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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167259 | Rapid attach and release clamps Rapid attach and release clamps for attaching to supports include a threaded rod, an arm pivotally attached to the threaded rod, and a knob having an exterior surface and an interior surface. The knob defines a passageway sized to fit the threaded rod. A lock compri... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8061667 | Mounting device for bicycle control components A mounting device for mounting first and second bicycle control components to a bicycle handlebar having a handlebar axis. The mounting device generally includes first and second mounting brackets. The first mounting bracket is adjustably mounted to the handlebar ab... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7717382 | Accessory mounting systems and mounting methods thereof An accessory mounting system and mounting method thereof provides an effective solution for sectioning a portion of a room and for organizing tools, objects and cables involved in the activity that gives rise to the need for sectioning or organizing the room. In par... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7431253 | Support device for computer peripheral equipment A supporting device for computer peripheral equipments, such as a Webcam, includes a base for holding the Webcam. The base has a housing compartment to hold a moving member. The housing compartment has two sides, each having a sliding member. The moving member has t... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7350769 | Collapsible tree stand hoist A collapsible tree stand hoist including an elongated pole, a stationary arm secured to the distal end thereof and a movable arm configured to slide back and forth along the length of the elongated pole is provided. Each of the arms include teeth or serrations for g... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337577 | Attachable fishing pole strike indicator A fishing pole strike indicator comprising a housing for a power source, illuminable member and exterior switch for engaging and disengaging illumination along with a pair of clamps each with a stationary and articulated jaw member so that the strike indicator can b... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7241071 | Swiveling multi-clamp fastener A fastener for joining two pieces of rebar together in a rebar grid used to reinforce subsequently poured concrete is described. The fasteners include two clamp pieces that in certain embodiments completely wrap around a piece of rebar and are tightly secured theret... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7192463 | Arrangement for mounting electrical components to an aftertreatment filter An exhaust gas aftertreatment filter system for an internal combustion engine includes an aftertreatment filter disposed in-line with an exhaust gas conduit coupled to an internal combustion engine, a mounting bracket defining a mounting surface and at least one leg... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7113145 | Antenna mounting bracket assembly An antenna mounting bracket assembly is disclosed which enables an antenna to be secured to either a vertically disposed support member or an angularly disposed support member with the antenna being disposed in a vertical plane in either case. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106273 | Antenna mounting apparatus There is disclosed an apparatus for mounting antennas on a utility pole. The apparatus comprises a group of brackets that encircle the utility pole and support the antennas. Each bracket comprises at least one support arm capable of attaching to an antenna and a fac... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7043778 | Apparatus for crib attachment The Crib Attachment can be used to fulfill the need to provide a means to easily access the required items for a baby's care and/or other items need by a cargiver. The crib attachment can be attached to the outer side of the crib and can be used to hold items that a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6994187 | Scaffold pick-up device A scaffold pick-up device having a vertical joint clamp which bridges a vertical scaffold joint to stiffen the bridged vertical joint, and a scaffold lift assembly, which attaches onto the top section of a vertical scaffold member and has an attachment point for a s... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6964400 | Hanging device for suitcase A hanging device for a suitcase includes a main body, a clamping plate pivotally mounted on the main body, a receiving chamber formed between the main body and the clamping plate, and a press plate pivotally mounted on the main body and locked on the clamping plate ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6951072 | Barrel mounted foldout gunrest hook A barrel bracket in the form of a split ring is secured adjustably to a gun barrel at any point on the barrel and at any desired angle of orientation. A hook pivotally attached to the ring has a sharp point for piercing external structures, such as trees, fences, or... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945676 | Support structure for electric lighting fixtures Structure for supporting a lighting fixture includes a connector hook assembly releasably connected to a connector element extending from a support canopy. The connector hook assembly includes two relatively moveable connector hook members biased to a closed conditi... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926242 | Fixing apparatus With an aim to provide a fixing apparatus capable of maintaining strong fixation with a simplified mechanism in a stable manner for a long time, a fixing apparatus fixing a headlamp to an object includes a plurality of arms having one end connected to each other, ha... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6916000 | Apparatus and method for cannulating retinal blood vessels An apparatus and method for safely cannulating a retinal blood vessel is described. The apparatus consists of a micropipette/microcannula, micromanipulator and positioner mounted to a base, which is attached to a wrist rest commonly used in eye surgery. The micropip... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6789649 | Anchor clamp A tube and clamp scaffold system includes a series of anchor clamps which are attached by the workers during erection of the system. The anchor clamps are attached at appropriate positions to ay of the tubular members and provide a fastening connection for the hook ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6779631 | Scaffold pick-up device A scaffold pick-up device having a vertical joint clamp which bridges a vertical scaffold joint to stiffen the bridged vertical joint, and a scaffold lift assembly, which attaches onto the top section of a vertical scaffold member and has an attachment point for a s... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6768474 | Antenna mounting assembly and method An antenna attachment device and method that can attach to a vertical or angled structural member such as, for example, a vertical or an angled antenna tower leg, and that can support a mounting pipe at a desired angle such as, for example, in a vertical position. | 07/27/2004 |
