Abstract: The die cast metallic door handle adapted for attachment on the vehicle door has a molded plastic insert attached thereto on the face thereof facing toward the vehicle so that a user gripping the door handle places his fingers against the molded plastic insert to insulate his fingers from the temperature of the metallic handle. In addition, a molded plastic push button assembly including a molded plastic housing and a molded plastic push button are attached to the metallic handle so that the user's thumb pushes against the molded plastic push button instead of a metallic handle. In addition, the push button assembly has the molded plastic push button slidably guided on a pin which is encircled by a spring acting to position the push button. The push button assembly may be preassembled prior to its attachment to the handle so that push button assembly may be pretested prior to attachment to the handle.

Abstract: A latch assembly (12) is adapted for use with a container having a base portion (11) and a cover (10) affixable thereto by the latch assembly (12). The base portion (11) has projections (17) extending from its sidewall and the cover (10) has lugs (14) extending therefrom. A latch plate (19) has laterally spaced ribs (25) between which an upper lever bar (28) is pivotally connected to define an upper pivot point. Ribs (45) on the upper lever bar (28) are adapted to snap over the lugs (14) to attach the latch assembly (12) to the cover (10). The lower end of a lower lever bar (30) is also pivotally connected between the ribs (25) to define a lower pivot point. The upper edge of the lower lever bar (30) is hinge connected (33, 34) to the lower edge of the upper lever bar (28) with the centerline of the hinge (33, 34) being laterally offset from a plane defining both the upper and lower pivot points.

Abstract: A window latch mechanism having first and second closure members for attachment to respective first and second double-hung windows. Hingeably attached to the first closure member is a tongue having a distal tooth. When the closure members are in an open configuration thereof, the tongue may be selectively rotated about a hinge to an easy open position or to a vertical ready-to-latch position. The first closure member also includes a vertically extending biasing wall adjacent to a base of the tongue. The second closure member includes a bar positioned to be overlapped by the tooth when in a closed and locked position thereof. The mechanism also includes at least one restraining boss positioned opposite the bar relative to the tongue for selectively allowing the tongue to be biased away from the bar and interferringly held by the boss away from the bar in a closed but unlatched position to allow the windows to be opened.

Abstract: A resilient door knob utilizes both a spring-loaded internal housing and a resilient foam knob so that the doorknob absorbs shock when the door is swung against a wall, or someone strikes the doorknob. Another important feature is that the knob comes in sets of knobs of different colors or configurations such that one knob can be pulled off (or slit of if necessary) of the shaft housing and replaced with another one of a different color in the event, for example, the room is re-painted.

Abstract: A receptacle is provided which snaps into and seals an opening in a circuit breaker case. A pair of opposed, resilient tabs hold the receptacle within the opening, and substantially prevent withdrawal of the receptacle from the opening. A pair of resilient legs form a flexible U-shaped notch which is adapted to receive and hold a male member attached to a circuit breaker access cover. Therefore screws are not needed for securing the circuit breaker access cover to the circuit breaker case, and the cover is easily removed and replaced any number of times without the use of special tools.

Abstract: A housing closure apparatus for latching a swingable door which covers an opening in a housing. The housing closure apparatus includes a latching mechanism having a latch guide structure with a channel therein for captivating a slidable latch. A latch receiving member is situated on the housing to receive a portion of the latch therein to latch the door closed. In one embodiment of the invention, the latch mechanism exhibits a dual locking capability such that the latch is lockable in a latch closed position against undesired opening due to shock and vibration, and is further lockable in a latch open position.

Abstract: A child-proofing device for a tape cassette player having a flanged tongue element insertable through a cassette opening past the door thereof and adapted to be pulled back through an exterior block with detent means to hold the door closed, and to be removed by releasing the detent means, pushing the tongue element forward and then pulling it out of the cassette opening as the door is held open.

