Abstract: The present invention provides a processing system for coupling to an infrastructure of a building. The processing system comprises a processor having a plurality of processing system elements. A tray is coupled to the processor and the tray has at least one pivotal attachment member coupled to an articulating arm. A motor is coupled to a portion of the infrastructure and the articulating arm so that the motor may move the processing system between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: A sign holder has side members with ears that clamp onto a ceiling grid to support a sign. A flexible web joined to the side members allows the side walls to flex outwardly to allow the ears to snap over opposite sides of the ceiling grid. The side members are joined to a base connected to a channel member accommodating hooks connected to the sign. A gripping tool has jaws that engage the holder to install and remove the holder from the ceiling grid.

Abstract: A locking bolt for a storage basket suspension system is provided with a recess for receiving a locking plate with a depending arm extending at an angle of less than 120.degree. and terminating in an eyelet which extends at 90.degree. to the axis of the depending leg portion to prevent or discourage improper installation of the locking plate.

Abstract: A mounting device for supporting data receptacles within an office partition panel of a type comprising rigid frame members interconnected by pairs of spaced parallel tube members comprises a body portion having two spaced resilient latch arms extending from a first side of the body portion, each arm having an inclined edge directed laterally outwardly of the body portion. The first side also has at least one resilient latch arm having an inclined edge directed in an opposite direction from the. direction of the inclined edges of the first two latch arms. A frame member for supporting a data receptacle is mounted to a second side of the body member. The latch arms are configured to snap into and lock between two parallel adjacent tubes of an office partition panel and, thereby, support a receptacle within the panel.

Abstract: An improved retainer element has a mounting section which is connected with a rim portion of a panel. A longitudinally extending main spring section of the retainer element extends from the mounting section. A retainer section of the retainer element is connected with an end of the main spring section opposite from the mounting section. The retainer section includes a retainer flange and a pair of retainer arms which engage opposite sides of the rim portion of the panel. When the panel is moved into position relative to the support frame, a cam surface on the retainer flange engages the support frame and transmits force to deflect the main spring section of the retainer element. The retainer flange then snaps into engagement with the support frame. The retainer arms slide along opposite side surfaces of the rim portion of the panel to guide movement of the main spring section relative to the panel.

Abstract: A track lighting system includes a track snap-on clip attached to a ceiling and forming a downwardly open channel into which a track member can be inserted by a snap action. The clip includes spring arms formed in opposite legs of the channel. When the track is pushed up into the channel, the spring arms are elastically displaced outwardly. When lateral shoulders of the track travel past respective spring arms, the spring arms snap inwardly to underlie the shoulders and support the track. The track snap-on clip can be mounted to the ceiling either directly by means of a fastener, or indirectly by means of another member, such as a T-bar clip or a pendant bracket.

Abstract: Devices for ceilings in which tiles are supported by a concealed suspension grid include channels and channel hangers that establish the ceiling level and support the suspension grid and, together with wall supports form the suspension grid. Each channel, in cross-section, is substantially "U" shaped and has a retaining tab portion positioned at one end of one of its legs that is oriented at right angles to that leg in the direction of the other leg. The tabbed leg may be shorter than the untabbed leg which may be substantially the same height as the depth of the edge grooves in the ceiling tiles. Each hanger is adapted for affixation to a support structure at one end, and has a channel-receiving aperture at its other end whose height when said hanger is vertically oriented is greater than the height of the retaining tab portion of the channels, and has a vertical slot in its floor that is deeper than the height of the retaining tab.

Abstract: A hanger clip construction adapted for use with overhead members, such as the T-bars of suspended ceilings, includes a first arm having first and second ends and a second arm having first and second ends. A first hinge connects the first arm second end to the second arm first end. A spring member is secured at a first end by a second hinge to the first arm and at a second end by a third hinge to the second arm. The spring maintains the first and second arms in one of two stable end positions of the hanger clip. The spring is in tension only when the first and second arms are between the two stable end positions. In one of the stable end positions, the first arm first end and the second arm second end extend over side edges of the overhead member to secure the hanger clip thereto.

