Abstract: A boom clamp for a work vehicle having a lock and a boom is provided, the lock being configured to prevent movement of the boom in a first direction, the clamp comprising a restraint configured to engage the boom; and a sleeve fixed to the restraint, the sleeve configured to engage the lock; wherein the restraint prevents the boom from moving in a second direction.

Abstract: This is a device, which will be inserted over the doorknob and behind a dead bolt. It will prevent a dead bolt from turning in the event that someone with a key tries to enter the home or business while the space is being occupied.

Abstract: A slow cooker is provided with a clamp assembly for holding the parts of the cooker together when transporting the cooker from one location to another. The clamp assembly includes downwardly-opening grooved portions of housing handles and an elastomeric band having opposite end portions received within the grooved portions of housing handles.

Abstract: A compact, portable device for effectively locking a crank window in a user selected position. The body of the device can be selectively secured to or released from a window crank. When secured to the window crank, the device limits rotation of the crank by mechanical interference.

Abstract: A portable security device for locking a pair of stanchions of a cargo container which employs a J bar having a hook at one of its ends for engaging one stanchion and notches on its other end which are engageable by a complementary latch on a flip plate pivotally mounted to a housing which includes an elbow providing a pocket for the other stanchion. The J bar extends through aligned opening in side walls of the housing and in front of the other stanchion to lock it in its pocket. A puck lock secured to the housing holds the flip plate latch in engagement with a notch of the J bar.

Abstract: A portable door lock includes a stop member and a connection plate, wherein the stop member has a slot defined therethrough and a rod is movably engaged with the slot. The stop member has two flat sides and one of which is to be contact an inside of a door. The connection plate has a hole and a tongue splits from the hole so as to be inserted in a recess in a door jamb. Two positioning holes are defined through the connection plate so that the connection plate cab be fixed to the door jamb. At least one engaging hole is defined through the connection plate so that the rod is engaged with the at least one engaging hole. A chain is connected between the stop member and the connection plate. The connection plate does not disengage from the doorjamb when the door is opened.

Abstract: A lever lock system has a lever handle with a shaft and arm and a securing mechanism. The shaft passes through an aperture in a mounting plate coupled to a door. A support member has a closed rear face, an open front face and an internal region with a hollow cylinder with a hollow center extending to a central bore in the closed rear face of the support member. The central bore has a retaining lip adjacent to the open front face. The rear face is adapted to couple with the mounting plate. A push button has an open back face, closed front plate and a hollow shaft adapted to telescope over the support member with the hollow shaft adapted to telescope over the hollow cylinder. A screw couples the support member within the push button. A spring is retained over the hollow shaft of the push button.

Abstract: A device for securing lids of waste containers is provided. The device may be attached to an existing waste container or, at least part of the device may be formed integrally with the container. The device includes a strap with fasteners at each end that are matingly engageable with each other to secure the lid to the container.

Abstract: The present invention is a temporary latch for use in an installed door until the permanent latch for the door can be installed. The temporary latch consists of two pieces, i.e. a handle portion with tabs and a tongue portion with slots. The two pieces removably secure together within a door latch opening provided in the door by rotating the tongue portion so that the tabs of the handle portion are reversibly locked in the slots of the handle portion. The handle portion is provided with a ring for grasping and a compressible arm that retracts causing the tongue portion to be withdrawn into the door latch opening as the door is being closed and when the door is being unlocked from its door frame.

Abstract: A security door lock that is secured by two lag bolts to the vertical wall studs forming a doorway frame. The security door lock is installed directly opposite a doorknob on the door and it has a vertically oriented base plate having at least one vertically oriented groove. A pair of cable tensioning sliders are reciprocally mounted in the vertically oriented groove. A cable has its opposite ends secured to the base plate and the cable passes around the respective cable tensioning sliders. A spring connected between the respective cable tensioning sliders keep them biased away from each other when the cable has not been looped over the doorknob. A cover plate is detachably secured to the base plate and a chamber is formed therebetween into which the cable returns when it is not being used.

Abstract: A locking apparatus for locking the doors of a cargo container, such as the rear doors of a trailer, is disclosed. The locking assembly may include a second tubular member that telescopes and slides within a first tubular member and an L-shaped assembly mounted on or near the ends of the respective first and second tubular members. The locking apparatus may be placed in a perpendicular fashion between the securing rods of the doors of a cargo container, and the tubular members may be slidably telescoped until the L-shaped assemblies substantially fill the spaces between the cam pins of the securing rods and the walls of the cam pin housings containing the cam pins when the securing rods are in a locked position. In this manner, the cam pins will be prevented from being removed from the cam pin housings, thereby preventing the securing rods from rotating, which in turn keeps the doors of the cargo container securely and tightly locked.