Abstract: A device (36) capable of functioning both as a latch and a hinge is disclosed. The device (36) includes a latch section (16) mounted on the housing (12) of an enclosure (10) and includes a groove (88) and a movable latch member (40) extending over the groove (88). The device (36) further includes a hinge section (30) mounted on the cover (14) and includes a rod (32) which is received in the groove (88) and rotatably retained therein by the latch member (40).

Abstract: The striker for automotive door locking apparatuses has a metal base secured to the car body and a roughly U-shaped metal rod mounted on the metal base, with the surface of the metal base and the metal rod coated with a synthetic resin layer. An engagement surface is formed at the back periphery of the metal base along the entire circumference. The synthetic resin layer is formed integral with claw portions that engage with the engagement surface of the metal base. The underside of the claw portion of the synthetic resin is flush with the back of the metal base.

Abstract: A door latch formed of transparent elastic plastic is disclosed. The latch has an elastic plastic band with a base segment adapted for mounting on a door and a catch segment flexibly attached to the base segment and extending angularly outward therefrom to project transversely beyond the base segment. The band also has a striker segment flexibly attached to the catch segment and extending angularly outward therefrom and transversely to a position outlying the base segment, and also a return portion flexibly attaching the striker segment to the base segment. The band is adapted to flexibly deform when pressed against a door jamb to selectively engage the jamb. The latch may also have a stiffening rib of plastic material rigidly affixed to the base segment within the band to act to restrict the deflection of the band when the band is pushed against a door jamb. This latch is useful as a transparent latch for a transparent display case.

Abstract: A plastic latch for latching a first surface to a second, substantially coplanar, surface is disclosed having a flexible plastic band with a planar attachment segment adapted for attachment to the first surface, an upper arcuate segment extending upwardly from the attachment segment, a planar first segment depending from the upper arcuate segment and substantially parallel to and longer than the attachment segment, a lower arcuate segment extending from the flex segment beneath the upper arcuate segment, and an engaging segment extending upwardly from the lower arcuate segment parallel to the flex segment and in substantial alignment with the attachment segment. A connecting segment flexibly connects the engaging segment to the attachment segment and extends towards the flex segment. A projecting nub is located on the engaging segment and is adapted to engage beneath the projecting ledge extending from the planar surface when the first surface is placed in contact with the second surface.

Abstract: A pocket-type computer encompassed by a two-part casing has the entire latch mechanism contained in sidewalls of upper and lower hinged casings. The sidewalls have a thickness of only about two millimeters. A latch plate is integrally molded in a sidewall interior recess or formed as a molded part and fixedly adhered in the recess. One end of an elongated latch is fixed in an interior recess in the upper casing sidewall and depends therefrom so that a centilevered end having locking tooth slides on an inclined surface on the latch plate as the casings are closed until the latch tooth springs into a recess and keeper in the latch plate. An integral push button extends outwardly from the latch at a medial position into a matching aperture in the upper casing sidewall. The push button is accessed from the casing exterior and when pushed inwardly, the latch is pivoted inwardly releasing the latch tooth from the latch keeper to allow opening of the two casings.

Abstract: A lock and key combination comprising a latch (14), means (17) for mounting the latch about an axis of rotation, means (20) for biasing the latch towards a locking position, means (22) associated with the latch for rotating it and having a non-circular form, and a key (19) adapted to mate with the non-circular form of the means for rotating the latch, the key permitting the latch to be displaced about its axis of rotation against the biasing means.

Abstract: A latch for a transparent display box is disclosed having a flexible plastic band with a planar attachment segment adapted for attachment to the inside front surface of the lid. An upper arcuate segment extends upwardly from the attachment segment, and a planar flex segment depends from the upper arcuate segment and is substantially parallel to and longer than the attachment segment. A lower arcuate segment depends from the flex segment beneath the upper arcuate segment and an engaging segment extends upwardly from the lower arcuate segment parallel to the flex segment and in substantial alignment with the attachment segment. A projecting nub on the engaging segment is adapted to engage in a hole in the base when the lid is closed on the base. The flexing of the arcuate segments and the flex and engaging segments enables the nub to move inward from the inside surface of the front of the box when the lid is closed to allow the nub to engage in the hole.

