Pivoted Detent Patents (Class 403/95)
  • Patent number: 4194784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved apparatus for use in connection with a convertible table, seat structure whereby the back portion of the seat can be moved to a position relative to the seat portion of the seat such that the back portion functions as a table top and incorporates a locking device for securely locking the back portion of the seat when such back portion of the seat has been moved to its table top position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Assignee: N. A. Taylor Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald A. Dostal, Richard S. Havlick
  • Patent number: 4121605
    Abstract: A walking cane assembly involving a cane having a cane stabilizing arm extendable laterally from the cane at a location on said cane approaching the cane handle and terminating in a free end within convenient reach of the hand other than the one holding the cane when in use.The cane handle is capable of adjustment for use by a right handed or left handed individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Inventor: Egon F. Schmerl
  • Patent number: 4111319
    Abstract: Apparatus for loading and unloading a working machine to and from main equipment, comprising a pair of upper and lower supporting members disposed at main equipment, a pair of upper and lower fixtures disposed at the working machine so as to correspond to said pair of supporting members respectively, engagement projections and engagement hooks respectively disposed at said upper and lower supporting members, latch arms and fitting pins respectively disposed at said upper and lower fixtures, wedge means disposed between said upper supporting member and said upper fixture, and fixing means for fixing said wedge means, whereby the working machine may be readily and securely loaded to main equipment by wedging action of said wedge means, and may also be readily unloaded from main equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Kubota, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsuyoshi, Kazushige Mori, Yukio Shimono
  • Patent number: 4109320
    Abstract: An assembly is provided which is adapted to be used in attaching a secondary unit, such as a face protective device, to a primary unit, such as a safety helmet. The helmet is of rigid material and has the lower peripheral edge thereof provided with a flange forming a gutter or trough. A gap is formed in the flange so as to enable the assembly to be slidably mounted on and removed from the primary unit flange. The assembly includes a bracket having a base portion adapted to be in slidable supporting engagement with a segment of the exterior wall surface of the primary unit. The bracket also includes a first extension extending laterally from the base portion and slidably positioned within the trough at a predetermined location, and a second extension offset from said first extension and disposed outside the trough and in sliding engagement with the flange. The extensions coact with one another to resiliently grip the flange therebetween and retain the bracket in the predetermined location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1978
    Assignee: Sellstrom Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Marshall N. Anderson