| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 049324000 |
WITH OPERATOR FOR MOVABLY MOUNTED CLOSURE
| 268 |
| 049475100 |
CLOSURE SEAL; E.G., STRIKER GASKET OR WEATHERSTRIP
| 141 |
| 049381000 |
WITH MEANS MOUNTING CLOSURE FOR SWINGING
| 110 |
| 049404000 |
WITH MEANS MOUNTING CLOSURE FOR RECIPROCATION
| 95 |
| 049070000 |
COMBINED
| 69 |
| 049501000 |
PANEL WITH CLOSURE FEATURE
| 66 |
| 049730100 |
CLOSURES INTERCONNECTED FOR CONCURRENT MOVEMENT
| 47 |
| 049506000 |
PROCESSES
| 45 |
| 049031000 |
CONDITION RESPONSIVE CONTROL
| 42 |
| 049149000 |
MOUNTED FOR OPTIONAL MOVEMENTS
| 39 |
| 049026000 |
SAFETY MEANS RESPONSIVE TO OBSTRUCTION TO CLOSURE
| 37 |
| 049050000 |
WITH PROTECTIVE GRILLE OR SAFETY GUARD
| 35 |
| 049197000 |
UP-AND-OVER TYPE; E.G., MOVES FROM VERTICAL TO WITHDRAWN HORIZONTAL OVERHEAD POSITION
| 31 |
| 049208000 |
MOUNTED FOR MULTIDIRECTIONAL OR OBLIQUE MOVEMENT
| 29 |
| 049460000 |
HANDLE OR PROTECTOR
| 19 |
| 049279000 |
OPERATOR INTERRELATED WITH CLOSURE LATCH RELEASE
| 17 |
| 049128000 |
COLLINEAR CLOSURES, ONE MOVES TO OFFSET POSITION
| 15 |
| 049372000 |
STORED IN HOUSING
| 15 |
| 049467000 |
THRESHOLD
| 14 |
| 049504000 |
FRAME WITH CLOSURE FEATURE
| 14 |
| 049049000 |
WITH TRAFFIC DIRECTOR OR CONTROLLER; E.G., ONE-WAY
| 11 |
| 049463000 |
REMOVABLE CLOSURE
| 9 |
| 049042000 |
PLURAL WINGS RADIATE FROM COMMON PIVOT; I.E., REVOLVING
| 9 |
| 049013000 |
CLOSURE CONDITION SIGNAL OR INDICATOR
| 8 |
| 049061000 |
FACIALLY OPPOSED PRIMARY AND AUXILIARY CLOSURE FOR COMMON OPENING
| 7 |
| 049009000 |
IMPACT ABSORBING FLEXIBLE BARRICADE
| 6 |
| 049316000 |
OPERATOR FOR RETRACTABLE SEALING, GUIDING OR LOCKING STRIP
| 6 |
| 049025000 |
RADIANT ENERGY CONTROL | 5 |
| 20110225885 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SLIDING DOORS - A system and portable device are provided for opening and closing sliding doors associated with conventional sliding doors as used in residences and businesses. The portable sliding door device attaches to a sliding door via a bracket, and moves along the same track used by the sliding door. The sliding door device can be initiated to move the sliding door to the open position through remote control, voice-activation, and proximity transmitters. The sliding door device can communicate with wireless routers and be remotely controlled and monitored by computers, netbooks and cell phones. The sliding door device has safety features, including cameras and speakers to ward off attempted break-ins. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20100325959 | SAFETY SYSTEM FOR SAFEGUARDING A MOVING, GUIDED MOTION ELEMENT AGAINST UNWANTED COLLISIONS - A safety system for safeguarding a moving, guided motion element against unwanted collisions with an object located on a motion path in the direction of motion of the motion element is proposed, which safety system comprises an object-detection device for detecting an object in an area of the motion element. The object-detection device can be blocked with respect to object detection by a motion of the motion element, and has an electronic unit with which the motion of the motion element can be controlled and which is configured to assign a blocked state to the object-detection device when the motion element approaches, in which blocked state an object or motion element does not trigger a safety mode, wherein shut-off mechanism are provided which, when a shut-off signal coming from the motion element is detected, transfer at least part of the object-detection device into the blocked state. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110173890 | Garage Door Sensor Protector - A housing for protecting a garage door safety beam emitter or receiver from impact and from the elements. The housing has a transverse plane of symmetry such that the same style housing may be used over the emitter and over the receiver, the housings being minor images of each other when installed. The housing includes a flange by which the housing may be attached to a garage door track or to the framework around the garage door. The housing preferably is formed of plastic such that it can be trimmed to accommodate installation, for example, around a foundation and includes a side wall with an aperture through which LED diagnostic lights associated with the emitter or receiver may be viewed. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20090313897 | SENSOR ELEMENT FOR OPENING OF DOORS AND GATES - A sensor element for opening of doors and gates, with the aim being to allow production of a detection field for identification of people and/or static objects by means of an antenna element, the antenna element is intended to have a flat antenna unit, with a pin-like antenna projecting at least approximately vertically from the flat antenna unit. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20110308159 | Apparatus for detecting coordinates, and display device, security device, and electronic blackboard including the same - There are provided an apparatus for detecting coordinates, which may detect coordinates corresponding to an event occurring within a region of interest, and a display device, a security device, and an electronic blackboard, each including the same. The apparatus for detecting coordinates, which is provided in at least one side of a touch panel having a preset region of interest being surrounded by a frame having a predetermined length, the apparatus comprising: a light source body providing preset light; a scanner emitting the light provided from the light source body at a preset angle to scan the region of interest, and receiving light reflected by the region of interest; a photo diode receiving reflected light to convert the received reflected light to a voltage value; and a beam splitter transmitting the light provided from the light source body to the scanner via a first path, and transmitting, to the photo diode via a second path, the reflected light received from the scanner. | 12-22-2011 |
