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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146208 | Assist grip An assist grip includes a mounting clip formed of metal having spring resiliency and bent into a generally U shape. The mounting clip includes a pair of resilient legs. Each of the resilient legs includes a bulging portion that bulges outwardly and is provided with ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7621024 | Window egress assistance handle A window operation assistance handle having a base, at lease one finger grip with two legs, multiple offset orifice fixation ports for receiving multiple securing devices such as setscrews or thumbscrews, and a base hollow groove. To temporarily install and use the ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7600299 | Towel bar with escutcheons An escutcheon for use with a clamping assembly to mounting a device to a surface. The escutcheon is placed over an exposed fastener for connecting the two clamping members once connected on opposite sides of the surface. The cover member is an escutcheon for coverin... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7441792 | Trailer with convertible handle A trailer includes a convertible handle having a handle portion, the handle portion pivotally attached to a tongue portion, the handle portion having a first gripping portion end and a second clevis end and an intermediate pivot, the handle portion being pivotably s... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7401385 | Molded instrument handle and method of manufacturing A handle for an electronic instrument housing includes an elongated grip portion. The grip portion includes two elongated elements each having opposed ends. The elements are connected to each other to form an elongated chamber. An elastomeric layer encompasses an in... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400232 | Illuminated vehicle grab handle with keypad for keyless entry A vehicle grab handle is provided to assist entry into the vehicle, such as an RV, semi tractors, emergency vehicles, utility vehicles, construction equipment and agriculture equipment and other vehicles. The handle includes a pair of spaced apart end bases and a gr... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7357467 | Door assembly for use in a home appliance A door assembly is made up of a door provided in a cabinet of a home appliance, such as a dishwasher, and a door handle for operating the door. The door assembly includes a door, installed in the cabinet, having an exterior surface; a door handle, affixed to the doo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347276 | Adjustable garden tool A manual garden tool having an elongate shaft with an actuator rotatably mounted at its lower end, tine(s) mounted to the actuator, and a cam surface at the lower end of the shaft in contact with a surface of each tine such that, as the actuator is rotated between t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347329 | Substrate carrier A carrier for transporting silicon semiconductor wafers during semiconductor wafer processing operations including an enclosure, a door and a flange structured to interface with a machine so that the carrier can be lifted by the machine. A lift saddle connects the f... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340787 | Personal bed-assistance device A personal assistive device that can be installed onto a mattress, preferably a standard hospital bed mattress, to provide handles on the opposing sides of the mattress that may be grasped by a person getting into or out of the bed to ease the transition in or out, ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7320157 | Resilient clip fastener A resilient clip with a plurality of twisted wings for engaging a first structure. The twisted wings provide the clip with a low ratio of insertion force to pull-out force, rendering the clip relatively easy to install yet difficult to pull out. In one embodiment, t... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318256 | Resilient clip fastener A resilient clip with a plurality of twisted wings for engaging a first structure. The twisted wings provide the clip with a low ratio of insertion force to pull-out force, rendering the clip relatively easy to install yet difficult to pull out. In one embodiment, t... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302736 | Window egress assistance handle A window egress assistance handle having a base, at least one finger grip with two legs, multiple offset orifice fixation ports for receiving multiple securing devices such as set screws or thumb screws, and a base midline grooved channel receiver. To temporarily in... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293824 | Visor attachment member An attachment member for attaching a sun visor to a vehicle support structure includes a base portion that is configured to face a first side of the support structure, and a projecting portion having first and second ends. The first end is attached to the base porti... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290808 | Adjustable door handle A door handle assembly attachable to a door. The door handle assembly includes a handle coupled to the door and a latch bolt coupled to the handle and movable along a latch bolt axis between an extended position and a retracted position. An attachment member defines... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275772 | Handle of a vehicle door A handle of a vehicle door of the present invention includes a base, a cover, a grip, and an aligner. The base is mounted on an interior side of a door panel. The cover is assembled to the base through the door panel. The grip is assembled to the base through the do... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7249395 | Hand bracket A hand bracket comprising a grip section, a top connection bracket at a first end of the grip section and a bottom connection bracket a second end of the grip section. At least one of the top connection bracket and the bottom connection bracket comprises a shell hav... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245950 | Portable radio communication apparatus provided with a boom portion and a part of housing operating as an antenna In a portable radio communication apparatus including a housing, at least one part of the housing is formed as a housing electrical conductor portion by an electrically conductive material. The housing electrical conductor portion is connected with a radio communica... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240398 | Opening and closing damping apparatus An annular groove part with a predetermined depth is formed in a rotation body, and a wall surface of the annular groove part is sealed by a second protrusion elongated annular part formed in an inner circumference of a rotor attached to the annular groove part, and... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234888 | Arrangements for anchoring items to automotive framing components An item such as a passenger assist handle is anchored to an automotive framing component by a mounting stud passing through a hole in the framing component. The mounting stud includes a shaft with a helix at a first end and a threaded portion at a second end. The he... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234209 | Mounting structure and mounting method for vehicle interior parts A clip engages an assist grip with an engaging portion of the clip engaged with a clip insertion hole of an attachment part. The assist grip is mounted to a body panel by engaging a first locking pawl of the clip with a rear surface of the body panel, and engaging a... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229119 | Vehicle seat having supporting device A vehicle seat having a supporting device includes a lower rail fixed to a vehicle floor, an upper rail supported by the lower rail so as to be slidable in a front-rear direction, a lower arm fixed to the upper rail, a supporting cover provided at the side of a door... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210697 | Convertible handle A convertible handle having a tongue portion and a handle portion. The handle portion has a clevis proximate a first end thereof and a gripping region proximate a second end thereof. The handle portion is pivotable with respect to the tongue portion for manually tow... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7185378 | Adjustable pad/pliable flexible support An adjustable support/pad that retains any shape to which it is configured and which may be reshaped to serve another purpose. The support/pad has at least one pliable coil spring in the shape of a flexible tube capable of being bent into multiple positions and hold... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7168138 | Resilient clip fastener A resilient clip with a plurality of twisted wings for engaging a first structure. The twisted wings provide the clip with a low ratio of insertion force to pull-out force, rendering the clip relatively easy to install yet difficult to pull out. In one embodiment, t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7107651 | Handle applied in bathroom A handle applied in bathroom and fixed on the wall. The handle is composed of a handhold pipe, a garnering rack, several supporting rods and covers, a middle positioning body and two side positioning bodies. The handle pipe is a hollow tube and holes sit at the midd... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103939 | Pin-less damper assembly for an assist grip handle An assist grip handle assembly that may be snap-fit to the interior of a vehicle or other structure includes a damper assembly provided with the handle assembly that does not require the use of a pivot pin. The damper assembly of the invention easily snap-fits into ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093324 | Apparatus and method for facilitating the lifting and carrying of objects without handles There is a gripping section with first and second open ends, a ductile member, such as a strap, forming first and second hoops extending from the first and second open ends. The hoops and wrap and tighten around the object. Ends of the ductile member protrude throug... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090278 | Grip handle at passenger seat in automobile A grip handle at a passenger seat in an automobile includes an instrument panel having at least one hole formed therethrough in front of the passenger seat, a core, made of hard plastic, including at least one insert hole formed therethrough, into which an insert bo... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7076838 | Hand-held machine tool with vibration-damped handle A very extensive decoupling of the handle from vibrations in the hand power tool is obtained by the fact that, on each of two legs (5, 7) extending nearly parallel to the longitudinal axis (9) of the hand power tool, at least one lever (19, 21) ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7062818 | D-ring handle The present invention relates to a handle member having a tab which, when pushed, allows the handle to be hingedly rotated from a resting position to a position substantially perpendicular to a faceplate member. In particular, the present invention relates to a D-ri... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7047604 | Handle with grip for comfortably holding articles by hand A simple, strong handle for use as a grip for holding articles is disclosed comprising a carabiner-like snap hook provided with a gripping surface of the proper size and shape to be comfortably held by a human hand. The snap hook has a generally C-shaped back portio... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7007347 | Drawer pull A drawer pull, wherein a one-piece pull member has projections which cooperate with openings associated with the drawer front. Assembly of the pull member and drawer front involves principally relative sliding movement of the pull member parallel to the drawer front... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6974134 | Folding handle assembly for a vehicle A handle assembly that pivotally mounts a handle adjacent to an opening of a vehicle includes a bracket and an end portion or cap portion of a handle. The end portion and bracket engage one another to substantially secure the handle in either an in use position or a... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6969100 | Mounting structure and mounting method for vehicle interior parts A clip engages an assist grip with an engaging portion of the clip engaged with a clip insertion hole of an attachment part. The assist grip is mounted to a body panel by engaging a first locking pawl of the clip with a rear surface of the body panel, and engaging a... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964439 | Vehicle door handle device A vehicle door handle device includes a frame equipped on a vehicle door panel and a handgrip mounted on the frame and rotatable about a rotation center portion at one end portion of the handgrip. A second end portion of the handgrip forms an operation portion linke... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6959480 | Apparatus, method and device for attaching hydroformed handle to an appliance An apparatus and method for securing a handle to a door includes a first clip fastened to the door, a second clip fastened to the door and a handle clamped to the door by the first and second clips. The clip has a flat surface with an aperture therethrough and two w... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6954972 | Installation tool An apparatus for and method of inserting, retaining, protecting, and positioning a bearing (101) or other parts of similar construction or manufacture includes an installation tool (300) that utilizes a saddle (301) capable of seating the bearin... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6935820 | Lighted tie down anchor and method for using same A lighted anchor for a vehicle is adapted to be attached to the rear end of a side wall of the carrying bed of the vehicle. The anchor includes wires leading from an anchor light in the anchor member. The wires can be connected to the tail light of the vehicle so th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6895635 | Accessory mounting mechanism A accessory mounting mechanism for securing an accessory to the frame of a vehicle as herein disclosed. The accessory mounting mechanism generally comprises an upper grommet into which is inserted an end of the accessory, a lower grommet to which the upper grommet i... | 05/24/2005 |
