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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8099838 | Fastening belt with rotatable drag hooks This invention is about the fastening belt with freely rotatable drag hooks, which includes two drag hooks. The said drag hooks have an upper cover and a bottom cover, with the hook fixed in the front of the drag hooks; one elastic rope to link the two drag hooks, w... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7866010 | Holding device for connecting a gas mask to a protective helmet A holding device for a breathing mask that is fastened to a protective helmet when in use includes a fastening hook connected to a flexible, length-adjustable tightening strap that is hooked into a receptacle on the protective helmet. Stop elements that are both fri... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7634842 | Fastening device A fastening device is disclosed comprising at least a pair of hard hooks, each containing a gripping portion and a hacking portion, connected by a stretchable cord, preferably a bungee cord. The device is useful for easily and securely fastening a ladder or other le... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7571521 | Elastic tie down A tie down for connecting two objects. The tie down has an elastic tube having an unstretched state and a stretched state, a braided line extending through the tube, with the line having a compressed state and an uncompressed state, and a mechanical securement at ea... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7458135 | Tether A tether having an elastic member which provides an unstretched length having a first part and a second part with the first part of the unstretched length having less elastic resistance than a second part of the unstretched length to alter characteristics of stretch... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7454818 | Elastic tie down A tie down for connecting two objects. The tie down has an elastic tube having an unstretched state and a stretched state, a braided line extending through the tube, with the line having a compressed state and an uncompressed state, and a securement at each tube end... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7360284 | Bungee cord system A bungee cord system, including, a bungee cord assembly, engaging locks, and universal anchors to safely secure, store, transport, and/or stack packages, containers and the like to surfaces. The bungee cord assembly includes an elasticized cord with first and second... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357284 | Tubular self-retracting device The tubular self-retracting device (2) has an elongated tubular element (6) having an open end, a cord (8) extending through the open end and fitting in the tubular element (6), a clipping element (10) attached to the cord (8 | 04/15/2008 |
| 7346963 | Cord stopper A cord stopper (1) of the present invention includes a socket (2) and a plug (3). The plug (3) includes a pair of arms (32) and a catching section (35) arranged on facing surfaces of the pair of arms (32) to catch a c... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340803 | Rapid attachment buckle A buckle for capturing and releasably retaining an end tab of a flexible strap wherein the flexible strap has a substantially uniform width and thickness and an end tab of increased thickness. The buckle includes a base, and parallel side walls, which extend upwardl... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337590 | Tank retaining system A retaining system in which straps are provided with hooks that remain engaged with retaining loops even when tension on the straps is released and in which the tightening mechanism includes rods which are located partially below a rib surface on which the straps ar... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328528 | Removably attachable decoration for footwear A removably attachable decoration for footwear is provided. The decoration can be attached to any desired article of footwear, such as a shoe or sandal, at any desired location thereon. The decoration comprises a strand having beads or other adornments attached ther... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325349 | Tag clip with card carrier A first embodiment card-holding device containing a clip, an intermediate piece, and a carrier. A second embodiment contains a first clip, an intermediate piece, and a second clip. A third embodiment contains a clip and a carrier. The intermediate part or the carrie... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325255 | Hat with retractable accessory attachments The present invention involves a hat with the ability to store a small item. The hat is preferably a standard baseball cap, but can also be a visor. The hat contains a sleeve therein for holding an item such as a pen, bottle opener, or golf tee. One end of the sleev... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322316 | Animal control arrangement An animal control arrangement in which there is provided a plurality of leashes which may be attached to the collars of animals to be controlled while walking, exercising, training or the like and which reduces the likelihood of the leashes becoming tangled. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320421 | Hunting retention system and method A hunting retention system includes an elastic cord attached to each of the pair of rattling antlers and attached by a unique and novel attachment device to a user at the waist. Preferably, the restraining device takes the form of a belt, wherein an elastic cord ext... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7278900 | Bra strap retainer A bra strap retainer for preventing the straps from falling from the user's shoulders. The bra strap retainer includes a retaining member having an elongate main portion and opposite end portions which are adapted to keep straps of a bra on a user's back in proximat... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275396 | Apparatus and method of supporting an earring An earring support device constructed of a single length of flexible metal wire or plastic line bent back upon itself at both ends and clasped or otherwise fasted so as to form a large loop at one end and one or more smaller loops at the other end. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7251868 | Adjustable shoelace A stretchable string (100) having a first cross sectional diameter at rest and a second smaller cross sectional diameter when stretched. An aglet (200) positioned on the string. The aglet has an inner cross sectional diameter that is smaller than the c... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7228600 | Carabiner bungee cord terminus A conventional carabiner (11) is molded directly into a plastic base (10), with the pivoted end of a closure gate (23) being toward the base. The base may also restrain a bungee cord (9) by having the end thereof and a wire crimp (15 | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229367 | Quick connect basketball practice device A basketball practice device is for use with a basketball rim having a diameter. The practice device includes an annular body, the body having a diameter substantially lesser than the rim diameter, and at least one and preferably a plurality of supports. Each suppor... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219397 | Elastic foreshortening of cable or other linear structures A device wherein an elastic cord is attached to a pre-existing flexible linear structure such as a wire, tube or non-elastic cordage in order to deform the structure and impart elastic handling properties of a common curly cord. The resulting assembly is a foreshort... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219398 | Flexible loop bungee cord terminus A terminus (8) for a bungee cord (9) comprises a molded base (10) having a flexible loop (11) anchored by a compression sleeve secured to one end; a free end (23) of the loop has an enlargement (22) which fits through a hole... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7189578 | Methods and systems employing electrothermally induced flow for mixing and cleaning in microsystems A method and system for controlling flow motion in a channel/cavity in a microfluidic system includes positioning at least one pair of electrodes in and/or proximate to the channel/cavity. A buffer solution is placed in the channel/cavity, the buffer solution having... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181809 | Stretch cord hook A stretch cord hook includes hook members, connecting blocks and an elastic cord. The elastic cord has its ends secured to the connecting blocks, respectively. Each connecting block is integrally formed with a respective hook member. Each hook member has an inner su... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182044 | Animal control arrangement An animal control arrangement in which there is provided a plurality of leashes which may be attached to the collars of animals to be controlled while walking, exercising, training or the like and which reduces the likelihood of the leashes becoming tangled. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7152837 | Hanger apparatus A hanger apparatus is fabricated of a strand of material that is formed into a plurality of coils of incrementally decreasing diameter to fabricate a tapered, hollow helix. A hook or other engagement means is integrally formed at one end of the helix. The helix is c... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7134231 | Tag clip with card carrier A first embodiment card-holding device containing a clip, an intermediate piece, and a carrier. A second embodiment contains a first clip, an intermediate piece, and a second clip. A third embodiment contains a clip and a carrier. The intermediate part or the carrie... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7124470 | Tool lanyard A tool having a lanyard, a tool member and structures for attaching the lanyard and the tool member. The attaching structures includes a pin that is engaged with the lanyard and the tool member. The tool defines an opening having a bore contiguous with the opening f... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7103944 | Lid strap device The invention comprises a decorative lid strap for securing the cover of a casserole to the top of the casserole or container so that the casserole can be transported safely while food and etc. is in the casserole. The lid strap has an elongated elastic strap with h... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093329 | Elastic snapping device An elastic snapping device includes an elastic cord having two distal ends each formed with an end opening, a snapping tool mounted on the elastic cord and having a distal end formed with an enlarged plug inserted into the end opening of the elastic cord, and an ela... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082701 | Footwear variable tension lacing systems Variable tension footwear lacing systems and methods permit and facilitate adjustment of selected zones by a user. In an embodiment, stop devices are used with a footwear lacing system to prevent opposing closure edges of a footwear article from advancing towards ea... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7052057 | Device for hooking and dragging a game animal A device for hooking, dragging, or gaffing a game or marine animal. The device comprises a substantially triangular hook member having an opening and a sharp end for hooking the animal. When dragging the animal, the device distributes the weight to ground requiring ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040256 | Animal control arrangement An animal control arrangement in which there is provided a plurality of leashes which may be attached to the collars of animals to be controlled while walking, exercising, training or the like and which reduces the likelihood of the leashes becoming tangled. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036189 | Fastening means with at least one flexible tension strand A fastening means with at least one flexible tension strand, which has a hook element at each of its two opposite ends, where it is provided in accordance with the invention that each end of the minimum of one tension strand is attached to a seating element, on whic... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036193 | Shoe tightening device A shoe tightening device is provided for use with a shoe that includes a pair of eyelet tabs each having eyelets. The shoe tightening device includes a pair of lace units, a clamp unit, and a pull lace. Each of the lace units includes connecting end portions, operat... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028967 | Tank retaining system A retaining system in which straps are provided with hooks that remain engaged with retaining loops even when tension on the straps is released and in which the tightening mechanism includes rods which are located partially below a rib surface on which the straps ar... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020935 | Multi-device tether A multiple item carrying device permitting a plurality of items to be conveniently and safely carried, used and retrieved. The carrying device preferably includes an adjustable main strap, a snap-fit closure along the length thereof, a mechanism at one end of the ma... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022069 | Circumferential retractor apparatus with locking slots A circumferential retractor apparatus including a first retractor paddle, a second retractor paddle and an elastic member. Each of the first and second retractor paddles includes a body portion with an arm extending outwardly therefrom. The arm supports a grasping s... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018332 | Circumferential retractor apparatus A circumferential retractor apparatus including a first retractor paddle having a grasping surface and a body portion supporting the grasping surface, a second retractor paddle having a grasping surface and a body portion supporting the grasping surface and an elast... | 03/28/2006 |