| 049380000 |
MOVABLE CLOSURE AND ITS SUPPORT TRANSFERABLE AS UNIT | 4 |
| 20090265995 | Door Leaf - A door leaf for external sliding doors of railway cars. The door leaf includes a frame and at least one partially transparent panel. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100299999 | Improved Fall Safety Barrier - A fall safety barrier for use around a hole has anchor means removably secured adjacent a perimeter of the hole, first collapsible barrier means pivotally mounted about a first pivot location of the anchor means, and second collapsible barrier means pivotally mounted about a second pivot location of the anchor means opposite the first location. There are means for allowing the first collapsible barrier means to pivot between a first contracted position, where it lays upon the second collapsible barrier means, and a first expanded position, where it is upright and forms a first side of the fall safety barrier. There are also means for allowing the second collapsible barrier means to pivot between a second contracted position, where it lays adjacent the anchor means, and a second expanded position, where it is upright and forms a second side of the fall safety barrier opposite the first side. First linking barrier means are located between adjacent first ends of the first and second collapsible barrier means and form a third side of the fall safety barrier. Second linking barrier means are located between adjacent second ends of the first and second collapsible barrier means and form a fourth side of the fall safety barrier opposite the third side. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20080196313 | Door and Door Frame Assembly - Door and frame assemblies are disclosed by the present application. In one exemplary embodiment, the a door is connected to a door frame, such that the door is moveable between an open position and a closed position. Activation of a trigger causes a door frame coupling arrangement to couple the door frame to the door in a closed position to thereby inhibit movement of the door relative to the frame. In another exemplary embodiment, a door is coupled to a door frame by a hinge. The hinge is configured to move the door in translation as the door is rotated from the open position to the closed position. For example, the hinge may move the door downward, toward the sill, when the door is moved from the open position to the closed position. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080295409 | INFILL FOR BOLLARD FOOTING HOLE - The invention relates to an infill which can be inserted into a bollard footing hole. The infill is designed such that it allows a bollard to be fit over it, and the infill fits within a footing hole. Methods of covering a footing hole are also bought. | 12-04-2008 |
| 049032000 |
INITIAL MANUAL DISPLACEMENT ENERGIZES MOTOR DRIVE; E.G., TOUCH PLATE INITIATOR | 4 |
| 20100263280 | Pneumatic Door Assist System with Lock | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100037523 | ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR A MOVABLE BODY PART OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE MOVABLE BODY PART - An adjustment device and a corresponding method for a movable body part of a vehicle, has an actuator for adjusting the movable body part and has a control device for activating the actuator in an operating state. The control device switches from the operating state to an idle state if no adjustment of the movable body part occurs within a defined period of time. A manual adjustment of the movable body part switches the control device back to the operating state from the idle state. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20080256862 | Device for Opening and/or Closing a Door - The invention relates to a device for opening and/or closing a door comprising an electric motor and other electrical, mechanical, and/or hydraulic driving elements as well as a support ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20110107671 | SYSTEM AND OPERATOR FOR DOOR - A system for moving a door between open and closed positions to selectively allow access to an enclosed space. The system comprising a door, the door being slidably movable between a first closed position and a second open position, the door being operative to close an opening to an enclosed space, an actuator operative to initiate movement of the door from its first closed position toward its second open position, and a control unit, the control unit including a motor, the control unit being responsive to initial movement of the door and being operative to actuate the motor, the motor being selectively operative to slidingly move the door toward the open position in response to the initial door movement after the door has initially moved from its closed position | 05-12-2011 |
| 049142000 |
PLURAL CLOSURES, EACH WITH INDEPENDENT DIVERSE MOVEMENT | 4 |
| 20080271379 | Motor Vehicle Door with a Side Window Pane - A motor vehicle door with a side window includes a window winder associated with the side window to lower the side window in the door body. The side window is of split design and a separate window winder is associated with each window part that is configured to completely lower the window part in the door body. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20110203179 | Safety door and doorframe assembly - Disclosed is a door assembly comprising a custom-built doorframe housing a main door which carries an integrally mounted, rectangularly-shaped leaf door. The trailing edge of the main door rotates about a vertical axis which is parallel to, and proximate the inner rear surface of the doorframe. The leaf door is rotatably attached, by a spring mechanism, to a cutout excised from the leading edge of the main door. As the main door rotates about its vertical axis, the leaf door is restrained, by tension of the spring mechanism, from closing with full force upon human fingers or any other object that may be proximate the door jamb, or inner doorframe area. The pivoting, or trailing edge of the main door may be abutted against elastomeric material affixed to the inner rear surface of the doorframe, thereby preventing the insertion of fingers into what otherwise would be a hazardous gap. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20100242366 | Sliding Pivotable Door - A sliding pivotable door as well as a method for operating a sliding pivotable door with at least one door leaf arrangement, which is accommodated to be pivotable about an associated pivot axis. The door leaf arrangement has a first door leaf, which is pivotable about the pivot axis, and at least one second door leaf is provided, which is linearly guided at the first door leaf and, together with the first door leaf, is pivotable about the pivot axis. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110131882 | STRUCTURE FOR OPENING GRIP COVER OF TOY GUN - A structure for opening a grip cover of a toy gun includes a bottom cover assembly and a rear cover assembly. The bottom cover assembly has a bottom cover covering a bottom surface of the grip and a pivot penetrating the grip and the bottom cover. One end of the bottom cover adjacent to the pivot is formed with a first hook. The rear cover assembly has a rear cover covering a rear surface of the grip. The rear cover has a protrusion connected to the grip. One end of the rear cover away from the protrusion is formed with a second hook to be engaged with the first hook. With this structure, the first hook is separated from the second hook when the bottom cover rotates downwards, thereby driving the rear cover to open rearwards by using the protrusion as a center of rotation. In this way, by only opening the bottom cover, the user can open the rear cover assembly simultaneously, thereby exchanging a pressurized gas cylinder in the grip more rapidly. Further, the problem that members may get lost or suffer damage can be prevented. | 06-09-2011 |
| 049125000 |
MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT TO FACIALLY STACKED POSITION | 3 |
| 20090113799 | Mobile Partition - Mobile partitioning wall with several wall elements displaceably suspended in running rails. The mobile partitioning wall have structural units that are technically simple to manufacture and to mount and are structured to be universally usable and can be easily and variably disposed at the edge sides of individual wall elements. The wall elements have mounting elements that are horizontally and/or vertically disposed at the edge sides. Modular structural units are laterally insertable into the mounting elements. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090272038 | MULTIPANEL SLIDING DOOR - The multipanel sliding door comprises at least two panels which are supported for travel in substantially parallel planes along runners, and is characterised in that a rack and wheelwork arrangement is provided for the movement of the door panels. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100192466 | Sliding Door Interlocking System - A pair of interlocking bi-parting sliding doors includes a first sliding door and a second sliding door, wherein the first sliding door has a first meeting stile that includes a first side portion for maintaining a door glass panel and a first mating side portion for engaging the second sliding door, wherein the first mating side portion includes a plurality of recessed zones, and wherein the second sliding door has a second meeting stile that includes a second side portion for maintaining a door glass panel and a second mating side portion for engaging the first mating side portion of the first sliding door, wherein the second mating side portion includes a plurality of extensions, wherein when the first sliding door and the second sliding door are in a closed position, the plurality of extensions interlock with the plurality of recessed zones. | 08-05-2010 |
| 049141000 |
WITH SPECIFIED MEANS TO EFFECT EMERGENCY RELEASE TO CLOSURE | 3 |
| 20110289850 | Emergency egress assembly embedded in a vehicle door - A vehicle emergency egress assembly, including a vehicle door with an opening cut out or otherwise provided, to serve as an egress portal in case of emergency when the vehicle door is difficult to open using the ordinary latching and unlatching mechanism provided for routine entrance and exit from the vehicle. The opening is cut (or otherwise provided) where a transparent armor window would ordinarily be provided, but additional portions of the door are cut out as needed to allow for egress through the opening by a vehicle occupant. A windowed plug is then provided, for releasably plugging the opening. Finally, an interiorly accessible release mechanism is provided, including one or more handles for releasing the plug from the opening. The plug includes a body portion in addition to a window portion. The body portion has a stepped periphery that is held against a stepped periphery of the opening by latches coupled to the one or more handles and extending across the perimeter of the body portion of the plug onto corresponding latch receivers disposed around the opening on the inside surface of the vehicle door. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110010997 | Storm and guard shutter assembly for building external opening with quick emergency escape mechanism - A quick emergency escape mechanism for a shutter assembly for a building external opening has an engaging wall member adapted to be secured to a base coupled to a building structure in the vicinity of a building opening. The engaging wall member has an engaging part and a part for securing to the building structure. An engaging shutter member is adapted to be secured to a shutter panel and has an engaging part and a securing part for securing to a shutter panel. An engaging sliding latch member fastens and locks the engaging parts of the wall and shutter members and has fastening means and locking means. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20090000199 | Breakaway door panel system - The present invention is generally concerned with a breakaway door panel system comprising an impact resistant panel pivotally assembled to a pair of connecting members mountable to a door adjacent a first end and a second end of the panel respectively, and at least one impact releasable panel locking device comprising a first compliant holding element mounted at an end of the panel, a second complementary compliant holding element mounted to one of the connecting member adjacent the panel end, and a connecting bar releasably connecting the first holding element to the second holding element, whereby, when an impact force of at least a predetermined strength in applied to the panel, the bars are extracted from at least one of their respective holding elements, leaving the panel break away from the door, pivoting in the direction of the impact force. | 01-01-2009 |
| 049001000 |
THERMAL RELEASER OR ACTUATOR | 3 |
| 20110083368 | Mullion Assembly for Double Door - A mullion assembly ( | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110088322 | CLOSURE ASSEMBLIES FOR FIRE DOORS, FIRE DOORS INCLUDING SUCH CLOSURE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF LOCKING FIRE DOORS - In one embodiment, a closure assembly for a fire door, including a first lead post having a longitudinal cavity located therein, an opening extending through a wall of the first lead post into the longitudinal cavity and a locking member may be positioned within the longitudinal cavity that is configured to obstruct the opening into the longitudinal cavity upon reaching a predetermined temperature, is disclosed. In additional embodiments, fire doors including such closure assemblies and methods of locking fire doors are disclosed. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20100313476 | PERISCOPING VANES FOR SMART WINDOWS - Methods and devices are provided for selectively allowing light to pass through a substantially transparent substrate or blocking the light, at least to some degree. Some embodiments provide a plurality of reflective vanes that can be positioned in at least two positions. According to some such implementations, when the vanes are in an open position, incident light is allowed to pass through the window. The light may reflect from two or more vanes before passing through the window. When a sufficient voltage is applied between vane electrodes and other electrodes, the vanes are pulled down, reflecting back at least some of the incident light. The voltage may be controlled according to detected temperature, ambient light intensity, etc. | 12-16-2010 |
| 049303000 |
CLOSURE MOVEMENT ACTUATED RETRACTABLE SEALING, GUIDING OR LOCKING STRIP | 3 |
| 20110203180 | SKIRT FOR SLIDE-GLIDE DOOR - A solid skirt seal mounted to the bottom edge of a slide-glide door panel hinged to rotate about an axis generally parallel to the bottom edge of the door panel, a spring biasing the hinged skirt seal to rotate the lower edge of the skirt seal in a downward direction, and a flexible cover extending between the lower edge of the skirt seal and the lower edge of the door panel. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20100077665 | DRIVING AND DRIVEN SEALING SYSTEMS FOR SINGLE-HUNG DOOR/WINDOW - A combination sealing system includes a driving sealing system, a driven sealing system, and a drive system. The driving sealing system includes a tongue attached to and extending away from a sash of a first panel, and a receiver attached to and within a frame. The driven sealing system includes a rotational member connected to a meeting rail of a second panel, and a first catch connected to a meeting rail of the first panel. The drive system is attached to the receiver and the rotational member. The first catch is configured to engage the rotational member. The receiver is configured to receive the tongue. The first panel is movable between an open position and a completely closed position. Prior to the first panel being in the completely closed position, the drive system transfer motion within the drive sealing system to the driven sealing system. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100088962 | DOOR SAFETY SHIELD - A door safety shield generally includes a door edge attachment portion, a bridge portion, and a door jamb attachment portion. The door edge attachment portion includes a cornering portion which serves to resist detaching forces on the shield at the door edge caused by forces applied to the shield or opening and closing of the door. The bridge portion includes a tambour panel which moves in a rolling fashion, away from the door's hinge, at least when an external force is applied to the shield. The configuration of the tambour panel serves to prevent injuries between the door and the door jamb, and also serves to resist detaching forces on the shield at the door jamb. | 04-15-2010 |
| 049507000 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 3 |
