Abstract: A support bracket and track assembly for the support of sectional overhead doors. The assembly comprises a track (110, 112, 114) for supporting the overhead door sections and a horizontal support bracket (80) for supporting the track (110, 112, 114). The assembly further comprises a flag bracket (140) for mounting the track (110, 112, 114) and the support bracket (80) to a structural support, and a tab (90, 120, 130) for attaching the track (110, 112, 114) to the support bracket (80) and the flag bracket (140). A related fastening system for use with overhead sectional door components comprises first (80, 140) and second (112, 114) components, a tab (90) extending from the first component (80, 140) for engaging the second component (112, 114), and a tab slot (120, 130) in the second component for receiving the tab (90) of the first component (80, 140).

Abstract: First and second members are attached together by an attachment device which includes a key hole shaped slot provided in the first member and having an enlarged entry portion communicating with a narrow slot portion. An aperture is provided in the second member and a bolt having a threaded shank and an enlarged head is press fit part way into the aperture of the second member so that the enlarged head is spaced somewhat longitudinally away from engaging the second member. The second member is hung on the first member by inserting the enlarged head of the bolt through the entry portion of the key hole shaped slot and then sliding the second member laterally of the first member so that the shank enters the narrower slot portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a handle for a sanitary fitting, and particularly to a single-lever sanitary fitting, having a base and a cap, whereby the base of the handle has a handle section and an attachment section. The handle cap can be engaged with and disengaged from the handle base in an area to be covered on the top of the handle section and/or of the attachment section. In order to be able to repeatedly disengage the cap of the handle from the base without there being any risk of damage or without necessitating the use of a tool, there are corresponding locking devices on the base and cap of the handle, which act jointly to combine the base and cap of the handle in such a manner that the cap can placed in mounting direction A onto the area of the base which has to be covered. It is then slid perpendicular to mounting direction A in sliding direction B, establishing a clamping effect between the locking devices, whereby the cap is pushed inward until it covers the entire designated area.

Abstract: A shift lever support structure for an automatic transmission includes a T-shaped shift lever having a transverse boss, and a U-sectioned lever mount having first and second bearing holes defined in opposite side walls thereof for rotatably supporting first and second opposite ends of the transverse boss. The first bearing hole is elongated so as to have opposite straight side edges and opposite round ends continued with each other through the straight side edges, said round ends being spaced a distance sufficient to facilitate mounting of the transverse boss on the lever mount. A first stopper is disposed in the lever mount for restricting a radial displacement of the first end of the transverse boss within the first bearing hole which would result from the first bearing hole oversized relative to the diameter of the transverse boss.

Abstract: Portable overhead sun screening structure and canopy are described for shading a surface. The canopy is comprised of at least one sheet spanning a matrix of reinforcing cords that extend to a marginal canopy edge, with beads affixed to the reinforcing cords adjacent the marginal edge. A plurality of elongated poles are spaced apart and set upright along the surface to be shaded. Collars are slidably mounted to the poles for elevational movement thereon. At least two elongated stay members are mounted to each collar, each stay being pivotable between an inoperative position substantially parallel to the associated pole, and an operative position substantially perpendicular to the pole. The stay members on each pole are angularly offset from one another about the associated pole to mount flexible guy cords. Opposed ends of the guy cords are releasable attached to selected stay members about the canopy perimeter.

Abstract: A crank mechanism of a driving assembly of a screen wiper for use with an automotive vehicle preferrably a lever and a tongue in communication therewith through a swivel joint, with the tongue are eccentrically hinged to an actuated gear wheel, in particular, a worm gear wheel and with the lever is connected or connectible in a non-rotating way to a wiper shaft. The tongue and the lever, in the practice of the invention, are pivotally interconnected through a bajonet-type connection such that the crank mechanism can be connected without tools. The assembled position enabling tongue and lever to be joined together differs from any possible rotary position taken by these two elements during operation.

Abstract: A modular threshold system that includes multiple components that are joined together to form various threshold configurations. Each component includes an irregularly shaped channel adapted to receive a conforming projection on a second component. The channel and the projections are shaped so as to allow the components to be installed serially, while providing a secure joint between the components.

Abstract: A shifter for a vehicle includes a base for attachment to the vehicle, and a transmission shift lever having a slidably connectable pivot for pivoting shift lever to the base. The base includes configured sidewalls defining opposing sockets having a first diameter and inlets to the sockets having a first width less than the first diameter. The shift lever includes an integrally molded pivot member with protruding flat-sided rod sections. The rod sections define a second diameter about equal to the first diameter, and the flat sides of the rod sections define a second width about equal to the first width. By positioning the shift lever in an assembly-permitting angular position, the flat sides align with the inlet and the pivot member can be slid through the inlets into releasable pivotal engagement with the sockets.

