Abstract: An assembly according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes an enclosure having a housing and door hingedly attached to the housing and a door stop mechanism which holds the door in an open position. The mechanism includes a link member pivotally connected to the door and to the housing. The link member has an elongated slot which extends along a portion of the link member. The slot has a linear portion and an enlarged opening at an end thereof which is offset from the linear portion. When the door is opened, a fastener, which is either mounted to the housing or to the door, slides along the slot until the fastener is positioned in the enlarged opening to hold the door open.

Abstract: A door stay device for automatically locking a door in an open position includes a first component adapted to be attached to a stationary support, the first component including a plate having a curved cam edge with a radius matched to a swinging movement of the door between closed and open positions. The plate has a slot open at the cam edge at a location corresponding to the open position of the door. A second component is adapted to be secured at a lower or upper edge of a door, the second component having a locking member arranged to move into the slot when the locking member is aligned the said slot and the door is in the open position.

Abstract: Apparatus for supporting a heat exchanger such as a condenser of an air conditioning system on a vehicle, for pivotal movement between an operational position and a position angularly related to the operational position, for such purposes as inspection, cleaning, service and maintenance, the apparatus being configured for holding the heat exchanger in the operational position, and for guiding and controlling movement thereof to the tilted position, and holding the heat exchanger in the tilted position.

Abstract: In a locking and unlocking apparatus of an engine hood door, a stay is formed of a first arm and a second arm, with the stay being provided so as to fix a door of an engine hood in a fixed state. The first arm and the second arm are foldably connected to each other and pivotally connected to a frame and a door respectively. The lock of the first arm is automatically locked by a locking piece of the second arm at a portion in which the first arm and the second arm are arranged on a straight line for thereby maintaining an opened state of the door. The lock is unlocked from the locking piece with the locking piece being pulled by operation of a lever which is connected with the locking piece through a wire from a remote site, so that the door is closed.

Abstract: In a door checker for an automobile, including an intermediate recess which is formed in a side face of a check lever and deeper than a ball guide groove and into which a check ball is fitted by a biasing force of a check spring in order to generate a moderation resistance at a position of at least one medium opening degree of a door, the intermediate recess is formed so that a second opening width in a direction intersecting a centerline of the ball guide groove is larger than a first opening width along the centerline of the ball guide groove. Thus, the feeling of moderation upon fitting between the check ball and the recess is improved, and the generation of an abnormal sound during passing of the check ball through the recess by rapidly opening or closing the door is prevented.

Abstract: A door stop apparatus holds a door in an open position. The door stop includes a first member mounting to the door and having a slot formed therein with a ramp portion located at one end of the slot. A link member pivotally mounts to a bracket on a door frame. A follower mounts to an end of the link and slides along the slot in the guide member. The follower slides up and over the ramp when slid along the slot in a first direction and engages an abrupt edge of the ramp when slid in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A locking device for a door, or the like, with a fixed frame and a leaf includes a main lock and a leaf-restraining device on the leaf, with a driving pin of the leaf-restraining device being engageable with a gap limiter installed on the fixed frame. The main lock and the leaf-restraining device are connected to each other in such a manner that, from the main lock the driving pin can only be disengaged from the gap limiter by operating the latch of the main lock by means of a locking element.

Abstract: A storage system including a storage container body, a door, and a lock assembly, the lock assembly including a lock latch mechanism located in a side wall of the storage container body remote from the door, and a striker member located on the door, wherein the lock latch mechanism includes at least one lock catch selectively capable of engaging and securing either one of a storage article resident in the storage container body or the striker member. The lock latch assembly may include a lock latch extension mechanism that includes a shuttle slide including a locking portion engagable with a lock catch of the lock latch mechanism, and a latching portion engagable with the striker member of the lock latch mechanism.

Abstract: The invention relates to a security device for doors or windows for foiling unwanted entry into a secured facility comprising a limited rotational vertical rod having a plurality of parallel horizontal rods extending from said vertical rod. The parallel horizontal rods are positioned into a locked position against the interior door, into a partially open position by holding the edge of the door with curved ends and into an unlocked position away form the door.

Abstract: A restraint device for preventing access to a compartment having a door includes a plate. The plate includes first and second ends, the second end thereof including an aperture. Structure is provided for mounting the plate to the compartment. A closure device is provided, and is slidably disposed within the plate aperture for selectively blocking the opening of the compartment door. The closure device is disposed generally perpendicular to the plate and is adapted to be positioned adjacent to the compartment door and is operable between first and second positions. In the first position, the closure device rigidly engages the plate and is positioned adjacent to the compartment door to thereby prevent opening of the compartment door. In the second position, the closure device is disengaged from the plate and is slidable to a position to allow opening of the compartment door.

