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Textron Corporation

James R Johnston

George B Moertel

Cordell E Meiste

Marlin D Crown

James A Edeus

A retainer for holding a holstered handgun to a surface, such as a wall, under a shelf, or the like, the retainer comprising a bracket, formed having upper and lower legs, and being integrally bent at one end, so that the legs may extend generally parallel with respect to each other, for approximately equivalent lengths, and with the curvature of the bend being sufficient to provide adequate clearance within the bracket for retention of the strap of a holster therein. The legs of the bracket may be grooved, to provide inherent reinforcement and strength to it, during usage. The opposite or free ends of each leg are bent, to initially form shoulders against which the strap of the holster may encounter, so as to prevent its untimely release, while at the same time these bends contact each other, under a spring bias, to assure that the bracket remains closed, for retention of the holster thereto, when stowed. The lower leg, beyond its free end being bent, and provides an extension for resting against the surface to which the bracket is secured. The upper leg, beyond its bend, includes a flared flange, which functions as a guide to facilitate the insertion of the srap of a holster thereon, and for sliding therethrough, when the holster is installed, for stowage, or to facilitate gripping and raising of the leg, to furnish an opening therebetween, to ease the removal of the holster from the retainer, when the revolver is desired for usage.

Holstered handgun retainer

A personal check amount stamping device for printing the exact amount of a check to be written on the face of the check form, in at least three locations. This printing of the exact amount by the writer of the check insures that the bank will not mis-interpret the amount of the check, and also obviates the job of printing the check amount on the bottom of the check by the bank employees.

Personal check amount stamping device

The lock button on a door latch is slidable in a horizontal direction between a retracted unlocking position and an extended locking position wherein it blocks a latch hook release member from unlatching the latch, prevents inadvertent locking of the door and extends alongside a strike shoulder on the associated door jamb to provide a secondary latch.

Door latch

A trolley assembly for a pocket door system comprises a central carrier having a plurality of rollers journaled for rotation thereon. A hanger member having a bolt portion which is threadedly received by the carrier includes a laterally extending pintle. The pintle is received within an aperture of a bracket member secured to an upper edge surface of a door. A locking member is insertable into the aperture after the pintle is received therein and includes an abutment portion selectively positionable in proximity to the hanger member. When inserted into the aperture, the locking member blocks relative movement between the bracket member and hanger member thereby preventing removal of the pintle from the bracket aperture. The door height is conveniently adjusted by removal of the locking member and dissociation of the bracket member from the pintle whereupon the hanger member can be selectively threaded inwardly or outwardly of the carrier.

Trolley assembly for a pocket door

A pocket-door assembly includes a pair of trolley assemblies fixed to an upper edge of a vertically disposed door. A header member is positioned generally horizontally over the door and comprises a central plate portion with a pair of integrally formed downwardly extending tracks for receiving rollers of the trolley assemblies. The header member is attachable to a standard dimension lumber member of the wood frame structure within which the pocket-door assembly is intended to be inserted, and is preferably a unitary extruded metal structure. A plurality of vertical stud members are fixed at their upper ends to the header member on opposite sides thereof defining a pocket within which the door is receivable. The stud members each comprise a metal channel member having a generally C-shaped cross section into which a standard dimension lumber piece is inserted. The channel members are further formed with recesses for central positioning the lumber pieces and each has a width which is greater than the width of its associated internal lumber piece. The latter feature affords substantial strength to the stud members for firm attachment of a wall covering thereto and provides for the connection of brackets to the stud members for secure and convenient attachment of the stud members to the header member and to the floor.

Pocket-door assembly

A coil spring has elliptical openings in the end turns for non-rotatably receiving elliptically shaped studs which are press-fitted into the spring, the ends being respectively attached to a pair of mounting brackets.

Door and gate spring

A latch for use with a gate includes a latch body having a planar mounting surface on a rearward side thereof with a pair of space apart flanges which receive a bolt in openings thereto. The bolt is positioned parallel to the surface of the gauge and is slidably and rotatably disposed within the flange openings. An enlargement on one side of the bolt will allow the bolt to pass through one of the flanges when in a predetermined angular position for removal. However an offturned end of the bolt extends rearwardly of the mounting surface, and the bolt enlargement is so oriented such that the bolt is not removable from the latch body when the body is normally attached to the gate.

Gate latch

A trolley assembly including a channel shaped body and a pair of frictionless bearing assemblies which include a split tubular spring liner constituting the outer race of the bearing and the wheel axle extends through the space between a plurality of roller bearings positioned between the axle and the outer race. End spacers are secured between the trolley wheels and the body for controlling the end play of the roller bearings and of the trolley wheels.

Trolley hanger for sliding door

A door frame is fabricated of rolled sheet metal vertical frame pieces each including a first channel for receiving the end portions of wood or metal horizontal crosspieces and a second channel for receiving the end portions of corrugated or other panel members, the latter channel being formed by rolling a portion of the sheet metal back on itself to provide a double walled strength portion.

Door frame construction

A door closer includes a spring-loaded piston forming part of a conventional pneumatic dashpot, which retards the speed of a door during closing, and an elastomeric sleeve which is longitudinally compressed during opening of the door to retard the speed of the door during opening and to apply substantial resistance to further opening movement as the door approaches its fully open position. Closing speed of the door is also initially retarded by the compressed sleeve.

Door closer with a compressible braking sleeve

Door speed is controlled by a pneumatic dashpot including a spring-loaded piston having a piston rod which extends through an elastomeric silicone rubber braking sleeve which is longitudinally compressed as the door opens to increase the friction between the piston rod and the sleeve. One or more enlargements on the piston rod provide increased friction as the rod moves through the braking sleeve to control closing speed and to provide greater wind resistance.

Pneumatic door closer having resilient braking sleeve and cooperating

A gap is formed in a slide fastener chain by cutting out a section of the interlocking fastening elements and the inner longitudinal edge portions of tapes supporting the fastening elements to be removed. A narrow band bordering the gap is formed by compressing and fusing thermoplastic threads in the tapes adjacent the gap.

Slide fastener chain with wide gap and method and apparatus for

A metal door frame is fabricated in the field by interfitting channel cross pieces in channel uprights and curling prepunched tongues in the uprights through openings in the cross pieces to square-up and to secure the cross pieces to the uprights.

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Sterling, IL, United States of America

James R Johnston