Abstract: An article or an assembly comprising first and second structural members, and a plurality of offset stud fasteners securing the first and second structural members together. The first structural member preferably comprises a pair of spaced, channel-shaped uprights, each having a plurality of like-oriented, elongated openings therein, wherein each opening has a circular first or upper portion, a circular second or lower portion of smaller diameter than that of the first portion, and a keyway of restricted width connecting the first and second portions. The second structural member has therein a plurality of longitudinally extending openings, each having an upper portion and a lower portion which is larger than the upper portion.

Abstract: A coupling device adapted for use with floor maintenance machines of the type used for floor brushing, buffing, polishing, scrubbing or the like and which facilitates the coupling of a maintenance element (i.e., brush, buffing disk or the like). The device comprises an annular plate member having a circular opening adapted to receive a circular drive hub carried by the machine drive shaft with the drive shaft having radially projecting lugs that are adapted to pass through radially extending arcuate recesses formed in the plate member so as to lockably engage behind the plate member. On one side of the coupling device, a first series of inner peripheral cam-like ramps communicate with one end of the arcuate recesses and on the opposite of the plate member, a second series of inner peripheral cam-like ramps communicate with the opposite ends of the arcuate recesses.

Abstract: In a storage rack, a beam is connected at one end to the column having a front wall with a vertical array of similar apertures and a side wall. Each aperture is wider at an upper region and narrower at a lower region. A flanged member has a side flange integral with the end of the beam and a front flange. A connecting pin mounted rigidly to the front flange and projecting through a selected aperture has an inner head narrower than the upper region of the selected aperture but wider than the lower region thereof and a shank narrower than the lower region thereof.

Abstract: In a connecting arrangement on first and second parts which are to be connected, the first part carries an extension and the second part has an opening into which the extension engages when the parts are in the connected position. The extension has an aperture. A projection extending into the opening in the second part engages in the aperture when the parts are in the connected position. An arresting tongue projects into the aperture in the extension. When the two parts are brought together the arresting tongue is pivoted by the projection into the position in which it bears against a region of the boundary wall defining the opening in the first part and thus secures the parts in the connected position.

Abstract: An improved locking fastener construction for use in interconnecting and assembling the components of articles which are normally stored and shipped in knock-down condition to be assembled at a final location. The construction is particularly suited for assembling articles having abutting surfaces which would normally be interconnected by screws or rivet. The construction includes a planar base member having an interconnecting surface, a plurality of headed projections extending from said surface, an attachable member having a main wall and a laterally extending flange having shaped openings corresponding in size and location to the headed projections, and a corresponding number of synthetic resinous clip elements of limited flexibility adapted to engage the headed projections to maintain them within the corresponding openings and the laterally extending flange in contact with the interconnecting surface.

Abstract: A miter is aligned and locked during assembly without the use of tools by engaging a dowel perpendicular to the faces of the mitered parts with a corresponding bore while the mitered parts are non-coplanar, and then twisting the parts about the dowel axis into a coplanar position in which they are interlocked by a key on one part cooperating with a recess on the other.

Abstract: A collapsible garment hanger which includes a hook, a first and second tensioning element which extend from the hook, the first and second tensioning elements being terminated with a first and second distal tip, respectively. A first and second shoulder element each having a first end and a substantial middle region, the first ends of the first and second shoulder elements being pivotally connected and rotate in relation to each other, the substantially middle region of the first and second shoulder elements having a hole which accepts the first and second distal tips, respectively. The first and second shoulder elements pivot in relation to the first and second tensioning elements, respectively. The first and second tensioning elements are grasped and compressed toward each other with one hand to force the first and second shoulder elements into a collapsed position for insertion or removal from a small opening in a garment.

