"I hate what they've done to my child...I would never let my own children watch it. "
Vladimir Zworykin, television pioneer ; Talking about an invention in which he played a critical role.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7694394 | Button A button is disclosed that includes a die cast button body for which a secondary or an additional process (e.g., a squeeze process) is unnecessary and for which a degree of freedom for design of the upper surface center of the button body can increase. A shank of a ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7690087 | Button A button comprises a button body (10, 10a, 10b) and a prong (20, 20a, 20b) adapted to be arranged on the side of cloth (30) opposite to the side thereof on which the button body mentioned above is set in... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7158822 | Electrode holder, headwear, and wire jacket adapted for use in sleep apnea testing An electrode holder is adapted for cooperating with a strap applied to a body part of a patient to hold a surface electrode to the skin. The electrode holder includes a base and a post projecting from the base. The post is adapted for extending through the strap and... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7097378 | Accessory for a writing board, file or the like which is equipped with such an accessory An accessory for a writing board, a file or the like, characterized in that it at least consists of a holder (4) which can be provided to a file or the like (3) whereby this holder (4) works in conjunction with or can work in conjunction with a ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7073968 | Fastening binder ring mechanisms to binders Ring binder mechanism with special pronged fasteners secured thereto for fastening it to a binder, the special fastener per se, and a method of making the fasteners involving sheet metal stamping. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7008435 | Surgical stapling device and method A surgical stapling device is provided having an elongate housing and a surgical staple slidable longitudinally within the housing towards a free forward end thereof, the staple having a back and two forwardly pointing legs. The housing contains a staple-firing mech... | 03/07/2006 |
| RE38731 | Ring binder A ring binder adapted to be secured to an article by at least one integral rivet, the ring binder comprising a substantially rigid integral upper plate supporting a pair of pivotable lower plates to which a plurality of ring members are mounted, the rivet comprising... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6742230 | System and method for snap stud A stud snap system includes a pin, a receiver, and a stud. The receiver fixedly engages with the pin and also fixedly engages with the stud to attach of the stud snap system to a material. The material can include apparel, clothing, sportswear, outdoor gear, fabrics... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6457213 | Tack for button The present invention provides a tack which prevents puckering phenomenon from being generated when the tack is pierced into cloth and enables a firm engagement between the tack and a boss portion of a button. In the tack for button, a cylindrical post st... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6360405 | Security anchor/tether assemblage for portable articles An anchor/tether assemblage for use with a security slot in a portable electronic article that provides a securement for securely attaching the portable article to a stationary fixture. The anchor includes an internal member, an external member, and a mea... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6317936 | Security anchor for portable articles An anchor device for use with a security slot in a portable electronic article that provides an anchor for attaching a cable or other security device. The anchor device includes an internal member, an external member, and a securement for securing them to... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6081974 | Security anchor for portable articles An anchor device for use with a security slot in a portable electronic article that provides an anchor for attaching a cable or other security device. The anchor device includes an internal member, an external member, and a securement for securing them to... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5685049 | Alloy button for jeans An alloy button including a socket member, and a stud for fastening to the socket member to secure it to the cotton fabric of a piece of garment, the socket member having a cylindrical socket body, an axial mounting hole defined within the socket body, a ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5647105 | Male component of press-stud particularly for items of clothing The male component of a press-stud has a dome that extends, so as to form an undercut region, from a first base that is formed by blanking and plastic deformation from a metal plate. An intermediate tubular element, which is also formed by blanking and pl... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5575043 | Button for clothing A button for clothing, comprising a metallic dome associated with an equally metallic bell-shaped part, which contains a core and is associable with the fabric of the item of clothing by means of a nail. The core is provided with a disk-shaped portion wit... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5115548 | Button for use on garments and the like A button wherein the deformable shank of a rivet (which carries the enlarged portion that is to pass through a buttonhole) must be caused to penetrate through a layer of textile or other carrier material and to thereupon enter a retaining device having a ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5035526 | Concealed rivet element and setting method for ring binder construction A multi-element product and the method of making it which product is held together by a rivet. The product includes a hard layer adjacent a compressible soft layer to form a composite. A hole in the hard layer receives an anvil which is urged into the com... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4967452 | Attaching device for garment fastener element An attaching device for attaching a fastener element to a garment fabric includes a stud body having an enlarged head and including a clinching member and a relatively thick reinforcing member joined with the clinching member and forming at least a part o... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4924559 | Monolithic disk-like element in material sensitive to magnetic attraction, for magnetic buttons The magnetic button, comprises a male element and a female element which cooperate magnetically with one another, and fixing elements for rearwardly fixing the male and female elements to flaps of fabric. The male element comprises a disk-like body in mat... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4815173 | Open-faced button An open-faced button includes a button body having an annular reinforcement plate disposed between an annular flange of a button back and an annular cap so as to prevent undesirable deformation of the annular flange which would otherwise occur when a tack... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4813106 | Telescopic button In a button which includes a button body and a tack member adapted to be joined with the button body when attaching the button to a garment fabric, the button body has a contractible and stretchable hollow hub in the form of a double tube composed of an o... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4809407 | Open-faced buttons A button body of an open-faced button includes an ornamental face disk rotatably supported on a cylindrical retainer firmly fitted in the tubular stem of a button back. The retainer has an axial hole for receiving the shank of a tack, and a radial groove ... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4751771 | Button A button includes a button body and a tack member for attachment of the button to a garment fabric. The button body includes an annular brace holding a button back and a head plate peripherally together. The head plate is made of a die-cast zinc having it... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4706344 | Button assembly A button assembly includes a hollow button body having a garment-engaging base portion through which a shank of an eyelet is inserted into the botton body for being staked on the base portion to join the button body with the eyelet. The base portion inclu... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4700435 | Tack button A tack button utilizes a pivot tack that has a long taper on its shank which prevents buckling and a subsequent loose connection of the assembled button parts, particularly the assembly of the back member of the button with the fabric to which the button ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4697313 | Tack button A button body of a tack button comprises a back member, a front member, and a backing core fitted securely in a space formed between the two members, the back member has a plurality of projections formed on the side in contact with the core. The projectio... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4686749 | Capped eyelet for attaching snap fastener A capped eyelet, for attachment of a snap fastener member to a garment fabric, comprises an eyelet body including a shank with a flange, a cap covering over the flange and secured to a periphery thereof, and at least one punched buffer wing projecting fro... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4683621 | Flexible button A tiltable button has a two-piece interior part of rigid material including a disk-like member non-turnably held between a cap and a button back, and a separate socket member extending through a hollow hub of the button back and joined with a tack member ... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4607415 | Button for garment A button for attachment to a garment fabric comprises a capped button body and a tack member adapted to be joined with the button body, wherein a shank of said tack member includes a free end portion being deformable into a radially uniformly and axially ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4571781 | Drainable button assembly A button includes a button body having a funnel-shaped button back and a cap mounted on a wide end of the button back, and a tack member adapted to be joined with the small end of the button back for attachment of the button to a garment fabric, the butto... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571780 | Button having attachment tack deformed by anvil A tack member, which is adapted to be joined with a button body for attachment of a button to a garment fabric, has a shank composed of a tapering end portion and a stem portion. The shank has a cold-pressed recess near the tapering end portion. The taper... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4570307 | Button having plate for deflecting an attaching tack A button for being attached to a garment fabric has a button body composed of a double-walled tubular stem with an annular flange extending radially outwardly therefrom, a cap having an internal back place mounted on the annular flange, and a tack member ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4512063 | Button A tack member, which is adapted to be joined with a button body for attachment of a button to a garment fabric, has a shank of a hollow and solid combined structure. The shank is composed of a tapering hollow end portion and a solid base portion. The holl... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4280255 | Button A button comprises a button face member; a support plate having a center hole for supporting the face member; a hollow shank having upper and lower open ends, a constricted neck at its upper portion and a shoulder extending downward from the neck, the nec... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4197617 | Button A button or the like to be joined in one-point - fastening having two parts lying on both sides of the carrier material, the two parts to be connected to one another. One of the button parts has a hollow shaft, the pointed front end section of which is of... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4180899 | Method of assembling a fastener A round disk having a central aperture therein, such as the base of a shotgun shell or a facsimile thereof is utilized in the fabrication of a fastener, and a tubular member such as the sleeve of a primer is positioned through the aperture and formed into... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4137607 | Button, particularly for clothing pieces A double-layered counter holder plate having a support bent from an inner layer thereof, the support supporting the inner and outer layers spaced opposite one another by resting on an inner surface of the spaced layer, the latter layer serving as a suppor... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4112993 | Grommet assembly A two piece grommet assembly comprising an inner and an outer member wherein each member has an enlarged head at one end formed to bear upon opposite sides of a panel skin. The outer member has a recessed area intermediate its ends and the inner member ha... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4084295 | Button A button comprises a button face member; a support plate having a center hole for supporting the face member; a hollow button shank having upper and lower open ends, a constricted neck at its upper portion and a shoulder extending downward from the constr... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4033012 | Button, particularly for clothing pieces A button, particularly for clothing pieces, comprising a foot part secured on a clothing piece with clamping of the carrier material, and a button plate freely tiltably seated on the foot part. The foot part includes a head end which is formed with an ins... | 07/05/1977 |