Abstract: A free standing outdoor telephone booth is provided with a photo voltaic (PV) array, one or more rechargeable storage batteries and electrical control circuit which includes a temperature compensated control for limiting the supply of electrical energy from the PV array to the rechargeable battery to avoid over charging the battery, an ambient light (solar insolation) sensing circuit for controlling the electrical lamp load, to turn the lamp ON during dark ambient and OFF during light ambient conditions. In addition, the total discharge limit of the storage battery is controlled to a safe operating limit and a means is disclosed to power a fluorescent lamp at energy conserving intensities with energy derived from the rechargeable storage battery. The lamp control circuitry is preferably constituted by a high frequency power inverter with regulated output power to energize a low wattage fluorescent lamp and to dim the fluorescent lamp when the telephone is not in use.

Abstract: A unitary rack with latch means. The rack provides a hanger for articles, and is supported from a window, as for example, a window having a frame, gasket, and glass, wherein the glass is held within the frame by the gasket, and the gasket contacts the marginal edges of the glass. The rack includes a blade having a flat side which bears against the glass. A cradle depends from the blade. A lip is formed at the upper edge portion of the blade, and extends in opposition to the cradle. The upper marginal end of the blade is forced between the gasket and the glass, with the lip thereof being positioned in abutting relationship respective to the edge at the upper end of the glass. A marginal flat side of the blade is in contact with a marginal edge portion of the glass. Various different objects, including clothes and the like, can be supported by the cradle.

Abstract: A tubular portion is embedded vertically into the ground and has a screw threaded upper end substantially flush with the surface of the ground. A screw threaded stem or post detachably engages the upper end when a trailer is to be parked thereon, and the stem is provided with the ball portion of a trailer coupler assembly on the upper end thereof engageable by the coupler portion of the trailer coupler assembly situated on the front end of the hitch frame. A padlock through the release lever prevents unauthorized removal of the trailer from the post and the post can be unscrewed and stored when the trailer is not parked at the post assembly.

Abstract: A mosaic display panel is formed of a series of interconnected horizontal and vertical supports and of a mosaic of tiles and control instruments; a cluster of interfittingly connected elements is provided for mounting the tiles and instruments to the vertical supports; each side wall of each mounting element has a longitudinal projecting tab and a longitudinal guideway, both of substantially complementary shape, so that the tab and guideway of one side wall of this mounting element may be respectively engaged with the guideway and the tab of the side wall of an adjacent mounting element whereby a cluster of such mounting elements may be formed and mounted to two adjacent vertical supports.

Abstract: A closet structure is disclosed and is installed in a building having an alcove defined by first and second side walls and a back wall of said building. The closet is defined by wall units disposed on one of each of the side walls of the alcove with the back wall remaining exposed between the wall units. Each unit is in the form of a relatively rigid self-supporting panel formed with an array of openings for receiving article supporting elements engaged in said opening. Each panel is coupled to the relevant one of the side walls with the outer surface of the panels generally vertical and the inner surface spaced from the wall.

Abstract: A telephone enclosure assembly and directory holder device for use with indoor/outdoor telephone installations. The enclosure includes a one-piece cast or molded plastic housing shell. Side panels can be fastened to the shell and a security lock clip permits the panels to be locked in place but readily replaced in the event of sidewall damage or vandalism. A directory holder is attached to the shell and is capable of storing several directories which can be rotated from a closed position to an open position, allowing each reader to comfortably view all printed matter on each and every page of the directory.

Abstract: The specification discloses a fitting room mirror assembly in which the mirror is mounted at an angle in a corner of a fitting room using upper and lower nonapertured mounting brackets at the mirror's top and bottom respectively. Each mounting bracket comprises a nonapertured triangular plate, two edges of which fit snugly against the two walls of the corner while the third edge receives the mirror so that access to the space behind the mirror is prohibited.

Abstract: To securely mount at least two panels such as printed circuit boards in spaced parallel relation, a molded plastic spacer device is provided for coupling the panels to a mounting bracket and firmly holding the panels without stress.

