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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6969039 | Driving device for support device A driving device for driving a support device into an object. The driving device includes a driving end adapted to receive a blow from a driving tool and an extension portion extending from the driving end, the extended portion adapted to contact a shank of the supp... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6905299 | Method and apparatus for fastening steel framing with a harpoon nail A harpoon nail having two or more sets of teeth on opposite sides of fingers that deform while penetrating the framing members. The teeth engage with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A piercing nail having sets of teeth on two edges penetrate... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6808120 | Rail anchoring spike An improved fastener for attaching metal to wood is particularly suited for use as a railroad spike for attaching a metal rail to a wooden tie. The improved spike is adapted for installation by either driving or screwing the spike into the tie. A plurality of flutes... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6471140 | Rail anchoring spike An improved fastener for attaching metal to wood is provided. The fastener is particularly suited for use as a railroad spike for attaching a metal rail to a wooden tie. The improved spike is adapted for installation by either driving or screwing the spik... | 10/29/2002 |
| 5758821 | Elastic rail fastening system with rail spike A system for elastically fastening rails mounted on underlying cross ties. The foot of the rail is clamped by elastically fastening metallic rail spikes anchored in the cross tie. The rail spikes have a shaft portion and a head portion eccentrically arran... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5160085 | Railroad spike An improved railroad spike, configured to resemble a conventional U.S. railroad spike as to its head, shank and tip. The improved spike features (1) a keyhole bore which extends between and through the head and top of the spike, and (2) and a pair of angu... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5046907 | One-piece elastic rail mounting clip A one-piece single- or double-shank spring clip, which is used for elastic rail mounting for positively and elastically anchoring a rail relative to a tie plate without using any screws, said tie plate including fastening holes and the spring clip being a... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4978065 | Method and apparatus for attaching a rail using plastically deformable metal spikes and metal spikes per se A method of fixing a rail on a rail-support by metal spikes each comprising a round shaft having a top and terminated by a head for bearing against a rail flange with at least the bottom portion of the spike shaft being received in the rail-support in suc... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4928878 | Fastening rails to wooden sleepers Spikes for holding elastic rail clamps for use with wooden rail ties. The spike portion incorporating recesses in its surface to accommodate an adhesive which improves adhesions between the spike and the wooden tie. The lower end of the spike which faces ... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4714195 | Track spike with a single or double shaft A track spike (1) with a single or double shaft for wooden ties with spring loop (6), shaft (5) and crosspiece (4). The crosspiece (4), is, in its upper area via a bend (9) of the corresponding shaft portion in the direction of the rail foot (8), offset w... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4697045 | Electrically insulative staple A staple for installation in a wood support having a U-shaped body defined by a pair of rod-like legs in fixed parallel spaced-apart relationship terminating at one end with the opposite ends of an arcuate member and each leg terminating its respective ot... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4461422 | Railway spike and an assembly on a railway track incorporating the spike A railway spike consists of a bar folded to form first and second legs. Proceeding upwardly from the nose, formed by the two ends of the bar, firstly there is a first portion in which the legs are straight and parallel, then a second portion in which they... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4203193 | Method of attaching a rail and a tie plate to a cross tie A spike retainer which may be forcibly driven through an aperture in a tie plate into a wood cross tie includes an upper lip for engaging a flanged base of a rail supported by the tie plate. A movable wedge attached to the spike retainer is forced between... | 05/20/1980 |
| 3964680 | Railroad spike retainer A railroad spike retainer is disclosed which may be driven into a railroad tie together with the spike it retains. The retainer exerts a retention force both against the spike to prevent its regression from the retainer and also against the tie to prevent... | 06/22/1976 |
