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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422245 | Assembly for attaching a clamp to a hose An assembly is provided for attaching a clamp to a hose. The assembly includes a hose, a clamp, a cover bracket and an adhesive. The clamp includes a band and a screw housing mounted to the band with a screw disposed in the screw housing. The screw engages the band ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7407496 | Fastening film system and assembly comprising a fastening film system and a substrate The present invention relates to a fastening film system 1 comprising a backing 7 and an adhesive layer 6 on one of the two major surfaces of the backing 7, the backing 7 bearing on its exposed major surface 3a opposi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7371302 | Method for forming fastening members A method for forming a plurality of pairs of fastening members is disclosed. Each fastening member extends in a longitudinal dircetion and in a lateral direction and comprises a base panel and a tab extending laterally from the base panel. The tab has first fastenin... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7356884 | Fastener for a display page A device for securing an article to a substrate includes an elongated resilient strap having a first end and a second end. The first end of the strap terminates in a strap passage. The second end of the strap is extendable through the strap passage to provide lockin... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351458 | Plastics bags and methods of making the same A plastics bag has at least one seal (34, 36) extending parallel to the mouth of the bag to close the sides. Preferably, a reclosable zipper seal (36) is provided below a top seal (34). A novel tag is provided, secured to the zipper seal (36 | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341160 | Reclosable package having an accessible zipper and a method for making the same A reclosable package includes a tray, a top sheet, and a fastener. The tray has a well for receiving contents and a peripheral flange surrounding the well. The top sheet is attached to the peripheral flange. The fastener has two interlocking members, one attached to... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331348 | Infant CPAP nasal cannula seal A nasal CPAP cannula seal that includes a strip of flexible material, between about 3 to 10 cm in width and between about 5 to 15 cm in length. The strip defines a pair of substantially round nostril apertures, each aperture having a diameter of between 2 mm and 4.5... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316101 | Method and apparatus for vacuum sealing zip lock plastic bags A vacuum sealing method and system for evacuating air from and sealing a flexible plastic bag of the type having a mating male rib and a female sealing channel closure along the length of the bag opening. A flowable liquid is applied to the female channel. The rib a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7304861 | Cable clamp An object of the present invention is to provide a cable clamp which can be installed on a printed wiring board automatically without forming a through hole in the printed wiring board. A cable clamp (1), which is installed on a printed wiring board (20 | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291371 | Mechanical closure tape The present invention relates to a mechanical closure tape in roll form. The closure tapes are useful in the manufacture of disposable articles, particularly disposable diapers. The closure tape includes a fastening tape having a mechanical closure member and a rele... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290660 | Storage system having a disposable vacuum bag The present invention provides a storage system having a storage device having at least one polymeric sheet sealed along a portion of its' periphery to provide an opening to a storage space; a resealable closure structure adapted to seal the opening to the storage s... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7269883 | Closure device A container (110) including a closure device (121) is disclosed. The closure device (121) includes a pair of interlocking fastening strips (130, 132) and a slider (134) for occluding and deoccluding the fastening strips (130, 13... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263747 | Zipper attachment and a method of making the improved zipper attachment A zipper mechanism is stitched to one side of a base which has a layer of adhesive on the other side. A release liner covers the adhesive and includes a plurality of rows of slits which define sections which are separated from each other. The zipper mechanism is att... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7216564 | Machinery slot cover A slot cover for an apparatus, the apparatus having a moving carriage and a member connected to the carriage which travels in a slot. The elongated hollow member is defined by a top member, a bottom member and a pair of side members. Each side member has a connectio... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7198622 | Diaper having refastenable side-bridging joins A pant diaper or diaper whose side edges are joined to form a pants-like shape with the help of strips provided with interacting hook and loop devices respectively that extend along the long edges of the front and rear sections. The edges of the strips that face the... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7183914 | Hang tag with swivel attachment A hang tag provides for the accommodation of electronic article surveillance (EAS) marker. The hang tag includes a housing for supporting the EAS marker therein. A securement head is provided for accommodating a securement strap for coupling the housing to an articl... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171730 | Plastic chuck with highly airtight slider and bag body with the chuck A plastic zipper equipped with a slider, which zipper is imparted with high hermetical-sealability and facility in unsealing and reopening/reclosing. The zipper is capable of detection of its having been unsealed after sealing packaging, and a bag body is fitted wit... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7106858 | Carabiner communication device A novel carabiner-type attachment means for personal communication devices is provided. In one embodiment the carabiner-type attachment device extends from the bottom of said communication device. The attachment device is in one embodiment integral with the communic... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7062786 | Garment with releasable water-tight seal for neck and limbs A diver's suit, survival suit, or a suit worn to protect a worker from hazardous materials is provided with releasable water-tight seals around the wrists, ankles and/or neck. Each releasable water-tight seal includes first and second complementary shaped annular in... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059474 | Packaged array of flexible articles A novel packaging article and method are disclosed for an array of flexible, absorbent articles compressed or uncompressed, having an article front face, an article back face, an article top face, an article bottom face, and a pair of article side faces. An upper ar... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7018496 | Curable mechanical fasteners Curable mechanical fasteners of the invention comprise a fastening surface comprising a curable material, wherein the fastening surface is capable of being repeatedly attached and unattached to a complementary fastening surface, and when attached to the complementar... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6973812 | Attachment device for keys and other items An attachment device for attaching, e.g., a key ring is disclosed wherein the device facilitates the reversible attachment of various connecting means, such a device having a shoulder connected to a post and such post having at least one aperture running therethroug... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6974109 | Apparatus for sealing and restraining the flexible pressure boundary of an inflatable spacecraft The present invention provides a sealing and restraint apparatus to establish a pressure boundary for inflatable or expandable spacecraft. The apparatus is capable of connecting the flexible pressure boundary of an inflatable spacecraft to the rigid structure of the... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6960314 | Molding of fastening hooks and other devices Methods of forming mold cavities suitable for hook and loop fastening are disclosed, along with effective hook construction and hook and loop fastener products that have an ultrathin cross-section. Photochemical techniques are employed to form plates that define hoo... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6941585 | Ballistic protection apparatus A ballistic protection apparatus including a garment made of ballistic material including a reinforced peripheral edge. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6920675 | Process for attachment and/or disengagement of components Processes for providing rapid release of a hook and loop type releasable fastener system comprise preconditioning the releasable fastener system to effect rapid release. In this manner, minimal energy and time is required for disengagement of the releasable fastener... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6880208 | Packaging connector A tether based connector for locating, identifying, inventorying, controlling and helping to ensure the retrieval of one or more items packaged within a container loaded with potentially obscuring packaging materials. The connector is formed from a stratified body h... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6877193 | Magnetorheological nanocomposite elastomer for releasable attachment applications A releasable fastener system comprises a loop portion and a hook portion. The loop portion includes a support and a loop material disposed on one side thereof whereas the hook portion includes a support and a plurality of closely spaced upstanding hook elements exte... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6828004 | Connected fastening members and process for production of resin molded article with fastening member Connected fastening members and method for mold-in articles. The connected fastening members include a plurality of mold-in fastening members each having a substrate and a predetermined number of engaging elements formed on a first or front surface of the substrate.... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6766566 | Releasable fastener system A releasable fastener system comprises a loop portion and a hook portion. The loop portion includes a support and a loop material disposed on one side thereof. The hook portion includes a support and a plurality of closely spaced upstanding hook elements extending f... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6742227 | Releasable fastener system and process A releasable fastener system comprises a loop portion and a hook portion. The loop portion includes a support and a loop material disposed on one side thereof whereas the hook portion includes a support and a plurality of closely spaced upstanding hook elements exte... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6715188 | Hinged tab for slot and tab closure systems There is provided an improved tab member for a closure system comprising a tab portion and a slot member. The slot member includes a slit or a loop, with the slot located between an inboard portion and an outboard portion. The tab portion has a tab member having a l... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6708378 | Fasteners and methods of making fasteners A method of forming a fastener is provided, including (a) forming, from a thermoformable material, a preform product having a sheet-form base and an array of preform stems integrally molded with and extending from the base to corresponding terminal ends; (b) heating... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6701580 | Interlocking fastener including adhesive portions An interlocking fastener, preferably in the form of an elongate strip, holds at least one object in a substantially immobile condition. The interlocking fastener comprises a backing sheet having a first side opposite a second side and a first end opposite... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6695364 | Tamper proof package label and closure construction A tamper proof label and closure construction includes a coded label section with a passage for reclosing a bag and further includes a closure section which may be wrapped around gathered package material and sealed. Removal of the sealed closure section ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6681454 | Apparatus and method for securing an oximeter probe to a patient A strap or fastener for removably securing an oximeter probe to the appendage of a patient. The strap is made of an elastic material that wraps around the outside of the oximeter probe and is secured to the oximeter probe by attachment mechanisms such as ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6683258 | Cable restraining device A detachable binding device comprising a bracket including a base portion and a slotted projection having a first slot and a second slot aligned in parallel with the first slot between the first slot and the base portion. The binding device further includ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6675449 | Liner securing device The present invention provides a liner-securing device for securing a liner to a receptacle or surface of an object and receptacle with a liner-securing device for securing a liner to a perimeter of a receptacle comprising protrusions and recesses, wherei... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6671932 | Device for maintaining sheets, cards and the like, capable of being fixed on a rigid support A device for holding sheets, cards or the like, capable of being applied on a support S includes a relatively stiff front plate 1, a pellet 4, elements 7 for fixing face 5 of pellet 4 onto face 2 of front plate 1, at least two elastic tabs 11, 12 and elem... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6671935 | Varying the loop engageability of fastener element arrays An easy-to-grip diaper fastener tab has an array of hook-shaped fastener elements arranged in parallel rows, each fastener element including a stem and a crook extending from the stem in a predetermined direction to a distal tip. The array includes a plur... | 01/06/2004 |