Abstract: A connector couples a pair of elongated rods in axial alignment for transmitting axial and rotational forces along a longitudinal axis of the rods through the connection. The connector includes interfitting male and female sections projecting in longitudinal extension from their corresponding respective rods, with the male section including an elongated transversely polygonal member having a transversely extending notch. The female section comprises an elongated channel having a cross-section configuration for complementally receiving the male section for rotation with the latter and having a transversely extending segment configured to be received in the notch when the rods are in axial alignment to lock the rods together for axial movement as a unit. The female section also includes a pair of elongated apertures respectively positioned on opposite facing surfaces of the channel relative to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A method of constructing metal picket fences and components for use in building fences. Basically, panels are constructed by punching holes in frame tubes with a pyramidal punch to form holes with inwardly extending metal tabs. Pickets are pressed into the holes to form fence panels that are fastened to posts. An angled, self-locking pin system is provided to lock picket ends in frame tube holes to prevent the pickets from being removed. Straps can be fastened to the posts with fence panels fastened to the straps in a manner permitting accommodation of inter-post tolerances and ground slope changes. Blind fasteners can be used to fasten the straps to the posts and panels so that the fasteners cannot be easily removed. Several different embodiments of blind fasteners and post or surface mounting brackets are described.

Abstract: An airbag module installed in a vehicle comprises a deployment door which comprises a face panel which covers the open top of a reaction canister and is positioned at an opening in the instrument panel of the vehicle and further comprises key and keyway connecting structure for securely holding the deployment door to the reaction canister before and during deployment of an airbag. This connecting structure allows limited movement of the deployment door in three directions with respect to the reaction canister and thus permits adjustment of the position of the face panel of the deployment door to obtain accurate fit and finish at the instrument panel. In preferred embodiments the invention further comprises structure for immovably fixing the position of the deployment door at the instrument panel after the deployment door has been adjusted.

Abstract: A fencing system with mounting clip for joining fencing members to one another. The system includes a number of straight plastic tubes that are cut appropriately into posts, cross members and pickets as the fence members and are for connection together using mounting clips to form a picket fence. The mounting clip is for joining the fence members together is formed from a section of a stiff material, such as spring steel, for attachment to a post or cross fence member, has an upper section that is bent at intervals thereacross and includes a broad lower end section. The lower end section has a flat end and is bent at spaced intervals thereacross, upwardly and then downwardly to where the flat end is approximately aligned with the flat center section undersurface. The mounting clip is to fit into a keyhole opening that is formed in fence member fitted, with the mounting clip broad lower end to fit through a keyhole opening wide end.

Abstract: A structural hanger connection including a supporting structure having a top surface and a front face; a supported structure disposed at an angle to the front face of the supporting structure and a structural hanger including a top flange element adapted for resting on the top surface of the supporting structure and formed with two pairs of slots formed therein, and a stirrup element formed with ends respectively woven through the slots and forming a connection with the top flange element and including a seat member and a pair of laterally spaced side members connected to the seat member and engaging the supported structure.

Abstract: A support system for a cable tray has a plurality of support rods supported between adjacent pedestals. Each pedestal can provide support for a respective support rod at various locations along the length of the pedestal thus providing for the adjustability of the cable trays. The various locations for supporting the support rods along the length of the pedestal can also be used to provide the support for multiple cable trays.

Abstract: A device for selectively anchoring a seat assembly, such as a stool or chair, relative to a fixed station, such as a gaming machine or service station. The anchoring device includes a sled or support base for the seat assembly and a quick release anchoring system or connector assembly for releasably locking the sled or support base in a desired position relative to the fixed station and limiting lateral sliding movement of the sled in its locked position. The anchoring system is operable using a very small degree of vertical lifting of the seat assembly and sled base and which is locked automatically in the mating bracket against lateral displacement from the bracket after installation of the seat assembly in the mating bracket.

Abstract: In general, in one aspect, the invention features a fastener having two mating pieces. One of the mating has a rigid surface of thickness q, and a hole in the surface, the hole including a slot defined by two generally parallel edges separated by a distance r. The other mating piece has a base and a pair of wings held above the base to define two generally parallel channels spaced to accommodate the two parallel edges of the slot, the channels having a thickness greater than q, the span of the wings being greater than r.

Abstract: A shoring system consists of a number of vertical legs, with a ledger frame between each pair of adjacent legs. The ledger frame comprises an upper horizontally extending member and a lower horizontally extending member. There are vertical side members adjacent the sides of the frame. The horizontal members extend beyond the vertical side members and each horizontal member is provided with terminal connectors adapted to connect the horizontal members to the vertical legs. Consequently the vertical members on the ledger frame are spaced away from the vertical legs.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus and process for joining an add-on module to a base module to form a modular material storage building by selective positioning of the add-on module with respect to the base module.

