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Closure fasteners August list of inventions 08/08

20080203736 - Lock with a turning and drawing bolt: A pull-turn bolt latch for mounting in an opening in a thin wall, particularly for securing plug-ins, doors or flaps in switch cabinets, comprises a housing that can be secured in a non-round opening in a thin wall, a shaft which is provided with an external thread and which is... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080203737 - Global side door latch: The latch includes a ratchet and pawl operable to move between an engaged position to hold a striker and a released position to permit the striker from exiting the latch. In addition, a release lever and a lock lever are pivotally mounted to the opposite surface of the latch housing.... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20080203738 - Magnetic locking device: A closing and opening device for a furniture element which is mounted movably on an item of furniture comprising a lockable ejection device for moving the movable furniture element out of a closed end position into an open position and further comprising a magnetic retaining device for the movably mounted... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080203739 - Mixed type refrigerator with unit to keep doors closed: A refrigerator capable of preventing the loss of cool air caused by successive closing of both refrigerating compartment doors. The refrigerator includes a body having a storage compartment, a pair of first and second doors provided at opposite sides of the body to open or close the storage compartment together,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080197640 - Method and apparatus for driving a bolt: A method and apparatus for removing liner bolts over a range of impact angles is disclosed. Complimentary liner bolt and driving assembly features cooperate to control energy transfer during impact of the driving assembly upon the liner bolt. The liner bolt includes a convex annular portion on the end face... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080197641 - Dynamically self-locking catching device: The invention concerns a catching device (1) between a first structure (2) and a second structure (3), characterized in that it comprises at least one bolt (5) linked to the first structure and mounted in opposition to at least one elastic return means (9) tending to bring it back to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080197642 - Safety knob: Rotary knob or handle 1 for opening and/or closing doors, gates or windows, comprising a first part 2 designed to operate a closing mechanism by rotation around a rotation axis X, a second part 3 which is rotatable around substantially the same axis X, a connecting part 5, which is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080197643 - Adjustable striker assembly: A striker assembly, and method of forming, for use with a closure for a vehicle compartment is disclosed. The striker may have a main shaft with a hoop extending from a first end, threads extending around the main shaft, and a rotational retention feature adjacent to the threads. A bracket... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080191494 - Magnetic latch mechanism: A latch with dual rotary magnets is disclosed. The latch is particularly suited for releasably securing dual doors of a compartment in the closed position. Each rotary magnet helps secure in a closed position a respective door that is provided with a magnetic insert. Hook-like rotary pawls that rotate with... Agent: Paul And Paul

20080191495 - Floor lock: A locking device for a swinging/sliding door for vehicles. The swinging/sliding door includes a door leaf having a guide rail along a bottom horizontal edge in a floor region. The swinging/sliding door is configured to be actuated by a door drive.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080191496 - Drawer safety latch: A drawer safety latch that is securable, preferably releasably so, to a top surface of a drawer side structure, such as a sidewall, in one of two different orientations. The safety latch is quickly installed without modifying the drawer, is easily aligned, and can be oriented so that children shorter... Agent: Keith L. Jenkins

20080191497 - Gate latch: A gate latch assembly comprising: (a) a biased latchbolt repositionable between a retracted position and an extended position; (b) a latchbolt catch to receive the latchbolt; and (c) a two-stage mechanism for repositioning the latchbolt from the extended position to the retracted position including a first stage mechanism having a... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20080191498 - Latch assembly: A latch assembly is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the latch assembly includes at least one latch unit having a latch unit housing, a latch notch provided in the latch unit housing, a lock bracket pivotally mounted in the latch unit housing adjacent to the latch notch and positional between... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20080191499 - Electronic tongue strike mechanism: A mechanism which can be mounted in a door frame is disclosed. The mechanism has a main mounting bracket which is mountable to a door frame, a tension plate which is pivotally mounted to the main mounting bracket a tongue strike mounted on the tension plate for engaging a door... Agent: Barley Snyder, Llc

20080185848 - Safety hook: A safety mechanism for a gate having first and second ends, a first fulcrum point intermediate the first and second ends and a first rotational axis proximate the second end, the safety mechanism including a first force resisting means intermediate the first fulcrum point and the first rotational axis, wherein... Agent: Robert C. Atkinson, Esq. Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20080185849 - Closing mechanism for a household appliance: The invention relates to a closing mechanism for a mobile closing element, especially for a door, a cover, a flap or the like on a household appliance, such as a dishwasher machine, a washing machine, a refrigerator or the like, said mechanism comprising a carriage that can be displaced between... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080185850 - Door structure of automotive vehicle: A handle knob to conduct an opening/closing operation of a front door is provided on an outer-face side of an outer panel, and a handle base to pivotally support the handle knob is provided on an inner-face side of the outer panel. A beltline reinforcement to reinforce an beltline portion... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC