Abstract: A device for supporting a canopy. The device comprises (a) two joints each comprising (1) a clamp for connecting with a corresponding handle support of a baby stroller and comprising a first finger and a second finger comprising an upper recess and a lower recess and (b) a strip connecting with the second finger and comprising an upper recess and a lower recess and (b) two canopy shelves each comprising (1) a first member for supporting the canopy and (2) a second member connecting with the long member at an angle and comprising two sides respectively comprising two protrusions. The second member of the canopy shelf can be moved past the strip so that the protrusions engage in the recesses and so that the canopy shelf is retained in an upper position for shielding occupants. The clamp also has a protrusion projecting therefrom between the fingers and penetrating the handle support, for restraining the device from rotating about and sliding along the handle supports.

Abstract: A stand for mounting a device having a rib member includes a mast, with a pair of spaced mounting clips secured to the mast. The mounting clips are spaced from the outer surface of the mast so as to form pockets therewith for receiving the rib member. Upon insertion between the mounting clips, the rib member is pivoted for entry into the pockets and a locking pin receivable in an aperture in the rib member prevents a dislocating pivoting in an opposite direction.

Abstract: An interdental toothbrush has a hinged locking retainer on the end of an elongated handle. The locking retainer has a hole which is positioned relative to a groove in the handle so that a twisted wire brush may be locked into place simply by inserting it and closing the retainer. A latch on the locking retainer has a top end with a double cam surface thereon. One of the cam surfaces guides the latch into a locking position as the retainer is closed. The other of the cam surfaces releases the locking retainer when pushed.

Abstract: A packaging clip for maintaining a first side rail of a ladder adjacent a second side rail of a ladder. The clip comprises a first portion for removably holding the first side rail and a second portion for removably holding the second side rail. The clip also is comprised of a support element that is disposed such that it is common with the first portion and the second portion. In a preferred embodiment, the first portion includes a first opening for removably receiving the first side rail, and the second portion includes a second opening for removably receiving the second side rail. When the first side rail is inserted into the first opening of the first portion, and the second side rail is inserted into the second opening of the second portion, the clip limits and essentially eliminates the movement of the first side rail relative to the second side rail with respect to normal forces experienced during a given application.

Abstract: A retainer for a landscape body which has a pair of base portions for supporting the bottom surface of the body, a pair of feet portions which extend downwardly from the base portion for penetrating the ground and anchoring the body to the ground, and a pair of arm portions which connect the base portions for engaging the side surfaces of the landscape body.

Abstract: A bed side-guard assembly for a bed with bed frame memebrs comprises a side rail which extends generally along the length of the bed in the vertical plane. The side rail is supported by downwardly depending legs. A cross brace extends generally across the width of the bed in the horizontal plane. The ends of the cross brace have receiving means to receive the side rail legs. Attaching means for securing the cross brace to the bed frame members are mounted on each end of the cross brace. The attaching means includes a housing and resilient means. The housing features a nose end which fits beneath a portion of the bed frame member while the resilient means grippingly engages the bed frame member between the nose end and the resilient means.

Abstract: An interdental toothbrush has a hinged cap on the end of an elongated handle. The cap has a hole which is positioned relative to a groove so that a twisted wire brush may be locked into place simply by inserting it and closing the cap.

Abstract: A clip for retaining a headed fastener in a hole in a plate. The clip is a U-shaped strip of flexible, resilient material with legs for engaging opposite sides of the plate. One leg has a clearance hole for the head of the pin and the other leg has a clearance slot for the shank of the pin. The leg with the head clearance has a tab which overlies the head of the pin to retain the pin in the hole.

Abstract: The subject invention is a fence-tie formed of a substantially rigid yet deformable material formed as a wire and comprising a substantially straight body having two ends. The first end is formed into a hook and the second end is bent at an angle between approximately 90 and approximately 135 degrees from the body of the fence-tie. The plane formed by the first end and the body is set at right angles to the plane formed by the second end and the body.

Abstract: A resilient clip in three integrally joined sections: a central or web section centered on a z-axis, and two extensions from the web extending along x- and y-axes. Each section or portion may be described as a split sleeve and has a generally cylindrical opening therethrough, respectively centered on the same three axes. These openings are contoured and disposed to snugly receive a reinforcing bar or rod and a pair of corner legs of a generally rectangular stirrup, a piece of heavy wire bent into a rectangular shape and receiving reinforcing bars at its four corners, holding them in such positions to maintain the planned spacing between rebars. Each of the central openings through the three parts is joined to the outside by a lateral slit defined by a pair of lips that are forced apart by pushing the clip onto the steel member.

Abstract: To facilitate the assembly work of a pedal pad (e.g. accelerator pad) to a pedal arm and further to increase the strength of the pedal arm, the pedal pad comprises an arm end holding portion formed integral with the pedal base plate for holding an end of the pedal arm; and an arm clasping portion composed of a U-shaped arm clasping base portion formed integral with the base plate for clasping the pedal arm and a bow-shaped arm securing cover portion for covering the arm clasping base portion to further secure the pedal arm, in cooperation with the U-shaped arm clasping base portion, into hooking engagement with said arm clasping base portion. The arm securing cover portion can be formed integral with or separate from the pedal base plate.

Abstract: A fence clip to hold a wire, tape, or the like, in particular electrically conducting wire or tape, has a pair of spaced apart loops lying in planes inclined one to another. The fence clip has a release member to move the loops towards parallel planes, and a holding member to hold the wire, tape, or the like. The loops are dimensioned so that the area of the loops when in the parallel planes allows the loops to be placed on a fence post or standard, yet when the planes are at a sufficiently inclined angle one to the other the loops will grip said post or standard.The fence clip is formed from wire or the like elongated material.

Abstract: A process and device for tying metal reinforcement and/or mesh structures wherein U-shaped clips having bent and generally diverging arms are placed at the crossings of the rod to be tied together and engage twice on each of the rods of the crossing, the arm ends being closed by being twisted until a portion of the ends ruptures, the twisting being performed by a substantially longitudinal tool having at the front jaws which in the open state close on the clip ends, turn and twist the same and finally break the ends leaving them twisted, the jaws returning to the same initial position.

Abstract: Heat treated spring steel, electroplated with zinc, is formed into clips having a base portion that passes under the base of a railway rail and upstanding end sections that respectively engage and forcefully snap over the opposite lateral edges of the rail base flange. One clip has confronting semi-cylindrical extensions for overlying a section of bond wire to secure the latter in a bight configuration wrapped over the edge of the rail flange. Another clip has a semi-cylindrical extension for securing a section of bond wire to the base flange at the junction with the web of the rail. Angled notches in the edges of the clips provide small barbs that are bent out of the plane of the clip body to bite into the rail when assembled thereto for avoiding creep.

Abstract: A clip for joining sheet metal beams to one another is formed of a single strip of sheet steel. An arcuate spring plate fits between the flanges of one beam, with a free edge engaging beneath a lip, and a transverse bend at the other edge of the arcuate section joined to a member that extends downward outside the other flange and beneath the web of the one beam. At a second bend there is a flange that rises to engage one of the flanges of the second beam beneath a bent-in lip thereof. The clips can be constructed for joining parallel beams, beams that cross at right angles, or beams that cross at any arbitrary angle.

Abstract: A fence bracket for mounting adjacent fence rails in fixed relation on a fence post includes first and second fingers extending around a portion of the fence post and each having a hooked portion which is disposed over and engages at least one flange of the post wherein at least one of the fingers is engageable with one of a series of protrusions on a face of the post to limit movement of the bracket thereon. Means are also provided between the first and second fingers for supporting overlapping ends of adjacent rails whereby a fastener may be driven through the overlapping ends to secure the rails in fixed relation on the post. The bracket may be installed from the side of the post and hence does not require the prior removal of other fencing apparatus supported thereby.

Abstract: An interproximal brush handle including a grip portion and an end portion and a transverse hole for accommodating a stem of an interproximal brush. The brush stem is retained securely in a longitudinal groove on closure of a cap which is pivotally attached to the end portion.

Abstract: A peristaltic pumping mechanism comprises a pump housing for holding a peristaltic drive means and adapted to support the drive motor for the peristaltic means. The mechanism further comprises a base member formed with an orifice having a periphery with a plurality of protrusions positioned therealong. The base member receives the housing in the orifice with a lip on the housing resting on the protrusions. The mechanism further comprises a cover which has an edge and a plurality of grips positioned along its edge for insertion between the periphery of the orifice and the lip of the housing to engage the grips with the base member and clampingly hold the housing and its associated peristaltic mechanism between the cover and the base member.

Abstract: A clamp to receive a protective sheet and retain that sheet in position over an object. The clamp has a first member having first and second ends and a second member also having first and second ends. There is a hinge joining the first and second members at their first ends. The first and second members are spaced from each other at a portion intermediate the first and second ends. A clamp extends between the two intermediate portions to force the two intermediate portions towards each other. At the first end of the first and second members the members can be clamped to retain the sheet. The clamp has a shaped portion on one member and a correspondingly shaped portion on the other member. There are projections formed on the shaped portion on one member and recesses to receive those projections formed on the correspondingly shaped portion on the other member.