Abstract: A floor panel-furniture support system utilizing a plurality of floor panels supported by a support means above a base floor. The floor panels rest freely upon the support means in non-attached relationship therewith, and include as part thereof means for supporting a furniture item. In a floor panel system, an item of furniture may replace one or more of the floor panels and be supported by the floor panel support means.

Abstract: A display for ceiling boards is fabricated to provide consumers with an indication of the different ceiling board designs which are available for purchase. The display is suspended at an inclined relationship for the purpose of displaying the different ceiling designs in a simulated suspended ceiling arrangement. Divider means are provided between adjacent ceiling designs to segregate the different designs and to more clearly simulate a room display for each design.

Abstract: An anchor bolt for securing a bracket to a roof supported by a beam is disclosed. The anchor bolt includes a shank having a threaded upper end and a lower end and extends through a hole in the roof located adjacent the beam. A nut threaded onto the threaded upper end is tightened against the bracket to draw the bracket securely against the upper surface of the roof. The shank extends through the hole along a first side of the beam to a lower edge of the beam. The anchor bolt includes a hooked section attached to the lower end of the shank for anchoring the anchor bolt to the lower edge of the beam. The hooked section includes a retaining end for extending along a second side of the beam to prevent the hooked section from slipping off of the lower edge of the beam when the nut is tightened against the bracket. The retaining end is inclined with respect to the shank by an angle selected to permit the hooked end of the shank to be conveniently passed through the hole from the outside surface of the roof.

Abstract: A support for mounting solar energy collectors on a roof of a building, which roof has an opening in the roof sheeting, includes a shell having a generally flat rectangular base and an upstanding edge secured to, and extending about the periphery of the base and a frame secured to, and extending about, the periphery of the shell. The frame is configured and dimensional to correspond to the outer surface shape of the roof sheeting and to permit mating receipt thereof in the opening of the sheeting.

Abstract: Disclosed is a combination safety device and gutter protector for use with a ladder which is leaned at an angle to the wall of a house or the like, the upper ends resting laterally secure against a relatively narrow extending surface of the device and not against the outer edge of a gutter installed on the eave of a roof. The device of the invention serves to prevent slippage or other undesirable movement of a ladder when it is placed in position for use and is a support means supporting the ladder and its load directly to the fascia board of a house, rather than to the gutter. The device is an "H" shaped support means attached to a gutter backwall and to a fascia board and is composed of two spaced apart stanchions and a crossmember, each of the stanchions having a longitudinal passageway thereto and an elongated spike disposed in the passageway. One end of the spike protrudes through the gutter backwall and is embedded in the fascia board.

Abstract: A telephone booth construction utilizes a telephone mounting bracket and a telephone mounting cover. There are multiple screw holes in both the mounting bracket and the mounting cover and the holes are so arranged that the mounting bracket may be attached in two different positions on a wall of the booth. The mounting cover which has a telephone mounting opening may similarly be attached in two different positions on the mounting bracket, which different positions involve only the reversal of the mounting cover and provide for two different mounting heights for the telephone.

Abstract: A pulpit, altar or other platform may be retracted into an opening in the floor of a building such as a church. In one form of the invention, the pulpit assembly is connected to means for moving it vertically into and out of the opening. In another form, the pulpit is foldable and can be stored in the opening after folding the retable of the pulpit assembly and contains two flanking side tables swingably hinged thereto.

Abstract: A ladle-rotating turret arrangement to be used in a continuous casting plant has a concrete base block with a hole through it, a central column inserted in the hole with play, carrier arms provided on the column, and two annular discs arranged at the hole at a distance from each other. At least one of the two annular discs is movable relative to the other one approximately perpendicularly to the central column and is fixable relative to the concrete base block. Annular ledges on the central column have spherical faces that rest on the two annular discs.

Abstract: A theft-deterrent anchor for securing articles of furniture, including television sets. A rod having opposite ends with plates fixedly secured thereto is mounted within the article of furniture with the plates fixedly secured to opposite side walls of the article of furniture. A chain has a first end fixedly secured to the rod intermediate of the plates and extends outwardly of the article of furniture with the opposite end of the chain being fixedly secured to an anchor mounted to the floor or wall of the building.Various embodiments of the anchor are disclosed.

