British merchant Peter Durand invented the tin can in 1810.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7251867 | Quick-mount interlocking attachment system An interlocking attaching system comprises a substrate adapter, an accessory adapter and a discrete locking member. The substrate adapter includes a base for affixing to a substrate object and a plurality of spaced apart raised regions disposed along a first longitu... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7155784 | Device for securing a trouser A uniquely designed device for retaining a trouser on a wearer includes a base plate having inner and outer pairs of geared channels extending from one side to the other. A belt loop clasp extends from each side of the base plate. Each clasp includes a hook portion ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7080430 | Quick-mount interlocking attaching system An interlocking attaching system comprises a substrate adapter, an accessory adapter and a discrete locking member. The substrate adapter includes a base for affixing to a substrate object and a plurality of spaced apart raised regions disposed along a first longitu... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7020939 | Separable buckle A buckle comprising a female part having a hollow body with a front wall, a back wall, an open top, a cavity between the top and bottom walls and at least one locking slot extending through the hollow body and communicating with the cavity. The top and bottom walls ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6449818 | Garment link A link having snap-fitted parts is provided with selected stones having different appearances to render the link highly versatile. The garment link, for brassieres, lingerie and the like, can use a perfume stone with laser-perforated capillaries communica... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6438808 | Fastener A fastener includes a male fastening member having a springy hook plate and a retaining block and a stop block, and a female fastening member having a hook hole and a retaining hole and a recessed bearing portion. The retaining block and the stop block ar... | 08/27/2002 |
| 5894640 | Shoe fastening device A shoe fastening device designed to replace the laces of a shoe, made up of an eyelet member and an insert member, both being attachable to the eyelet tabs of a shoe using locking nylon cable ties. The eyelet member further has a slotted aperture for rece... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5860196 | Grommet stress reducer A device for reducing stress on a grommet of a flexible covering including a stress distributing member with a recess formed in the outer surface thereof and a connecting loop mounted on the member at the recess and extending outwardly therefrom. The stre... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5815843 | Accessory fastener for garments A fastener for removably attaching pockets and other accessories to garments which includes slidably interlocking male and female members. The male member also includes a locking tab which cooperates with a locking post on the female member for securing t... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5471684 | Convertible sports cap with sliding brim A sports hat construction includes a head covering portion having a lower opening defining a periphery. A brim portion is provided detachably secured to the head covering portion. An elongate band or strip, in the form of a male connector, is attached to ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5380238 | Double-closure clasp A double-closure clasp for maternity, mastectomy or like garments, the clasp comprising a housing member and a pair of clip members slidably insertable in the housing; the housing being unitarily molded from plastic material and comprising a substantially... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5181300 | Waistband fastener The invention relates to a waistband fastener, especially for trousers, skirts or the like, comprising a latch rail (1) fixed to a waistband portion (A) and bearing a plurality of sawtooth-like teeth (3), on which latch rail a slider (2) connected to the ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 4976017 | Adjustable waistband assembly A two-piece adjustable waistband assembly includes a track member and a latch member. The track member is sewable to the underlying part of a waistband, and the latch member is sewable to the overlying part of the waistband and is adapted for receiving th... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4610035 | Upper body protector The upper body protector comprises a semirigid chest plate portion, a suspender portion and left and right shoulder portions said portions adapted to conformably embrace the corresponding parts of a wearer. According to the invention an adjusting device c... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4429439 | Garment expander A garment expander, of the type equipped with a bent sheet metal hook on one flap of the fly opening for hooking through a bent sheet metal eye on the other flap of the flap opening, has at one end a resilient loop which strongly but detachably captures t... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4204300 | Fastener for garments A hook fastener of plastic material for garments, particularly brassieres, consists of two fastener members, one of which is provided with an eyelet and the other with a lug which can be engaged with the eyelet. The fastener members consist of plates (1, ... | 05/27/1980 |