Abstract: A support member for an inclined open mesh or wire type shelf that can be spaced anywhere along a wall and shelf area to provide support for the inclined shelf. The support is a one piece molded structure having a T-type cross-section with the shank having curved lower and upper ends with those curves providing about a 60.degree. angle of inclination for the shelf. One end includes a flat surface for engaging the wall with the other end including a forwardly directed groove for receiving a crosswise support in the middle of the shelf and a pair of grooves extending perpendicular to that forwardly directed groove sized so that that end of the support can snap in place between two stringers within the shelf structure.

Abstract: A cigarette carton merchandising rack assembly is disclosed. A plurality of uprights are connected by transverse tie braces and base plates to form a rack module. Each of the tie braces includes a cam lock assembly and each of the base plates has a locking key that facilitate positive securement of the uprights, tie braces and base plates to form each rack module. Shelves are removably carried by the uprights and include ticket support surfaces. Several of the individual rack modules can be joined to each other to form a rack assembly that provides maximum floor space usage. Various heights adjusting assemblies, leg levelers and caster wheel mounting devices which are usable with the merchandising rack module to increase the overall flexibility of the module are disclosed.

Abstract: A combination clip comprises a pair of identically shaped clips each having a holder portion provided at one end for detachably holding a supported member and a pivotal coupler portion provided at the other end. The pivotal coupler portion includes a shaft portion and a clamp portion which is open on one side, extends perpendicular to the shaft portion in spaced relation to the free end thereof and is capable of being fitted on the shaft portion of the other clip. The pair of clips can be pivotally coupled together for relative rotation about each other's shaft portions with the clamp portion of each clip fitted on the shaft portion of the other.

Abstract: A fence bracket for mounting adjacent fence rails in fixed relation on a fence post includes first and second fingers extending around a portion of the fence post and each having a hooked portion which is disposed over and engages the flange of the post wherein at least one of the fingers is engageable with one of a series of protrusions on a face of the post to limit movement of the bracket thereon. Means are also provided between the first and second fingers for supporting overlapping ends of adjacent rails whereby a fastener may be driven through the overlapping ends to secure the rails in fixed relation on the post. The bracket may be installed from the side of the post and hence does not require the prior removal of other fencing apparatus supported by the post.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved rake which includes a drag portion having a plurality of prongs and a handle portion connecting to the drag portion by an engaging means which includes a clip member for clipping and a U-shaped member for holding the drag portion and the handle portion that can be used to connect the two portions integrally and firmly when the rake is in use and can be easily detached from each other by releasing the engaging means for convenience in transportation.

Abstract: A connector for connecting a vertical rod and a horizontal rod crossing with the vertical rod at right angles, which connector is entirely made of a spring quality wire material and comprises: laterally directed U-shaped upper and lower portions; and a middle portion for connecting the upper and lower portions, which upper portion is bent downward in front ends of both feet thereof, which middle portion extends from a front end of a foot of the feet of the upper portion downward and obliquely, a lower end of which middle portion is connected to one of a pair of feet of the lower portion, which one is disposed in a position corresponding to that opposite to a position in which the above-mentioned foot of the pair of feet of the upper portion is disposed.

Abstract: A wire fence has a hollow elongated stake for supporting a horizontal wire. The stake has vertical rows of perforations for receiving wire fasteners. The perforations are positioned between two vertical planes tangent to vertical extending edges of the stake, the planes being parallel to the wire. The fastener has a loop for insertion into the perforation, a wire support section extending outwardly through the vertical planes, and a free end at the end of the wire support section, which is bent back toward the loop portion so that the wire is held in place.

Abstract: An extensible reinforcing bar assembly for readily permitting a plurality of bars to be extended with respect to each other and establish a desired combined length. The assembly includes a plurality of improved plastic clips for attaching the two bars while permitting them to be movable with respect to each other under applied longitudinal force.

Abstract: A clip is provided with first and second members to engage with opposing ends of a tile. The members are connected so as to be able to move relatively toward and away from each other so that detachable securement to the tile is possible. A constraint is provided to prevent substantial movement away from each other when attached to the tile.

Abstract: In a variable tension device having an elongated torsion member adapted to be connected at axially spaced points to a relatively fixedly mounted support and to an object rotatably movable relative to said support, novel structure is provided for adjusting (a) the effective length of the torsion element, thereby to vary the effective spring rate, (b) the angular anchor position of that portion of the torsion bar secured to the support, and (c) the axial and, if desired, angular position relative to the torsion element of the member connecting that element to said external object.

