Plastiglide Manufacturing Corporation

Donald Neville

Frederick B Messler

A shock absorbing roller mounted on a shaft and for movement along a track, including a central hub portion and with the hub portion for mounting the roller on the shaft, a peripheral roller portion surrounding the hub portion and including means interconnecting the roller portion and the hub portion for supporting the roller portion, the roller portion including a flexible circumferential flange section extending outwardly for providing contact with the track and with the flexible circumferential flange section providing shock absorption and noise reduction with movement of the roller along the track, and at least one flexible thrust flange extending outwardly from the side of the roller and with the flexible thrust flange providing shock absorption and noise reduction with any contact of the roller from side to side movement of the roller across the track.

Shock absorbing roller

Roller

A plastic collet for locking fabric around a shell member and with the plastic collet including a base portion for insertion into the open end of the shell member for locking fabric around the shell member, a hook portion extending from the base portion and with the hook portion including an eye extending through the hook portion for receiving a string member, an elongated lead-in ramp extending from the exterior of the hook to the eye for providing a passageway for a string member, the lead-in ramp formed with an open area adjacent the exterior of the hook for providing easy access to an elongated restricted area leading into the eye and with the restricted area formed between the body of the hook portion and a lever section extending from the base portion and with the lever section flexible to move forward the base portion as the string is pulled through the restricted area and with the lever section snapping back to its initial position when the string is pulled into the eye, and the eye of the hook having a configuration substantially coextensive with the outer configuration of the string.

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Malibu, CA, United States of America

Donald Neville