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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4099299 | Elastically resilient fastening clip An elastically resilient fastening clip is described which serves in particular for the fastening of trained fruit trees, vines, or the like to horizontally extending training wires. The clip comprises a slit loop the slit of which is widenable outwardly ... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4098484 | Clothes ring A device for coupling a clothing hanger to a clothing hook is disclosed wherein a trapezoidal portion is formed from a strand of rigid material of the size to fit over and hang from the clothing hook with the larger parallel side engaged by the hook and t... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4095362 | Post card displayer fastening on bulletin board Slender clips grip a vertical rod and hold post cards by their left-hand borders so that they may be rotated and examined on both sides without being removed. Two or more mounts hold the rod close off a vertical surface such as a cork board, wall, or mirr... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4091976 | Garment bag holder There is disclosed a garment bag holder including a rigid grasp handle formed centrally with an elongated through aperture which also projects toward one end thereof to form an upwardly opening hook-receiving slot. A transverse pivot pin is mounted centra... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4083514 | Yarn tensioning device A yarn tensioning device for the continuous application of uniform tension to yarn of indefinite length as it runs through the device, the latter being of the type in which a freely rotatable ball serves to apply the tension to the yarn. The device has a ... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4082241 | Chock for mountain climbing A chock for mountain climbers is in the form of a truncated pyramid having sides of unequal width so that the chock is readily conformable for secure wedging engagement virtually in any type of crevice, the chock being manufactured in different sizes acco... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4078753 | Bracket for displaying and storing musical instruments A bracket for displaying and storing musical instruments such as guitars, banjos, mandolins, fiddles, or the like. The bracket suspends the instrument by its neck. The bracket may be attached to a wall or ceiling, or suspended from a ceiling by a chain.... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4074885 | Ceiling support clip A ceiling support clip formed of wire and adapted to be removably secured to a ceiling post comprising a spring loop at one end of the clip, with a pair of arms diverging forwardly from the loop to provide finger grips. Each arm includes a lower section e... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4069991 | Chock for rock climbing A chock for rock climbers to be used with a loop sling threaded through openings in the chock body which comprises a length of extruded aluminum having beveled ends and a generally triangular cross-section. One of the faces of the chock is arched outwardl... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4065090 | Clip assembly for ceiling track railings A clip assembly is disclosed for suspending objects from conventional track railings employed for supporting ceilings of the panel type. The clip has oppositely disposed side walls which are joined at one end and which have oppositely disposed end portion... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4061092 | Suspended shelf bracket There is disclosed a novel bracket adapted to support and suspend a shelf platform to further permit the suspension of a plurality of shelf platforms for the use of a plurality of shelf brackets, each bracket formed by a support member including an upward... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4029297 | Winches for use with high masts A double-rope winch, which is designed for supporting a load such as a lantern carriage from the top of a high mast, has a primary drum which receives one of the ropes and is provided with driving means to which a winch-operating tool can be connected, an... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4025019 | Ceiling fixture and hanging clamp assembly There is disclosed an improved ceiling support fixture and hanging clamp assembly formed by a hanging clamp of the type formed by a V-shaped element providing two upwardly extending legs, each of the legs having a laterally outwardly extending flange port... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4019638 | Hanging jar cap with storing unit An improved storing unit for the storage of different sizes of nuts, bolts, nails and the like within separated jars, each jar having a screw cap thereupon and which includes an upward loop for being removably suspended from a hook, the hooks being arrang... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4018414 | Holding fixture A holding device for holding a printed circuit board or other flat plate-like article having a supporting body and a pair of legs extending therefrom to which the article is attached. The attaching means comprises, on each leg, a transverse groove and a n... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4005765 | Crash load attenuating troop seat A lightweight, low cost, collapsible, side-facing seat construction for tp carrying aircraft designed to attenuate crash load forces in an improved manner. A fabric seat sling depending from a support strap assembly is suspended via energy absorbing devi... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3990665 | Device for hanging shelves A shelf supporting apparatus comprising vertical cables extending between upper and lower anchoring members, attachment members being connected to the cables for receiving and supporting shelves and each cable being associated with a tensioning spring. Ea... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3987903 | Tie rack A tie rack having a hanger at one end and a cylindrical body having a plurality of vertical rows of square openings spaced to allow clip-on ties to be suspended therefrom in vertical alignment, and a tie receiving hanger having a squared projection to be ... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3981471 | Hanger device A single-piece hanger is disclosed. The hanger comprises a single piece of resilient metal formed in an generally "J" shape and defining opposing legs, joined at a closed end of the J by a bend from which the opposing legs extend at angles from one-anothe... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3964229 | Expansion anchor for suspended ceilings and other suspended elements An expansion sleeve has a leading end and a trailing end, and an expander member is located at the leading end and can be drawn into the sleeve for expanding the same, by turning of a threaded member which extends through the sleeve and is engaged with th... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3964230 | Expansion anchor device An expansion anchor sleeve has a leading end and a trailing end, and an expander member is located at the leading end. A threaded member extends through the expansion sleeve and is connected with the expander member in order to draw the latter into the le... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3957237 | Chocks Generally, each of my chock embodiments has one or more of the following features: a rigid body having a nonsuperficial recessed surface portion or portions on one or more of its working surfaces for saddling a rock formation; a cap portion along the top ... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3955950 | Cyclone vessel hanger system A hanger system particularly for cyclone collectors in a fluidized particle process vessel, such as a fluid catalytic cracker regenerator vessel, wherein a vertical supporting member is pinned at one end to a cyclone wall lug and at the other through a sl... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3953015 | Ceiling hanger A tool for temporarily holding one or both ends of a piece of wallboard or plaster-board adjacent a ceiling joist to assist in nailing or otherwise fastening the board to the joist is disclosed. In one embodiment the tool includes a right angle plate with... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3952985 | Clip for hanging signs A hanger clip is presented formed of a single elongated strip of metal having spring characteristics and adapted to be manually clipped to an overhead beam, such as "T" bar or the like. The strip has a sharp return bend at approximately midway of its leng... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3946975 | Climber's chockstone A climber's chockstone is formed of a polycarbonate resin to define a body having three pairs of opposed faces defining three wedges of different widths. The body has an opening or cavity extending through opposed faces and a loop of sling rope extends in... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3936913 | Clip for T-bar ceiling structures A clip for use in suspending an article from a T-bar ceiling structure is described. The clip is made of a single length of rigid wire shaped to define an upper portion for engagement with the bottom limb of the T-bar, and a lower portion of inverted tria... | 02/10/1976 |
| 3936027 | Vibration isolator An improved vibration isolator for reducing the transmission of vibrations between a supported body and a body suspended from the supporting body employs a pair of rotatable inertial masses that are coupled coaxially by an elastomeric spring. Suspension c... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3931910 | Closure lid for closing the opening of a food cooking receptacle A closure lid for effecting an air-tight seal of the opening in a receptacle for the pressurized cooking of food in high temperature, non-aqueous liquids, wherein the closure lid is manually positioned through said opening into the receptacle and is held ... | 01/13/1976 |