Abstract: A medical instrument includes a handle for manipulating the instrument, a tool head, and a tube element for joining the handle and the tool head, the tube element having a first end and a second end, a first coupling for releasably coupling the first end of the tube element and the handle, and a second coupling for releasably coupling the second end of the tube element and the tool head, whereby the tool head, tube element and handle are all readily separable from each other.

Abstract: A control cable end connector offering positive locking and positive sealing features for control cable connection. A connector feature is molded on the cable sleeve becoming a permanent part of the cable assembly. An acoustic cup is positioned on the connector which slides along the connector and includes two cantilevered locking hooks. The connector locates through an opening in a substantially flat portion of a wall by capturing the wall between two flanges. The acoustic cup seals the end connector area of the wall and snaps into the substantially flat wall providing a positive lock against the removal of the connector.

Abstract: A web guide (10) adapted to be secured to and removed from a post (12), the post of the type having a narrow part (14) and a larger head (16), the web guide comprising: a support frame (30) having a first end (32) and a second end (50,) the first end including an opening (34) comprising a wide portion (36) having a diameter larger than the head of the post and a small diameter portion (38) having a diameter smaller than the head. The thickness of the frame is not greater than the spacing between a post surface and a support surface (20). The second end (50) includes a slit (52) for receipt of a seat belt webbing (58).

Abstract: The invention relates to a manually operated fixing clip for joining together removably and so that they can pivot two elements one of which carries the clip and the other a rod forming a pivot pin. The clip has a flexible lip forming, together with another lip, an elastic pinching slit for the entrance of the rod into a housing. A movable bar connected to the clip by elastic tags is placed between two lips either to move them apart sufficiently to allow the rod to leave, or to block the flexible lip in order to prevent the rod from leaving, depending on the embodiment.

Abstract: A coupling apparatus for a medical instrument includes an insertion member having a protruding portion; a receiving member sized to receive the protruding portion of the insertion member; an engaging structure having a ridge member and a groove member for coupling the insertion member with the receiving member, one of the ridge member and the groove member being disposed on the insertion member, and the other being disposed on the receiving member, the ridge member having a ridge portion and the groove member having a groove portion, rotatable relative to one another between an engaged position wherein the ridge portion and the groove portion are engaged against longitudinal separation, and a disengaged position wherein the groove portion can be longitudinally separated from the ridge portion; and a locking member for retaining the ridge portion and the groove portion in the engaged position.

Abstract: A folding table has a unitary table top formed of molded plastic preferably having an outer shell of non-cellular plastic with a filling of light weight hardened foam. Pairs of spaced apart sockets are formed in the table top material at the underside of the table top and a cylindrical bushing is disposed in each socket. One of a pair of pivotable leg assemblies is coupled to each pair of sockets by a pair of pivot axle projections that extend into the sockets and bushings. At least one of the sockets of each pair has a depth at least equal to the combined distances that the pivot axle projections extend into the pair of sockets. This enables entry of the pair of pivot axle projections into the pair of sockets by inserting one of the projections deeply into the one socket and then partially withdrawing that projection while guiding the other projection into the other socket of the pair.

Abstract: A doll and doll stand combination is adapted for removable attachment of the doll to the stand. The doll has at least one foot which is adapted to rest on the stand. The foot has a hollow sector which defines a bottom wall, with a slot extending through the wall into the hollow. The stand has a plug adapted to be inserted into the slot, and includes a resilient flange adapted to extend over the inner face of the bottom wall when the plug is inserted. The flange has sufficient resiliency to prevent the plug from being extracted from the slot by the weight and leverage of the doll and stand, but allows the plug to be pulled out of the slot by a force that will not break the bottom wall.

Abstract: In a pinion shift device for a starter of the type employing a semicircular ring-shaped shift plate, the device is constructed such that the shift plate is easily assembled to a shift lever to be suitable for automatization, slide contact portions between the clutch body and the shift plate and/or between the shift flange and the shift plate are less subjected to overflow or exhaustion of grease and give rise to a smaller extent of wear, and thus service life of the device is prolonged. A semicircular ring-shaped portion of the shift plate is loosely fitted in an axial gap between a clutch body and a shift flange integral with a clutch sleeve. A recessed groove for storing grease therein is provided in at least one of paired opposite side faces between the semicircular ring-shaped portion of the shift plate and the clutch body as well as the shift flange. The shift lever and the shift plate are both molded using resin.

