Abstract: A window support system for a bay or bow window to be installed on a home or other building wherein the system is secured to the head board and seat board of the unit and wherein the system comprises a vertically extending hollow pipe or solid rod disposed between inner and outer panes of glass which is secured in place by means of standard fastening devices both to the head board and seat board and wherein a turnbuckle is disposed between two threaded rods and at an angle of preferably 221/2 or 45 degrees from the head board. A standard pipe elbow is employed between the vertically extending rod or tool and the threaded rod to maintain the angle to the head board. An eye bolt is affixed to the existing house header and a second threaded rod having a hook on one end, distant from the turnbuckle, for cooperation with the eye bolt. Upon installation of the window the turnbuckle can therefore be rotated in either direction to properly level and secure the window to the house.

Abstract: A support arm for attaching a device in a suspended manner is described. The support arm comprises a carriage secured to a top portion thereof for displacement along a guide rail. A brake pad is retained in a top end of the support arm and is actuated by a rotatable sleeve disposed at the bottom of the support arm whereby the brake pad is releasably engaged to arrest the arm at a desired location along the guide rail. A connecting bracket is rotatably secured to a bottom portion of the support arm to secure a device to be supported by the arm. A locking mechanism is actuable by the sleeve to unlock the connecting bracket to permit the device and the bracket to be rotatably displaced to a desired position and locked at such position. Particularly, but not exclusively, the support arm is for attaching a medical instrument in a suspended manner inside a patient's room of an ambulance.

Abstract: Suspended seating apparatus comprising a chair supporting structure with an extensible cantilever arm and adjustable base structure for balancing the cantilever effect and also for accommodating one or a pair of suspended seating arrangements.

Abstract: An adjustable satellite antenna mounting bracket that reinforces the eaves of a building roof. The antenna mounting bracket has a telescoping support having a rigid tubular form. The telescoping support has a back plate on one end that is secured to the sidewall of the building adjacent to the eave of the building. On the other end of the telescoping support is a base mount plate having a generally rectangular form adapted for accepting the base of a satellite antenna. The base mount plate that protrudes past the outer edge of the eave to permit unobstructed reception of satellite signals. The telescoping support is braced by a brace. The brace cradles the telescoping support in normal conditions, but in the event of severe weather, the brace maintains the position of the support. An extension lock fixes the length of the telescoping support and acts to reinforce the eave.

Abstract: A flexible isolation mount for suspending a motor unit having a motor housing and a mounting bracket attached to the housing to reduce the sound and vibration of the motor. A mounting base is bolted to the bracket securing a flexible belt intermediate the mounting block and bracket. The belt has two loops that extend beyond the periphery of the mounting base and are folded over the base to form a flexible handle. A hook means attached to a support frame engages the flexible handle for an isolation mount.

Abstract: This device includes a supporting plate unit to contact a ceiling panel and for supporting one or more objects which project at least partially through the ceiling panel, in which the supporting plate unit comprises at least one supporting plate which is fixed with one or more retaining lips in the ceiling panel, and the supporting plate preferably comprises a triangular section for reinforcing the structure thereof.

Abstract: The invention comprises a ceiling mounting bracket for securement to a mine tunnel ceiling and which is used for suspending a monorail therefrom; a mobile advancing conveyor system is, in turn, suspended from the monorail and used to facilitate removal of ore from the mine tunnel. The ceiling mounting bracket includes a flat mounting plate disposed contiguous to the mine ceiling, a longitudinal slot formed on the mounting plate and which is parallel to the monorail when the monorail is pendent from the ceiling mounting bracket, and a pair of opposed lateral slots perpendicular to the longitudinal slot for permitting lateral adjustment and positioning of the ceiling mounting bracket prior to securement to the mine ceiling. A ceiling bracket bar is disposed subjacent to the ceiling mounting plate and is capable of slidable, longitudinal, reciprocable movement parallel to the slot.

Abstract: A wire holder capable of facilitating adjustment and/or variation of a length and tension of the wire. The wire holder includes a wire grip and a connector. The connector is formed on an outer surface thereof with a groove longitudinally extending from an upper end portion thereof to an intermediate portion thereof and laterally extending from a substantially central portion of the connector to the outer surface of the connector in the manner that a bottom surface of the groove is smoothly curved so as to gradually decrease a depth of the groove toward a lower end portion of the connector and toward the outer surface of the connector.