| 20090064596 | Opening-and-closing device and robot device - When the opening-and-closing unit is pushed toward the base unit as if making them close such that the facing surfaces of the rotational body pinching units cover the outer surfaces of the rotational body to attach the opening-and-closing unit to the rotational body, the shaft end sections and the angle reference sections fit in the shaft supporting sections and the angle adjustment sections respectively, and thereby hold the rotational body so as to align the rotational range with the opening-and-closing range. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090260296 | CARVED SOLID FACE DOORS HAVING A RAISED PANEL DESIGN AND METHODS OF FABRICATION - Carved solid face doors having a raised panel design and methods of manufacture thereof are provided herein. In some embodiments, a carved, solid face door may include a solid base having a face and an opposing rear surface, wherein the face has a raised panel design carved into at least one section of the face, the raised panel design framed by flat portions carved into the face; and one or more overlays attached to the flat portions of the face and framing the raised panel to emulate the appearance of a floating raised panel construction. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100031581 | Door for washing machine - A door for a washing machine is disclosed. A door for a washing machine includes an inner frame having an opening with a predetermined size, an outer frame provided at a front surface of the inner frame, having an opening in communication with the opening of the inner frame, a glass member fitted between the inner and outer frames, covering the openings of the inner and outer frames, a decorative member provided at a front surface of the outer frame, having an opening in communication with the openings, and a front cover fitted between the decorative member and the outer frame, covering the openings of the inner and outer frames and the decorative member, the front cover having a positioning portion determining a position of the front cover coupled to the outer frame. | 02-11-2010 |
| 049041000 |
ARCUATE CLOSURE ROTATES ACROSS ARCUATE OPENING | 3 |
| 20080256863 | Enclosure, Especially Spa Enclosure - Subject of the invention is the enclosure, especially for SPA, having the shape of semispherical bowl, beneficially containing the sliding door. The enclosure, especially for SPA, according to invention, is characterized in that it contains several spherical segments (A), each of them created by frame ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090260290 | Closure For An Equipment Sub - A closure is shown for an equipment sub. A closure door is carried by a sub body and movable thereto between open and closed positions for providing access to a pressure vessel. Various improvements are disclosed including a new mechanism for positioning wedge shaped arcuate segments between the door and the sub body, a retainer mechanism for guiding movement of cross bars, a split hinge adjustment mechanism for adjusting planarity and concentricity between the closure door and the sub body, an increased annular wall body thickness region surrounding the sealing surface for reducing warpage during welding, a pressure lock rod member which also engages a combination of cross bars and a crank for driving the cross bars, and a pry bar that can facilitate better manually operated leveraging of the closure door. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090145030 | Loading station - The present invention relates to a loading station comprising a loading region which is accessible from a loading side and from a machine side and comprising two door elements movable along a guide from a machine position in which they release the machine side and close the loading side into a loading position in which they release the loading side and close the machine side, wherein the door elements overlap at least partially in the loading position and/or in the machine position so that, on an opening procedure of the machine side and/or of the loading side, the machine side and/or the loading side only starts to open when the respective other side has closed at least partially. | 06-11-2009 |
| 049137000 |
UNITARY OR INTERRELATED FLUID OPERATOR AND CLOSURE CHECK | 3 |
| 20090205256 | Pneumatic car trunk opener - A pneumatic car trunk opener has an electric compressor, an air tank, a regulator, three way solenoids to control air flow, and a pneumatic piston. The pneumatic piston is fed air via a hose from an air exit porthole and when the piston is retracted, it pulls on an attachment bracket which opens a lid and when it is protracted, it pushes on the attachment bracket which closes the lid. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090094897 | LIFTGATE HYDRAULIC CLOSURE CYLINDER - A liftgate system may include a closer cylinder assembly for use in opening and closing a deck. The closer cylinder assembly may have a hydraulic fluid portion on one side of a piston and an air (or other gas) portion on the other side of the piston. The deck is closed using hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic fluid portion to move the piston in one direction. The deck is assisted in opening using gas pressure in the gas portion to move the piston in another direction. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20110120017 | VARIABLE SEAL PRESSURE SLIT VALVE DOORS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT - Techniques for a door system for sealing an opening between two chambers in a semiconductor processing system are described. A sealing member seals the opening when a door is in a closed position. To selectively open and close the opening, an actuator moves the door. A valve actuator switch provides a first or second pressure to the actuator depending on the pressure inside a first chamber. In one embodiment, a sensor monitors the pressure inside the first chamber. | 05-26-2011 |
| 049365000 |
CLOSURE MOUNT OR STOP ON INDEPENDENT MOVABLE OR REMOVABLE CENTER POST | 3 |
