Miscellaneous hardware inventions 08/06

20060191100 - Stair rod bracket: The present invention provides a transversely interconnecting slidable stair rod bracket. The bracket may also be provided for use in a stair rod set, the set also including a stair carpet retaining rod and a finial. The bracket has a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion having...

20060191101 - Guide device for a sliding door: The invention relates to a guide device for a sliding door guided by means of a carriage in a guiding rail. The guiding rail has a channel disposed on its inside, in which the carriage is guided, and is provided with two profile parts releasably connected to each other....

20060191102 - Color-coded stainless steel fittings and ferrules: A stainless steel tube fittings, or components thereof, are color coded by providing an oxide coating of a different color on one or more of its surfaces, the colored oxide coating having a thickness of ≦1000 ....

20060191103 - Handle structure: The handle structure includes a main body and a gripping device. The gripping device is disposed on the bottom of the main body, including an outer layer and a soft member layer. The outer layer covers the soft member layer, and the soft member layer is a soft rubber, thereby...

20060191104 - Hinge assembly for flat panel display appliance: Disclosed is a hinge assembly capable of adjusting a tilting angle of a display in a display appliance. The hinge assembly includes a movable plate fixed to a rear side of the display and having a through-hole, a stationary plate coupled to a stand for the display appliance and having...

20060191105 - Toolbox latch and hinge apparatus and method: A toolbox has a novel reverse deadbolt for a latch and hinge. The latch engaging mechanism has attached deadbolts or latching rods which are linearly opposed to each other. Each latch rod mechanism has a hook on the end. This hook effectively reverses the direction of the deadbolt. Thus, when...

20060191106 - Manual window-raising implement: A manual window-raising implement includes upper and lower hook portions forming a downwardly open recess, and an upwardly open recess, respectively. The upper recess has a width large enough to receive a fingertip of a user and has a length of at least two inches for receiving a plurality of...

20060191107 - Knob assembly: A knob assembly includes a knob and a shaft. The knob defines a cavity formed by an interior wall, wherein at least the interior wall of the knob is formed of an elastomeric material. When the knob is pushed on the first end of the shaft, the cavity in the...

20060185120 - Adaptive decorative stair rod and brackets: A decorative stair rod comprising a core rod, a decorative layer, and an clear outer layer. The decorative layer can be a decorative fabric, decorative wall paper, decorative paper, reflective material, luminous material, or other material. The stair rod can also contain a compressible layer between the core rod and...

20060185121 - Caster: A caster for providing rolling support including a spring-loaded mount. The caster may be substantially concealed in the bottom edge of a hinged, swinging door, and generally located proximate to the free vertical edge of the door. An elongated spring plate is provided as a mount for a roller, causing...

20060185122 - Hinge device: a torsion bar 14 (1) that penetrates through the shaft 13 in the axial direction, (2) whose two ends are directly or indirectly fixed, respectively, to a stationary-side member 2 and a rotation-side member 3, and (3) that is twisted by rotation of the rotation-side member 3 in the forward...

20060185123 - Hinge device of portable equipment and portable telephone: To provide a hinge assembly with a good operability for a portable equipment composed of a first case body and a second case body, such as a portable telephone and a portable video game machine, etc., the above-indicated first case body and second case body are structured, allowing a relative...

20060185124 - Joint assembly with centering flange: The present invention provides a joint assembly for operatively coupling rotating parts. The joint assembly comprises first and second joint members. A plurality of torque-transmitting balls are secured in a cage disposed between the joint members. The second joint member is disposed about an axis and includes a centering flange...

20060185125 - Support arm assembly with latching device: A support arm assembly includes a first link pivotally connected to a second link, a first latch component connected to the first link and a second latch component. The second latch component is engaged with the first latch component when the first and second links are in a first position,...

20060185126 - Hinge for anchoring and folding on a small pintle: A hinge for anchoring and folding on a small pintle which has a diameter between 3 and 7.9 mm to form a stepless swiveling and anchoring by increasing the friction resistant force to counter the torque. It includes a maneuvering structure which has a rotary member and an anchor member...

20060185127 - Novel grip for writing instruments: A writing instrument grip of a particular form and material is described. The spirographic grip conforms independently to both the instrument and the instrument user....

20060185128 - Control knob for functional members, in particular ventilation, heating and/or air conditioning installation of a vehicle: The subject of the invention is a rotary control knob (2) of a control panel in particular for a ventilation, heating and/or air-conditioning installation of a vehicle cabin. This control knob (2) consists of a cylinder (3) provided at one of its ends with a gripping member (6) intended for...

20060179608 - Fun slides for hard surfaces: A slide for use as a recreational entertainment device and for use on hard surfaces. The slide comprises a first member having a first predetermined shape and a first predetermined size, the first member has a first surface and a second surface. There is a second member having a first...

20060179609 - Elastic hinge of the spectacle frame and manufacturing method thereof: A kind of resilient hinge for spectacle frames and a method of manufacturing same. Said resilient hinge includes at least an axis as well as a positioning guide, a resilient medium and a stopper, which are fitted over and through the axis in the aforesaid order. The spectacle frame front...