Abstract: A monitor support assembly is provided having a pre-wired monitor support assembly supported from a ceiling rail comprising an elongate channel affixable to the ceiling rail, a support arm having an internal cavity extending completely therethrough, a roller means for slidably connecting the support arm to the elongate channel where the roller means is slidable along the elongate channel in a horizontal direction, a monitor platform affixed to the support arm for supporting a monitor and a monitor wiring assembly for providing power and data communication to the monitor wherein the support arm internal cavity is adapted to receive and guide the wiring monitor wiring assembly.

Abstract: A sign body has light transmitting side panels for displaying information. The panels are arranged adjacent each other in a relationship that provides a top opening for entry between the panels of light emitted from fluorescent tubes in a light fixture mounted in the ceiling of a room. A reel having a spindle on which a web similar to a household window shade is wound. The sign body is supported on the free end of the web. The sign body can be raised manually sufficiently for the top opening to be near the light source for illuminating the panels from inside of the body and the body can be held there by tension in the web. The body can be pulled down manually in which case the web unwinds and holds the sign body at a level above the floor of the room so the sign can be accessed for maintenance or exchange of information bearing media.

Abstract: A support bar for adjustably mounting accessories such a theatrical lamps wherein the bar is preferably formed of extruded aluminum and the bar is hollow with a closed interior electrical raceway for electrical cables extending the length of the bar and is isolated from a quadrilateral opening extending the length of the bar that communicates with the quadrilateral opening and the exterior of the bar. Adjustable mounting means extend from the lamps into the quadrilateral opening to mount the accessory and to allow sliding movement thereof within the bar.

Abstract: A TV camera supporting device to be used in a surveillance system in a building or the like includes a first supporting member receiving a TV camera fixed thereto, a second supporting member rotationally-adjustable relative to the first supporting member and connectable thereto, and a third supporting member which has an axis of rotation intersecting the axes of rotation of the first and second supporting members and is angularly rotatable about its axis of rotation to adjust a relative position between the third supporting member and the second supporting member to which the supporting member is secured after the adjustment. By adjusting the relative positions of the three supporting members, the direction of the optical axis of the TV camera can be adjusted as desired.

Abstract: An attachment for the sun visor of a vehicle, the sun visor being rotatably mounted on an elongated bar for rotation about the horizontal longitudinal axis of the bar, and the elongated bar having a right-angled end portion extending into and supported in a bracket attached to the ceiling of the vehicle for rotation about a vertical axis perpendicular to the horizontal longitudinal axis of the bar. The attachment includes two bands of flexible, non-stretchable material, each having one end attached to the brackets, and the bands being looped about the distal end of the visor. The ends of the bands are attached to the bracket at respective pivot points radially spaced from the vertical axis to create movement of the band with respect to the end of the visor as the visor is turned about the second axis.

Abstract: In a suspended display apparatus suspended from a predetermined position, a display panel is supported substantially vertically by a front face of a case. A hook arrangement is mounted to an upper face of the case such that the hook arrangement is movable toward and away from the front face of the case. An elongated suspending arrangement has one end thereof fixedly mounted to the predetermined position. The other end of the elongated suspending arrangement is engaged with the hook arrangement.

Abstract: Equipment for a holding serum container is disclosed as including a vertical stem having in its lower end a hook to hold a serum container, the stem being horizontally displaceable by means of a slider which travels within a rotatable tubular structure linked to a hanger to eventually rotate the equipment which may be fixed to a room or vehicle ceiling.

Abstract: A mounting system which comprises a mounting panel and mounting assembly secured thereto utilizes mounting panels having slots of a particular configuration. The slots have a flat rear wall, an arcuate shaped front wall which is bisected to form an entrance means to the exterior surface. A mounting assembly has an arcuate based clamping member complementary to the arcuate configuration of the front wall of the pocket portion of said slot. This arcuate shaped clamping member has a threaded hole in the center portion of said clamping member for provision of a threaded stud which is fitted into said threaded hole through the entrance means and which engages with the rear wall of the pocket. Turning of the threaded stud selectively moves the clamping member in and out of engagement with the front wall of said pocket. This then allows for provision of large diameter studs utilized as a mounting member for lighting fixtures throughout the industry or for smaller threaded members for other uses.

