Bizarre Patents
A Christmas stocking having illumination means associated therewith for signalling the arrival of Santa Claus.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7371027 | Fastening tool and fastening bolt In a fastening tool in which fastening members may be inclined as they are threadedly inserted together whereby almost no displacement load is applied to the members, a member having a bolt through hole with a tapered seat surface, and a fastening bolt that includes... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7351020 | High security fastener constructions A series of high security fastener constructions feature rotatable anti-theft shrouds mounted on locking wheel nuts and wheel bolts designed for vehicular wheels. Each construction features (1) a fastener body having a first body end adapted to accommodate a key rec... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7329077 | Fastener apparatus for roofing and steel building construction A fastener apparatus includes a frusto-hemispherical head portion having a flat top surface, a curved outer surface, a base portion, and a peripheral edge, with the flat top surface bearing a tool fitting. A downwardly-depending lip portion extends from the head per... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316374 | Fasteners for attaching pipes to a support A fastener for a pipe is able to prevent an end of a stud to which the fastener is attached from puncturing a fuel tank or breaking other parts of a car body and causing the fuel tank to rupture when a collision occurs. The fastener comprises a fastener main body an... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7290971 | Shippable in-assembly bolt A shippable in-assembly bolt having a head portion, a threaded portion containing threads and a gripper portion, wherein the gripper portion preferably comprises a grooved structure and an o-ring. The o-ring is intended to sit between the inner wall of a clearance h... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7246980 | Fixing member comprising an integrity control system The invention concerns a fastening member comprising a threaded part (150) and a head (100) with which the threaded part can be turned in order to tighten the fastening member in a corresponding element. The head (100) is formed of a plate (1... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237997 | Fixing tool A fixing tool for fixing an object to be fixed against an opponent member upon pinioning includes a male screw member screwed into a female screw portion formed on the opponent member side and a pinion member for pinioning the object to be fixed in the opponent dire... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7213321 | Method of attaching a captive panel fastener to a circuit board A method of assembling a captive panel fastener to a printed circuit board comprises the steps of placing an axially-extending shank of a captive fastener retainer through a mounting hole in a printed circuit board, soldering the retainer to the printed circuit boar... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210255 | Padded license plate screw The padded license plate screw is a single piece screw with a force-dispersing pad permanently attached to the head. The padded license plate screw is designed specifically to replace license plate bolts and used to prevent or minimize bumper damage that would other... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198315 | Connector for automotive interior trim A connector for securing an interior trim assembly to a support of an automobile. The connector includes a connector body having a head portion formed at a proximal end of the connector body and a shank portion extending from the head portion toward a distal end of ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195436 | Inset panel fastener An inset panel fastener anchors into honeycomb substrates employed in the aircraft industry. The inset panel fastener provides significantly increased load carrying capabilities with a simple inexpensive construction. The inset panel fastener includes a plastic casi... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7179038 | Fastener for application to a threaded stud A fastener includes a sleeve-like clamping element having a cavity extending in the direction of its longitudinal axis which accommodates a threaded stud. At least one clamping region is deformable into the cavity forming at least one clamping ramp inclined toward t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179032 | Blind rivet There is described an expanding blind rivet assembly having a flange (3) provided with an undercut surface facing the rivet shank. A resilient cap (20) is formed with a cavity (22) having an opening surrounded by an undercut surface (23) ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172380 | Wheel nut assembly A wheel nut assembly includes a stud (1), a main wheel nut (4) mountable on threads (3) provided on the stud, and a retaining nut (6) engageable with threads (5) provided on the stud to prevent accidental loosening of the wheel nut... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169304 | Porous polymer water filter and methods of use in refrigeration The filtration device of the present invention relies on materials and methodologies that achieve the formation of a structural matrix that may later accommodate the addition of other adsorbent materials as opposed to merely binding adsorbent materials together thro... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163360 | Cutter body, rotary tool, and method for assembling the rotary tool A cutter body which includes cartridges 11 for allowing corresponding cutting inserts 9 to be removably fixed thereto, a cutter body member 3, second screws (cartridge fixation screws 17) for fixing the corresponding cartridges 11 ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156598 | Waffle stud for insert molded plastic members A fastener is configured for use in the manufacture of molded plastic components that will be subsequently attached to other components by the fastener. The low profile head portion of the fastener has a rounded contoured and convoluted top surface to facilitate the... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7137766 | Screw and plastic part unit A screw-plastic part unit in which the plastic part can be a guide having a tapered bottom end for fitting into a countersink to center the tip end of the screw in the countersink and also can have at least one cut-out portion at its top end to facilitate fracturing... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134666 | Support for storing, transporting and using devices applying a sealing compound and uses thereof The invention concerns a support (30) for storing, transporting and using devices (10) for applying a sealing compound onto an element projecting on a surface. The invention is characterised in that it comprises a plurality of said devices borne by a s... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7112272 | Liquid and gas porous plastic filter and methods of use The filtration device of the present invention relies on materials and methodologies that achieve the formation of a structural matrix that may later accommodate the addition of other adsorbent materials as opposed to merely binding adsorbent materials together thro... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7112280 | Gas porous polymer filter and methods of use The filtration device of the present invention relies on materials and methodologies that achieve the formation of a structural matrix that may later accommodate the addition of other adsorbent materials as opposed to merely binding adsorbent materials together thro... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7107697 | Measuring point bolt and method of making the bolt Measuring-point bolt including a body having a first end and a second end. The first end has an internal opening adapted to receive a measuring device pin. The second end is adapted connect to a hollow pin of another measuring device. A main internal opening is arra... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7004699 | Quick assembly fastening system for plastic parts A fastening system for connecting plastic members to each other via a metal stud having a head and a shaft. The plastic members include a plastic member and a plastic parent member. The plastic parent member is affixed to a head of the metal stud. The shaft of the m... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004701 | Tamper resistant rotably shrouded security cap and tool A tamper resistant rotably shrouded security cap and tool for preventing unauthorized access to a fluid handling system. The shroud and cap have cooperating engagement means that allows the shroud to rotate freely about the security cap, such that a grip on the shro... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004700 | Theft deterrent wheel fastener cap assembly and method The present invention relates to a decorative cap for enclosing the head of a wheel bolt or wheel nut or the like which fastens a wheel to the hub of a vehicle, comprising an end closure wall, an endless side wall extending from an outer periphery of said end closur... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6974291 | Quick coupling nut A quick coupling nut includes a body having a bore therethrough and adjacent side holes. A pair of threaded members are disposed in the bore and moveable in a radial direction of the bore and a cap having a bore therethrough, coaxial with the body bore, includes dep... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971286 | Ratcheting wrench with quick tightening/loosening functions and fine adjusting functions A ratcheting wrench includes a handle, a head extending from an end of the handle and having a hole communicated with a compartment in the end of the handle, a drive member rotatably mounted in the hole of the head, and a ratcheting mechanism. The drive member inclu... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6964549 | License plate mounting fastener A license plate fastener assembly useful in attaching a license plate to a motor vehicle includes a cup-like resilient adapter provided with an annular base surface conformed to receive the license plate fastener. The skirt of the adapter surrounding the fastener he... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6957926 | Magnet mounting structure A magnet mounting structure for fastening a magnet to a spoke of a two-wheeled vehicle even without tool includes a knob member having a screw and the magnet and an internal thread member in which the screw is screwed. The spoke is held between the knob member and t... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6910355 | Fastener lockout device A lockout device for restricting access to a nut through which a stud passes in threaded engagement with the nut comprises a cylindrical cap and a corresponding adapter. The cap includes first and second opposite ends and has a hollow portion opening through the fir... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6866457 | Decorative capped wheel nut or bolt assembly and method A decorative cap and wheel nut or bolt insert assembly, and a method of assembling them. The insert is coated and/or plated and includes a hex-shaped section and a section having a circular cylindrical outer surface. A cap includes a hex cross-section segment and a ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6835038 | Wall plug A wall plug suitable for fixing a threaded fastener member to a compact architectural member. The plug is a tubular body portion formed by: a fore portion provided internally with an orifice for insertion of the threaded fastener member and externally with anti-rota... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6799402 | Floor tile flooring connected by tongue and groove-joints and covered fasteners The invention relates to a floor with strips each defining a length and width and along the side and end edges provided with either end tongue or groove. The floor is laid in groups each including a number of tongue and groove assembled strips fastened to a subfloor... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6796091 | Building glass facade, a method for mounting glass panes in a building glass facade, and a clamping arrangement for mounting glass panes in a building glass facade A building glass facade having glass panes that are mounted to a mounting structure, such as a building. The glass panes are mounted using clamp fittings or clamping arrangements for fastening glass panes with two clamping elements that clamp the glass pane between ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6739631 | Torque-limiting bolt-and-nut assembly A torque-limiting bolt-and-nut assembly is provided for actuating a pipe-pressing member in order to secure two pipe ends together. The bolt includes a threaded shank, a secondary drive head, and a shearable drive head designed to be sheared-off by a torque exceedin... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6726419 | Retention pin redundancy system A retention pin redundancy system and installation method provides a housing having multiple shoulders to encapsulate an installed retention pin and its connecting pin only when the retention pin is fully engaged. Another aspect includes a living hinge. A further as... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6641343 | Fastener with magnetically actuated positive lock plug insert A fastener having an enlarged head and a threaded portion with an interior cavity. A plug mounted in the cavity configured similarly thereto having an enlarged head generally the same outer diameter as the enlarged end of the fastener and abutting against... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6604889 | Sluice gate wall thimble A sluice-gate wall thimble has a support stem (1, 12) which covers an embedment side of a sluice-gate nut (2) and is fixable to a wall anchor (5, 11). The sluice-gate nut is inside threaded and fixable to an embedment side (16) of a predetermined sluice-g... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6562206 | Anode assembly A propeller attachment is disclosed including a body, the body including an anodic material, at least one projection projecting from the body, and a fastener coupled to the body. An anode is also disclosed including an annular body constructed from an ano... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6491487 | Double-ended self-attaching stud A stud for installation in a host panel and for fastening a component to the host panel includes at least one shaft, having a longitudinal axis. An annular flange extends radially from the shaft at a substantially right angle with respect to the longitudi... | 12/10/2002 |