Abstract: This invention pertains primarily to supplementary fastening devices in the form of a loop shaped clip in which the length of the loop portion of the clip is extensible and which are adapted for fastening the hook of a garment hanger or other hook including device to a clothesline or other linear member to which the hook is hooked.

Abstract: The invention relates to a locking element for a disc brake with a sliding caliper and a disc brake comprising such a locking element. The brake includes a caliper mounted in sliding relationship on a fixed support by two axial posts cooperating with bores formed in the caliper. The bores are provided with indentations allowing the introduction of the posts transversely and without dismounting the latter. One of the posts is provided with a locking bush maintained locked to the caliper by a locking element of which one portion passes through an orifice formed in the caliper and locking the bush and of which another portion in the shape of a U fixes the locking element relative to the caliper.

Abstract: A clamp is disclosed for joining fiberglass reinforced plastic grid members in order to provide a corrosive-resistant frame work for a suspended ceiling. The grid members are of an inverted T configuration. The flanges of the cross members are cut back so that the web of each cross member rests on the flange of a support member with the flanges of the support and cross members flush. The keepers of an integrally formed stainless steel clamp extend through holes in the web of the support member on either side of the web of the cross member. The legs of the clamp straddle the web of the cross member and a cross piece of the clamp is received in a notch in the top of the web. In this position the clamp is stressed and so provides a force holding the cross member on the flange of the support member.

Abstract: A retainer member formed from wire or sheet metal secures the movable contact rod guide bushing to the end plate closure of a vacuum interrupter.

Abstract: A knife system with symmetrical "U"-section swing handles has a removable, integral accessory detachably force fitted to it to lock the handles together in blade-exposed or use-position, and to serve as a scraper, a pair of offset screwdrivers providing finger relief, and a grip improver. The force-fit may advantageously include three types of engagement between the lock and the handles for maximum security. The lock may be easily installed by tapping it with or against something; removal is difficult except by appropriately directed tapping.

Abstract: A sheet material feeding mechanism for use in a duplex duplicating machine. A pressure roller extends laterally across a sheet path for engaging the blank side of a previously imaged copy sheet. A feed roller assembly forms a nip with the pressure roller through which the sheet is fed. The feed roller assembly includes a pair of feed rollers mounted on the outside of a pair of support members for positioning the feed rollers near the marginal edges of the sheet to preclude tracking the imaged side of the sheet. The feed rollers are axially adjustable for accommodating different sheet sizes.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a support for a sun visor. The support includes a flat support member and a clamping spring which wraps around the support shaft for the sun visor at a cutout in the flat support member. The spring extends from a web wrapped around the mounting shaft and has arms extending past the opposite surfaces of the support member to beneath the support member. One arm of the clamping spring terminates in a hook defined by two successive bends. The other arm terminates in an inclined extension, and the extension terminates at a hooking edge at the bend in the second arm defining the extension. The hook of the first arm hooks behind the hooking edge of the second arm. The extension on the second arm defines a bevel for guiding the hook of the first arm behind the hooking edge. The hooking edge is defined in a window cut into the extension of the second arm.

Abstract: A brake system for a railway vehicle and method of making same are provided and such brake system comprises a brake rod member, a horizontal supporting member which is adapted to support the rod member for sliding movements thereon, and an antifriction component carried by the supporting member with the component serving to minimize wear and enable antifriction movements during the sliding movements and wherein the component comprises a solid strip portion of substantially rectangular cross-sectional configuration with the system further comprising at least one self-contained clip device for locking the strip portion against the supporting member and the clip device comprises a pair of resilient parallel legs and locking projections extending from the outer end portions of the parallel legs toward each other, with the clip device being disposed with the parallel legs embracing opposed vertical surfaces of the supporting member and with the projections snap locked beneath a bottom surface thereof.

Abstract: A mounting device for a steering cylinder, for example of a tractor, with an adjustable-track front axle. The mounting device comprises a multiply bent spring arm having an eye which can be releasably mounted to the half axle through the use of a plug member or a bolt threadably fixed to the axle. The spring arm has loops which engage around the steering cylinder and which receive the hydraulic oil connection thereof, in order to prevent undesirable twisting which can cause damage to the hydraulic lines.