Abstract: A burner mounting enables a longitudinally extending burner to be removably suspended from a framework without requiring the use of any tools or the manipulation of any fasteners associated with the mounting. The burner mounting comprises an angle fastened to each end of the burner and having one horizontal leg. The upper leg of a channel is secured to the framework above each burner angle. Shims or other adjustment means are interposed between the channel upper leg and the framework to locate a channel lower leg at a selected vertical location. The horizontal legs of the angles rest on the lower legs of the respective channels. Pins in the angles engage slots in the channel lower legs. The slots accommodate thermal expansion of the burner while maintaining transverse positioning of the burner relative to the framework.

Abstract: A self locking mounting bar having a notch near one end, which notch fits onto the upper edge of a main runner of a suspended ceiling. The other end of the bar slides into one end of a lighting fixture frame. The bars are generally used in pairs to provide an adjustable mounting apparatus for recessed lighting fixtures; a pair of bars mounted at the same end of the fixture frame, but on opposite sides thereof, may slide toward or away from each other to accomodate variable ceiling runner spacings. Preferably, two pairs of self locking adjustable mounting bars are used to mount a fixture, one pair at each end of the fixture frame. The bar is mounted by placing the notched portion of the bar onto the upper edge of a ceiling runner. The bar then may be locked in place by bending a tab at the end thereof underneath the upper edge of the runner.

Abstract: A hanger adapted for suspending a plant container or the like from a fixed support. The hanger comprises a plurality of flexible straps having upper reaches terminating in upper extremities adapted for connection to the fixed support and lower reaches terminating in lower extremities adapted for disposition adjacent the plant container, and supporters on the lower extremities of the straps for supporting the container. Each strap has an effective length defined by the distance between its upper and lower extremities. The effective length of each strap is adjustable independent of the adjustment of the other straps for varying the position of the plant with respect to the fixed support.

Abstract: A tiltable mounting bracket for adjustably securing a speaker or other appliance on a wall or ceiling which has two similar plates, one for securing the bracket to the wall or ceiling and the other for securing the speaker or other appliance to the bracket, and a U-shaped member adjustably connecting the plates, each of the plates having a track for adjustably securing the U-shaped member thereon, and means associated with each track for adjustably securing the plates in an adjusted position relative to one another. The invention also includes parallel sets of arcuate and straight portions of the U-shaped member for reinforced adjustable securement of the plates relative to one another, and exit means through the plates permitting wires to pass therethrough.

Abstract: Apparatus for flying a sound system is described in which a suspension frame can be winched to a desired height from a roof beam or gantry at a concert venue. The suspension frame has a pair of hanging chains, which are each attached to opposed sides of a loudspeaker cabinet by means of coupling devices. A first webbing loop passes through retaining loops on the rear surfaces of the cabinets and through a tensioning device to ensure that the rear edges are kept in tight contact. A second webbing loop extends from a roof beam or gantry to a lowermost cabinet and includes a second tensioning device. Adjustment of the spacing of the coupling devices on the chain, the tension applied by the second tensioning device and the position of the connection point on the gantry relative to the chains together contribute to enable various required configurations of the speakers in a flown sound system to be achieved, and reproduced after dis-assembly and re-assembly.

Abstract: A mounting system for suspending an appliance from an overhanging structure and, particularly, for suspending an appliance of the type having a housing including an upper surface and projecting rims extending away from the housing of opposite edges of the upper surface. The system includes a first bracket for attachment to the overhanging structure, the first bracket including a first lip for supporting one of the upper surface rims. A second bracket is in telescoping relation to the first bracket and includes a second lip for supporting the other of the upper surface rims. The first and second brackets are resiliently urged toward each other while the relative movement between the brackets is regulated. In a preferred embodiment, the relative movement between the first and second bracket is restricted by stops and prevented by a locking mechanism.

Abstract: A height adjustable light fixture support includes a first U-shaped bracket with a crosspiece and first and second depending legs. The U-shaped bracket will be secured in a ceiling box. A slidable, height adjustable second U-shaped bracket supports a light and includes separated first and second plates, each of which is shaped to define a respective sliding channel in which one of the legs of the first bracket is slidably receivable. The plates are connected by a second crosspiece. Spring loaded members supported by each plate each include a spherical head which penetrates into the sliding channel of its plate to frictionally engage the respective leg of the first bracket in the channel. Temporary release of these members enables the height of the light fixture to be easily adjusted by moving the second bracket.