Abstract: A cover-locking device for a video tape cassette which includes a cover-locking pin having a lock-releasing protrusion and an engaging protrusion. The cover-locking pin is pivotably supported in a lower-half of the cassette. The cover-locking device also includes a spring member which is integrally formed on and protrudes upwardly and outwardly from the upper surface of the cover-locking pin between two supporting shafts so as to be urged upon the side inner surface of the chamber formed in the tape cassette when supported in the lower-half of the cassette.

Abstract: A lock device for the use of vehicle doors in which a latch engaging a striker is supported to a lock body by a first shaft, a ratchet for preventing the latch form reversing and an open lever for releasing the engagement of the ratchet with the latch are supported to the lock body by a second shaft, and a lock lever for changing over the relation between the ratchet and the open lever to the engagement and to the disengagement is supported to the lock body by a third shaft, wherein a lock piece moving with the pivotal motion of the lock lever is supported to the second shaft. The lock device further includes a keyless lock mechanism, in which the operation of a sillknob alone cannot change over the lock device to the lock state.

Abstract: One-piece latches or door-retenting devices of elastomeric material of specified parameters, are constructed for disposition in the surface of a door or other supporting panel so that at least one lip projects outwardly from the edge or surface in elastically deformable relation to engage a striker bar or surface. A first type includes and elongated lip projecting or depending from one edge, the inner surface of the lip forming a slot which just accommodates the striker bar upon closure of the latch, the adjacent outer surface of the lip projecting in angular relation to the slot providing resilient latching action against the striker bar when the latch is opened or closed. Latch shapes of this type include "D" shape, "C" shape, round, square, polygonal and line configurations. A second type comprises a bellows-like latching member closed at one end with a protuberance in the form of an elastomeric bulb which is constructed to be elastically deformed by the striker bar or latching surface.

Abstract: In a lid opener mechanism having two locking devices for respectively locking two lids such as a fuel lid and a trunk lid of a motor vehicle, a handle device is provided for operating the control wires connected to each lid. The handle device includes a support on which are mounted for rotation two separately moveable levers. Each lever is spring biased to return it to its rest position after use and thereby permit closure of the lid which has been opened. Both levers are rotatably mounted in parallel on a projection extending out from the base of the handle device. Another projection, formed on the outer lever passes through said first projection and connects to the base. This arrangement assists in preventing rattles that might otherwise occur.

Abstract: A closure device for a library storage box combines a hanger with a locking device for the closed storage box. A hinge structure for the device provides a first hinge portion on the box, connected by a flexible hinge to a second hinge carrying the hanger at its outer end. A latch on the second hinge portion engages a complementary detent on the first hinge portion to hold the box closed and to project the hanger to an engaging position for mounting on a suitable rail.

Abstract: To protect a door lock mechanism for an automotive vehicle from water or freezing, the door lock mechanism is arranged between a base plate member and a resin protective cover; the upper end portions of the base plate are covered by peripheral walls extending from the walls of the protective cover; the control levers are led out toward the outside through lead-out openings formed horizontally outward between the end surface of the base plate member and the lower surface of the peripheral wall of the protective cover; and some U-shaped control levers are led out through the lead-out openings so as to take a long way around the side edges of the peripheral walls of the protective cover at the lead-out openings.

Abstract: A lockable buckle includes a body member, a latch member, and a rotary locking member. The body member includes a pair of locking side slots. The latch member includes a pair of resilient arms having raised tab portions thereon for releasably engaging the opposed locking side slots of the body member. The rotary locking member is disposed in the body member and is adapted for rotation therein between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the raised tab portions are permitted to bend inwardly so as to allow insertion or removal of the latch member from the body member. In the second position, the raised tab portions are prevented from bending inwardly, thereby inhibiting disengagement of the latching member from the body member.

