Miscellaneous hardware [e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster, door closer, panel hanger, attachable or adjunct handle, hinge, window sash balance, etc.]

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bicycle handlebar grips, etc.] Y10T16/469Detachable handle Y10T16/4696for battery Y10T16/4701for casket Y10T16/4707for container Y10T16/4713Auxiliary handle Y10T16/4719Extension Y10T16/4724Cord or rope related Y10T16/473Extensible handle Y10T16/476Handle with ergonomic structure [e.g., finger engagement structure such as indents, grooves, etc.] and handle user-interaction [human engineering] enhancements such as improved handle dimensions and handle positioning Y10T16/48Insulated handle Y10T16/484Handwheel Y10T16/487Knob type Y10T16/491Wire type Y10T16/495Unshaped or unattached pad Y10T16/498Bar-type handle Y10T16/499for lawnmower Y10T16/50Swinging Y10T16/501Casket handle Y10T16/502Braced handle Y10T16/506Knob-type handle Y10T16/508with flexible suspending means Y10T16/509Lift Y10T16/513Loop-type handle Y10T16/515Swinging Y10T16/516Ring-type handle Y10T16/52Hinge Y10T16/521including frangible or fusible portion Y10T16/522with diverse art portion or attachment Y10T16/524Ball and socket Y10T16/525Pliant or elastic hinge Y10T16/5253Metallic Y10T16/5257Snap or X hinge Y10T16/526Eyeglass hinge Y10T16/527Retractable pintle Y10T16/5275Latch hinge Y10T16/528Latch hinge Y10T16/5285Resilient securing means Y10T16/529including lever for shifting one member of hinge relative to another Y10T16/531having staggered leaves Y10T16/532including adjustment for changing relative orientation of hinged members Y10T16/5321having plural independent adjustments Y10T16/5322All rectilinear Y10T16/53225including screw-operated means to move hinged members Y10T16/5323Pivotal adjustment Y10T16/53235including screw-operated means to move hinged members Y10T16/53238About hinge axis Y10T16/5324including means to move hinged members Y10T16/53247Along or parallel to hinge axis Y10T16/5325including threaded hinge pin Y10T16/53253Screw-operated Y10T16/53257to shift plate toward or away from hinged member Y10T16/5326having adjustable spacer between leaf and hinged member [e.g., shim] Y10T16/5327Adjustable along or parallel to hinge axis Y10T16/5329having interdigitated surfaces or slot for hinge-to-member fastener Y10T16/533having cover Y10T16/5335Leaf cover Y10T16/534having clamp for attaching hinge to hinged member Y10T16/5345Circumferential clamp Y10T16/535having means to facilitate assembly and disassembly of hinge sections to join or disjoin hinged members Y10T16/5353Resiliently biased hinge Y10T16/5355having helical spring along hinge axis Y10T16/5357Resiliently biased retaining means Y10T16/5358having discrete latch and spring to slide or pivot latch Y10T16/5359Discrete retaining means for pivotal contacting surfaces Y10T16/536Separation of pivotal contacting surfaces Y10T16/53605having movable or removable connector Y10T16/53607Pintle removable from remainder of hinge Y10T16/536075and additional connector for pintle or separate pintle sections Y10T16/53608Screw-threaded connector Y10T16/5361Axially shifting hinge sections Y10T16/53613At specific angular orientation of hinge sections Y10T16/53615Hook and pin Y10T16/5362Hook in aperture Y10T16/53625Hook to hook Y10T16/5363and discrete movable or removable connector to fasten one hinge section to another Y10T16/5367by relatively sliding connection [e.g., dovetail] Y10T16/5369including receiving connector attachable to hinged member Y10T16/537having means to reduce friction between hinge parts Y10T16/5373by fluid lubricant Y10T16/5377Ball or roller bearing Y10T16/5379Circularly distributed balls or rollers Y10T16/538Resiliently biased hinge Y10T16/5381including means to render spring ineffective through all or a portion of swing Y10T16/53815comprising manipulatable element or portion Y10T16/5382Biased from either direction toward neutral position [e.g., double acting] Y10T16/53822Helical spring transverse to hinge axis Y10T16/53824Plural hinge axes [e.g., multiple pintle] Y10T16/53825and barrels for helical springs on separate axes Y10T16/53826Resiliently biased rolling or sliding cam surface Y10T16/53828by helical spring along hinge axis Y10T16/5383having transverse helical spring or elastic strip Y10T16/53832Plural hinge axes [e.g., multiple pintle ] Y10T16/53833Four or more axes Y10T16/53834to counterbalance weight of hinged member [e.g., closure biased to open position] Y10T16/53835including pivoted coaxial spring retaining bar Y10T16/53836Over-center spring or linkage travel [e.g., "holdback hinge"] Y10T16/53838having means to hold hinged members against pivotal movement about hinge axis [i.e., catch] Y10T16/5384Over-center spring or linkage travel [e.g., "holdback hinge"] Y10T16/53843Plural hinge axes Y10T16/53845Coil spring having axis along or parallel to hinge axis Y10T16/53848including camming or sliding surface to deflect spring perpendicularly to the hinge axis Y10T16/5385having means to hold hinged members against pivotal movement about hinge axis [e.g., catch] Y10T16/5386having force adjustment Y10T16/53862Rotatable spring-engaging collar Y10T16/538627having detention aperture or protuberance Y10T16/538633having tool-receiving aperture Y10T16/53864Plural hinge axes [e.g., multiple pintle] Y10T16/5387having axially biased camming surface Y10T16/5388Coil Y10T16/53883Plural coils Y10T16/53885to counterbalance weight of hinged member [e.g., horizontal closure biased to open position] Y10T16/53888On pintle Y10T16/5389torsion spring Y10T16/539Gravitating hinge having vertical axis Y10T16/5393having lift rod Y10T16/5395having plural spaced hinge axes Y10T16/5398including cam surface and follower Y10T16/53984and rolling element Y10T16/53985Between opposing surfaces Y10T16/53987and detent in cam surface Y10T16/53988On axially twisted or helically fluted element Y10T16/53992including means to hold hinged members against pivotal movement Y10T16/53996having aperture for slidably receiving pintle [e.g., camming knuckle] Y10T16/54including means to hold or retard hinged members against pivotal movement [e.g., catch] Y10T16/5401Magnetic Y10T16/5402Resiliently biased catch Y10T16/54021having spring force adjustment Y10T16/54023including toggle linkage Y10T16/54024having discrete manipulatable release means [e.g., lever] Y10T16/540243including cam or eccentric Y10T16/540247Sliding release means or lever-actuated sliding catch Y10T16/54025Sliding Y10T16/540253Movement along or parallel to hinge axis Y10T16/540254Interdigitated or plural sockets Y10T16/540255Opposed interdigitated sliding collars on hinge axis Y10T16/540256and catch receiving socket Y10T16/540257and catch receiving socket Y10T16/54026Pivoted Y10T16/54028Plural alternately useable detents Y10T16/54029Spring arm Y10T16/540295Plural opposed arms Y10T16/5403by friction Y10T16/54033Screw-threaded adjustment Y10T16/54034Along or parallel to hinge axis Y10T16/540345Threaded pintle Y10T16/54035Cam or wedge actuator Y10T16/54038On hinge pin or between surfaces surrounding hinge axis Y10T16/5404Pivoted Y10T16/54044Plural alternately useable detents Y10T16/54048and sliding Y10T16/54052Serially connected pivoted arms between leaves [e.g., brace] Y10T16/54056About axis along or parallel to hinge axis Y10T16/5406by transversely moving pin in slot Y10T16/5407having discrete manipulatable release means [e.g., lever operated] Y10T16/5408by shifting hinged members Y10T16/54085Along hinge axis Y10T16/5409Sliding Y10T16/54095Along or parallel to hinge axis Y10T16/541including toothed gear Y10T16/542comprising nested open curved portions attached to hinged members Y10T16/543including hinge pin Y10T16/544including transversely moving pin in slot Y10T16/5443Plural noncollinear pins and slots Y10T16/5444Parallel slots Y10T16/5445having pin fixed to pivoted arm or plate Y10T16/5448Hinge pin movable along slot Y10T16/545including sliding surfaces to permit relative translation of hinged members Y10T16/5453and stop or abutment for pivotal movement Y10T16/5457Movement transverse to hinge axis Y10T16/546Three-hinged members Y10T16/547having plural hinge axes [e.g., multiple pintle] Y10T16/5472having transverse or skewed axes Y10T16/5474Connected by serially arranged pivoted links between hinged members Y10T16/5475Plural sets of serially arranged pivoted links Y10T16/5476Four or more axes Y10T16/5478including stop or latch Y10T16/548including laminated leaf Y10T16/549Wire hinge Y10T16/551having stop or abutment Y10T16/5513Adjustable or resilient Y10T16/5515comprising relieved axially opposed relatively rotating surfaces Y10T16/5518comprising platelike bearing portion curved about hinge axis Y10T16/552Hinge axis passes through hinged member [e.g., floor hinge] Y10T16/5525Pintle or pivot concealed in hinged member Y10T16/553including means to retain pintle in hinge [e.g., tamper proof, nonrising pintle, etc,] Y10T16/5535Threaded or slotted pintle or knuckle Y10T16/554including means to fasten leaf to member Y10T16/5543by expandable connector Y10T16/5547Self-penetrating fastener Y10T16/555Specified material Y10T16/557Specific pintle structure Y10T16/558Specific leaf structure Y10T16/559having prongs or cooperating structure on leaf Y10T16/5595Angular leaf sections Y10T16/55963Parallel sections Y10T16/55975Coplanar sections Y10T16/55988including planar section perpendicular to hinge axis Y10T16/56Closers Y10T16/568Spring and flexible link Y10T16/577Spring and gear Y10T16/585Spring and lever Y10T16/593Spring Y10T16/595Bow Y10T16/597Rubber Y10T16/599torsional Y10T16/5995Coil Y10T16/60Volute Y10T16/602Weight Y10T16/61Closure checks Y10T16/615Inertia Y10T16/62Pneumatic Y10T16/625Spring Y10T16/628Rubber Y10T16/6285Rubber cushioned Y10T16/629Multiple or opposed buffer surfaces Y10T16/6295Link type Y10T16/6298Sash balances Y10T16/63Cord and counterweight Y10T16/635Sash and cord Y10T16/64Spring Y10T16/641Drum and cord Y10T16/642Friction roller Y10T16/643Lever Y10T16/644Rack and pinion Y10T16/645Rack and pinion Y10T16/65Sash-cord fasteners Y10T16/655Bendable Y10T16/66Chain Y10T16/665Clamps Y10T16/67Hooks Y10T16/675Knot Y10T16/68Slack-cord holders Y10T16/685Weight Y10T16/69Sash-cord guides Y10T16/698Wheel and casing Y10T16/706Casings Y10T16/71Sheet metal, single piece Y10T16/714Multiple wheel Y10T16/722Sliding Y10T16/73Sash weights Y10T16/743Composite Y10T16/755Sectional Y10T16/767Weight and wheel Y10T16/78Window-bead fasteners Y10T16/82Counterbalance device, per se Y10T16/84Spring Y10T16/86Door escutcheon or similar element Y10T16/90Paper weight Y10T16/95Miscellaneous element or attachment