Abstract: A mounting arrangement is provided for supporting an appliance such as a television set from the undersurface of a structure such as a kitchen cabinet. The mounting apparatus permits adjustment of the appliance relative to the cabinet in three modes. The three modes include movement along a vertical axis, movement along a horizontal axis, and rotational movement about a vertical axis.

Abstract: A two-piece metal clamping shell for electric cigar lighters of the type employed in automobiles and other vehicles wherein a socket is carried in an aperture of the vehicle dashboard or other panel and an igniting unit or plug is receivable in the socket. The clamping shell includes a cylindrical body member which encircles the cigar lighter socket and which is adapted to secure the latter in its operative position. The body member of the shell is disposed behind the dashboard, and retains the socket by its engagement with the rear surface of the dash. The socket has a threaded portion at its inner end, and a similarly threaded clamp ring is applied thereto with the said body member being disposed between it and the dashboard's rear surface. The clamp ring has a peripheral nest portion adapted to centralize the body member with respect to the socket, and is capable of being tightened on the socket so as to secure the latter in place.

Abstract: A macrame suspender for a television (10) wherein a cradle (26) is supported by a plurality of support ropes (28) extending primarily to the two sides of the television and attached at the extending ends to the ceiling. Additional ropes (34) extend along the rear wall (16) of the cabinet to allow the television to be positioned with the center of gravity to the rear of the cradle. A plurality of ropes (36) also extend along a portion of the cabinet front wall to prevent the set from sliding forward from the cradle and a safety rope (40) having one end attached to the cradle and the other end attached to the cabinet prevents the television from separating from the cradle.

Abstract: A trapezoidal framework for suspending houseplants in front of a window pane. The framework attaches to a window frame and has diagonal members equipped with hooks for supporting pots on straps or wires. The diagonal members are pivotally interconnected and telescopically adjustable, so that the framework can be made to fit a variety of window sizes. Brackets securing the framework to the window frame will accommodate window frames of either rectangular or rounded-off cross-sections. The framework will not interfere with opening and closing of the window or with placement of curtains and draperies.

Abstract: A hanger for supporting an auger conveyor tube in a given angular position is provided. The hanger comprises a hanger element defining a hole for receiving the conveyor tube, and a number of recesses communicating with the tube hole. Each recess is adapted to mate with a tube flange, so as to locate the tube and a feed drop-out aperture in any of a first series of angularly discrete positions. A series of attachment holes at the hanger element top permit the hanger to be attached to support structure in any one of a second series of angularly discrete positions. In this way, a multiple series of angular positions is provided, so that the conveyor tube may be located in virtually any desired angular orientation.

Abstract: A stable and highly directable hanging device mounting system for devices such as speaker enclosures provides 360.degree. of rotation in conjunction with an attitude that is adjustable through 120.degree. or more. The mounting system includes a support plate having three support plate receptacles disposed thereon in a non-collinear relationship, three device receptacles adapted to be secured to a device being mounted and distributed about the center of gravity thereof, and a cord threaded alternately through the support plate receptacles and device receptacles to form a plurality of loops supporting the device receptacles and hence the device in a stable hanging relationship relative to the support plate. The sliding relationship of the cord loops relative to the receptacles permits the attitude of the supported device to be readily adjusted while rotation of the support plate permits rotation of the device to a desired angular position.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which facilitates the controlled rotative positioning of a suspended planter. The apparatus is comprised of a cylindrical outer member and an internal member in sliding engagement with said outer member and coaxially positioned therewith. The internal member is provided with two spaced arrays of teeth so arranged that, when one member is upwardly displaced with respect to the other member, bearing means associated with said outer member induce rotative motion of one of said members. Restoring means acting between said members causes said upward displacement when downward force is removed therefrom. Attachment means associated with each member facilitates suspension of the apparatus from an overhead support and suspension of a planter from that member which undergoes rotative motion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bracket which can mount different units to a vehicle body without the use of additional spacers or the like. The bracket has an offset support bolt so that upon the bracket being seated in a 180 degree reversed orientation, the bolt assumes a new position with respect to the vehicle body so that a different unit can be mounted using the same number of parts.

Abstract: In the preferred and illustrated embodiment, a scaffold is shown for attachment on the bottom side of an offshore drilling rig or platform. The scaffold is quickly installed and removed. It is fabricated with a set of upright hanger straps which, in turn, clamp to eye beams spanning the bottom side of the offshore structure. The hanger straps incorporate opposing hooks at the upper end. The central portion is comprised of an elongate strap or hanger, the length accommodating workmen. Each strap terminates at its lower end with a support to receive framing members such as horizontally deployed structural beams. The beams support deck planking arranged horizontally thereon and spaced from the bottom side of the offshore structure.