Abstract: An electrical distribution load center consists of a non-conductive enclosure and a circuit breaker bus bar support panel that are interconnected by interlock members that can be snap-fitted to secure the two panels to each other. The support panel also has a latch member so that the bus bars can be mounted onto the panel in a heat-staking, insert-molded or snap-fit arrangement. The support panel also has elements for locking the circuit breakers onto the panels in conducting contact with the bus bars. The enclosure and the support panel are enclosed by a non-metallic trim panel that has a non-metallic door hinged thereto and which carries a latch for latching the door to the trim panel.

Abstract: A door lock assembly includes a door lock operating unit having a locking arm, and an actuator for driving the locking arm to a locked position and unlocked position. The actuator has an operating lever which rocks together with the locking arm, a neutral position restoration level which, when in a neutral position, is in a state non-engagable with the operating lever and, when displaced from the neutral position, drives the operating lever to the locked position and unlocked position, an output member which makes contact with and separates form the neutral position restoration lever for driving the neutral position restoration lever to the locked position and unlocked position, and a motor for driving the output member.

Abstract: An integrated structural latch for vehicle doors having a structural latching module and a non-structural actuating module; the structural latching module having a metal plate having an opening therethrough and having metal latching mechanisms secured thereto adjacent the opening, the latching mechanisms for engaging a striker passing through the opening, the striker disposed adjacent one end of a vehicle door; the non-structural actuating module being secured to the structural latching module and having a housing with an opening therethrough aligned in use with the opening through the structural latching module and having actuation mechanisms for engaging and disengaging the latching means; whereby the structural latching module and the non-structural actuating module are assembled and when assembled provide an integrated structural latch.

Abstract: An axle wheel assembly is removably attached to the base of a suitcase by attaching a pair of brackets to opposite sides of the base of the suitcase. The upper edge of each bracket is provided with a downwardly extending slot. A pivotally mounted slot entrance cover is mounted on the bracket and is pivotal in one direction to cover the entrance to the slot to prevent the axle of the axle wheel assembly from falling out of the slot once the axle is inserted in the slot, and pivotal in another direction to open the entrance to the slot to permit the removal of the axle from the slot. The length of the axle is larger than the width of the suitcase so wheels of any size can be secured to the ends of the axle.

Abstract: The water-tight, noise-proof sealed type locking apparatus of this invention has recesses formed in the body 5. In the recess 15 formed on the front side of the body 5 a latch 13 and a rachet 14 are installed; in the recess 16 formed on the back side of the body 5 rotation control members for the rachet 14 is installed. The front of the body 5 is covered with a cover plate 6 and the back with a back plate 7. Wires connected to the rotation control members are fitted water-tightly to the body 5.

Abstract: The present invention is a tamper-proof security seal which includes a shackling tape and a tape-gripping element with two deformable tape-gripping sections. The first gripping section includes a structural flap folded toward an inside bag-receiving side of the seal so that the fold is essentially concealed when the seal is used. The first section also includes an enlarged tooth integral with the first section to grip a bag around which the seal is applied. The second tape-gripping section has a plurality of inwardly pointing teeth inside the second section.A method of manufacture of the security seal is also disclosed.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle latch assembly comprises a locking bolt secured to a doorpost, a mounting plate secured to a door and provided with a pivot and formed therearound with a bearing surface, a locking fork formed with a pivot hole fitted over the pivot, having a side directly confronting the bearing surface, and engageable with the bolt on closing of the door, and an elastomeric cladding covering the fork including the interior of the hole in contact with the bolt and the side of the bolt in contact with the bearing surface. The cladding engages the bearing surface and eliminates play and metal-to-metal contact at this region.