Abstract: A device for the quick coupling of a front work attachment on excavators, particularly for the quick coupling of excavator shovels, having two coupling plates (4, 4a, 20, 20a) at the free end (1) of the excavator boom (2) on the one hand and at the work equipment (3) on the other hand, provides a solution through which the consequences of appearances of wear at the locking elements in the coupling for receiving and changing a front work attachment for an excavator boom can be sharply reduced, wherein a quick coupling of the work equipment at the excavator boom is simultaneously ensured. This is achieved in that the locking element (18, 24) engages in at least one of the catch recesses (10, 25, 26) of the coupling plate (4a, 20a) in the coupling position.

Abstract: A connector for a shoring system comprises a housing adapted to be mounted on a frame which is to be connected to legs which define the plurality of axially extending channels. The housing slidable receives a bolt. The bolt has a head shaped and dimensioned so that in one orientation axial movement of the bolt may introduce the head through the slot into the channel, and in an alternate orientation the bolt may not be withdrawn from the channel by axial movement. The bolt is associated with means adapted to rotate the bolt and to move the bolt axially relative to the housing.

Abstract: The apparatus is a light fixture with a base unit and a socket assembly unit. The socket assembly unit includes a male element which includes laterally opposed parallel notches and a peripheral ring with radial teeth surrounding a least a portion thereof. The male element is inserted into a slot in the base unit and a spring steel clip is engaged between the laterally opposed parallel notches thereby urging a V-shaped protrusion against the radial teeth of the ring and providing a rotating ratchet function for the socket assembly unit.

Abstract: A tent frame binding device permitting speedy assembling and disassembling is disclosed. A binding body is provided with a plurality of slots angularly separated around it, and a pair of fastening recesses are formed at the side walls of each of the slots, the recesses being open upwardly. At the rear portion of each of the slots, there is formed an engaging step, and a frame member fastening part which is coupled with each of the slots is provided with a supporting shaft, the supporting shaft being coupled with the recesses of the slot. At the rear of the supporting shaft, there is formed an inclined portion which is to be coupled with the inclined engaging step of the slot. Tent frame members are inserted respectively into the holes of the frame member fastening parts, and the frame member fastening parts are assembled into the slots of the binding body.

Abstract: Apparatus for mooring attachment of a floating tension leg platform to a subsea anchorage. The apparatus includes a tendon with an enlarged connector on one end, the connector being formed by a frustoconical bearing surface extending away from the end to which it is connected. A connector shroud partially surrounds the frustoconical surface and is connected to it by an elastomeric bearing. An inwardly sloping surface engages a supplementarily sloped surface formed on the attachment receptacle load ring to increase hoop strength. A side-entry bottom receptacle is also disclosed.

Abstract: A connecting fitting for securing a rail of a drawer to a rear or side wall thereof. A supporting member supports a rear end of the rail. A securing element is screwed into the rear end of the rail and includes a locking device by which the securing element is suspended in the supporting member. The supporting member has an open slot which widens in the manner of a keyhole into a receiving opening. A spring ring is located in the receiving opening, or the securing element is lockable in the receiving opening by friction or by locking elements.

Abstract: A filing system adaptor, to be inserted into an existing file cabinet drawer having a conventional hanging file frame with a pair of parallel side rails for supporting hanging files, is disclosed. A removable base plate made of plastic is placed at the bottom of the file cabinet drawer. A number of oversized dividers made of rigid plastic are used to keep documents organized. With a height of about eleven inches, the dividers store large, bulky documents within the same filing cabinet drawer as standard letter size and legal size documents, and the dividers fit within the closed cabinet drawer by resting at an angle of about 60 degrees. A deep cutaway in the divider allows the user to quickly identify the documents maintained in the filing system. The oversized dividers are secured into place by locking tabs at the bottom edge of the divider which lock into accommodating slots in the base plate.

Abstract: Coupling devices have a housing comprised of first and second housing parts together forming an interior cavity which houses a rotatable coupler, preferably comprised of first and second coupler segments, the device being coupled or not depending upon the coupler's position within the cavity. Each housing part has one or more concave cavity wall portion(s) for rotatably retaining the coupler or a coupler segment in the cavity or in a housing part cavity portion. The coupler or each segment has one or more convex outer surface wall portion(s). The concave cavity wall portion(s) slip fit engage the coupler or coupler segment convex surface wall portions and rotatably retain the coupler or segment(s) within the housing cavity or housing part cavity portion.

