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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284688 | Box closure with hinged tab A box closure device releasably engages the flaps of a box in a closed configuration. The device has a lower element which extends generally in a first plane. An upper element is connected to the lower element and spaced substantially parallel to it by a central ste... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278900 | Bra strap retainer A bra strap retainer for preventing the straps from falling from the user's shoulders. The bra strap retainer includes a retaining member having an elongate main portion and opposite end portions which are adapted to keep straps of a bra on a user's back in proximat... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7114222 | Survival hook A survival hook consisting of a pair of hooks rotationally attached to a plate which is itself provided with fastening means to retain the plate over clothing, typically over the forearm of a user. The plate can be of a strap-on type by way of fastening means or can... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6907877 | Suspended inhaler retainer A medication inhaler is provided with a lanyard that is formed into a wearer neck encircling loop. A wearer is thereby able to carry the medication inhaler about his or her neck so that it is readily at hand in the event of an asthmatic or allergic attack. The lanya... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6427296 | Coupling device A coupling device has a shackle, a hook connected to the shackle, and a safety clamp device surrounding the shackle. The safety clamp device has a central reinforced rib, a flap bar, a slot, a plurality of clamp teeth, and a flexible plate. The flexible p... | 08/06/2002 |
| 5799686 | Apparatus for fastening cover to external faucets The present invention is used to fasten a cover around an external faucet. The cover protects the faucet. The cover is thermally insulated and has a cavity that is structured and arranged to receive the faucet. The cover has a wall, which wall has an open... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5749325 | Multi-purpose strap for pets A multi-purpose restraining strap is operative both as a general purpose leash and a washing restraint for pets. The strap is made of a weather-proof and washable synthetic plastic web or cord having a releasable buckle at one end for forming a loop which... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5560975 | Decorating system A decorating system enables decorative articles to be hung from high places with safety. The decorating system comprises a dual hook and an adapter. The dual hook has a ring, a first hook, and a second hook. The decorative article is held by the second ho... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5429289 | Safety leash A leash is provided for securing tools to a relatively fixed member to ensure against free fall of the tools in the event that they are dropped by a workman. Spring clips at the ends of the leash have arms that interlock, and respectively are receivable w... | 07/04/1995 |
| 4821543 | Double ended key ring The present invention provides a double ended key ring that includes a pair of key holders for retaining a set of keys. The key holders are movably connected to a central housing and are biased to retract into a pair of seats located at the ends of the ho... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4769875 | Elastic reinforced tie-down strap and method of making the same An elastic reinforced tie-down strap includes a core of nonstretchable reinforcing filament formed in a series of closed loops, and a casing of resilient stretchable material encasing the core and having a plurality of spaced anchor holes defined therein ... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4754531 | Elastic tie down An elastic tie down comprises an elastic tube that carries a slack rope inside thereof. The tube is tightly crimped directly to the rope, so that pulling the rope ends stretches the tube and imparts elastic qualities to the tie down. In a modified embodim... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4694541 | Elastic tie-down with rope adjustment means An elastic tie-down comprises as inelastic rope having enlargements thereon that are captured by an elastic sleeve. The elastic sleeve is shorter than the spacing between the rope enlargements. Pulling the rope ends causes the rope enlargements to bear ag... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4367572 | Elastic clamping apparatus An elastic clamping apparatus utilizes an elongated rubber-like member, having a plurality of spaced apart notches disposed along the length of each opposed lateral surface. Imbedded within the length of the elastic member is a fabric-like reinforcement m... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4279062 | Snap shackle A snap shackle has a body formed on one side with an attachment such as a swivel eye and on the other side with a C-shaped arm having an outer end forming a pivot for a complementarily shaped pivotal arm whose free end in turn is engageable against the sh... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4240485 | Nonskid tire chain connector means The side connector in a nonskid tire chain of this invention improves the invention of the herein identified copending application by providing spaced apart transverse bars, one carried by a bar-receiving member having an opening therein and the other by ... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4144621 | Adjustable resilient eyelet clamp for shoes A resilient securing, fastening or gripping means for the eyelets of shoes for men, women and children replacing the ordinary shoe laces and which is adjustable to fit any shoe.... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4075966 | Spring biased snap hook and method A spring biased snap hook having a body fabricated from a developed sheet metal blank. The body has a pair of recessed areas extending inwardly from one edge thereof and this one edge also includes locking member receiving areas spaced longitudinally ther... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4021890 | Linking device for uniting two plates in abutment A linking device is disclosed which comprises a connecting strip, a main trunk section formed integrally at each end of said connecting strip and an engaging member formed by extending the forward perpendicular end of said each main trunk section into an ... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4010518 | Clamp for flexible duct A clamp assembly for flexible duct of a type having a helically wound strip and a form-sustaining helically wound reinforcing member secured between lapping adjacent wraps of the strip. For reducing an end convolution of the duct, a one-piece spring wire ... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3972105 | Seam gripping device A gripping device is provided for use in uniting the opposed ends of an endless dryer felt and the like at a hinged seam thereof so that a connecting rod may be inserted through the hinged seam. The gripping device includes a pair of spaced blocks with sh... | 08/03/1976 |