Abstract: A slide latch for latching the leading edge of a door, formed of a plastic panel, to an adjacent jamb-like member, is formed of a narrow, thin, horizontally elongated, flat plate positioned upon the door surface for sliding movement towards and away from the jamb-like member. Integral, narrow, rigid flanges, forming sled-like runners, are formed along the horizontally elongated side edges of the slider for slidable engagement with the panel surface. The slider is held within an open-ended, horizontally elongated, flattened loop that is struck-out of the panel. Stops are formed near the opposite ends of the slider for engaging the ends of the loops and thereby limiting the sliding movement of the slider. One of the stops may be enlarged to form a manual grip for moving the slider.

Abstract: A door and a ceramic handle or knob assembly are disclosed. The ceramic handle has a socket extending from a rear end wall and into the body of the handle. A plastics insert is received in the socket, so that the handle may be secured to the door, either by means of a conventional spindle or by means of a threaded bolt, passing through a hole in the door.

Abstract: A locking device includes a striker and a latch. The striker projects from the back side of an openable wall which is hinged on a housing. The latch is secured to the edge of an opening of the housing so that it faces the striker for engaging with and holding the striker in a snap-engaged state when the openable wall is closed. The latch is rotatably mounted in the housing so that the rotation thereof follows the direction of insertion of the striker into the latch.

Abstract: A pawl structure in a door locking device for a vehicle in which a latch member is rotatably supported, comprising a claw member engaged with the latch member to prevent the latch member from being rotated, the claw member including a claw portion and a resin portion engaged with the latch member and made of resin and covering at least a portion of the claw portion; and a base shaft member connected to the claw member and pivotally connected to the door locking device and having a base shaft portion substantially perpendicular to the claw portion of the claw member, and a resin portion made of resin and covering at least a portion of the base shaft portion.

Abstract: A window latch that includes a handle portion secured to the window and a generally U-shaped latch member that is secured to the frame. The U-shaped latch member defines a projection in engagement with the handle to retain the window in the closed position. To open the latch, the legs of the U are moved toward each other to disengage the projection from the handle to permit the window to be moved to the open position.

Abstract: A flexible draw latch for use in securing two closure members together comprises a keeper adapted to be affixed to one of the closure members, a mounting bracket adapted to be affixed to the other closure members, a mounting bracket adapted to be affixed to the other closure member, a lever pivotally connected to the mounting bracket, and a locking member made of a flexible, resilient material pivotally connected to the lever wherein the locking member is detachable connected to the keeper and wherein the locking member is disposed in overlying relation to the keeper, the mounting bracket and the lever when the latch is in a closed, latched position and wherein the pivot connection between the lever and the locking member is closer to the closure member than the pivot connection between the lever and the mounting bracket when the latch is in a closed, latched position.

Abstract: A flexible draw latch for use in securing two closure members together comprises a keeper adapted to be affixed to one of the closure members, a mounting bracket adapted to be affixed to the other closure member, a lever pivotally connected to the mounting bracket, and a locking member made of a flexible, resilient material pivotally connected to the lever wherein the locking member is detachably connected to the keeper and wherein the locking member is disposed in overlying relation to the keeper, the mounting bracket and the lever when the latch is in a closed, latched position and wherein the pivot connection between the lever and the locking member is closer to the closure member than the pivot connection between the lever and the mounting bracket when the latch is in a closed, latched position. A cross-pin is transversely disposed within the keeper-engageable portion of the locking member to prevent localized deformation and to relieve stress on the locking member.

Abstract: A latch having a base and a latch plate pivoted thereto, the base being adapted for installation on a closure frame and the latch plate being adapted to overlie the closure. The latch plate is pivotally mounted on the base to swing between an unlatched position in which the closure can be opened, and a latched position in which the closure cannot be opened because the latch plate overlies it. A handle pivotally mounted on the base swings the latch plate between the open and closed positions. At least one of the base and latch plate are made of an elastically deformable material. The latch plate is moved to the latching position by the camming action of the handle; and when the latch plate has moved only part way toward the fully latched position, abutment surfaces on the base and latch plate come into contact with each other.

