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Class 24/131R - Wire


Subclass of Class 24 - Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Definition: Devices made of wire.
No. of patents: 26
Last issue date: 05/08/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7213278Method of storing a sleeping bag with a clinching mechanism
A sleeping bag having a cinch mechanism that can be closed with a single hand. The cinch mechanism includes, for example, a loop and a cord attached at an end of the sleeping bag. When the sleeping bag has been rolled, the loop is pulled in one direction, while the ...
05/08/2007
7107654Tie strap assembly and fastening device
A tie strap assembly for encircling and securing bundles of articles or discrete items including a looped tie strap or elastic band and a coupler for engaging opposite ends of the strap. The coupler includes an elongated shank having hook shaped arms on one end and ...
09/19/2006
7051414Method of retaining components strung on a bead wire
The method of easily and securely retaining components strung on a bead line by placing a portion of the bead line between coil members of a tension spring comprises applying torque action to leverable members of the tension coil between the thumb and index finger o...
05/30/2006
6434799Pigtail fastener
The present invention includes an inventive pigtail fastener and the associated method of attaching line thereto. The pigtail fastener is comprised of an elongated shaft at the proximal end of the device and a tightly coiled portion of the shaft at the di...
08/20/2002
6338185Helical rope clip
A tie-down clip for assisting in the cinching of a rope or other flexible, elongated object. The tie-down clip has an eyelet, a rope attachment means for attachment to a rope and a helical extension extending from the rope attachment means for cooperation...
01/15/2002
6154932Knotless securing device
A knotless securing device (10) includes a main shaft (14) with at least two loops (40) connected to each end of the main shaft (14). The length of the main shaft (14) between the loops (40) is long enough to accept a plurality of wraps of a rope (30) hav...
12/05/2000
6006405Hook
A hook for a rope includes a vertical inverted U-shaped hook portion and a horizontal base with more than three rings for winding and binding an elastic rope thereon to keep an end of the rope securely enough not to loosen off. The hook may be made with a...
12/28/1999
5839385Tension applying device
A device and methods to incrementally tension a line. The fixed end of the line is secured to a load and the free end is wrapped one-and-a-half times around and terminating between a pair of essentially parallel hooks that have the freedom to converge in ...
11/24/1998
5636413Diver's quick release tether line clip
A Jon Line clip that includes an elongated slender cylindrical shaft portion, a cylindrical coil portion, a smooth semi-circular portion, and a serpentine retaining portion. The elongated slender cylindrical shaft portion has a proximal end, a distal end,...
06/10/1997
5603181Device for connected a fishing line to fishing accessories
A connecting device for connecting an object, such as a fishing lure, to a line without formation of a knot in the line. The connecting device includes a first shank angularly disposed from a second shank, a line engaging hook and a line retaining loop....
02/18/1997
5515582Device for repairing a broken wire
A repair device is provided for repairing a broken wire. The repair device includes at least one elongated body having first and second hooks at opposing ends thereof, the first and second hooks opening inwardly towards the body. At least one locking memb...
05/14/1996
5402555Line fastener
The present invention provides a line tightening and fastening device which may be effectively used by mentally and physically handicapped persons. The fastening device includes laterally extending arms, each of which is equipped with an eyelet. The arms ...
04/04/1995
5357656Repair device for stranded wire fence
A repair device to refasten the ends of a broken strand of wire in a fence structure, especially such as a strand of barbed wire. The repair device provides at least two similar releasably interconnectable portions, each having a first medial interconnect...
10/25/1994
5210912Coupling member and cleat
A curved rod-like member defines two right facing and two left facing bights. These may each receive a bight of a rope and by use of the member thus connected many coupling features are provided. Member shaping to align the bights and avoid rotary torque ...
05/18/1993
4759103Manually operable fastener
A manually operable quick action fastener, intended for both sporting and industrial use, consists essentially of a single length of wire which is formed into a closed triangular torsion spring having its torsion coils within the triangular shape and whos...
07/26/1988
4745663Fastening device for a rope
A fastening device for a rope; the fastening device serving as an attachment hook, a tie-down binder, or a rope joiner, all without the use of knots in the rope or ropes. The device includes a shank having a hook at one end and an open loop at the other e...
05/24/1988
4468015Wire tensioning apparatus
The invention provides a wire tensioning member for providing spring tension in a fence wire. There is provided a spring steel member of a resiliently deformable compound curvature, with the wire being attachable to one end, and the other end being provid...
08/28/1984
4414711Security cord holder
My invention consists of a single unitary shaped resilient rod formed with an open eye section at one end of the rod of a size to detachably fit permanently about a flexible electrical cord near the attachment plug of the cord. The rod extends at right an...
11/15/1983
4361977Attachment apparatus
A helical member comprises a continuum of coaxial helixes disposed in spaced longitudinal relation which define an axial aperture that is adapted to receive an external connecting device such as a line or anchor pin. An elastic core is disposed within the...
12/07/1982
4241916No-tie sports goals
Sports goals employing a goal net having a plurality of cord loop portions comprising the boundary region of such goal net whereat attachment to a goal frame is made by passing each of said cord loops, respectively, through one of a plurality of spaced ap...
12/30/1980
4214350Rope binder
A rope binder for use when tension is applied to a rope securing a load to support member. The rope binder is formed of an end base member having an end leg and a central leg. The leg axes extend generally transverse to the axis of the end base member. A ...
07/29/1980
4194709Mechanism for releasably attaching an object to a kite
A mechanism for releasably attaching a parachute to a kite to allow the parachute to be carried aloft by the kite and to be released while the kite is in flight when the flight string of the kite is merely given slack. The mechanism includes a first membe...
03/25/1980
4117256Dead end appliance for linear bodies and drop wire type conductor installation including the same
A dead end appliance for receiving and supporting a drop wire at a selected area therealong. The appliance comprises an elongated body having reversing loops or hooks at the opposite ends thereof. One of the loops defines an appliance mounting loop and ha...
09/26/1978
4095548Docking and mooring device
A device for docking and mooring a boat including an elongate member having a series of convolutions formed therein to provide a continuous convoluted surface. When a throwline having an enlarged end portion is engaged with the convoluted surface, contact...
06/20/1978
4094045Coupling device and method
A coupling device and method for attaching a length of flexible line thereto. The device is a spring member composed of first and second sections of aligned coils providing a longitudinally extending central channel having an entrance and exit port. The f...
06/13/1978
4063706Pinch valve formed from a wire helix
A wire helix having adjacent turns normally spaced so that the wall of a flexible tubing will be pinched closed when placed between them has at least one pair of turns spaced far enough apart to allow the tubing to pass between them without being pinched;...
12/20/1977
 
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