Abstract: A rod used for supporting window dressings and the like on a wall surface is supported on the wall by a base plate. This plate is secured to the wall studding and embedded within the wall to support an internally-threaded tubular member which projects through the plaster, paneling, etc. for attachment at the outer face thereof to a carrier plate. The carrier plate has a trapezoidal shape with a plurality of holes therein in a spaced-apart arrangement designed for an attachment by self-threading screws to holder brackets used to support the curtain rod. The carrier plate can be rotated to a desired orientation at the end of the tubular member for supporting different types of curtain rods.

Abstract: Fixation of an artefact to a support means, such as of cement panels as exterior cladding for buildings, a reinforced plastics compressor blade or a ceramic turbine blade to a rotary hub member, or of an electric insulator of longitudinally reinforced plastics material to a transmission tower, the artefact being subject at least at times to longitudinal shear stresses, is effected through duplex fibre means, whereby the stresses are transferred to the support means through the duplex fibre means.

Abstract: A framework comprising hollow rods connected at their ends by connecting members. The hollow rods and connecting members are secured by a novel bayonet connection.

Abstract: A wall support mechanism for vertically supporting a wall member such as an acoustical screen, room partition, or the like, on a non-horizontal floor substantially perpendicular to a reference horizontal plane or parallel to a vertical gravity plumb line. The support mechanism further adjusts the height of the wall member. The support mechanism comprises an elongated foot member and a conduit coupled to the wall member and having an inclined end per se or a tilted nut secured to the conduit end with the lower surfaces of the conduit end or nut lying in a plane inclined to the axis of the conduit. The inclined end of the conduit or nut rests on the center portion of the foot member and vertically orients the conduit and wall member relative to the reference plane upon manual rotatable movement of the conduit and nut relative to the foot member. The conduit is releasably secured to the foot member by a lock-nut and bolt arrangement.

Abstract: The invention relates to building structures and, more particularly, to the transverse frame of an industrial building carcass wherein columns carry a crossbar and a supporting member of the building roof arranged above said crossbar. The column portions located above the crossbar are rigidly connected with the latter, forming a U-shaped frame which rests through hinges on the column portions located below the crossbar and the roof supporting member is thrust tightly between the free ends of said U-shaped frame. This layout of the transverse frame reduces the height of the crossbar section to the dimensions which allow it to be carried by rail without separating it longitudinally thus reducing the amount of erection work during the construction of industrial building carcasses and diminishing their height. Such a transverse frame is lighter than the known frames of the same type.

Abstract: A pre-assembled unitary bay window construction having a plurality of window frames with related sash held in assembled relation by a peripheral frame structure, the frame structure being receivable in a wall opening and secured therein. The unitary window construction is prefabricated and may be handled as a unit. When used at a kitchen patio window above a kitchen counter, the counter space is extended outwardly, is protected from outside weather, yet can be utilized as an outside counter for eating purposes.

Abstract: A module supporting system comprising a supporting structure having a front side provided with a horizontal groove therein, an upwardly facing hook within and extending longitudinally of the groove adjacent the bottom thereof and secured to the supporting structure, a module having a rear side adapted to abut the front side of the supporting structure, and a horizontally extending, downwardly facing hook secured to and projecting rearwardly from the rear side of the module, the downwardly facing hook being complementary to and interengageable with the upwardly facing hook, with the rear side of the module abutting the front side of the supporting structure. With this construction, the weight of the module is carried by the hooks without imparting any twisting forces to the hooks.

Abstract: A kitchen cabinet, stove, sink, etc. installation including floor units 11 mounted on horizontal floor rails 1, 1a, overhead cabinets 13 mounted on horizontal wall rails 3, and full length cabinets mounted on both a floor rail and a wall rail. The installation provides for dead space A behind the cabinets for piping, electrical wiring, etc. Removable splash boards 15 are installed between the floor units and the overhead cabinets, with the latter being held out from the wall by spacers 5.