Abstract: An inside handle device for an automotive vehicle door in which a compression spring (18) for urging a handle (8) to its closed position is provided in an air gap (17a) in a bracket member (7) pivotally securing the handle (8) to reduce the size of the entire device and to simplify the assembly. The handle (8) is pivotally secured to the bracket member (7) which is secured to a door panel (15), and is connected via a connecting rod (3) to a door locking mechanism.

Abstract: A decorative surface-mounted latch bolt assembly includes a decorative housing, a chassis providing an elongated passage therewithin, and a guide member disposed within the passage of the chassis and providing an elongated channel in which is seated the latch bolt. The guide member is fabricated of synthetic resin and its passage is configured and dimensioned to snugly receive the latch bolt so as to preclude its rattling or inadvertent movement therewithin. An actuator is supported above the top surface of the housing, and a connecting element extends between the actuator and the latch bolt through registering openings in the top wall of the housing, the chassis and the guide member, and these apertures are elongated so as to permit the desired longitudinal movement of the latch bolt.

Abstract: According to the invention a door latch includes a cylindrical plastic housing member adapted for mounting within an aperture of a vehicle door and having an integrally molded escutcheon which overlies the walls of the door panel defining the door aperture. A molded plastic cylindrical handle member is rotatably journaled within the housing for rotary movement. A plastic cylindrical actuator member rotatably journaled within the handle member is connected with the door latch to unlatch the door latch upon axial movement of the actuator member. A cam means acts between the handle member and the actuator to effect axial movement of the actuator member in response to rotary movement of the handle member. The housing member preferably has upper and lower walls having coaxially lined apertures, while the handle member and a guide member slidably carried by the handle member each have integral bosses adapted to slip fit within the apertures of the walls of the housing member.

Abstract: A flexible draw latch for use in securing two closure members together comprises a keeper adapted to be affixed to one of the closure members, a mounting bracket adapted to be affixed to the other closure member, a lever pivotally connected to the mounting bracket, and a locking member made of a flexible, resilient material pivotally connected to the lever wherein the locking member is detachably connected to the keeper and wherein the locking member is disposed in overlying relation to the keeper, the mounting bracket and the lever when the latch is in a closed, latched position and wherein the pivot connection between the lever and the locking member is closer to the closure member than the pivot connection between the lever and the mounting bracket when the latch is in a closed, latched position.

Abstract: A latch for releaseably securing one body portion, such as a hood, to another body portion, such as a cowl, of a semi-tractor or the like. One of the body portions has a hook member mounted thereon and the other carrys a securing device. The latch is of one-piece molded construction comprising an elongate elastomeric member having a handle at one end, an opening therein adjacent the handle and a tongue in the opening extending from the handle toward the other end, the handle and tongue being integral with the elongate member. The free end of the tongue is adapted for engaging the hook member, and an opening is provided at the other end of the elongate member for connection to the securing device. The free end of the tongue is spaced from the opening a distance less than the distance the hook member is spaced from the securing device when the two body portions are adjacent one another and the elongate member is untensioned.

Abstract: A slide latch for latching the leading edge of a door, formed of a plastic panel, to an adjacent jamb-like member, is formed of a narrow, thin, horizontally elongated, flat plate positioned upon the door surface for sliding movement towards and away from the jamb-like member. Integral, narrow, rigid flanges, forming sled-like runners, are formed along the horizontally elongated side edges of the slider for slidable engagement with the panel surface. The slider is held within an open-ended, horizontally elongated, flattened loop that is struck-out of the panel. Stops are formed near the opposite ends of the slider for engaging the ends of the loops and thereby limiting the sliding movement of the slider. One of the stops may be enlarged to form a manual grip for moving the slider.

