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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151414 | Self-driven articulation for an articulated assembly such as a satellite solar panel A frictionless self-driven articulation designed to be mounted between two neighboring elements, including two cylindrical fittings rotationally driven through the action of a leaf spring, the ends of the leaf spring being fixed respectively to each of the fittings.... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7425103 | Joint for connecting components together on opposite longitudinal sides in addition to a flexible strip used for said joint A joint for the connection of components (T1, T2) that are movable relative to one another, on respective longitudinal sides (L1, L2), includes at least two cooperating bands, which are secured with their first ends (E1) respective... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7360287 | Coupling device for restraining belts, particularly for children's safety seats for motor vehicles A coupling device for restraining belts, particularly for children's safety seats for motor-vehicles, which includes a body intended to be connected to at least one belt branch and a pair of tongue elements intended to be connected to respective belt branches, each ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7328481 | Hinges and associated devices The present invention provides a hinge mechanism for allowing relative movement between a first and a second member of a device, the hinge mechanism arranged to connect the first device member about a first pivot axis and the second device member about a second pivo... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322493 | Dispensing closure having complete peripheral seal A dispensing closure for a container comprising a closure body adapted to be mounted on the container. The closure body has a dispensing orifice and a sealing cap. A pair of adjacently spaced living hinges connect the sealing cap to the closure body for movement bet... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7284759 | Mounting guard ring A mounting guard ring for a sealing ring with at least one sealing lip, surrounding a sleeve-shaped protective ring with a supporting surface for the sealing lip disposed at the outer periphery and a holding device shaped as a grip, the protective ring being provide... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275285 | Deployment hinge A deployment hinge for deploying an appendage, including a movable portion affixed to the appendage, and a stationary portion affixed to a stationary body. In a non-deployed state, the movable portion is mechanically engaged with the stationary portion and a mechani... | 10/02/2007 |
| 6908096 | Cover, including hinged door, for trailer hitch receivers of multiple sizes and methods A receiver cover includes a stationary member that is configured to be secured to an end of a receiver for a trailer hitch. The receiver cover also includes a door which is hingedly connected to the stationary member. The door may be biased toward the stationary mem... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6901632 | Coupling assembly One or more coupling assemblies are located at each opposite end of a first part and a second part. Each coupling assembly includes an elongated slot formed in the first part and a corresponding latch device which projects from the second part and which is releasabl... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6615451 | Hinge having a flexible strip anchored in a switchable member An apparatus for pivotally connecting two parts. A profile member (2) is switchable from an open position to a closed position and is secured to the first part. A strip (1), formed of a flexible material, is secured to the second part and extends into the... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6112369 | Figure eight hinge The figure eight hinge of the present invention allows a gate to be quickly and safely attached to a support structure. The hinge includes two legs having two different radii of curvature. The legs also include a slot which allows the hinge to have the de... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5790162 | Door structure for a thermal demand printer A thermal demand printer for printing on media is a novel system which includes a case structure including a hinged cover panel, easily removable guide structures and media hanger, and a single central support wall to which the various components are atta... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5785193 | Snap-hinged cap A snap-hinged cap includes a main body section of thermoplastic synthetic resin, a cap integrally molded with the main body section, a film hinge connecting the main body section and the cap, and straps arranged on both lateral sides of the film hinge. Th... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5367744 | Hinge connection The invention relates to a hinge connection which functions to connect a first structural part or panel with a second structural part or panel such that the two structural parts can pivot in relation to one another. The hinge connection includes a first h... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5273177 | Press-to-open dispensing closure A press-to-open dispensing closure with a flexible arcual top surface(22) in convex orientation is provided which includes a flexible, aperture cover(26) having an arcuate hinging connection to the top surface. The hinging connection of the appeture cover... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5265853 | Extended angular range flexural pivot A spring hinge between panels of a satellite panel array comprises a plurality of serially joined known flexural pivots of the type having two cylindrical members with tongues from each extending into the other joined by a flat spring. One panel has an ab... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5231948 | Hatch with improved latch and hinge assembly A hatch for a boat or other application is provided. The hatch includes a frame for mounting in an opening in a panel and a hatch cover pivotally mounted thereto. The cover includes a hinge pin that pivotally engages a hinge receptable mounted on the fram... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5187897 | Swing doors In a door and door frame construction the door is hinged to the frame by one or more hinged structures, each hinged structure comprising a convex-surfaced support associated with the door and a convex-surfaced support associated with the door frame, at le... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5176463 | Joint connection between two plastic parts The invention relates to a joint connection (3) between two plastic parts (1 and 2), one part being at least partly rotatable in relation to the other part. According to the invention, the joint connection (3) consists of a shell-form outer element (4) on... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5127568 | Lid for sheet feed tractor In a sheet feed tractor, a lid confines a paper sheet on a frame surface when the paper sheet is conveyed on a belt. The lid is constructed so that it can overrun and return to its normal open position. The lid is constructed so as to include a lid member... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5125193 | Foldable panel display system A graphic display panel system formed in sections, wherein a graphic display image may be affixed to each section, the sections respectively having transparent edge caps and/or hinge connectors and/or locking pin assemblies for selectively interconnecting... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5086541 | Self-motorized antifriction joint and an articulated assembly, such as a satellite solar panel, equipped with such joints In order to connect two adjacent elements (E1,E2) joined, for example, onto a satellite solar panel, an antifriction joint (10) is used. The deployment kinematics of the joint enable deployment to be done extremely accurately. The joint comprises two brac... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5078445 | Visor A visor assembly including a pivoted cover for a vanity mirror which includes camming surfaces on the pivot socket for urging the cover between open and closed positions. In one embodiment, the visor is selectively illuminated by the operation of a cover ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5048585 | Panel device This invention is converned with a panel device which is useful in the display and furniture arts. The panel device incorporates a plurality of vertical supports which engage panel members. The vertical supports are interconnected via a plurality of doubl... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4982866 | A bi-stable hinge unit of elastic material A bi-stable hinge unit (10) of elastic material connects two inflexible end portions (12, 13) to take up two stable positions on either side of an intermediate unstable position. The hinge unit (10) comprises two equal elements (14, 15), each of which hav... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4843679 | X-hinge having the bendable strip ends crimped between two plates In a hinged structure in which two substantially cylindrical supports (1,2) are hinged together by means of one or more hinges so that they are parallel and closely adjacent, the or each hinge comprises at least two members (3,4) each made of resiliently ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4821373 | Resilient hinge having S-shaped members and a releasable catch There is described a hinged structure comprising two supports and one or more hinges hinging the supports together so that they are parallel and closely adjacent, the or each hinge comprising two hinge members, each hinge member being made of resilient st... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4787590 | Suspension of objects A longitudinally extending, or extendable, member is pivotally positioned by being snapped into a housing. The member includes a recess by which the member is snapped into the housing. A protuberance at the pivot position facilitates the pivoting of the m... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4741461 | Housing for a liquid dispenser for dispensing liquid soap and the like A housing assembly has an upright back with side channels which carry a cartridge supporting bracket on which is mounted a removable liquid soap cartridge. A casing hinged at the bottom to the back and snapped to the top of the back, encompasses the cartr... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4726091 | Two part snap hinge An improved two part snap hinge is disclosed, including a swinging hinge portion, a reference hinge portion, and a reduced connecting hinge portion, and in which the reduced connecting portion is integral with both the swinging and reference hinge portion... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4685681 | Composite array apparatus and method An array of plate-like elements is retained by endless filaments looped on the elements to form migrating hinges between individual elements and other elements adjoining same. Grooves are formed in the surfaces of each plate, the grooves being in two grou... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4685680 | Foldable composite system A composite array consists of plate-like elements or solid bodies interconnected by endless filaments. The front and rear surfaces of each element are provided with grooves, the grooves being divided in two groups, with grooves of each group running paral... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4673115 | Unitary collapsible coat hanger A collapsible coat hanger formed entirely of molded polypropylene includes a hook supported by a body member having right and left hanger arms attached thereto by hinge straps. The body includes a stop member and outer stop shoulders. Right and left symme... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4666068 | Two piece dispensing closure A two piece dispensing closure for a container in which one piece is a cap having means for attachment to the container such as internal threads which engage external threads on the container and a flat top having a dispensing orifice. The second piece of... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4619304 | Hinges A hinged structure comprising two substantially cylindrical supports (13, 14) and one or more hinges (11, 12) hinging the supports together so that they are parallel and closely adjacent, wherein the hinge comprises two members (1, 2) each made of resilie... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4615462 | Snap hinge made of plastic and container for longitudinally extending diagnostic test supports A unitary snap hinge made of plastic with two hinge parts which are connected with each other by means of a main joint. A flexible connecting piece is connected with the hinge parts by means of secondary joints, whereby the secondary joints have a distanc... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615120 | Collapsible spoon This relates to a utensil such as a spoon which is collapsible to occupy a minimum of space. The utensil preferably has a handle formed in two parts joined together by a hinge with there being a releasable interlock between the two handle parts adjacent t... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4503991 | Two part snap hinge A biasing hinge is disclosed which is made up of a first hinge member and a second hinge member integrally hinged together along a curved line. The hinge members are shaped so that when one hinge member is swung relative to the other, the members are resi... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4457458 | Dispensing cap A dispensing cap for a container. The cap has a tubular body of circular transverse cross-section with a wall closing the top end of the tubular body. An upwardly opening slot is formed in the top end wall and extends across the tubular body with a genera... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4438605 | Continuous, moveable thermal barrier system A continuous, moveable thermal barrier system includes a plurality of insulating panels positioned in edge-to-edge relationship and a plurality of insulation means extending between edges of adjacent panels joining same in moveable, sealing relationship.... | 03/27/1984 |