Abstract: A safety device assembled on a lever handle style door opening device installed in a door to prevent the movement of the lever handle. The safety device is comprised of a covering to fit over the lever portion of a handle mounted in a door. The end of the cover farthest from the lever handle pivot has one end of a flexible connector fixedly attached. The other end of the flexible connector is fixedly attached to the door near the lever handle pivot. Whereby when the door handle lever is moved downward the flexible connector becomes taut thereby preventing the lever to continue a downward movement which would draw the door's bolt inward releasing the door latch. However, when the lever handle is moved upward the flexible connector bends allowing the upward movement to draw the door's bolt inward releasing the door latch.

Abstract: An auxiliary door lock for a dead bolt lock includes a relatively flat rectangular housing for mounting on a door over the interior operating knob of the dead bolt lock; and an actuator slidable and rotatable in an opening in a front wall of the housing. The actuator includes a hollow handle, which is used to rotate the knob. Teeth on the actuator mesh with teeth in the housing in one position of the actuator so that the latter and the knob cannot be rotated when the door is locked. Thus, even using a key, someone outside of the door cannot unlock the dead bolt lock. By pushing the actuator into the housing to a second position, the teeth are disengaged and the actuator can be rotated to unlock the dead bolt lock.

Abstract: A device for protecting first and second confronting furniture components includes a base member having opposite first and second faces. The first face is adapted to contact the first furniture component, and the base member has a cushioning projection that extends outwardly from the second face of the base member and covers a void within the base member. The projection is adapted to contact the second furniture component as it confronts the first furniture component.

Abstract: A door opening inhibiting apparatus includes a hinge restricting member for mounting on a hinge. The restricting member has first and second ends, lateral sides, and a forward surface for orienting toward a door. The restricting member comprises a mounting portion for mounting on the door hinge, and a pair of wing portions extending laterally outward from the mounting portion. The mounting portion includes a channel for receiving a portion of the barrel of the hinge. The channel opens into the first end of the restricting member and extends from the first end toward the second end of the restricting member. A slot is provided for receiving a portion of the leaves of the hinge when a portion of the barrel is positioned in the channel, and is in communication with the channel. The slot extends from the first end of the restricting member toward the second end.

Abstract: The first variation of an apparatus which consists of a plate, which can work with a bolt hole of a door jamb, and a movable part, which can engage with the plate, to create a rigid structure; the second variation of the apparatus which consists of a “U”-shaped object, which can work with the doorknob of an existing door, and a channel-liked object, which can engage with the “U”-shaped object to create a rigid structure; the third variation of the apparatus which consists of a first object, which can work with the doorknobs of the existing double swing doors, and another object, which can work with the doorknobs of the existing double swing doors and which can engage with the first object to form a rigid structure.

Abstract: A T-bar lockable linkage between the gunnels and forward of a marine craft limits opening of side and central storage containers. The linkage includes a pair of tubular outer arms independently pivotally connected to a center link having an extended position for connection to the mounting brackets and a shortened position for removal therefrom. A shiftable lock block slidably supported on the linkage effects rigidized coaxial alignment of the outer arms in the extended position, The lock block includes a locking hub for releasable connection with a transverse center arm for limiting opening of the storage containers. The hub carries a keyed locking device including a latch bolt that engages the cross arm assembly to unitize the assembly and prevent separation of the components.

Abstract: A trunk tie-down has a catch that releasably couples with a strike of a vehicle lock mechanism, and a latch connected with the catch, that releasably couples with an opposing catch of the vehicle lock mechanism. The latch may have a first latch portion and an opposing second latch portion, each being generally U-shaped with a bight and a pair of legs. The legs of the first and the second latch portions extend toward each other and are coupled together. The bight of the first latch portion may also lie in a first reference plane while the bight of the second latch portion lies in a second reference plane. The first and the second reference planes may be perpendicular. Each of the first and the second latch portion bights may have a dimension of thickness with the second latch portion bight being thicker than the first latch portion bight.

Abstract: A bar lock having two interconnected aluminum bars for engaging handles on folding doors, and preferably extending across all the seams in the folding doors to prevent the simultaneous outward and lateral opening motion of the doors. Clamping the horizontal door handles on folding fireplace doors bars children from opening the doors.

Abstract: A locking device (20) for double-wing gates (10, 12). The lock comprises a pair of base plates (16, 18), each secured to one of the wings so that in the closed position thereof the members (18d, 16d) are located side by side. At least one of the projecting members is formed with a dead-body receiving cavity (16g, 18g). A lock body (20) is provided, having a side portion formed with respective recesses (20a, 20b) configured and located so as to fit over both the projecting members. The lock body (20) is equipped with a key-operated locking mechanism (22) comprising at least one dead-bolt receiving cavity of the respective anchor member thereby preventing the disengagement of the lock body (20) from both anchor members. The projections (16d, 18d) may be in the form of elongated ribs, or cylindrical pins.

Abstract: An improved safety latch is disclosed for assembly and use upon a cabinet frame or like facing member to secure a drawer or cabinet door panel in a completely closed position without need for an invasive screw attachment. The present safety latch includes a U-shaped base fitting formed having front and rear walls spaced apart to engage the edge of the cabinet frame within therebetween, the rear wall in a preferred embodiment of the latch having a movable pad mounted on the interior side of the wall to clamp the frame and hold the fitting in a stationary position. The front wall of the base fitting is provided with a pair of flexible prong members extended outwardly from the front wall and further formed having opposed wedge-shaped ends. The safety latch further includes an angled clip member adapted to releasably engage the base fitting having an open chamber section formed along the top of the clip member and a wall section depending perpendicularly therefrom.

Abstract: The invention, in one embodiment, is directed to a lid securing device. The device includes a first end adapted to interfit over a first handle of a container, a second end adapted to interfit over a second handle of the container, and an intermediate portion extending between the first end and the second end and adapted to engage a lid to exert a securing force between the lid and a container. Optionally, a portion of the device is elastic to further enhance the securing force between the container and the lid.

Abstract: A door-lock, latch-bolt retainer (10) that is specifically designed to be used by law enforcement personnel to prevent a door from being latched after an initial entry has been made. The retainer (10) which is used in combination with a door (60) having an outside knob (62), an inside knob (64) and a latch bolt (68) consists of a resilient strap (12) having a left edge (20) and a right edge (22). Adjacent the two edges (20, 22) is respectively located a left opening (32) and a right opening (34). When the openings are inserted over the door's outside knob (62) and the inside knob (64) the retainer (10) is attached. The attached retainer maintains the door's latch bolt (68) in a depressed position, thus preventing the door (60) from being latched.

Abstract: The specification discloses a locking device for a cargo-container closure of the type comprising a pair of doors hingedly mounted to a body of the cargo-container, each door having associated therewith in spaced-apart relation at least one upright lockrod the lockrods being adapted for securement to the body in a closed condition of the doors, and in which closed condition of the doors the lockrods are laterally spaced-apart a finite distance. The locking device comprises a pair of separate arms, each arm having a principal length extending between first and second ends, the first end of each arm defining a stop adapted to confront one of the lockrods, and the second ends of the arms being adapted for secure interconnection in end-to-end abutting relation.

Abstract: A box flap securing device for securing two opposing box flaps in a closed position wherein the box flap securing device includes a bottom member having an edge, a top member disposed a distance from the bottom member and in an overlying relationship with the bottom member, and a post interconnecting the bottom member and the top member. The post has an edge which is disposed in a coextensive relationship with at least a portion of the edge of the bottom member whereby the bottom member, top member and post cooperate to define a box flap receiving slot having a height at least equal to the thickness of the box flap but less than two times the thickness of the box flap.

Abstract: A security device for one or more doors or windows which includes an elongated support bar, an attachment mechanism mounted to the support bar, at least one receiving member attached to a structure to which the security device is to be positioned adjacent, at least one blocking member attached to the support bar, and an actuator mechanism. The at least one receiving member is surface mounted to the structure by an adhesive, glue, or cement.

Abstract: A door gap apparatus is provided for mounting on a door and extends from the door to a door frame. The door gap apparatus includes a door clamp which includes a door-edge-covering portion and a pair of door-side clamp portions extending outward from the door-edge-covering portion at opposite edges of the door-edge-covering portion. The door-side clamp portions extend from the door-edge-covering portion in a first direction. Panel clamp members are attached to the door-edge-covering portion and extend outward from the door-edge-covering portion in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. The panel clamp members are spaced apart providing a panel-reception region therebetween. A panel portion fits between the panel clamp members. The rectangular or triangular panel portion extends in the second direction, providing a gap between the door and the door frame.