| 20100107503 | ASTRAGAL WITH EXPANDABLE BOOT - A system may selectively block an area at an end of an astragal. The system may include an expandable boot and an actuator. The expandable boot may be positioned at the end of the astragal, and the expandable boot may be movable between a compacted shape and an expanded shape. The actuator may be operable to move the expandable boot between the compacted shape and the expanded shape. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110126468 | Mullion Assembly for Double Door - A mullion assembly ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110162281 | ASTRAGAL ASSEMBLY FOR USE ON EXTERIOR DOORS - A double door assembly having an active door and a passive door includes an astragal that is formed of a composite of aluminum and wood. The astragal is formed of an aluminum rail with a U-shaped cross section that receives a wooden insert. The astragal is mounted to a passive door such that the U-shaped cross section opens to the active door and the wooden insert presents a mounting surface for hardware. | 07-07-2011 |
| 049366000 |
BIPARTITE, CENTER OPENING | 2 |
| 20080229668 | Astragal Boot - An astragal boot for mounting onto a lower end of an astragal includes a platform, a first and second lateral fin spaced from each other and projecting downwardly from the platform, and an auxiliary fin disposed between the first and second lateral fins. The auxiliary fin defines an auxiliary fin edge extending from the first lateral fin to the second lateral fin for sealing engagement with the threshold. The auxiliary fin includes a hub portion and a first and second leg portion each extending from the hub portion to the first and second lateral fins, respectively. The first leg portion extends along a first direction defining a portion of the auxiliary fin edge along the first direction and the second leg portion extends along a second direction at an obtuse angle relative to the first direction defining another portion of the auxiliary fin edge along the second direction. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20110056138 | Cancel Lever For Clam Shell Vehicle Doors - A door assembly for a vehicle body including a frame having a first boundary and a second boundary. A first door and a second door with first and second ends are pivotably coupled to the first boundary and the second boundary, respectively, of the frame. The second door includes an end panel at its second end, and a pivot is fixed to the end panel. A cancel lever is rotatably coupled to the pivot, and the cancel lever is arranged to be contacted by the first door at any location within a zone of contact determined by the relative positions of the first and second doors such that a force applied to the cancel lever by the first door includes a component perpendicular to a radius of the cancel lever at the point of contact. | 03-10-2011 |
| 049472000 |
COMBINED SEAL, STOP AND STIFFENER; I.E., CLEAT | 2 |
| 20110225892 | Pet Door Pest and Debris Barrier - A barrier device preventing access of pests such as mosquitoes, flies, and other small animals as well as debris between a panel pet door and a screen door by providing a seal between the panel pet door and the screen door. The barrier material may have ribs for the purpose of added stiffening or as a guide for adjusting the reach of the barrier. A stopping device may be used to ensure the screen door is closed to a location where good contact is made with the barrier device. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20080202033 | Fenestration Assembly - A fenestration assembly which includes; an exterior panel section configured to receive and locate an exterior panel, an interior panel section configured to receive an interior panel, wherein the interior panel section includes at least one linkage system configured to connect to an interior panel to be received by the interior panel section, this linkage system being configured to cover at least a portion of a track formed within said interior panel section. The fenestration assembly may in other instances include an interior panel section where a portion of this interior panel section is associated with a cladding material and where a portion of the interior surface of an exterior panel received by the exterior panel section is covered by cladding material associated with the interior panel section. | 08-28-2008 |
| 049148000 |
DISPARATE SUPPORT FOR DISPLACED CLOSURE | 2 |
| 20090249695 | DAMP RAIL ASSEMBLY FOR GARAGE DOOR OPENING SYSTEMS - A damp rail assembly for a garage door opening system is provided. The rail assembly includes a beam member configured for mounting to a support structure, and for slidably supporting a trolley member. A viscoelastic laminate structure is attached to the beam member to absorb and attenuate vibration and structure-borne noise directly therefrom. The viscoelastic laminate structure includes a constraining layer and a viscoelastic layer spanning substantially the entirety of the constraining layer and bonded thereto. The viscoelastic laminate structure may include a plurality of planar viscoelastic laminate structures each having an adhesive layer spanning substantially the entirety of a respective viscoelastic layer such that each of the planar viscoelastic laminate structures may be individually adhered at different predetermined locations along the beam member. Alternatively, the viscoelastic laminate structure and beam member may be preformed as a single, unitary structure. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090217592 | Automobile Door Checker - An automobile door checker includes a case secured to a door, a check plate that runs movably through the case and is pivotably supported on a body, a detent member fitted into and retained by the case and working in cooperation with a detent face of the check plate, and a resilient member that is made of a resilient material and is provided in a compressed state in a housing chamber defined between an outer end face of the detent member and an inner end face of the case, wherein the resilient member is formed so that it substantially fills the housing chamber, the resilient member is provided with a hole portion that allows resilient deformation of the resilient member, the hole portion being sealed by the outer end face and the inner end face, and a half of the resilient member on the outer end face side and a half on the inner end face side are symmetrical. In this way, even if some rainwater that has infiltrated into the housing chamber of the case housing the resilient member freezes, it is possible to prevent the resilient deformation characteristics of the resilient member from changing, and it is also possible to avoid misassembly of the resilient member. | 09-03-2009 |
| 049139000 |
OPTIONALLY MOVED, MANUALLY, OR BY MOTOR | 2 |
| 20080209811 | Door Drive Mechanism, Especially Revolving Door Drive Mechanism - A door operator includes a housing; a hydraulic compartment; a pressure compartment; a drive unit disposed in the housing and coupleable to a door via an output shaft, the drive unit being associated with the hydraulic compartment; a hydraulic pump in hydraulic connection with the hydraulic compartment and the pressure compartment; a motor in driving relationship with the hydraulic pump; and a spring force accumulator disposed in the housing. The spring force accumulator is associated with the pressure compartment and coupled to the drive unit. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090000198 | Mechanical Arm System for Opening a Door - A mechanical arm system for opening a door includes an actuator assembly having an output shaft and an arm driven by the output shaft so as to move the door from a closed position toward an open position. The arm is free from contact with the door when the door moves from the open position to the closed position. The actuator assembly is mounted to a support member adjacent the door. The arm extends between the output shaft and the door. The arm may be moveable between a position in which the arm contacts the door in the open position and a retracted position in which the arm is free from contact with the door in the closed position. The arm may be moved to the retracted position before the door reaches the open position so as to abort the opening of the door. | 01-01-2009 |
| 049322000 |
WITH SAFETY BRAKE OR CATCH | 2 |
| 20100005723 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND TEST RELEASE DEVICE FOR AN OVERHEAD DOOR - An overhead door control system includes an input shaft drivably connected to an overhead door axle and a load brake shaft drivably connected to the input shaft. The control system includes a load brake which releases the load brake shaft in response to rotation of the input shaft. The load brake engages the load brake shaft in response to the rotation of the input shaft being driven to zero. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20080256867 | Window regulator having an attitude adjustment mechanism - A window regulator includes at least one rail and at least one movable carriage for attachment to a movable window, each movable carriage movably attached to a respective rail for movement along the rail. A driving mechanism is attached to the movable carriage for moving the movable carriage along the rail in a regulated manner. An adjustable stop is attached to the rail, the adjustable stop positioned to engage a portion of the respective movable carriage/window assembly attached to that rail, to prevent further movement of the movable carriage/window assembly in one direction. | 10-23-2008 |
| 049034000 |
DISTORTABLE; E.G., FLEXIBLE STRAND-TYPE BARRICADE | 1 |
| 20110162280 | PORTABLE COLLAPSIBLE BARRIER - A portable, extensible, and standalone security delimiter, comprising a multiplicity of portable towers with a multiplicity of links pivotally interconnected, forming a lattice structure that couple the multiplicity of portable towers with one another to enable the security delimiter expand out from a compact collapsed state to a selectably expanded operational state along a reciprocating span axis. The security delimiter further includes a latch mechanism that locks the security delimiter in the selectably expanded operational state at a desired longitudinal span, along the reciprocating span axis. | 07-07-2011 |
| 049058000 |
WITH ANIMAL BLOCKER REPELLER OR CHASER | 1 |
| 20110277386 | Tri-vent awning window - A tri-vent awning window for absorbing sunlight heat in warm weather that otherwise would flow uncontrolled therethrough and discharging the sunlight heat to the atmosphere while permitting relatively unobstructed vision therethrough and passing the sunlight heat in cold weather therethrough for thermal warming. The tri-vent awning window includes a frame, an inner pane, an outer pane, and a heat sink. The inner pane is replaceably mounted to the frame so as to form a first vent. The outer pane is pivotally mounted to the frame so as to form a second vent, and is spaced from the inner pane so as to form a space therebetween. The heat sink is removably mounted to the frame, in the space, and when removed, creates a passive solar application. The inner pane has an in-place position and the outer pane has an open position during which in the warm weather the sunlight heat hits the heat sink and passes therethrough and rises by convection. The inner pane has a removed position and the outer pane has a closed position during which in the cold weather the interior sunlight heat is circulated from the space. | 11-17-2011 |
| 049371000 |
SWINGING CLOSURES CLOSING SINGLE OPENING | 1 |
| 20110083372 | COVER-TYPE APPARATUS WITH SIMPLIFIED INTERLOCKING STRUCTURE - A cover-type apparatus with a simplified locking structure includes a first body, a second body and an interlocking mechanism for fastening the second body and the first body together. The interlocking mechanism includes a hook disposed on the first body, and an elastic member disposed on the second body and being engageable with the hook. The elastic member deforms elastically in response to a force exerted thereon by the hook. | 04-14-2011 |
