Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7264285 | Deadbolt safety latch A dead-bolt lock safety latch for preventing unauthorized unlocking of a dead-bolt lock with a key or lock picking tools provides a spring biased body having two legs, each leg having a leg extension, and carrying an elongate handle to provide mechanical leverage to... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7195140 | Holster for attaching to a leg of a user and holding a hammer A holster for attaching to an leg of a user and holding a hammer in a position which provides complete freedom of movement of hands and feet of the user and which permits the user to remove the hammer with the same hand employed to use the hammer. The holster is mad... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7140148 | Fishing line retaining device A one piece device for temporarily holding fly fishing line stripped from a reel and prior to being cast. The device is made from a single piece of continuous metal rod, bent at various locations along the rod to form a holding arm and a base clip. The fishing line ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7040518 | Support device for supporting an overhead branch cutter A support device (1) is for supporting a portable handheld work apparatus including an overhead branch cutter (3). The support device (1) is held to the body of the operator (17) via a belt arrangement (2). The support device (1... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6994238 | Screw gun holster A clip-type holster fashioned from a single strip of stainless steel and shaped for holding a battery powered rotary tool such as a screw gun for wearing on a tool belt. The holster catches the handle of the screw gun easily and locks it in place to prevent it from ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6557739 | Holder for headed tools A device for securing a T-shaped tool such as a hammer to the leg of a user in a position which provides complete freedom of movement of hands and feet while carrying the tool and permits the user to remove the tool from the device with the same hand empl... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6336578 | Wearable cord holder A cord holder for use with hand-held equipment that requires a power cord, air hose, or the like. The cord holder has a clip that attaches over a pocket or belt or similar item of apparel. A loop and hook securely hold a bight of the cord. The cord in fro... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6279794 | Packaging bottle with carrying handle A plastic container bottle provided with carrying means. The bottle is composed of a neck portion of thick wall that has a step below a support ring formed around a lower portion of the neck portion and projecting therefrom and a ring-shaped groove betwee... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6175198 | Electrodeless fluorescent lamp dimming system A ballast 10 for an electrodeless gas discharge lamp 30, incorporates a dimming circuit 12. Ballast 10 includes a load circuit 20 having an r.f. inductor 32 for generating an r.f. field to power electrodeless lamp 30. A voltage of an inductor 56 in a d.c.... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6082602 | Multi-use belt with ball holder A multi-use belt that is designed to be used during sporting activities as well as in social environments. A carrying element and a ball holder may be attached to the belt. The carrying element is adapted to hold instruments for use in a sporting activity... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6052936 | Line retaining device for the recovering of line in fly casting A device for using in fly fishing to facilitate the recovering and collection of the fishing line, the device comprising spring means capable of being firmly attached to a part of the clothes of an angler to collect the fishing line when recovering the sa... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5842621 | Golf utensils carrying device The carrying device consists of a belt (1), a carrying element (3) and a ball holder (2) detachable from the belt. The carrying element (3) has pockets for receiving a pitch mark remover (34) and two tees (37) and is fastened by means of a Velcro fastener... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5711467 | Vertical bow holder device A vertical bow holder device for offering a new and improved device for carrying a bow on a hunter's belt. The inventive device includes a first continuous bow support rod forming an upper bow support and a second continuous bow support rod forming a lowe... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5605263 | Holder for headed tools A device for holding a T-shaped tool having a head and a handle on either the upper or lower leg to (1) provide complete freedom of movement of hands and feet while carrying the tool and (2) permit the user to attach and remove the tool from the device wi... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5288002 | Spring loaded ball holder A holder for carrying golf balls is disclosed which has a frame member and a two pair of loop members. The loop members have a diameter greater than half the diameter of a ball but less than the diameter and are retained on the frame in a spaced relations... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5195667 | Tool holder A device for suspending T-shaped tools from a belt, toolbox, wall, or other mount, comprising a flat attachment material and a rotating holder body which secures the tool while allowing the tool to be inserted and removed from different angles. In order t... | 03/23/1993 |
| 4936499 | Tool carrier A tool carrier has a frame formed from a closed wire loop which includes a tool insertion portion having spaced side rail members connected by an arcuate end bar. An attachment portion of the frame has spaced attachment rail members each connected by a ni... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4830246 | Farrier's nail-holding device A bracelet-like device adapted to be worn on a Farrier's wrist is provided for holding a multitude of horse shoe nails in an orderly array. The device utilizes arcuately shaped forward and rearward aligned members which secure the nails by frictional mean... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4821933 | Leather tape rule holder A tape rule holder formed from two die cut flat pieces of heavy duty, top grain saddle leather. The back piece includes belt slots in its upper section. The front piece or pocket-forming member is configured in its flat pre-assembly form with peripheral s... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4809894 | Device for detachably connecting objects to an article of clothing The present invention relates to a device for detachably securing objects to an article of clothing, such as a vest, jacket, trousers or corresponding garment. The device comprises a carrier part having a substantially horizontal support or carrier surfac... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4684047 | Belt-mounted bow and arrow support device and method The present invention concerns a support for an archery bow which also permits an arrow to be carried with its notched end engaged with the bow string. The support includes a loop for attachment to the archer's wearing apparel and is preferably fabricated... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4260087 | Belt buckle holster A Western-style belt buckle is a metal plate having a small pistol mounted thereon. The pistol is part of the ornamentation of the buckle, but is releasably mounted on the buckle in a manner permitting quick removal. An aperture in the plate permits the w... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4065040 | Tennis ball holder A belt-mounted device for holding a tennis ball or the like between two opposing metal loops having laterally extending legs which are joined together through vertical arms spaced apart a distance greater than the diameter of each loop. The junction betwe... | 12/27/1977 |