Abstract: Apparatus for transporting a sheet of glass in a vertical position where the apparatus has self-tightening tongs adapted to clasp an upper portion of the sheet. The tongs are operatively connected to a strap having a toothed support face. A beam supported by a trolley has a toothed support face thereon where the spaces between the teeth differ from the teeth of the strap. A differential block having a plurality of teeth on its upper side corresponding in shape and pitch to the teeth of the strap and having a plurality of teeth on its lower side corresponding in shape and pitch to the teeth of the beam is inserted between the support face of the beam and the strap to provide an adjustable connection between the beam and strap.

Abstract: A solar boiler having a heat receiver element which substantially tracts the path of the sun for utilizing solar energy to heat a fluid passing through the boiler. A lens system is mounted on the upper portion of the heat receiver and concentrates the rays of the sun directly onto the upper surface of the receiver. Also included is a means for tilting the heat receiver in response to the apparent movement of the sun along its arcuate path. In addition, a base assembly is connected to the tilting means and is adapted for rotating the heat receiver in a substantially horizontal plane such that such rotation, in combination with the tilting movement, maintains the heat receiver in proper alignment with the rays of the sun.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which facilitates the controlled rotative positioning of a planter suspended from an overhead support. The apparatus is comprised of two facing toothed members, a vertically disposed pull rod and associated bearing pin, position restoring means acting upon said pull rod, and harness means to maintain the several components in proper spaced alignment. The apparatus is attached to an overhead support, and a planter is attached by tether means to said pull rod. The apparatus causes the planter to undergo controlled horizontal rotative movement when the planter is momentarily pushed upward to remove the downward force acting upon said pull rod, and then released.

Abstract: A swivel connector assembly for mounting a lighting fixture or the like comprising a body member having a generally spherical surface portion, an opening through the body member at the center of this spherical surface portion, and a swivel member having a generally spherical surface portion engaging that of the body member for swinging, sliding movement relative thereto. The swivel member has a stem which extends through the opening, this stem being adapted to have a length of conduit or the like secured thereto. The swivel member further has a passage therethrough for reception of one or more wires which pass through the conduit so as to supply power to the lighting fixture. The connector further has a pin and slot arrangement for limiting rotation of the swivel member about its longitudinal axis relative to the body member so as to permit the conduit to be threaded into he swivel member and to prevent twisting of the wires.

Abstract: A hook and a hook assembly adapted in particular to suspend a meat carcass using a sling made of band material. The hook includes a body having a suspending portion and a hooking portion defining a J configuration, a horizontally extending flat portion to flatly receive the sling, a protruding lip portion extending from the suspending portion and defining a lower straight edge overlying the flat portion and disposed below the tip of the hooking portion and defining a spacing between the suspending and hooking portions which is smaller than the width of the band material to prevent the sling from jumping off from the hook.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for use in suspended ceilings. The apparatus is useful in leveling suspended ceilings while concurrently attaching them to supporting structures. The apparatus has an L-shaped connection piece having at least one opening in the base thereof, a swivel flange having at least one opening therein and partially enclosed at the bottom thereof by a clip for spacing apart an inverted-T runner and a flange while attaching the flange to the inverted-T runner, and a connector connecting the connection piece and flange through an opening therein. The connection piece and flange can be adjusted through the connector in order to adjust the location of a ceiling suspended by the inverted-T runner.

Abstract: A modular chandelier whose various decorative elements may be quickly and conveniently disassembled and reassembled to assume numerous different configurations is disclosed. The chandelier includes a central module carrying a plurality of electrical sockets for receiving suitable decorative bulbs. The central module includes a ring structure for removably mounting radially extending decorative arms. An axial shaft passing through the central module also carries at least one omnidirectional connector having a plurality of uniquely shaped interior grooves positioned around its periphery in which a like plurality of curved decorative or supporting shafts may be coupled. The groove structure of the omnidirectional coupler is such that the curved decorative or supporting arms may be mounted in any of six alternative positions.

Abstract: An apparatus including a track which may have square corners, a carriage therefor, a carriage braking device, and a container holder supported from the carriage, wherein the holder may be quickly located in a desired position and maintained in this position.