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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D573808 | Nightstand | 07/29/2008 |
| D567649 | Plastic shopping bag holder | 04/29/2008 |
| 6699340 | Method for producing driving shaft with male and female shaft member A driving shaft includes yokes at both its ends and an intermediate slidable portion composed of a male shaft member and a female shaft member fitted with each other by means of splines. The male shaft member includes a hollow shaft member having an inner... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6598787 | Coin receptacle assembly with door locking mechanism A coin receptacle assembly for vending machines. A funnel unit is positioned in the machine and a coin receptacle unit is adapted to be removably mounted on the funnel unit. The coin receptacle unit includes a secure door which is movable between an open ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6547102 | Swivel top closure A swivel top closure including a base and a top affixed to the base, the top being movable with respect to the base along the horizontal plane in swivel-like motion between a closed position in which the top fully covers an opening in the base to an open ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6478184 | Two piece hinged closure A two piece hinged closure for a container. The closure includes a base installed on the container and a hinged cap positioned on the base. The hinge of the cap includes a caming tab and the base includes a caming surface against which the tab moves when ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6338425 | Dispensing closure A dispensing closure for a product container including a base positioned on the container and a cap operable on the base between a closed and an open position. The base includes an upstanding plug engageable within an aperture formed in a top platform of ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6299027 | Valve controlled dispensing closure A push valve dispensing closure including a base mountable to the mouth of a container, a valve mounted within the base and a cap cooperatively engaged upon the base for rotational movement of the valve relative to the base between locked and unlocked pos... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6299038 | Telescoping twist closure A dispensing closure of three separately formed interlocking components including a container mountable base with a central post mounting a spout for vertical movement thereon between a closed position with a post mounted plug sealing within a spout apert... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6280339 | Driving shaft with male and female shaft members A driving shaft includes yokes at both its ends and an intermediate slidable portion composed of a male shaft member and a female shaft member fitted with each other by means of splines. The male shaft member includes a hollow shaft member having an inner... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6269982 | Trigger activated product dispenser A dispenser for dispensing a product from a body having a pivot flange formed on the external surface thereof. A trigger is mounted on the pivot flange to be pivotal thereupon by a user's hand wrapped about the body with the user's finger digits positione... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6213351 | Push body valve closure A push body valve closure to dispense product retained in a container. The closure includes a base affixed to the mouth of the container and a cap cooperatively engaged upon the base and movable between a first closed position and a second opened position... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6213688 | Earth retaining wall An earth retaining wall formed by a plurality of panels which are matingly stacked together in jigsaw puzzle like fashion against an earth embankment. The panels are arranged one above another and are held together by vertical bars which pass through holl... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6196747 | Product dispensing cover A dispensing cover for a cream or gel product contained in a sleeve with an elevator platform for advancing the product toward the cover. The cover includes a dome portion having at least one passageway to permit the product to pass through the cover for ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6135329 | Universal base pull/push-twist closure A dispensing closure for a container, the closure including a universal base for use with either a twist operational cap or a cap which is operational on the same base by pull/push operation. The universal base includes helical grooved channels to receive... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6116477 | Two piece hinge closure A two piece hinge closure including a base and a separately formed cap. The cap includes an attachment ring and a hinge connecting the cap to the ring. The base has an upstanding spout surrounded by a circular channel formed in the base. The ring is adapt... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6066038 | Automatic hopper fill system for coin dispensing machines An automatic hopper fill system for a coin dispensing machine. An auxiliary coin reservoir container is positioned entirely within the machine to perform the hopper fill function when the hopper becomes empty. The container includes an opening or chute wh... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6024256 | Tamper-evident closure A tamper-evident closure including a cap having a base and an upstanding post, the base defining a circular channel. A spout is positioned on the upstanding post, with the spout carrying a circumferential skirt permanently retained in the circular channel... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6019632 | Mount of electrical connector A mount of an electrical connector serves to firmly mount the connector on an electrical appliance. One connector body of the electrical connector is to be fixed to a circuit board of the electrical appliance and has a housing as its outer casing whose ma... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5996859 | Hinged dispensing closure A hinged closure including a lid hingedly connected to a base positioned upon a container for dispensing of the contents thereof. The base is formed with an upper wall including an angled deck surface. The lid has a peripheral wall with a portion thereof ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5993258 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a connector body to be mounted on a circuit board of an electrical appliance by means of protruding terminal legs of contacts incorporated in the connector body and by means of fixing legs of a shell as a worked body of a ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5971182 | Closure with tamper-evident band A container cap with tamper-evident band formed with a detent ring and a tearband, forming a tamper ring. When the cap is installed on the container neck, the detent ring engages an abutment shoulder on the neck to force latch tabs formed on the detent ri... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5957737 | Connection portion of contact A connection portion of a contact for use in an electrical connector or the like. The connection portion is in the form of a substantially U-shaped groove, to which is connected an exposed conductor of an electric wire. The connection portion includes on ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5957736 | Electronic part An electronic part, particularly a microstructure contact having an overall length of the order of 5 mm for an electrical connector or the like is provided with a nickel oxide layer portion having a nickel oxide layer of the order of 50 to 5000 Å in thic... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5954541 | Electrical connector and method for connecting cable to the same An electrical connector to be connected to a cable comprises a housing having a contact receiving portion therein, plural sets of contact pairs arranged in a row in the contact receiving portion of the housing, and a shield plate provided between at least... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5952641 | Security device for controlling the access to a personal computer or to a computer terminal The mouse of the computer is equipped with a reader of an access code located in one or a set of chipcards for users. The reader is connected to an antenna equipping the mouse so that the user has only to present his card to the mouse inside the influence... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5919094 | Propeller shaft A propeller shaft includes male and female shafts, each having at one end a yoke and at the other end a spline sliding portion. At least one of these shafts is wholly made of a hollow tube and its one end is worked to form an integral yoke and the other e... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5867917 | Picture hanger locating device A picture hanger locating device for use with a picture having a hanging cord positioned on the rear thereof intended to be disposed over a hook or like member to be secured to a wall behind the desired location of the picture. A cord tensioning member is... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5842592 | Tamper-evident snap on cap with tear lever A tamper-evident cap retained on a container to seal the contents thereof. The cap includes a circumferential tamper band having an inwardly projecting annular flange to be engaged below an annular lip projecting from the mouth of the container. A tear le... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5829611 | Tamper-evident overcap A tamper-evident cap and overcap including a cap with an upstanding cap portion and a lower base, the base defining a circumferential channel. An overcap is positioned to enclose the upstanding cap portion, with the overcap carrying a circumferential proj... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5829609 | Twist top child-resistant closure A child-resistant closure for a container having a neck and a mouth covered by a flexible cap of inverted cup shape. The container neck includes an outwardly projecting, ramped rib having a lower ramp end. The cap has at least one projection extending inw... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5779422 | Device for joining two elements Two secateur jaws are jointed together by means of a pin with radial lugs engaging a ring attached to one jaw and extending through a sleeve slidably arranged in the two jaws. Said sleeve encloses a helical return spring between the sleeve and the head of... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5775919 | Combination bulletin/write board A bulletin/write board includes opaque first member intended to be mounted on a wall or positioned upstanding on a horizontal surface. At least one overlay member is pivotally secured to said first member along juxtaposed edges of said members by a spiral... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5771737 | Method for producing a propeller shaft A propeller shaft includes male and female shafts, each having at one end a yoke and at the other end a spline sliding portion. At least one of these shafts is wholly made of a hollow tube and its one end is worked to form an integral yoke and the other e... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5764337 | Locking fastener for spectacle temple piece A screw extending through the knuckles of the arm hinge of a pair of spectacles and having a threaded end screwed into one knuckle. The part of the screw that extends beyond said knuckle has an annular groove recieivng a circlip which engages the outer su... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5746597 | Instrument for boring dental radicular canals An instrument for boring dental radicular canals in which the conicity of the active part of the tapered stem of the instrument is not constant but the angle of its opening is greater at its rear portion, positioned beyond the diameter D9, than... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5743444 | Twist dispensing closure A twist dispensing closure including a spout part matingly engageable with a base part adapted to be secured to the neck of a container holding product to be dispensed. The base part includes upstanding cam followers for engagement with ramps formed by ch... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5743769 | Press-in contact and a method for manufacturing the same A press-in contact includes a connection portion to be connected to a mating connector, a press-fitting portion to be fixed in a cylindrical through-hole of a printed circuit board by press-fitting, and a contact portion for introducing the press-in conta... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5735690 | Set of drills for the boring of the coronary part of dental radicular canals The length of the active part of each drill of the set is inversely proportional to the diameter of the cutting edge of each drill, that prevents the drills of the set being too much engaged in the coronary canal, since the depth of the working depends wi... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5727970 | Interface connector An interface connector is disclosed which is inexpensive to manufacture and easy to assemble and able to maintain a sufficient strength of hooks when being engaged with a mating connector. An insulator of the connector covered with a shell includes flange... | 03/17/1998 |