Abstract: A door lock having a first member rigidly affixed adjacent a door and having a second member slidably coupled to the first member for slidably advancing the second member in a first direction into a locked position overlying the door. A latch member is carried by the second member for slidable advance of the latch member in a second direction so as to releasably mate the latch member within a latch aperture on the first member, thereby locking the second member in the locked position. A timer is carried by the seond member for withdrawing the latch member from the latch aperature upon expiry of a pre-determined time interval thereby allowing the slidable withdrawal of the second member from the locked position into an open position away from the door.

Abstract: It is required for a door to attach a door key assembly for the sake of caution and locking. The door key assembly to be attached to a door opposed to a door frame comprises a key body secured to an end face of the door and provided with a dead bolt and a fixing plate secured inside the door frame so as to oppose to the end face of the door. The fixing plate is provided with a vertically elongated recess having an opening facing the end face of the door and having a narrow portion and a groove formed on one side of the narrow portion. The recess and the groove are arranged vertically side by side so as to communicate with each other through a vertically elongated window portion.

Abstract: A retaining catch for a tip-out sash provides an automatically deployed retainer mechanism for a sash slidably captive in a window frame or jamb. The sash can be raised and lowered by sliding it along the jamb. A releasable tenon, for example at the top edge of the sash, allows the user to rotate the sash out of the plane of the jamb, facilitating cleaning of the outside. Releasing the sash from the jamb by releasing the tenon activates a mechanism with a distal hook by which the edge of the sash remains captive and displacement of the edge of the sash from the jamb is limited to the unfolded length of the mechanism. The mechanism can be released fully from the jamb by manual action of the user, whereupon the hook returns under spring bias to reside along the edge of the sash.

Abstract: The invention provides a device for securing a window sash to the outer frame of the window so that, on the one hand the sash may be locked in a predetermined open position and on the other hand may be pivoted to open it fully. A single push-button serves both to disengage a catch in the predetermined open position and to release the sash for full opening.

Abstract: There is provided an improved door locking and restraining device which employs a reciprocating bolt to secure the door closed when in a first position by engagement of the bolt with a locking plate. With the bolt in a second position, extension levers attached to the locking plate are engaged to allow secure limited opening of the door.

Abstract: A pair of connection devices serve as the upper connection between a traction vehicle such as a skid steer loader and an accessory apparatus such as a backhoe. Each connection device includes an anchor element including an anchor element outer end extending from the traction vehicle towards the accessory apparatus and a channel element including a channel element outer end extending from the traction vehicle and towards the accessory apparatus. The anchor element outer end and the channel element outer end have a selectively engaged position for connecting the accessory apparatus to the traction vehicle. A sleeve member is slidably disposed over and operatively connected to the channel element for movement thereon. The sleeve member has a surface adapted for selective locking contact with at least one of the outer element ends for retaining the element ends in an engaged position.

Abstract: A locking device for use with a dead bolt means comprises a backing plate formed with parallel guides defining a recess therebetween, a slide within the recess and able to extend beyond an open end thereof and formed with an elongate aperture and adapted to receive dead bolt means projectable and retractable relatively thereto, and pin means extending through the recess and the aperture so that a door may be retained in closed or partially opened locked condition depending on the position of the pin and slide or may be unlocked by retraction of the dead bolt means.

Abstract: A security device permitting an inwardly-openable door to be partly opened and to be held by the security device, when operative, from further opening movement. The security device includes a latch mounted on the inside of the door, a retractable bolt, and an arm mounted on a frame member for pivoting about an axis normal to the axis of pivoting of the door. The arm is of hollow box-like construction and has a front wall provided with a slot with which the bolt is engaged. The bolt has a transverse groove in which the edge of the slot is received, the groove is slidable along the edge of the slot and engaged thereby to prevent withdrawal of the bolt from the slot as the door is opened. The slot has at least one end portion from which the groove in the bolt is disengaged when further opening of the door is to be permitted.

Abstract: A door safety latch permitting the partial opening of a door consisting of an arcuate lug mounted on the door, and having an enlarged ball portion mounted on the end thereof, with a fastening member mounted in the door frame having a pivoted yoke portion whose spaced apart leg portions prevent the ball portion of the lug from passing therethrough. At the pivoted end of the yoke portion, the leg portions are sufficiently spaced apart to permit the ball portion to pass therethrough. When the door is in a closed position and the safety latch swung to the position to permit only a partial opening of the door, the arcuate lug will extend through the space between the leg portions.

Abstract: A security lock which secures a building entrance against unauthorized entry by linking together the outer and inner doors against their respective door frame stops. This invention comprises link members wherein one member thereof is anchored to the outer door and the other member is a hinged link which passes through the inner door and is prevented from being withdrawn by a manually operated latch. When the security lock is not in use, the hinged link is pivoted out of the way.