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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7403394 | Heatsink locking device A heatsink-locking device that is applied to lock a heatsink to a placement surface having an exothermic component, includes a bottom base fixed on the placement surface to dispose and position the heatsink and having an open hole corresponding to the exothermic com... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391615 | Clip for heat sink A clip includes a body with opposite first and second legs, a movable fastener, an actuating member and a sliding axle. The movable fastener has a retaining hole defined therein for engaging with a retention module and an elongated slot above the retaining hole. The... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7356883 | Holder for securing objects A holding device for spherical and flat objects includes a carrier body, a clamping device held to the carrier body, a cover plate held to the carrier body, a plurality of holding elements, and an axle accommodated by the holding elements. The clamping device includ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7342796 | Captive shoulder nut assembly A captive shoulder nut assembly, to hold a heat sink onto a PC board, has a nut member with a threaded portion and a tubular portion extending therefrom. The nut member mates with an upstanding threaded stud. A biasing compression spring rides over the nut with an e... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7249698 | Garment hangers with improved gripping pads and improved methods of manufacture A clamp style garment hanger includes a cross-bar, a hook extending up from the center of the cross-bar, a pair of clamp assemblies in spaced apart relationship depending from the cross-bar, and a pair of gripping pads, one for each clamp assembly. The clamp assembl... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243402 | Locking clip A clip assembly having first and second pivoting gripping members that are locked in gripping engagement to a tarp or other material and attached to a rope or shock cord. The gripping members include jaws and arms that are joined by a pivot connection so that the ja... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7229055 | Hook holder for holding scaffolding elements to a scaffold Holding hook for a mutual blocking position retaining of a first type of a scaffold elements (4) at a second type of scaffold elements (5) in a scaffold and consisting of a holding part 811) that relative to an axis (9) is pivotally appli... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222631 | Claw clip hair fastener A multiple clip hair fastener with a plurality of claw clips directly attached to the next. The clips are fastened to separate sections of hair while each clip remains directly attached. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7191922 | Hanger with non-slip pads A hanger has a body, a hook extending therefrom, and at least one clamp coupled thereto. The clamp includes a pair of opposing jaw members that are provided with slots extending through peripheral walls of the jaw member, and a gripping pad having T-shaped lateral e... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7150381 | Garment hanger with non-slip pads A garment hanger, according to one exemplary embodiment, includes a cross-bar having first and second ends and a hook member coupled to the cross-bar to permit hanging of the garment hanger. A first clamp assembly is disposed at the first end of the cross bar and a ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7128301 | Two piece calendar holder A holder for decorative sheet material comprising two separate pieces, one piece for attaching to an upper edge portion of a sheet material and for hanging from a wall, the other piece for attaching to a lower edge portion of the sheet material. Each piece of the ho... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124919 | Clamp-type garment hanger A garment hanger includes a crossbar member, a hook member coupled to the crossbar member, and three clamp members coupled to the crossbar member. One of the three clamp members is disposed in a central region of the crossbar member. Two of the three clamp members a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7073758 | Pole clamp for partition mount A partition mounting system a system mitigates or eliminates sag, or gaps, between an installed curtain and an abutting surface such as a wall or ceiling. The system accomplishes this in a manner that avoids permanent damage to the wall or ceiling surface. A clamp i... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066185 | Hair clip and method for using said hair clip The hairclip (1) has two legs (4, 5) and a hinge (6) with a spring (7) connecting the legs. The legs (4, 5) each have a tine base (10, 11) and a number of curved tines (8, 9) arranged in rows on one side of it. Each t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7042728 | Clamping structure and heat dissipating module using same A clamping structure is used to fix a heat-dissipating body on a chip module. The clamping structure comprises a clamping body, two clamping portions, a pivot element, a top frame and a bottom frame. The two clamping portions are respectively connected to two sides ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025308 | Apparatus for holding and positioning a pipe during installation There is provided an apparatus and method for enabling an elongated pipe to be installed below a ceiling using a single installer. A pair of rotatable jaws is provided. The jaws are adapted to temporarily support one end of a pipe. A fastener is provided for removab... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019978 | Heat dissipating device incorporating clip A heat dissipating device for a heat generating unit, includes a heat sink placed on the heat generating unit, and two clip members located at opposite sides of the heat sink for securing the heat sink to the heat generating unit. Each clip member includes an operat... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6942004 | Partition mount In a spring-loaded curtain mount, the mount includes a pole interface at a proximal end, a compressive mechanism, and a head at a distal end. The pole interface is adapted to receive the end of a standard length adjustable pole or a painter's pole. The compression m... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6882534 | Fastening device for heat slug A fastening device for heat slug includes a frame, two projections and a heat slug. The frame defines an accommodating space therein. The projections are formed on the frame. The heat slug has a plurality of shoulders and is located in the accommodating space. The f... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6731504 | Heat sink fastener A heat sink fastener for securing a heat sink to a CPU is described as having a holding down spring plate. The holding down spring plate has a flat bearing portion at one end, a first hook plate extended from one end of the holding down spring plate remote from the ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6612000 | Bottom hanger clothes clip A clothes clip has a biasing spring that imparts a symmetrical force to each of the gripping members of the clothes clip. The two distal ends of the spring press against the fixed jaw of the clip at point equidistant from the central axis, and a central l... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6553636 | Jewelry clamp A jewelry clasp has a base with a base end and a distal end with a hook extending back over the base. A jaw is moveably mounted with respect to the base adjacent a midpoint. A retainer portion of the jaw is adapted to overlie the top of the hook adjacent ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6505487 | Locking device for use with a projection lock and method for securing an object with a projection lock A locking device (1) includes a first clip member (20) and a second clip member (40). The first and second clip members (20, 40) include a first and second clip base (21, 41), respectively. A first jaw (22) extends outwardly from the first clip base (21) ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6490768 | Towel fastener for a lounge chair A towel fastener for a lounge chair for holding beach towels, in particular, firmly in place upon lounge chairs. The towel fastener for a lounge chair includes a clip support member being adapted to be mounted about a portion of a lounge chair and having ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6446567 | Portable hand-operated machine quilting clamp A portable, hand-operated quilting clamp capable of holding multiple layers of quilting material firmly together while being easily grasped by the user. A manually openable clamp body comprises top and bottom portions hingedly connected together and movea... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6389657 | Sock clip A sock clip for holding a pair of socks together through a laundry cycle to prevent the need for matching socks after the laundry cycle. The sock clip includes a pair of arms. Each of the arms has a proximal end and a distal end. Each of the distal ends h... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6357452 | Hair clip with masked spring A hair clip 100 comprising two jaws 110, 120 articulated with respect to each other about a spindle 150 and returned to the closed position by a helical spring 140 fitted around the spindle, and a piece for masking the spring, disposed between the two gra... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6263703 | Clip on protective earring A clip on protective earring for attachment to a user's ear to protect a sensitive newly formed piercing in the ear lobe. The clip on protective earring includes a pair of body members pivotally coupled together so that inner faces of the body members fac... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6189542 | Multipurpose hair clip An improved hair clip employs a pair of cooperating main members that are pivotally connected and biased into a hair engaging orientation. Each of the main members is contoured and includes a first end spaced apart from a second end by a middle portion. T... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6185795 | Clip mechanism An improved clip mechanism in which a revolve arm spring is fastened at the center of two relative handles providing the two revolve arms are expanded to the inner side of each handle, so as to enable the front edge of the two handles having a force in cl... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6050647 | Seat belt clip A seat belt clip for preventing the shoulder strap portion of a seat belt from being pulled too tight on the chest of a user by the seat belt retracting mechanism. The seat belt clip includes first and second arms each having inner and outer faces, a tab ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6023819 | Coil spring hanger clip The free ends of a coil spring are biased between a pair of jaws on a garment hanger and serve as the sole contact and connection of the spring to the jaws. A pivotable jaw pivots about a fixed jaw on a pair of stub shafts. The biasing force of the coil s... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5983468 | One-piece clip for waffle pack chip holders The unitary clip for a tray and lid of a waffle pack includes a lower expanse with two upwardly extending hooks. The hooks include upper oblique surfaces which extend upwardly and outwardly. The upper oblique surfaces are immediately upwardly adjacent fro... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5960520 | Clip assemblies for keeping towels, sheets and the like in place A clip assembly for holding a towel, sheet or the like relative to an item such as a chair, table or bed so as to prevent undesirable movements thereof relative to such item due to wind, occupant movements, or tilting or upsetting of the item. The clip as... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5842482 | Spring hinge for hairstyling devices A hairstyling device includes, according to the invention, two jaws hinged together by hinge means including a hinge pin and a coil spring wound in a spiral around the pin. The spring is contained in an opaque casing attached to the first jaw, and incorpo... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5815894 | System for handling long items The present invention is directed to a system which facilitates the handling of segments of elongated members in their broken down condition. In particular the application of the invention offers significant advantages of economics, convenience and flexib... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5803096 | Hair clip A hair clip includes two bristle members pivotally connected by a pin. Each bristle member includes a grasp section and a bristle section, and an elastic member is mounted around the pin to bias the bristle sections of the two bristle members toward each ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5666702 | Helical torsion spring with an attached clip An improved helical torsion spring is disclosed which contains an integrally attached clip. The improved helical torsion contains: (a) a helical torsion spring having a coiled portion and front and end non-coiled portions; (b) a clip having a transverse o... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5636416 | Garbage bag maintenance system and method A device and method for securing a plastic bag within a trash receptacle or other receptacle are provided. The garbage bag maintenance system device employing a front and rear plate in springing engagement with one another, the front plate employing an op... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5584456 | Chair attaching towel clip A clip for securing a towel to a chair. The inventive device includes a mounting assembly for securing to a lounge chair. An engaging assembly projects from the mounting assembly for coupling to a beach towel to secure the towel relative to the lounge cha... | 12/17/1996 |
