserted. The handle has a sleeve-shaped integral axial extension on the shaft side for receiving a tip-cup to be slidably mounted thereon, the sleeve having an abutment over which a tip-cup can be passed before assembly of the handle to an umbrella shaft, to prevent the tip-cup sliding off the extension along the shaft after assembly.

Abstract: A fastening pin, or peg is partially inserted into an aligned aperture and attached thereto by a webbed flashing. In a one-step assembly operation, the pin is driven further into the aperture as the flashing is broken and driven through an aligned aperture of a second component.

Abstract: A sterile disposable plastic cover for a handle of an operating room fixture such as a cylindrical handle for a light fixture is disclosed. The cover includes a hollow member which is open at one end and includes a hand guard. The open end is partially restricted with a retention member which permits the handle of the operating fixture to extend through the open end of the hollow member and holds it in place. Preferably, the retention member is a disc which includes a pair of intersecting slits which define an opening smaller than the opened end of the hollow member.

Abstract: A disposable plastic handle and shield in the form of a first embodiment including a unitary injection molded hollow handle with a threaded upper end portion for engagement with a threaded receptacle on the luminaire of a hospital operating room. An integral, generally circular shield is connected to the handle between the threaded upper end portion and a lightly knurled portion of the handle. The shield includes a pair of spaced apart grooves on its underside, one on each side of the handle serving as live hinges and defining a pair of segments capable of being folded down against the knurled handle or upward against the threaded end of the handle to facilitate packaging. A second embodiment has a shield similar to the first embodiment but which is separate from, rather than integral with, the plastic handle.

Abstract: A door and a ceramic handle or knob assembly are disclosed. The ceramic handle has a socket extending from a rear end wall and into the body of the handle. A plastic insert is received in the socket, so that the handle may be secured to the door by means of a threaded bolt, passing into and expanding the plastic insert.

Abstract: A utensil having a detachable handle member. The front end portion of the handle member and an associated mounting zone on the utensil have a detachable, matching snap-on device which includes at least one substantially vertical cavity and a corresponding vertical latch component that is adapted to be introduced into the cavity, the latter as well as the latch component being in an upper region of the front end portion of handle member, whereas locking means for detachably connecting the handle member to the utensil are provided in a lower region of the front end portion of handle member.

Abstract: A handle assembly which is attachable to a conventional valve stem and includes a decorative handle member is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, an adapter element has an interior splined surface that mounts on the valve stem. The adapter also includes external splines and an annular flange. The adapter is positioned within a central opening in an escutcheon. A mounting screw fastens the adapter to the valve stem, with the escutcheon trapped beneath the adapter due to the presence of the annular flange. A post member has internal splines which engage the external splines of the adapter so that the parts rotate together. In addition, the post member has external splines which engage a splined opening in a handle. The handle comprises a bottom lever bar and a top lever bar. A strap cap is positioned over the handle and has a threaded hole to receive an upwardly-directed bolt. The bolt presses the handle between the strap cap and the post member.

Abstract: A brake manipulating member or operating member has a pair of opposed walls each formed with a hole. A capped bush made of abrasion-resistant synthetic resin and having a flange around a closed end thereof and a retaining flange around an open end thereof is fitted in the hole with the open end positioned inward. A rollershaped connector has a trunk portion slightly smaller than the hole in diameter, a short pin portion projecting from each end of the trunk portion, a wire engaging portion at the center of the trunk portion and an overall length equal to or slightly smaller than the outside width of the portion of the manipulating or operating member having the two walls. The opposite pin portions of the connector are inserted in and supported by the bushes mounted on the pair of walls.

Abstract: An auxiliary tool handle for attachment to cylindrical tool handles, such as those used for garden rakes, hoes, push brooms and the like. The auxiliary tool handle comprises at least one curvilinear handle segment for removable and adjustable mounting on a conventional tool handle. Sleeves for slidable mounting of the handle segments on conventional cylindrical tool handles are attached to the handle segments, thereby enabling adjustable mounting thereof about the circumference and along the length of the tool handle.

Abstract: The support member underlying the door outer panel has coaxially aligned apertures formed in spaced apart walls thereof. First and second telescopically engaged axle members molded of plastic have integral axle spindles projecting from the ends thereof. A spring acts between the axle members to permit axial contraction of the axle members relative one another so that the axle spindles may be inserted between the spaced apart aperture panel walls. The spring then functions to extend the axle members axially apart to position the axle spindles within the panel apertures and thereby rotatably mount the axle members on the panel.

Abstract: The present invention comprises an improved mounting device incorporating two set screws acting upon two separate axially spaced-apart conical portions of an anchor bolt to produce a lateral "wedging" force which anchors the door handle securely in place against the door stile. The anchor bolt is secured in a hole drilled in the door by turning the threaded shank of the bolt into an internally-threaded rivet set into the hole. A door pull is inserted over the anchor bolt through a bore in the door pull, and a counter bore fits over the flange of the internally-threaded rivet to permit the door pull to bear directly against the door stile. As the two set screws are tightened into threaded holes in the bottom of the door pull, the beveled tips of the set screws bear on the conical surfaces of the anchor bolt, creating a lateral wedging force which moves the door pull toward and against the door stile.

Abstract: An assist strap is provided for attachment within spaced apart apertures on a vehicle body. The strap has mounting portions at the end thereof which space the strap from the vehicle body. Attaching legs are provided on each of the mounting portions and are adapted to extend through the apertures, each of the attaching legs having a foot at the end thereof projecting toward the opposite end of the strap so that the space between the feet is less than the spacing between the spaced apart apertures. The strap is constructed to permit flexure of the strap inwardly toward the body so that the feet of the attaching legs spread further apart than the spaced apart apertures of the body to permit insertion of the feet into the apertures whereby subsequent return of the strap to the normal spaced relation from the body causes the feet to engage with the body and thereby attach the assist strap on the body without the need for fasteners.

Abstract: A generally cylindrical shaft has a longitudinally extending flat area along its end section. A plastic member mounted on the shaft has a longitudinal bore complimentary in shape to and fitting around the shaft end section. The bore includes a longitudinally extending recess projecting radially outward from the flat area of the shaft. A locking sleeve fits within the bore and around the shaft and includes a generally U-shaped portion received in the recess. The U-shaped portion is discontinuous intermediate its ends, providing first and second longitudinal portions adjacent its ends. A screw passes through the first longitudinal portion and threadedly engages the second longitudinal portion for drawing the portions together.

Abstract: A replaceable focusing handle for the focusing shaft of a lighthead includes internal surfaces which register with reaction and locking surfaces of a drive post. A shield carried by the handle prevents inadvertent detachment of the handle.

Abstract: A decorative faucet handle mounting apparatus includes an adapter having a first bore complimentrally shaped to the shape of a faucet stem. A second bore formed coaxially in the adapter cooperates with a fastener to attach the adapter to the faucet stem. A decorative handle has a longitudinal bore extending inward from one end which is engageable over the adapter. A perpendicular bore formed in the handle receives a threaded fastener engageable through the perpendicular bore with the adapter to secure the handle to the adapter.