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Closure fasteners December patent applications/inventions, industry category 12/06

20060290141 - Keyless lock for doors: What has been developed is a keyless door lock that prevents young children from opening doors their parents or caretakers do not wish them to open. The lock is a bolting mechanism type lock or a latching type lock having no keyed lock access side to it, but rather, a... Agent: Ruden, Mcclosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A.

20060290142 - Door closer apparatus for vehicle: A door closer apparatus for a vehicle includes a striker provided at one of a vehicle body and a door, a latch provided at the other one of the vehicle body and the door, the latch being engageable with the striker, a motor configured to apply a driving power to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20060290143 - Automotive childproof safety lock control apparatus: An automotive childproof safety lock control apparatus including a door latch which can hold a door of a vehicle in a closed position, a childproof safety lock unit which can be displaced to an unlocking state where the release of the door latch from a latching state is enabled by... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060290144 - Door opening and closing device: A door opening and closing device having a rotational mechanism configured to switch a door between a closed position and an open position relative to a base member. The rotational mechanism has a supporting arm integral with the door; a sector gear portion provided on the arm; a rotating gear... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20060290145 - Mechanical return blocking device: It is an object of the present invention to provide a mechanical blocking device by means of which the user will only be able to initiate an event by activating a stroke of the button or lever past the activation point of the event. Should the movement of the button... Agent: James C Wray

20060290146 - Latch-spring assembly for enclosures: A latch-spring assembly has a handle with prongs extending from a finger-grip portion. One prong has a circumferential groove. A leaf spring has an anchor portion for attachment to a subassembly wall and a spring portion flexibly coupled to the anchor portion. The spring portion has a latching tab extending... Agent: Guerin & Rodriguez, LLP

20060290147 - Seal assembly for cargo container: A cargo seal assembly structured to maintain one or more doors on a cargo container in a closed and latched position comprising an elongated flexible material segment having a distal end, a proximal end and an intermediate portion extending therebetween. The flexible material segment is disposed and structured to extend... Agent: Malloy & Malloy, P.A.

20060290148 - Safety button: Element (1) for opening and/or closing doors, gates or windows, comprising a first part (2) designed to operate a closing mechanism by rotation, a second rotary part (3) designed to transfer a rotary motion to the first part (2), the rotary knob (1) being provided with one or several push... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060284424 - Tilt latch: A tilt latch for a window having a housing with a top plate and a base member. The top plate has an upper surface and a bottom surface and one or more sidewalls extending downwardly from the bottom surface of the top plate. The top plate has a first front... Agent: Attn: Thomas A. O'rourke Bodner & O'rourke

20060284425 - Lock for vehicle doors or lids: According to the invention, when the door is locked, a locking part (10) is displaced into a rotary latch (20), which is first pivoted from its open position into a preliminary detent position. The rotary latch (20) is spring-loaded (25) in the direction of its open position and is usually... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20060284426 - Automotive door lock: An automotive door lock having a lock mechanism (3) for releasably engaging a striker (4), and a release mechanism (5) interacting with the lock mechanism (3) to release the lock (1). The release mechanism (5) has a control member (18) which interacts with the lock mechanism (3), is loaded elastically... Agent: Clark Hill, P.C.

20060284427 - Device for verification of locking or unlocking a lock that immobilizes a cover in and closing a frame: The device is characterized by the fact that it has arm (10) kinematically connected to bolt (7) of lock (3) so as to move between two extreme positions corresponding respectively to the positions of locking and unlocking of bolt (7) and some means (11, 12) for detection of each of... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20060284428 - High reliability gate lock for exterior use: An improved gate lock provides for easy engagement and allows for a high degree of variability of the orientation and position of the mating portions of the lock. The lock includes a lock pin movably retained in a base. The pin coordinates with, and engages, a latch in a separate... Agent: William H. Hollimon Moyle, Flanigan, Katz, Raymond & Sheehan, P.A.

20060284430 - Door handle assembly: A door handle assembly includes a handle pivot housing and a main handle rotatably or otherwise pivotally secured within the handle pivot housing. The handle pivot housing includes handle engaging-walls defining a handle pivot cavity therebetween. At least one of the handle-engaging walls includes an integrally formed boss extending into... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20060284429 - Spindle assembly with captive spring for use in a door handle assembly: A door handle assembly includes a spindle assembly having a first spindle and a second spindle. The first spindle has a shaft portion located between a first head portion and a first coupling end. The shaft portion has a first hub drive portion configured to engage a first hub portion... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20060279089 - Door bolt safety lock: A door bolt safety lock has a base unit attached to a top unit via a hinge, and a latching mechanism that engages when the top unit is closed over the bottom unit around a sliding bolt protrusion, preventing the sliding bolt from being moved until a release button is... Agent: Norma E Henderson Henderson Patent Law

20060279090 - Vehicle door lock: A vehicle door lock (1) having a fork (2) which rotates about a first axis (A) between a release position and at least one lock position engaging a fixed striker (15), and a latch (3) which rotates about a second axis (B), is loaded elastically towards the fork (2), and... Agent: Clark Hill, P.C.

20060279091 - Shock-actuated lock: A lock that is actuated by an actuating force, such as that caused by an earthquake, for locking a door of a compartment or other enclosure. A magnet can be embedded on an inside surface of a door of the compartment. A displaceable component is provided within the compartment. An... Agent: David W.c. Chen

20060279092 - Lid stay: Disclosed is a lid stay, especially for pieces of furniture, comprising a first arm (1) and a second arm (2) which are connected to each other so as to be pivotable about a swivel pin (3) between an open position and a closed position, a convex positioning contour (4) that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060279093 - Door and window securement apparatus and method of use thereof: A securement apparatus and methods of manufacture and use thereof for selectively securing and barring one or more hinged doors or windows against opening and, thereby, prevent unwanted and/or unauthorized entry therethrough. The apparatus is effectively and operatively secured to the door or window frame, jamb and/or studs that define... Agent: Robert M. Storwick

20060279095 - Latch release operating apparatus: A latch release operating apparatus release a latch state of a door, for example, a vehicle door. The apparatus includes an enclosure. The enclosure includes a case having a hollow portion; a base plate arranged in the hollow portion, the base plate having an electrically conducting portion; a member made... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060279094 - Paddle handle latch release device and spring latch system using same: A paddle handle latch release device of a spring latch system includes a paddle handle member pivotally mounted in a pan housing, the paddle handle member including an actuating lever which extends below a floor of the pan housing; a spider member rotatably mounted to the underside of the floor,... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20060273598 - Mechanism for fastening casing into wall opening: A fastening mechanism for fastening a casing (2) into an opening in a wall (4), the mechanism comprising a collar element (6) fastened to the casing and arranged to be in contact with a first side of the wall, a pressing element (8) arranged to be in contact with a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20060273599 - Arrangement for detachably fastening a component to a frame part: A fastening arrangement for detachably fastening a component (2) to a frame part (4). The arrangement comprises a handle means (6) pivoted to the frame part (4) and an arranged to turn about its pivoting axis (12) between a normal position and a release position, and locking means (14, 16)... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC