"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090172924 | Tightenning Band An upright portion of an inner band section is inserted into an elongated hole in an outer band section, and a tab-like stopper of the outer band section is inserted in a cutout hole on the base end side of the upright portion. As a result, a band member is temporarily ... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090013509 | Clamp to hold an object inside a vessel A clamp for holding shut and submerged a coffee filter containing coffee grounds or the like inside a vessel comprises one strand of wire formed such that an arc-shaped portion separates two arms. A first arm possesses a first jaw of the clamp. A second arm possesses a ... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080155794 | Size-conscious hose clamp An open-type hose clamp which comprises a plastically deformable “Oetiker” ear as tightening device that requires a predetermined minimum plastic deformation for desired operation. Proper operation of the “Oetiker” ear is assured by a lost motion connection. The... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080083093 | Plastic Clamp A synthetic material clamp includes a band bent ring-shaped, having band ends with toothed coupling sections together forming a latching coupling. Each coupling section has a first latching element with a latching tooth directed toward a band inner side and a second lat... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20060117534 | Open hose clamp with plastically deformable ear An open-type clamp in which the clamping band end portions are intended to form overlapping inner and outer band portions that are connected by a connection, in which the plastically deformable tightening device for tightening the clamping band about an object to be fas... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20050223526 | Tube clamp For obtaining a hose clamp which has a continuously smooth inner surface free of gaps and which requires an as short as possible length of band material, the inner band end portion is provided with a tongue the length of which is approximately half the amount by which t... | 10/13/2005 |