Abstract: A mounting system for suspending an appliance from a supporting structure includes an elongated U-shaped bracket and a plurality of fasteners for securing the bracket to a supporting structure. A mounting pin is disposed toward one end of the bracket and a mounting hook is disposed toward one end of the appliance so that the hook may be placed over the mounting pin and the appliance can be pivotally suspended from the bracket. A locking means is provided toward one end of the appliance so that the appliance may be pivoted about the mounting pin and locked onto the bracket.

Abstract: A suspended display holder is provided for securing a display to a base with magnetic attraction. The holder includes an elongate support unit which subtends the base, a magnet unit provided on the support unit and in selective magnetic engagement with the base, and a removable hanger assembly mounted on the support unit and supportingly engaging a display.

Abstract: A speaker moounting assembly wherein the speaker is supported on a ceiling or wall construction. The baffle associated with the speaker includes a grille face exposed on the exterior of the ceiling or wall and an opposed interior face. Brackets are supported on the interior face, and frame clips are connected to the brackets. These clips include an inwardly extending portion which provides for the attachment of a hairpin spring. A ring is located in spaced relationship with the interior face of the baffle, and openings are defined by the ring for receiving each hairpin spring. In particular, the hairpin spring includes spring arms adapted to engage opposite side edges of the ring openings with the arms being urged apart for thereby urging the baffle toward the ring. The baffle is adapted to be pulled away from the ring in opposition to the action of the spring arms for permitting access to the speaker.

Abstract: A garment holder especially suited for neckties, scarves, belts, etc., that loads or unload garments at a convenient height and stores the garments near the ceiling. The main garment hanging area utilizes a coil, wherein a torsion bar stabilizes and strengthens the coil by connecting the coil and torsion bar at said coil top and bottom. The tail stabilizer located at the bottom of the torsion bar provides a secondary hanging area and helps level and stabilize the garment holder. Multi-level action is attained because the hanging eye is connected to a ceiling mounted pulley by a rope which uses two handles to control the load and unload positions whereby a downward pull causes the ring hitches to a wing nut to separate allowing the rope to lower the garment holder until stopped by a washer resting against the pulley. Storage at ceiling level is attained from this position by pulling on the handles until the ring reengages the wing nut hitch.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first tray slidably received within a second tray, wherein the first tray and the second tray each are formed with a planar floor and upstanding flanges orthogonally and coextensively mounted to spaced parallel edges of each floor. Each floor includes an enclosed longitudinally aligned slot, wherein the slots overlie each other when the first shield is slidably received within the second shield to fixedly position the first shield relative to the second shield in an adjustable manner. Each shield includes at its forward end a first and second "U" shaped recess, the recesses aligned relative to one another to complementarily receive door framework contours of opposed door frames to provide a shield overlying an interface between room portions directed through a portal.

Abstract: An overhead storage system utilizes a bin having handles that are engaged by fixtures, at least one of which is articulated to permit facile emplacement of the bin and ready access thereto when desired. The fixtures cooperate with the handle structure to provide lateral and longitudinal stability, as well as underlying support for the container.

Abstract: A hoist-type support for use by hunters to support game objects and including a top head having circumferentially-spaced notches in excess of two and each notch pivotally receiving the upper end of a leg in a manner to limit the outward movement of the leg beyond a maximum angle of 70.degree. to the horizontal plane of the top head. A block and tackle unit having two blocks with the tackle extending therebetween, one of said blocks being connected to and depending from the top head and also having one end of the tackle fixed thereto. The other block having means to which game objects are connected for support thereby and the block and tackle unit also having a locking member which is operable automatically to prevent lowering of the other block after a game object has been connected thereto and elevated to a desired position.

Abstract: A retractable holder for an article includes first and second housing members. The first housing member has a first wall and a generally perpendicular peripheral side wall. The second housing member has a second wall generally parallel to the first wall which is engageable with the first housing member to define a hollow inner compartment. A holder is rotatably enclosed within the housing. The holder has a peripheral side wall spaced inwardly from the peripheral side wall of the first housing member. The holder retains a spring to bias the holder in a rotational direction. An attachment member is coiled around the peripheral side wall of the holder and extends externally from the housing for attachment to an article. A locking member engages with the holder to retain the holder against rotational movement after the attachment member has been dispensed to a desired finite length. A clip can be attached to the exterior of the housing for storage of the article when not in use.

