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Isofix anchor points under a removable cover. Isofix (styled ISOFIX) is the international standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars. The system has other regional names including LATCH ("Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children") in the United States, and LUAS ("Lower Universal Anchorage System") or Canfix in Canada. [1]
A night latch (or night-latch or nightlatch) is a lock that is fitted on the surface of a door; it is operated from the exterior side of the door by a key and from the interior (i.e. "secure") side of the door by a knob. [1] [2] [3]
A wheel hub with a castellated nut secured in the center using a cotter pin to prevent it from unscrewing. A positive locking device is a device used in conjunction with a fastener in order to positively lock the fastener.
A pet taxi parked in Newport, Wales. A pet taxi is a type of transportation taxi service that transports various pets. [1] Some pet taxi services also provide pet ambulance, animal boarding and grooming services. [2] Some pet sitting companies may also offer pet taxi services. [3] Some pet taxis charge by the mile, while others may offer a flat ...
A deadlocking latch bolt (deadlatch) is an elaboration on the latch bolt which includes a guardbolt to prevent "shimming" or "jimmying" of the latch bolt. When the door is closed, the latch bolt and guardbolt are retracted together, and the door closes normally, with the latch bolt entering the strike plate.
Single-point locking is a locking system in cabinet doors where locking takes places only at the point halfway up the edge of the door, where the latch engages with the doorjamb.
These allow setting of the “sweep speed” (the rate which the door travels along the majority of its closure, the sole closing setting on basic closers); the “latch speed” (the rate in the last 10 to 15 degrees of closing arc, allowing it to be set faster than the "sweep" to ensure proper latch closure); “delayed action” (which slows ...
A ratchet and pawl mechanism A parking pawl in an automatic transmission. A pawl is a movable lever that engages a fixed component to either prevent movement in one direction or restrain it altogether.