20060179610 - Vertically adjustable hinge: A vertically adjustable hinge is disclosed. The hinge comprises a housing for attachment to a first structure. The housing has a housing cavity and an opening into the cavity. The cavity has an upper portion, a lower portion and a retaining portion forming a channel defining the upper portion and...

20060179611 - Hinge and image input/output apparatus therewith: A hinge includes a tubular base part being attached to a main body or an open/closed body, a rotation body being attached to the main body or the open/closed body, which is not attached to the base part, and supported on side wall end parts of the base part opposed...

20060179612 - Device case opening/closing device, and 2-axis hinge device: A first abutment surface 24 for restricting an initial position of a hinge main body 5, and a second abutment surface 25 for restricting a terminal position of the hinge main body 5 are formed on the transmission case 2. A third abutment surface 34 for restricting an intermediate position...

20060179613 - Knob for furniture: A knob for furniture consists of a knob head (2), on the underside of which a knob base (3) protrudes. The knob head and base include a hollow cavity(s) resulting in a reduction of material requirements in the manufacture of the knob. Within a central cavity (5) in the knob...

20060174443 - Hinge device: A movable member (not shown) non-turnably connected to a second hinge member is arranged on the turning axial line of first and second hinge members such that the movable member is turnable and movable in the direction of the turning axial line. The movable member is biased toward the first...

20060174444 - Opening/closing device for a flap door for furniture: One end of the element (9) which carries the flap door (2) is hinged to the other end of the second arm (6) by means of a pivot forming the axis of rotation (11) of the flap door (2): on opening of the flap door (2) the second arm (6)...

20060174445 - Detachable door hinge device for vehicles: Disclosed herein is a detachable door hinge device for a vehicle. The door hinge device includes a first hinge portion protruded from a door bracket and having a hole for pivot connection formed inside thereof. A pivot pin is rotatably inserted into the hole for pivot connection. A latching groove...

20060174446 - Knob for furniture: A knob (1) for furniture includes a knob top (4), on the under side of which a separate knob base (5) is connected. The knob top (4) and the knob base (5) are concentric and enclose an interior hollow space (6). A threaded bore (9) is formed in a central...

20060174447 - Disposable window handle: A disposable window handle for use in installing a hinged window assembly. The handle includes a main body and a leg. The main body has a first end and a second end. The main body has an aperture formed therein proximate the first end. The aperture is adapted to receive...

20060174449 - Forearm handle for disabled: The forearm handle for the disabled is a device that allows a user to do many tasks with one arm that normally require two arms, such as raking, sweeping, or shoveling, while at the same time greatly reducing the stress placed on the wrist. The forearm handle is a frame...

20060174448 - Pen-holding posture corrective apparatus: A pen-holding corrective apparatus is formed with at least a plurality of poisitioning parts for positioning the thumb, the middle finger and the index finger of a user, so as to combine points of force exertion for the thumb, the middle finger and the index finger via the positioning parts...

20060174450 - Pliable handle: The present invention is aimed to provide a pliable handle, which is cost-effective, speedily assemble, to improve the stability of the central pole and to prevent the gel from leaking out. It is characteristic of a plastic cover placed over a central pole partly defined a gel containing portion for...

20060174451 - Electronic device with a handle: The present invention is to provide an electronic device with a handle, which includes a server being connected and inserted into a host, a lug being installed separately on both edges on one side of the server and attached to both ends on one side of the server, and a...

20060168756 - Rotating mechanism of biaxial hinge and portable telephone with the same: The biaxial hinge is constituted such that a rotating shaft member 9 is fixed to a rotation support member 10, a rotation-side member 7 is inserted and attached to the outer periphery of the rotating shaft member 9, and an opening/closing torque unit mechanism 12 for opening and closing operations...

20060168757 - Locking device: A locking device for locking a first part to a second part, including a shaft which connects the first part and the second part to one another in a pivotable manner. A rotational movement of the shaft entrains the first part in rotation, and the second part is rotatably mounted...

20060168758 - Hinge structure: A hinge structure is disclosed. Each of a pair of axles is inserted into a first pivot hole of the body through a second pivot hole of the cover, to enable the cover to be swiveled about the axle relative to the body. When the body and the cover are...

20060168759 - Rack mounted component door system and method: A rack mounted component door system according to the present invention is used in conjunction with a conventional equipment rack to secure components in the rack and to provide access to features of the components positioned away from the front side of the rack. The component door system includes two...

20060168760 - Hinge arrangement for the front door of a cabinet: A hinge arrangement for the front door of a cabinet, comprising a hinge body (20) affixed to a lower front edge (11) of the cabinet (10) and carrying an upwardly projecting hinge pin (30), maintaining a certain spacing from the lower front edge (11) of the cabinet (10) and around...

20060168761 - Locking handle device: A locking handle device capable of securely engaging complementary handle components and preventing their disengagement except upon deliberate actuation of a release element. A release element may be integral with the base portions of the handle such that application of an inward force to opposing release elements may transfer a...