Abstract: A portable door security mechanism which allows an existing door to be temporarily secured from the non-hinged side of the door without destruction or penetration of the door, the door frame or any existing components of the door, is disclosed. The device uses a cylindrical locking pin which is designed to slip underneath the door to be secured and rotated such that part of the locking pin protrudes upward to prevent the door from opening from the inside. The locking pin is secured to a base plate member and a cover plate which, when interlocked over a portion of the locking pin, is disposed to accept a conventional pad lock or similar device. The disclosed security mechanism can be folded through a hinge mechanism for convenience and can be applied or removed quickly without having access to the interior side of the door.

Abstract: A security device for use in securely fixing the entry path of an enclosure in a predetermined semi-open position includes a first member removably mountable to a structure associated with the entry path to an enclosure and a second member removably mountable to a different structure associated with the entry path to an enclosure and a spacer extending between said first and second members. The security device acts to fix the structures associated with the entry path in a predetermined, spaced position with respect to one another such that the entry path is semi-open to allow access into the enclosure for equipment but which prevents a person from gaining entrance to the enclosure through the entry path.

Abstract: The TRUNK BUDDY is used to hold an automobile trunk lid, hatch back or lift-gate, so that it will not move while transporting oversized objects in a trunk or cargo area that can not be normally closed because of the oversized object(s) being transported. The TRUNK BUDDY is an extension of the automobile manufacturers trunk lid, hatch back or lift-gate latching mechanisms to allow for the safe transportation of oversized objects in an automobile trunk or cargo area. There are two versions of the TRUNK BUDDY that share the exact same RING and SPRING-LOADED HOOK mechanisms which are very similar to the automobile manufacturer's trunk lid lock and trunk lid striker. One is the TRUNK BUDDY STRAP version which holds the trunk lid against the LOAD being transported. The other version is the TRUNK BUDDY POLE version which holds the trunk lid off of the LOAD being transported in order to protect both the load and trunk lid from being damaged.

Abstract: A trunk tie-down has a catch that releasably couples with a strike of a vehicle lock mechanism, and a latch connected with the catch, that releasably couples with an opposing catch of the vehicle lock mechanism. The latch may have a first latch portion and an opposing second latch portion, each being generally U-shaped with a bight and a pair of legs. The legs of the first and the second latch portions extend toward each other and are coupled together. The bight of the first latch portion may also lie in a first reference plane while the bight of the second latch portion lies in a second reference plane. The first and the second reference planes may be perpendicular. Each of the first and the second latch portion bights may have a dimension of thickness with the second latch portion bight being thicker than the first latch portion bight.

Abstract: Gravity actuated door safety devices, which prevent injury to fingers and pet's tails, are provided. A swinging door safety device comprises a pair of spaced parallel bars connected to one another at one end by a crossbar. At the opposite end of each bar, a counterweight is provided. Each bar has a ring attached at a point between the first and second ends. With the rings mounted to oppositely facing door knobs such that the crossbar spans the leading edge of the door, gravity acting on the counterweight biases the device to rotate such that the bars extend outward from the leading edge and prevent closure of the door by contacting the door jamb. The device is manually rotatable to a position wherein the bars do not extend forward of the door leading edge in order to fully close the door. A sliding door safety device comprises a mounting bracket secured near the leading edge of the sliding door. A lever is pivotally mounted to the bracket and rotatable between a stop position and a retracted position.

Abstract: A door handle lock (20) for hinged lever-style door handles (10) adapted for mounting on a portion of a hinged lever-style door handle (10) and overlapping a portion of a door handle housing (12), the door handle housing (12), with a hinged lever-style door handle (10), is received in a portion of a door, the hinged lever-style door handle (10) used for opening the door. With the door handle lock (20) in place on the hinged lever-style door handle (10), the door cannot be opened because the handle cannot be moved. Attempts to move the door handle (10) are unsuccessful because the door handle lock (20) interferes with the door handle housing (12) if one attempts to move the handle (10), thus preventing movement thereof.

Abstract: The invention, in one embodiment, is directed to a lid securing device. The device includes a first end adapted to interfit over a first handle of a container, a second end adapted to interfit over a second handle of the container, and an intermediate portion extending between the first end and the second end and adapted to engage a lid to exert a securing force between the lid and a container. Optionally, a portion of the device is elastic to further enhance the securing force between the container and the lid.

Abstract: An overhead door movement blocking system for selectively blocking opening of an overhead door with a device that is easily and quickly removable and transferred to other overhead doors. The overhead door movement blocking system includes a block device for positioning in the channel of the guide track of an overhead door structure to obstruct movement of the guide roller of an overhead door in the channel past the block device. The block device has inner and outer faces, and an aperture is formed in the block device for aligning with a hole in the base wall of the guide track when the block device is positioned in the channel of the guide track. The aperture extends between the inner and outer faces. The block device has opposite first and second ends, with the first end being positionable adjacent to the guide roller of the overhead door. The first end has a concave face for positioning adjacent to and abutting the guide roller.

Abstract: A device for interlocking two disc-like parts (2, 3) comprises a locking element (4), which presents first locking means (5) for fixing the locking element to a first one (3) of the parts, and second locking means (6) for fixing the second one (3) of the parts in relation to the locking element, and thereby in relation to the first part (2) as the latter and the locking element are interconnected. The first locking means (5) of the locking element and the first part (2) comprise a first set of first and second locking members (6′, 7) engaging each other. These first and second locking members are designed as a projection (6′) and a recess (7), respectively. These are mobile into engagement with each other in a direction (R1) which forms an angle that is preferably generally perpendicular in relation to the plane (3) of the first part (2).

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for locking and unlocking a camper shell from the inside. The device can be purchased as an inexpensive after market part and easily and quickly installed without the need for expensive tooling. The device includes a handle having proximal and distal ends and fashioned with a lateral bore at its proximal end for connecting with a torsion bar already existing on the latching mechanism of the camper shell. The distal end of the handle includes a cam, pivotally connected thereto, which can move between a position which in which the cam is generally flush with the handle and other positions in which the cam extends laterally from the handle. A cam lock is provided to engage the cam and hold it in one or more selected positions, the positions providing corresponding amounts of lateral extension from the handle. The when extended, the cam prevents the handle from being turned, thereby preventing the camper shell from being opened.

Abstract: A portable door lock comprises a jam plate connected through a hinge to a latch plate through a hinge that allows the latch plate to swing from a lock position alongside a door to an unlock position alongside a door jam when the portable door lock is installed in a door jam recess between a door and a door jam so the lock can remain installed yet allow the door to be opened for normal use or locked. A jam plate tongue extends orthogonally from the jam plate adjacent a jam plate hole sized to receive a door latch striker therethrough. Preferably two opposing upper and lower hooks opening in opposite directions swivel on the latch plate on a pivot pin in a plane parallel to the latch plate one hook applicable for a right-hinged door, the other for a left-hinged door. The hooks also may wrap and hook a doorknob shank from above and below.

Abstract: A T-bar lockable linkage is deployed between the gunnels and forward seating or casting area of a marine craft and effective to limit opening of an array of side and central storage containers including a telescoping cross bar assembly that is connected to mounting brackets at the sides of the front boat deck. The mounting brackets include universal connectors that allow self alignment of the cross bar assembly, notwithstanding varying boat configurations or installation inaccuracies. The cross bar assembly includes a slotted slidable hub that may be aligned with a forward anchorage location, preferably an existing pedestal base for a swivel boat seat. The cross bar assembly includes matching holes aligned with a medial slot in the hub. A front anchor is releasably attached to the front pedestal base and slidably receives a center locking bar. With the center locking bar in place, the front anchor is conditioned against removal.

Abstract: A sliding door locking system which provides a connection between a sliding door and a fixed track in which the door slides to prevent relative movement of the sliding door with respect to the track along the X, Y, and Z axes.

Abstract: A bracket device for holding a bottom window sash in a pivoted position in relation to a top window sash. The bracket device includes a pair of arms. Each of the arms is elongate. The arms have a first end and a second end. A first pair of elongate members is fixedly coupled to and extends away from one of the second ends of the arms. Each of the elongate members is oriented generally perpendicular to the arms. Each of the first ends of the arms is coupled together. The arms form an acute angle. A post is fixedly coupled to a juncture of the first ends of the arms. The post extends in a direction generally opposite of the first pair of elongate members.