| 6719259 | Adjustable board support for easel An easel board support is installed on an easel supporting leg for suspending and supporting objects and the height thereof is adjustable. The easel board support comprises a sleeve and a board support body. The sleeve is capable of being inserted by an easel suppor... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6648286 | Lamp-holding hook clamp and connector keyway A hook lamp has surfaces allowing the clamp to be placed on a support and clamped thereto. The surfaces are such that the clamp can be placed on the support and its weight held by the support prior to tightening. The clamp has a built-in connector for sup... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6450465 | Multi-jaw clamp A multi-jaw clamp capable of attaching to various sized cylindrical objects such as iris rods of a professional movie camera. The multi-jaw clamp includes two housings that each hold a cylinder with at least two circular sections in the sides of the cylin... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6425562 | Golf club washer mounting apparatus A bracket for suspending a washing basin from a cart having an upwardly extending frame member. The bracket includes a connector for engaging the frame member. In alternative embodiments, the connector is either a clamp operated by threaded fasteners, or ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6382576 | Clamping apparatus A medical instrument mountable upon a support member includes a bladder that expands against or constricts around the support member when inflated to clamp the instrument to the support member. The medical instrument may include a pressure release valve w... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6357707 | Mounting clamp An apparatus for affixing an auxiliary light to the pipe of a grill guard by clamping a mounting plate to the pipe and affixing the lamp to the plate.... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6315256 | Rifle/camera support apparatus for treestands A rifle/camera support apparatus 10 for a safety bar 100 on conventional tree stands wherein the support apparatus 10 comprises a vertical support unit 11 rotatably disposed on a clamp unit 12 that is dimensioned to frictionally engage the periphery of th... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6283425 | Mounting bracket A mounting bracket useful for securing a base, such as an antenna to a pole, a tube or a post, or a similar anchor support, and including a first clamp part, being a base clamp, to be secured to the base (the antenna) adapted to be locked against the pole... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6138972 | Dolly securing bracket A bracket includes a lower hasp, an upper hasp, means for securing the upper hasp to the lower hasp and means for affixing the bracket to an object. At least one of the upper hasp and the lower hasp has defined therein a concave portion, and the means for... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5984248 | Lamp-holding hook clamp and connector keyway A hook clamp has surfaces allowing the clamp to be placed on a support and clamped thereto. The surfaces are such that the clamp can be placed on the support and its weight held by the support prior to tightening. The clamp has a built-in connector for su... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5779207 | Medical device clamp A clamp for a medical device such as an infusion pump has a plurality of orientations adapted to grip either substantially vertical or horizontal gripped members and has an actuation knob with extensible arms wherein the arms are operative to provide grea... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5704627 | Child carriage attachment for a wheelchair A cradle is supported by a frame. Two rear supports and two from supports are each rotationally affixed to the frame by a rotational shoulder connection. Each rear support has a telescoping adjustable leg, a spring shock absorber, an adjustable clamp join... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5702082 | Lamp-holding hook clamp A hook clamp has surfaces allowing the clamp to be placed on a support and clamped thereto. The surfaces are such that the clamp can be placed on the support and its weight held by the support prior to tightening.... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5664904 | Clamps A clamp for connecting together two parallel elongate members has a pair of body parts with respective recesses that can be brought together to define a through-opening receiving one of the members. To one side of the through-opening each body part has sp... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5593125 | Windshield wiper assembly fastening arrangement Fastening device for a stroke-type windshield wiper assembly on passenger vehicles in which a once adjusted position of the windshield wiper assembly can also be maintained during a repeated mounting and demounting. The holding element comprises two hinge... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5535973 | Universal clamp A self-adjusting clamp for use in medical applications allows a support post to be tightly retained against a substrate such as an operating table. A single control knob provides clamping facility to the support post as well as to the hooked ends of the c... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5529268 | Angled cable clamp A cable clamp is provided including first and second clamp members which are disposed at an angle relative to each other and connected together by a web. The first clamp member is configured so that a first length of a cable may be snapped therein to be h... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5484128 | Beverage bottle and golf cart mounting apparatus A beverage retaining apparatus for attachment to a part of a structure, the part having a part outer surface and a certain outer surface shape and size, includes a beverage retaining vessel having a vessel wall, a bracket for fitting around the part, the ... | 01/16/1996 |