Abstract: An improved hanger for a toilet tank dispenser which comprises a relatively straight inner leg member, a generally hook-shaped outer leg member, and an angled connector joining said inner and outer leg members. The clamping force generated by the foregoing arrangement causes the inner leg and the dispenser attached thereto to be biased against the inner toilet tank wall.

Abstract: A device from which articles can be suspended comprising a suspension post, a first rotor, a first bearing having a shaft and a race rotatable about the shaft, the first end of said shaft of said first bearing being rigidly mounted with respect to said suspension post, said rotor being carried by said race of said first bearing for rotation about the axis of the shaft of said first bearing, a first bearing coupler rigidly mounted with respect to said shaft of said first bearing and adapted to receive in rigid coupling relation one end of the shaft of a second bearing that is similar to said first bearing, an article support arm assembly carried by said rotor.

Abstract: An assembly for elevating particularly a lamp canopy on a lamp standard comprises a screw arranged longitudinally of the standard and rotatable at a lower end to drive the canopy up and down the mast. The screw is located in a channel formed by flanges exterially of the mast. Nuts separate from the canopy can be moved up and down the screw to support cables to the lamp and to stabilize the screw. The channel can be covered by cover plates applied to the channel and carried along the channel by the raising canopy.

Abstract: An extendible ceiling hook comprises an apparatus for suspending a hanging plant at various distances from a ceiling for the purposes of ease of maintenance, appearance and the general well being of the plant. An extension line, wound on an extension spool inside the extendible ceiling hook may be reeled in or out or made to rest at a desired distance from the ceiling by raising or lowering the suspended plant pot in a controlled fashion. The suspended plant can also be easily rotated to any desired angle to fully exploit any available sunlight and further enhance its appearance.

Abstract: A bracket formed of a noncombustible material such as metal, serves as a restraint for a ballast transformer mounted in a combustible, electrical lighting fixture in the event the fixture is consumed by fire. The bracket has one end connected to the ballast and an opposite end encircling the free end of a conventional fixture-mounting bushing which is fixedly attached to a metal electrical outlet box. The bracket automatically attaches to the bushing once the fixture is mounted on the bushing and a cap nut is applied thereto.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for supporting a rod or rods at varying heights horizontally along a pre-designated area comprising a first roller track containing a first guide roller, a second roller track containing a second guide roller, and a rod attachment bar secured to a first support shaft to which the first guide roller is rotatably secured, and secured to a second support shaft to which the second guide roller is rotatably secured, with height adjustment apparatus to raise or lower the rod attachment bar to which the rod or rods may be secured.

Abstract: Lowering and hoisting apparatus for high mast luminaires. Luminaire support ring is mounted for movement along a hollow pole by a plurality of hoist cables secured at one end to a transition plate which is located inside the pole and to which is also attached a winch cable operated by a winch at the base of the pole for raising and lowering the support ring. Both the hoist cables and the winch cable are secured to the transition plate by freely rotatable ball bearing devices to prevent the cables from twisting and tangling during the raising and lowering operations.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cable support and guidance for use on a high elevation outdoor lighting system in which luminaires, for servicing and inspection, are lowered from an operating position at the top of a pole to a position at the base of the pole. A series of rollers are mounted at the pole top to support and guide the passage of a luminaire, elastomer-jacketed power cable which, during raising and lowering of the luminaires, moves in a path that extends vertically through the interior of the pole, over the roller arrangement and vertically to the luminaires on the exterior of the pole.

Abstract: A ceiling mounted support structure for mounting light fixtures, louvers, and the like, including at least one support piece mounted or supported by at least one building ceiling support, the piece having an elongate slot therein in which an enlarged end of a flipper bar rotates. The flipper bar rotates upwardly to permit the fixture part to be supported to pass upwardly therepast and rotates downwardly to provide the in-place support for the fixture part.

Abstract: A plurality of cables having respective first ends attached to selected portions of a carrier for lights or the like pass over pulleys in the mast head atop a high pole, their other ends being coupled internally of the pole to a winch which winds the cables to raise and lower the carrier for maintenance purposes from its normal highest position. At the latter position latching members on the carrier engage corresponding latching members on the mast head and the latches normally provide the principal suspending support for the carrier. As a safety measure, the ends of the cables coupled to the carrier are provided with signals visible from the ground indicating when the various latching means have been properly engaged.

