A monitor stand for use in holding and maintaining a position of a monitor comprising a carrier adapted to removably and fixedly hold a monitor, the carrier including first and second trapezoidal shaped cubic mounting protrusions on a bottommost portion of the carrier, and wherein the carrier is further adapted to rotate between a first angular placement and a second angular placement, a base enclosure adapted to provide a substantially stable platform to hold the monitor in an upright condition and to provide a frictional engagement against which the carrier can rotate, the base enclosure including first and second base enclosure channels, a low friction insert adapted to be inserted between the carrier and the base enclosure and which is part of the frictional engagement of the base enclosure, the low friction insert including a first and second channel insertion portions adapted to fit into the first and second base enclosure channels respectively, and wherein the first and second trapezoidal shaped cubic mounting protrusions of the carrier fit into the first and second channel insertion portions, respectively, and first and second spring retention assemblies, each of which is adapted to provide a substantially constant rotational spring force against a direction of movement of the monitor due to gravity, and which are affixed to the first and second protrusions respectively.

The invention relates to a framed art hanging system for hanging pictures and other similar items such as art, photos, diplomas, posters, paintings and framed sports memorabilia on walls. The system allows the installer of a framed picture to easily hang the picture utilizing the combination of a magnetic connection and a mechanical connection. The magnetic connection is achieved by utilizing a magnet, preferably adhered to a plate which is attached to either the back of the picture frame or to the wall and a metal plate which is magnetically attracted to the magnet, the metal plate being placed on the other location (either the back of the picture frame or to the wall). Three example ways to achieve a mechanical connection are described. The first way is to place an abrasive coating on either the frame plate or the magnet plate and a deformable substance coating on the other. The second way is to combine fins and grooves, one being placed on the frame plate and the other being placed on the magnet plate. The last way is to utilize geometric protrusions and depressions, one being placed on the frame plate and the other being placed on the magnet plate.

A push-on fastener including a push-on fastener body including an annular base defining an aperture, first and second opposing major surfaces, and a plurality of radial tabs extending from the annular base, the radial tabs terminating radially inwardly or radially outwardly and providing a peripheral surface; and a low friction layer overlying the first major surface of the push-on fastener body, wherein the peripheral surface is free of low friction layer.

A metal component made of a base metal and a coating system thereon is characterized in that the coating system comprises a conductive layer on the base metal and a resin-based layer including conductive pigments on the conductive layer. The conductive pigments form electrically conductive 3D-networks in the resin, with the networks being randomly distributed in the resin. Aerospace fasteners having a coating system of a nickel flash on the base metal, and a phenolic resin-based coating including nickel fibers on the nickel flash, are also provided. Further, a method for coating a metal component is disclosed. The coating system may be applied to metal components, including aerospace fasteners such as pins, bolts, collars, nuts and nut plates, and washers, as well as studs, latches, helicopter rotors, and landing gear structures.

Provided are an anti-vibration device manufacturing method, a stopper for an anti-vibration device, and an anti-vibration device all of which prevent easy separation between the stopper and the bracket while improving the ease of fastening the stopper and the bracket together. The anti-vibration device manufacturing method is a method for obtaining the anti-vibration device. The stopper can be formed, by applying a coating agent C, which is configured to be peelable after solidification, to at least a bulging portion (12) of a positioning protrusion (10) of the stopper. The anti-vibration device can be formed, by pressing the bulging portion (12) into a positioning hole A1 formed in the bracket 5, so that the bulging portion (12) is prevented from detaching from the bracket (5), using the stopper after solidification of the coating agent C.