Abstract: A two-piece spring latch assembly operable as a closure device for a load center cabinet, wherein the latch assembly is slidably engagable with the door of a load center cabinet. The latch assembly includes a sliding latch body having a top surface with a depression for facilitating engagement of the latch body. The latch body also includes a latch member for engaging the frame of the load center cabinet. A latch spring is mounted to the latch member and defines a spring member for urging the sliding latch body into a latched position. The latch spring also defines a latch bearing surface and a strike bearing surface. These surfaces are fabricated from the same material as the spring member and resist wear through repeated cycles of engagement and disengagement with the frame of the load center cabinet.

Abstract: In a vehicle door assembly including a bolt projecting from a sidewall of a door opening of the vehicle, a latch having a pair of leg section defining a bolt receiving recess rotatably mounted on a sidewall of the door member, a spring operatively interconnecting the door sidewall and the latch for rotatably biasing the latch in an unlocked position with the recess registered with the bolt, a retaining pawl having a hook section engageable with contact portions of the latch leg sections when the leg sections are disposed in pre-locking and fully locking positions, rotatably mounted on the door side member and a spring operatively interconnecting the door sidewall and the retainer pawl for rotatably biasing the retaining pawl in a direction toward the latch, the improvement consisting of the latch being coated with a sound absorbing material except for spaced segments disposed along with periphery of the latch recess.

Abstract: In a locking device for a rear seat back cushion, a locking lever forms a constructional unit together with its shaft and a tension spring pretensioning it in the locking direction. During assembly, this unit is inserted from one end into a pit in a plastic component and is retained in the end position by means of snap lugs. The locking lever is unlocked by means of an actuation rod hitched onto it.

Abstract: A locking lever of a door latch can be operated either manually by operating a lock knob or electrically by applying a current to an electrically operating mechanism. The turning force of the mechanism is transmitted to the lever via a first oscillatory member and second one cooperative loosely with the first member. The second member operates to shift the lever to a lock or an unlock position after it has been turned by the first member by a prescribed angle. The first member energizes a return spring, the biasing force of which returns the first member to neutral position when the current to the mechanism is interrupted. The lock knob can be operated lightly since the mechanism with the first member at the neutral position does not obstructs the knob.

Abstract: A release handle assembly for vehicle closure latches includes a release handle mounted within a recess of a housing for operation of a closure latch. A blocking member blocks insertion of the operator's fingers behind the handle when the closure latch is in locked position to provide the operator with a sensory indication of the position of the closure latch.

Abstract: A latch body is formed, at its recessed inner side, with a pair of integral tubular members made of plastics. A latch element adapted to catch a striker set in an automobile door and a paul are rotatably mounted on the tubular members for engagement with each other. A latch returning spring is stretched between the body and the latch element. An door opening lever and a door locking lever both linked to the pawl are rotatably mounted on another pair of plastic tubular members each of which is formed on the outer side of said body in the coaxial relation with corresponding one of the first pair of the tubular members. Each of a pair of pins is inserted through the tubular members in the coaxial relation and is swaged in a base plate coupled oppositely with the body.

Abstract: A tying and storage ring for a reel of recording tape has a strip of extensible flexible material intended for surrounding a reel. It is equipped with closing means having a buckle made in one piece with a suspension hook and fastened rigidly to one of the ends of the strip, this buckle, when under tension, catching on a boss formed on the other end of the strip. The buckle has an orifice surrounding the boss and its sides have gripping means. The strip can also have a protective boss located very near the end of the buckle or, in an alternative embodiment, the end of the buckle has a sloping front face preventing the buckle from being caught accidentally.

Abstract: Peripheral locking system comprising a frame enclosing an aperture and a closure for the aperture having a polymeric member extending around a portion of the perimeter of the aperture and mounted in a track, designed to lock the closure at at least two points upon movement of the polymeric member.