Abstract: A door gap apparatus is provided for mounting on a door and extends from the door to a door frame. The door gap apparatus includes a door clamp which includes a door-edge-covering portion and a pair of door-side clamp portions extending outward from the door-edge-covering portion at opposite edges of the door-edge-covering portion. The door-side clamp portions extend from the door-edge-covering portion in a first direction. Panel clamp members are attached to the door-edge-covering portion and extend outward from the door-edge-covering portion in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. The panel clamp members are spaced apart providing a panel-reception region therebetween. A panel portion fits between the panel clamp members. The rectangular or triangular panel portion extends in the second direction, providing a gap between the door and the door frame.

Abstract: A portable security device which can be easily mounted on inwardly swinging doors. the device is made up of a inner plate which has first and second panels, an outer plate which has first and second panels, a hinge connecting, and permitting rotation between, the second panel of the inner plate and the first panel of the outer plate, a securing attachment, and a holding mechanism. The first and second panels of the inner plate are perpendicular to each other. The first panel of the inner plate fits against the strike plate and has a lock tab which fits into the bolt hole in a strike plate. The second panel of the inner plate fits against side edge of the door jamb and contains a horizontal protrusion which contains an opening. The first panel of the outer plate contains a horizontal slot which will fit over the protrusion when the device is in place, thus exposing the opening of the protrusion. The second panel of the outer plate is perpendicular to the first panel.

Abstract: The lower section of the L-shaped truck/camper security bar inserts into an existing load-leveling type trailer hitch and can be locked into place with an existing trailer hitch lock. The upper section extends vertically along the rear of the vehicle to block the pulling down action that would open the tailgate and to block the lifting up action that would open the camper top rear window.

Abstract: A one piece, closure for containers having a pair of upper entry-exit flaps and a pair of lower entry-exit flaps. The closure includes an upper member and a lower member with a webbed wall disposed between and attached to both the upper and lower member. In use the webbed wall is placed between the closed upper flaps. A portion of the lower member extends to the front of the webbed wall and serves as a platform for receiving a portion of the lower flap, without interference from the upper member, upon the release of the lower flap by a separate flap pull. The flap pull comprises an elongated arm having at one end a handle for gripping and at an opposite end a catch for engaging the lower flap and lifting the lower flap against the upper flaps, at which point a beveled edge of the lower member of the closure engages the catch portion of the flap pull and is inserted underneath the catch portion of the flap pull.

Abstract: A deadbolt security attachment, removably installable on a deadbolt latch handle by an occupant within a room or structure, made up of a flexible strap which secures to the deadbolt handle, is wrapped about the shank of a doorknob, and is extended to secure to itself, the strap facing surfaces including hook and loop securing material. When the present device is secured between the doorknob shank and the deadbolt latch handle, the latch handle cannot be moved through its normal arc of operation to allow the door to be opened. Even if a person attempting entry to the area has a key to the deadbolt lock, the torque which may be transmitted to the lock by the key, is easily overcome by the present security strap. The present device is completely removable from the doorknob shank and deadbolt latch handle to be carried by the user when the room is not occupied.

Abstract: A solid tooth whitening composition in the form a table, gum, candy, or the like, is formed by combining carbamide peroxide with a non-hygroscopic sweetener base that comprises the hydrogenation product of isomaltulose. The composition may be stored for several weeks without detectable decomposition the carbamide peroxide to urea.

Abstract: An adjustable door stop that enables a hinged door to be propped open at any desired angle relative to the frame to which the door is mounted. Alternatively, the device enables a door to be securely closed, thereby operating as a lock. The device comprises a substantially cylinder-like structure placed over or otherwise mounted to a door hinge. An arcuate inner chamber is disposed and freely moves within the substantially hollow interior of an arcuate outer chamber. Various angular orientations are obtained by selectively aligning the inner chamber with the outer chamber. The chambers are held in their respective positions by activating a locking member disposed on the door stop.

Abstract: A slow cooker is provided with a clamp assembly for holding the parts of the cooker together when transporting the cooker from one location to another. The clamp assembly includes downwardly-opening grooved portions of housing handles and an elastomeric band having opposite end portions received within the grooved portions of housing handles.

Abstract: For sliding doors of a stall shower tracking in front and rear tracks with a sliding clearance therebetween, front and rear brackets suspended on the tracks and each having a leg respectively projected into a tracking path of movement, and each having additional legs positioned in the sliding clearance for interconnection to thereby immobilize the doors against sliding movement while the brackets remain interengaged thus serving, as one end use, the child-proofing of the stall shower against any non-supervised entry into the stall shower when it is not in use.