Abstract: A vehicle transmission shifter mechanism having a shift lever frame including a roller detent, a shift lever shiftable to a plurality of different shift positions and a feel positioner for providing a feel to a vehicle operator for establishing each of the shift positions is provided with an improvement, the improvement being a leaf spring configured in a U-shaped arrangement at one end to quick connect into a pair of spaced apertures in a plate on the shift lever, and configured at the other end with opposing fingers to snappingly quick connect to a roller for rollingly engaging the roller detent. The roller is biased against the roller detent which generates reactive forces on the one end of the leaf spring causing the one end to be securely retained in the spaced apertures in the plate and causing the roller to be securely retained in the opposing fingers on the other end.

Abstract: A fastening device particularly usable to obtain the fine adjustment of the tension applicable by a lever, for example to secure the flaps of a shell or a quarter of a ski boot. The device includes, on the tie rod member of the lever, a seat for a nut which in turn interacts with a threaded pin element for coupling to an engagement hook which is associable with one of the flaps to be closed of the boot. The device has very small dimensions, weight and cost together with simple assembly of the various components.

Abstract: A construction machine typically comprises a mobile chassis having an arm vertically swingably mounted thereon, and a working accessory is detachably retained by the tip end of the arm. The arm has a link arrangement with pin holes at upper and lower portions thereof, and retaining grooves at upper ends thereof. The accessory has pin holes at front and rear portions thereof. Retaining elements such as rings or pin are fixed to the accessory. The retaining rings or pin are fitted in the retaining grooves to position the accessory so connecting pins can be inserted into the pin holes to connect the accessory to the arm.

Abstract: A connector device for metal cables has a connector member and a coupling terminal, the connector member and the coupling terminal being attachable to corresponding free ends of different portions of a metal cable, the connector member including a main body having a hollow structure and provided with retaining slot for the coupling terminal and also a clamping bushing, the coupling terminal being formed as a solid connector body.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a shearing blade specifically for use in a cut-off die set of the type used to cut tubing continuously emanating from a mill. The present invention is directed toward the shearing blade assembly used in conjunction with the notching blade of the cut-off die set. The subject device includes a mounting block fixed to the upper platen of the die set, a shearing blade mounted in a shearing blade cartridge, and a locking stud rotatably mounted on the mounting block which threadably engages and secures the shearing blade cartridge to the mounting block.

Abstract: A clamp assembly with a releasable bail for securing and suspending cables, drop wires or the like that utilizes a locking structure cooperating with an aperture in a tail of the clamp assembly to secure and lock the releasable free end of the bail to the clamp assembly. Preferably, the locking structure is a foot segment and head at the end of a leg of the bail with a reduced portion permitting passage of the foot segment from an entry portion along a connecting portion to locate the head at a lock portion. Additionally, the other leg of the bail can be slideably attached utilizing an interlocking structure that reduces bail deformations during installation. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for assembling the cable clamp assembly wherein the first and second legs are assembled and attached to the tail, and also providing a method for simultaneously forming the reduced portion of the second leg and a deformed region in the tail to capture the first leg in the tail.

Abstract: A seat belt anchor for detachably mounting a seat belt on a bolt has a shank extending axially from a vehicle body panel and a bolt head projecting in a radial direction from the shank. The seat belt anchor has an anchor plate with a keyhole shaped slot including an access portion for receiving the bolt head and a retaining portion which is narrower than the bolt head and further from the seat belt than the access portion for receiving the shank of the belt. The anchor plate is mounted on the bolt when the retaining portion of the keyhole shaped slot is registered with the bolt head. An axially yieldable spring carried by the anchor plate axially engages the bolt head to urge the anchor plate into engagement with the bolt head. A spring and a pair of detent bosses carried by the anchor plate engage with the bolt head to retain the anchor plate radially holding the bolt in the retaining portion of the key hole slot.

Abstract: A connection system in the form of an assembly of components which can be connected to one another relatively quickly. The connection system comprises first and second members and a connecting element for interconnecting the first and second members. The first and second members each having a face with a connecting aperture therein opening into an internal space within the member. The connection element comprises a bridge portion and a pair of spigot portions one at each end of the bridge portion and extending transversely of the bridge portion. In connecting the first and second members together, the spigot portions of the connecting element are inserted into the openings in the respective members and displaced with respect to the members such that each spigot portion is received and retained in portion of the internal space of the respective member.

Abstract: A pedestal mount for detachable attachment of a pedestal to a boat deck, including a shallow channel for mounting substantially flush with the deck, a vertical pedestal having an attached horizontal base plate sized for insertion into the shallow channel and for sliding there along into rigid engagement in the shallow channel, and a latch for detachably holding the base plate in rigid engagement in the shallow channel.