Abstract: An axial urging mechanism includes a support device, a connecting seat, a pivotal shaft, and a pressing device. The support device provides two opposite lateral walls with connecting ends. The connecting seat has two opposite wing ends disposed between and adjacent to the connecting ends. The pivotal shaft passes through the connecting ends and the wing ends and provides a limit device at the inner wall surface of the respective wing end to press against the inner wall surface. The pivotal shaft has a thread screw section with a positive sense and a reversed sense at two ends thereof respectively. The pressing device includes two follower levers, each follower lever having a lever base with a thread screw hole engaging with the respective thread screw section and the inner wall surface of the respective follower lever is attached to the respective connecting end of the support device.
Abstract: In a stepping mechanism for a vehicle seat, in particular for an automobile seat, with a gear and a pivoting pawl that is adapted for pivoting toward the gear and rotating the gear upon engagement, a friction spring is provided for raising the pawl from the gear.
Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a banner, comprising an arm and a base. The arm includes a proximal portion, a distal portion adapted for holding the banner, and a spring portion connecting the proximal portion to the distal portion. The base is adapted for attaching the proximal portion of the arm to a structure. The apparatus may be used in a banner hanging system, comprising at least two arms adapted for holding a banner and a set of two bases. One of the arms is adapted for holding a top end of the banner and the other of the arms is adapted for holding a bottom end of the banner. Each of the two bases may include two opposing receiver portions, each receiver portion being adapted for receiving and being attached to the proximal end of one of the arms. The opposing receiver portions are constructed and arranged to extend banners on opposing sides of the structure.
Abstract: In a visor side bracket 5, a sun visor is arranged in a lower surface side, a shaft supporting portion 8 fitting a fixing shaft 4 to an upper surface side is protruded, and a guide portion 12 is formed near a peripheral wall portion of the shaft supporting portion 8. On the contrary, a guide groove 23 structured such that the guide portion 12 is inserted in a sliding manner by assembling the visor side bracket 5 is formed in a panel side bracket 6.
Abstract: A wall-mounted storage device for lifting and storing an object includes a stand adapted for mounting the device on the wall. An arm is pivotally connected to the stand and has an attachment for the object. An anchor member is also pivotally connected to the stand. A damper is connected between the anchor member and the stand. The damper is adapted to extend when pulled upward by the pivoting anchor member. A lockable spring is connected between the anchor member and the arm. The device includes a trigger mechanism adapted to unlock the spring when the object is attached to the arm. When the spring is unlocked, the spring is adapted to extend to push the arm upward. When the spring is locked, the pivoting anchor member and the extendible damper cooperate to enable the arm to be manually lifted. The damper provides a controlled descent when the arm is lowered.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 9, 2000
Date of Patent:
August 7, 2001
Assignee:
Gear Up Technologies Corporation
Inventors:
Daniel A. Pollock, Louis M. Soltis, Alexander O. Bally, Ronald J. Sears, Roland Zeder
Abstract: A support structure for a body to be supported, such as a display unit, includes a support base, a stand support held upright by the support base, and an attachment member for attaching a body to be supported thereto laterally held by the stand support. The stand support and the attachment member may be coupled to each other in an electrically insulated state. The body to be supported may be mounted on the attachment member via a tilting mechanism for holding the support body at an arbitrarily vertically tilted angle from a home position.