Abstract: An improved safety system for raising, lowering and supporting in an elevated or lowered position, a weighted article from an overhead support. The system includes a link chain passing over a safety pulling member, the link chain having one end permanently connected to the weighted article and the other end permanently connected to an attachment means positioned within reach of a person so that the person may pull the link chain downwardly to raise the weighted article to a desired elevation out of range of the person. The link chain has an improved locking member thereon which may be detachably attached to and locked to the attachment means. The locking member, once installed on the link chain at the proper position, is tamper proof and substantially break proof. The weighted article may be a clothes basket, or other receptacle, or any article in which it is desired to selectively suspend overhead out of reach of a person and then lower within range of a person.

Abstract: A high mast lighting structure including a hollow mast and a light and reflector or illumination assembly adapted to be raised to the top of the mast by operation of a hoisting cable secured to the assembly. A plurality of latch-type locking and support means are positioned between the illumination assembly and a support plate secured at the top of the mast. Each locking and support means includes a first member mounted to the illumination assembly and comprising a pair of generally planar, oppositely facing spring-loaded bracket or jaw portions which normally rest in substantially parallel position. A second member of each locking and support means comprises a bayonet-like projection having outstanding cam surfaces; the second members are mounted to to the support plate.

Abstract: A ceiling mounted storage box which is reciprocable on vertical guide rails mounted on opposed walls of an enclosure. The box is raised and lowered by a rope threaded through an eyebolt attached to the ceiling. The eyebolt projects into the interior of the box. The end of the rope threaded through the eyebolt is fixed to the interior floor of the box, so by lowering or raising the rope through the eyebolt, the box is lowered or raised on the vertical guide rails.

Abstract: An improved safety system or apparatus for raising, lowering, and supporting in an elevated or lowered position a weighted article from an overhead support. The system or apparatus includes a safety pulley member having a pulley sheave over which a link chain passes, the link chain having one end connected to the weighted article and the other end connected to an attachment means positioned within reach of a person so that the person may pull the link chain downwardly to raise the weighted article to a desired elevation out of reach, the link chain then being locked to the attachment means. The weighted article may be a clothes basket, other receptacle, or any other article in which it is desired to suspend overhead.

Abstract: An improved garment rack comprising a movable base and first and second hanger rods supported on a pair of stanchions which extend upwardly from the base, the second rod being adjustably disposed beneath the first rod between an upper position juxtaposed of the first rod to allow long garments to hang from the second rod and a position lower than the upper position so that relatively short garments can be hung from the first and second rods. Means are provided for releasably holding the second rod in the upper and lower positions.

Abstract: A light pole having a support at the top of the pole and a light-carrying structure encircling the pole. A first fixed suspension is provided depending downwardly from the support and a second fixed suspension is provided on the light-carrying structure. The first and second fixed suspensions cooperate to detachably suspend the light-carrying structure from the support at a first position just beneath the support. A cable system extends from the support to the light-carrying structure for use in lowering the light-carrying structure down the pole for servicing the lights and for raising it back to the first position. The cable system is offset circumferentially with respect to the first suspension in order to impart a slight rotation of the light-carrying structure during the engagement and disengagement of the first and second suspensions. This rotation provides an easy and secure engagement and disengagement of the first and second suspensions with each other.

Abstract: A device to prevent the light-channel ring and lighting fixtures of high mast lighting installations from falling in the event of failure of the main hoisting cable or in the event of failure or inadvertent release of the releasable supporting means at the top of the mast. During normal hoisting operations the device is held in a closed or released position by the applied hoisting forces and opens or locks when the light-channel ring is locked in place at the top of the mast for double security. If the load should be released through failure or interruption of the hoisting cable, the device opens and locking arms expand therefrom and contact the tapered inside wall of the mast to instantly lock the cable assembly at any position therealong. A spring-loaded pin and ratchet prevent the arms from retracting once they are released, thus preventing advance of the device into portions of the mast of smaller diameter.