Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347323 | Boxed and secured necktie package A package and packaging methods for retaining a necktie within a box serving as both a display fixture and a packaging container for the enclosed necktie. A member, affixed into the box at at least two spaced locations, is configured to secure the necktie in a rolle... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7240404 | Fastening system A fastening system for objects, such as pockets, that can be attached to an item of clothing in various positions includes a mechanism with an interlocking action for objects, e.g. pockets and a buckle located on the object to be fastened to the item of clothing, be... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7216404 | Pouch mounting system A fastener system mounts a pouch onto a shirt or other clothing article, wherein the pouch provides a receptacle aperture into which a fastener is placed with its flanges positioned on opposing sides of the aperture. The cloth to which the fastener is mounted is gri... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7195212 | Mounting apparatus for parameter measuring device A mounting apparatus for use with a parameter measuring device includes a stem extending from an outer casing of the parameter measuring device, where the stem includes an internally threaded opening. A mounting plate having an integral barrel formed thereon coopera... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7168137 | Handkerchief holding system The present invention entails a handkerchief holding system for efficiently positioning and retaining a handkerchief within a structure. The handkerchief holding system includes a housing having at least one wall and an opening exposing an interior cavity, a spring ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7129841 | Adjustable anti-theft tag An adjustable anti-theft security tag includes an engagement member having a first and second end securable within a housing for attachment to an article. The housing supports an electronic article surveillance marker and may include one or more channels for receivi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7107627 | Handkerchief valet The main feature of the handkerchief valet is that it continually maintains the handkerchief in the same shape and height in the upper exterior left side chest pocket of a suit coat or sports coat or jacket as originally positioned. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093753 | Pocket A pocket suitable for incorporation in garments, luggage items, personal accessories or the like is provided with an active mechanism and control apparatus to close the pocket. Such closing action may be triggered manually but can also be triggered automatically whe... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086123 | Cuff clip jewelry device A cuff clip jewelry device is provided in the form of a spring-biased cuff clamp having a decorative charm adhesively secured thereon and a U-shaped shoe clip connected to the cuff clamp with a detachable length of sterling silver chain. The cuff clamp is attached t... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7066644 | Apparel indicating thermometer The apparel indicating thermometer has a housing, a circular dial board disposed within the housing, a pointer situated on the face of the dial board, and a thermometer movement attached to a back surface of the housing. The thermometer movement has an arbor which r... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6935742 | Support strap for holding eyewear on hats A strap that has two hooks placed on the ends and a curved clip in the center of the strap. The strap is elastic so that it holds onto a hat brim firmly. Once in place, the strap stays on the brim until it is needed. Because there is no large clip, the strap can be ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6839993 | Identification badge support An identification badge support is provided for placement in a breast pocket. The support is a planer member sized to fit within a pocket and having a tapered bottom peripheral edge to conform to the bottom edge of the pocket and a centrally located aperture adjacen... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6834797 | Pocket A pocket suitable for incorporation in garments, luggage items, personal accessories or the like is provided with an active mechanism and control apparatus to close the pocket. Such closing action may be triggered manually but can also be triggered automatically whe... | 12/28/2004 |
| 5850996 | Mobile telephone hanging device A mobile telephone hanging device which includes a base plate, a clamping plate hinged to the base plate for fastening it to the user's belt, a hanging plate fixedly secured to the mobile telephone and having a grooved hanging rod for fastening to the bas... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5829102 | Housing assembly with a detachable mounting clip and a selective call receiver therein A housing assembly (100) includes a housing having a selective call receiver (200) therein, a raised ridge (108) coupled to the housing, the raised ridge having under cut side walls (115, 117) forming a tapered recess (114) open at one end. Additionally, ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5579817 | Wallet protector A wallet protector, for use with a wallet, may include first and second rectangular strips of leather, the first strip having a channel and with a slide actuator extending outwardly through the channel. A slide strip, of plastic or metal, is sandwiched be... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5499429 | Pager clip having aperture for fastening to an external article A clip (405) for attaching a portable electronic device (400) to an external article (805) comprises a first end (415) for coupling the clip (405) to the portable electronic device (400) and a second end (422) having an aperture (425) formed therein. The ... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5477562 | Apparatus for the retaining of the contents in pockets of garments An apparatus for the retaining of the contents in pockets of garments comprising a garment having a pocket, the pocket formed with side edges and a bottom edge stitched to the garment over one chest area, the garment pocket having a free open upper edge f... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5353481 | Scarf holder A device for holding and supporting a scarf or handkerchief in a pocket for ornamental display is disclosed. The scarf holder comprises a frame member which has a slot through which a scarf or handkerchief is passed. A flexible clip member is attached to ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5070581 | Protective device for billfolds and wallets A security device comprising a close-link chain with a lock ring permanently joined to one end for the formation of a bridle in which the centerfold of a billfold or wallet is confined. The other end of the chain is permanently joined to a second lock rin... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5031281 | Wallet securement apparatus Apparatus including a planar leg pivotally mounted adjacent its rear arcuate end to a wallet adjacent the wallet's transverse hinge. The leg includes a forward end extending beyond a right side of the wallet wherein the forward end includes a series of se... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4937920 | Attachment device A folding plate member has at least one folding line therein which divides the plate member into at least two portions, the portions lying over one another when the plate member is folded. Releasable hook-and-loop fastening members, known by the commercia... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4926525 | Arrangement for fastening pocket clips to tubular parts of writing instruments A pocket clip stamped from metal strip material, fastened at its one end to the tubular part of a writing instrument and at its other end resiliently biased into contact with the tubular part, has at its fastening end two bent-back, tab-like material sect... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4915279 | Pocket caddy A single golf club carrying device for attachment to the golfer's belt-line or pocket. The device is preferably a single piece of flat, resilient material having a U-shaped slit defining a flap. Communicating with the slit are orifice and club-receiving h... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4897900 | Holder for pocket square Holder for a pocket square includes two panels joined together by a living hinge for receiving a pocket square between them. Outer edges of the panels, remote from the living hinge, include fastening elements for securing the panels together with the pock... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4891865 | Apparatus for securing an article in a pocket An anti-pickpocket device for preventing a wallet from being removed from a pocket without the wearer's knowledge by creating a drag on the wallet. The device consists of a plurality of downwardly-projecting prongs pivotally mounted on a flat base which a... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4570302 | Device for retaining an article on an item of clothing The device comprises a staple provided with means for attaching it to the article to be retained, for example a billfold. This staple supports a steel wire, which is bent so as to form simultaneously a spike crossing the staple from one wing to the other ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4458383 | Safety guard device for wallet A safety guard device for a wallet includes a salient button which penetrates the corner or the edge of the laminae of a wallet and fastens with a lock base that is installed in the upper portion of one's trouser pocket or at the lower end of a belt clamp... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4355440 | Wallet theft guard A wallet guard is disclosed for use with a wallet and adapted to be used when placed in a pocket having a lower seam and a pair of side seams defining the width thereof to prevent removal therefrom. The wallet guard comprises a base at one end of the guar... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4285101 | Elongated implement clip The forming of an enlarged section on the clip of an elongated implement, such as a pen or pencil, which is to facilitate one handed movement of the clip so as to readily connect the implement to a shirt or other sheet material structure.... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4241476 | Wallet theft guard A wallet guard is disclosed for use with a wallet and adapted to be used when placed in a pocket having a lower seam and a pair of side seams defining the width thereof to prevent removal therefrom. The wallet guard comprises a base at one end of the guar... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4194271 | Apparatus for releasably retaining articles in pockets and the like A plate-like housing is adapted to be secured to a wallet, or other pocket-sized valuable, and has formed therein a channel which is substantially transverse to the direction of the article or valuable withdrawal from a clothing pocket, or the like. A pai... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4174798 | Portable pocket for pocket watches A watch pocket for mounting on a belt includes a pair of pliable sheets shaped and secured together to form an upwardly opening pocket and a transverse belt receiving loop behind the pocket with a pair of vertical relief slits formed in the wall between t... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4121323 | Pocket object protecting device A device for securing an object such as a wallet in a pocket of a pair of pants has a body member and a clip attached to an upper portion of the body member. A wedge extends from a side of the body member. The wedge abuts the object in the pocket when the... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4050123 | Billfold protective device This invention relates to an improved means of protecting credit card cases, wallets, and more specifically, pocketbooks of the billfold type against accidental loss or theft by pickpockets without imposing annoying inconvenience to the user or damage or ... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3947925 | Billfold protection device A billfold protection device for preventing the intentional or accidental unbuttoning of a pocket in which a billfold is contained is disclosed. The device is integral, made of resilient sheet material, and includes a first inverted U-shape vertically ext... | 04/06/1976 |