Abstract: A new and improved mounting clip for tongue and groove panels includes a body of thin flat sheet metal having a pair of deflectable wings on opposite sides adapted to be folded around opposite longitudinal edges of a flange on an elongated support member for the panel. The clip includes a panel support element between the wings having a tongue spaced from the body and adapted to engage a groove in the edge of the panel for securing the panel in place against the support member. Tongue and groove panels are installed transversely across elongated support members by mounting the clips on the supports and folding the wings over against the flange with the tongue of the clip engaged in the groove in the edge of the adjacent panels. The tongue of the succeeding panel is then inserted into the groove of the panel already in place and another clip installed to support the succeeding panel, etc.

Abstract: A means for retaining a rod-shaped material, such as a cable, wire and pipe. The means includes a mounting body adapted for accommodating of the rod-shaped material; and a clip of U-shaped configuration having two leg members for insertion into the slits.

Abstract: A sheet metal spring clip for securing deck flooring having an underlying channel in juxtaposed relation to a supporting beam in generally perpendicular relation. The beam and channel each having flanges which extend in opposite directions from the point of contact between the two members. The clip includes means adapted to engage both flanges and an intermediately disposed spring loaded portions capable of elongation whereby the engaging portion grasp said flanges under tension.

Abstract: Clamp for fastening grapevines and other fruit-bearing shrubs on bracing wires comprising a detent at one end of the clamp to engage the bracing wire, a hook at the other end of the clamp to engage the bracing wire and an intermediate piece between the detent and the hook. The intermediate piece is formed of an elastic plastic and includes two arms which form therebetween an included obtuse angle. The detent and the hook project perpendicularly from the plane formed by the two arms. The hook and the detent are arranged on the same side of the plane formed by the two arms, and the arm to which the detent is connected lie in a common plane.

Abstract: A compound clamp having two crossed resilient yokes formed from an integral metal piece. The yokes comprise a flat base section for the two yokes, two long resilient and apertured arms projecting from a first set of opposite sides of the base section to define a first generally concave long yoke configuration, and two short resilient and apertured arms projecting from a second set of opposite sides of the base section to define a second generally concave short yoke configuration. The insertion of a first elongated element through the apertures of the long yoke and insertion of a second elongated element through the apertures of the short yoke effects the adjustable cross clamping of the two elongated elements.

Abstract: A connector particularly for a fencing system provided as a resilient shaped strip member with a curved longitudinal axis and including a pair of holes which may be aligned by compression of the strip member, and through which holes a fence post may be positioned. The ends of the strip member when so positioned on the post are juxtaposed, and a second fence member (being a fence wire etc.) may be passed there-between. The connector is positioned on the fence post by compression and provides a connection to the second fence member when said member is accommodated between the fence post and the juxtaposed ends of the said connector.

Abstract: A clamp includes a flexible member that can be wrapped round a cable and secured by means of end-fittings, integral with the flexible member or permanently attached to it. A pair of faying surfaces (one on each end-fitting) engage one another when the clamp is wrapped round a cable with any circumference in a working range in relative positions that vary (by displacement in the plane normal to the cable axis) with the circumference within that range.

Abstract: A concrete screed or form support, for holding forms in position for the pouring of concrete. They are of prestressed metal and are readily attached to various shapes of the common concrete form stakes such as round, square or rectangular.

Abstract: A clip for attaching printing unit guide rails to a printing apparatus guide rail support member. The clip is held to the print frame by spring tension between a spring foot and a guide rail retainer. The guide rail is held in place in the clip by spring tension between a leaf spring and the guide rail retainer.

Abstract: A brake assembly includes a backing plate, a pair of brake shoes slidably mounted on the backing plate, and a wheel cylinder supported on the backing plate between contiguous ends of the shoes. A retaining clip attaches the wheel cylinder to the backing plate. The retaining clip includes a base and a pair of opposed tabs extending from the base. One portion of each tab resiliently and releasably attaches the clip to the backing plate. Another portion of each tab projects into a recess in the wheel cylinder to resiliently and releasably retain the wheel cylinder in a mounted position on the backing plate. The clip and the wheel cylinder are capable of being attached to the backing plate from the same side of the backing plate.

Abstract: An auxiliary gripping member for gripping shoes for vehicle wheels is disclosed. The auxiliary gripping members can be affixed to a gripping shoe which is attached to a gripping wheel without disassembly therefrom. In a preferred embodiment, the auxiliary gripping members are attachable without the need for tools and without creating undue stress on the mounting mechanism.

Abstract: An angle-shaped support member consists of a unitary element formed into a pair of legs extending normally to one another and interconnected at their adjacent ends by an outwardly extending rectangularly shaped box section. The opposite ends of the legs from the box section each have an outwardly directed flange. The flanges and walls of the box section have axially aligned openings through which bars can be fitted. The openings in the flanges and walls are offset laterally relative to one another to avoid any interference between the bars which extend through them.