| 049276000 |
STARTER-TYPE OPERATOR; E.G., SEAL BREAKER | 1 |
| 20100257786 | Striker Assembly - A striker assembly includes a plate configured for attachment to a vehicle and a striker attached to the plate. The striker is configured for securing a latch assembly of the vehicle in a first position. The striker assembly also includes a first resilient member configured for contacting the latch assembly in the first position and a second resilient member configured for cooperating with the first resilient member to move the latch assembly to a second position. | 10-14-2010 |
| 049262000 |
VEHICLE ACTUATED ROLLER OR CARRIAGE OR CARRIED COOPERANT | 1 |
| 20110126466 | DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A door opening and closing apparatus for a vehicle includes a support member adapted to be fixed at a door for the vehicle and including first and second door support wall portions, an arm member including first and second arm support wall portions positioned to overlap relative to the first and second door support wall portions respectively in the vertical direction, the arm member being rotatably connected to the support member by a hinge pin, a roller support wall portion formed at the first arm support wall portion and extending upwardly, a roller rotatably connected to the roller support wall portion, a cable, a drive member opening and closing the door by reeling in or out the cable, and a pulley mechanism provided at a lower side of the first arm support wall portion and guiding an arrangement of the cable. | 06-02-2011 |
| 049379000 |
LATCH RELEASE OF MOVEMENT-STORED ENERGY | 1 |
| 20090113804 | Barrier Release Mechanism - A barrier release mechanism ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 049021000 |
RESPONSIVE TO OR DIRECTLY ACTUATED BY AMBIENT FLUID | 1 |
| 20090139141 | Automatic door opener - An automatic door opener is attachable to at least one manual door and an automatic door. The automatic door has a closed position and an open position. The automatic door opener includes an opening actuator, a pressure reservoir and a door activator. The opening actuator is operably connected to the automatic door. The pressure reservoir system is operably connected to the opening actuator, operably connected to the manual door, and operably connected to the automatic door. Movement of the manual door adds pressure to the pressure storage reservoir system. The door activator has an at rest position and an open position whereby pressure from the pressure reservoir system is released to the opening actuator moving the automatic door from a closed position to an open position responsive to movement of the door activator form the at rest position to the open position. | 06-04-2009 |
| 049033000 |
CLOSURE SHIFTABLE TO PIT OR OBSTACLE BRIDGING POSITION | 1 |
| 20100251617 | OPEN/CLOSE DEVICE FOR PIT COVER - A pit cover open/close device including a closing limiting stopper for a pit cover which is disposed in a position corresponding to a top of a roller of a chassis dynamometer, guides disposed on a stationary side of the pit in an opposed relation to both side faces of the roller of the chassis dynamometer and extending along a circumferential direction of the roller of the chassis dynamometer, a two-part split pit cover supported by the guides and including two pit cover parts into which the pit cover is split from a portion thereof corresponding to the position of the stopper, the two pit cover parts being movable in an opening direction and a closing direction, respectively, and a cylinder including a movable rod that is connected to one of the two pit cover parts and a body that is connected to the other of the two pit cover parts, the cylinder being driven to allow the two pit cover parts to move along the guides in the opening direction and the closing direction. | 10-07-2010 |
| 049037000 |
CONVERTIBLE | 1 |
| 20080196309 | Door That Converts Into A Staircase For Accessing A Machine Tool And Machine Tool Equipped With Such A Door - A door to a machine tool positioned at the front of the machine tool on the workstation side. The door is equipped with steps along an entire length thereof to provide access to the workstation of the machine tool when in a folded-down position. | 08-21-2008 |
| 049040000 |
CONVEX OR CONCAVE CLOSURE AND OPENING | 1 |
| 20090313899 | Air passage open/close device - An air passage open/close device includes a casing having an air passage, and a sliding door having a board member slidably located in the casing so as to open or close the air passage. The casing has a guide groove for guiding a movement of the board member. The guide groove has an upstream wall extending in a moving direction of the board member at an upstream side of the board member in an air flow direction, and a downstream wall opposing to the upstream wall at a downstream side of the board member in the air flow direction. The board member is configured to be elastically deformed when the board member is arranged in the casing. | 12-24-2009 |
| 049029000 |
TIME CONTROLLED | 1 |
| 20120023824 | AUTOMATIC DOOR OPENER - A door opener for opening a door having an external surface comprises a screw mounted for rotary motion and a carriage mounted on the screw such that rotation of the screw causes motion of the carriage along the screw. A motor rotates the screw. An actuator arm has a first end and a second end, where the actuator arm is operatively connected to the carriage such that movement of the carriage causes the actuator arm to move between a retracted position where the door is closed and an extended position where the door is open. The first end of the actuator arm is in contact with but not connected to the external surface of the door such that the first end of the actuator arm rides over the external surface of the door. | 02-02-2012 |
