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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7536758 | Device for creating a seal between fabrics or other materials Disclosed is a device for creating a seal which includes an upper seal member, a lower seal member, and a slider, wherein mating surfaces of the upper and lower seal members interlock. A lifting rib on the slider cooperates with a lifting wing on the upper seal memb... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7424889 | Carbon dioxide absorber canister attachment An interface mechanism is provided that removably unites a carbon dioxide absorption canister with a patient breathing circuit on a ventilator. The interface mechanism includes a cradle that is moveably positioned between a first position and a second position, wher... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7401679 | Adaptor for mounting a sound tube in an earpiece The present invention relates to mounting of a sound tube inside a shell of a hearing aid. The invention provides a sound tube adaptor, a tool for insertion of the adaptor and a method for attaching a sound tube to a shell, the sound tube adaptor facilitating attach... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7210848 | System for opening/closing a packaging bag, and packaging bag equipped with this system System for opening/closing a packaging bag, comprising an opening formed in one of its walls, delimited by edges of this wall. Furthermore, this system comprises a flat base piece at least partially delimiting an opening through it and comprising the two long... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6769157 | Safety guard for seat belt buckle release A seat belt buckle guard device is provided for preventing access to a release button on a seat belt. The device comprises a sleeve structured to fit over a variety of shapes and sizes of seat belt buckles. The sleeve comprises a front face and a top face that are c... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6654989 | Synthetic resin attachment for clothes and belongings Antistatic agent for external use is attached to a synthetic resin material by coating or spraying, which is used in an attachment for clothes and belongings, such as a slide fastener, a button, a snap button, a hook, a strap fastener, a buckle, a swivel ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6490769 | Slider for a closing band, advantageously of plastic A slider for a closing band includes a core piece (8), two parallel inner surfaces (31, 32), and two support flanks (14, 15). In order improved sliders of this kind, an additional core piece (7) is provided (FIG. 2) in the region of the inner surfaces (31... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6393674 | Closure device for clothing, footwear and luggage items and the like A closure device for clothing, footwear and luggage items and the like is adapted to act on flattened and adjacent parts and comprises two elongated and parallel elements which have, at their outer lateral edges, a region for fixing to the respective part... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6094786 | Slide fastener slider and mold for die-casting the same In a die-casting slide fastener slider having a plastically deformable, cantilevered pull-tab attaching lug on a slider body, the lug projects from an upper end of a guide post over an upper wing toward a rear end of the upper wing and terminates in a dow... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6059456 | Reclosable profile arrangement using slidable closure strip A closure arrangement for a flexible package includes two base strips having channels and film-attachment portions, and a closure strip inserted within and slidably engaging the channels of the base strips. The closure arrangement includes shoulders on th... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6035496 | Linear profile, which is self-sealing by mechanical engagement A linear profile, which is self-sealing by mechanical engagement comprising an elastic element (100), engagement elements (20) and a slider (31); the elastic element (100) consists of a pair of seals (2), specular or preferably complementary with hollows ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5991982 | Slider for slide fastener A slide fastener slider comprising: a slider body composed of upper and lower wings joined at their front ends by a guide post; a cantilevered attachment lug standing on an upper surface of the upper wing at its rear end and extending toward its front end... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5581057 | Elevator car for an open elevator shaft An elevator car has transparent side walls and is guided in an open elevator shaft to provide passengers with an unobstructed view of the surroundings outside the car. An information display apparatus is detachably coupled to an outer surface of a side wa... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5551129 | Slider of a zipper A slider which includes a slider body having a nose suspending at one side, a front open chamber, and two protrusive flanges bilaterally disposed at the front side of the front open chamber, a spring bolt mounted inside the front open chamber to block the... | 09/03/1996 |
| 4979702 | Apparatus for opening and closing a sealed slot A cover assembly for sealing a slotted opening about a shaft which moves across the opening; and in particular for sealing an opening in the fuselage of an aircraft which accommodates a movable flap support tube. The closure assembly includes a pair of ma... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4941238 | Slide fasteners and the like The device provides a fastener which somewhat resembles a slide fastener but which can be made at least substantially fluid-resistant. It comprises a first component (1), of flexible and resilient material, having an engagement formation having a longitud... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4667377 | Slide fastener with a pair of intermeshable top ends stops A slide fastener having a top stop assembly including a pair of top end stops which are meshable with each other so as to make the total width of the top stop assembly slightly smaller than the minimum width of a Y-shaped guide channel of a slider for all... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4624032 | Slide fastener slider with detachable pull tab A slide fastener slider has an arch-shaped lug projecting from the top surface of an upper wing and terminating in a rear free end spaced from the top surface of the upper wing by a predetermined gap. A slide is slidably mounted in the upper wing and has ... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4576307 | Separable elements held together by a sliding latch A molded plastic container has first and second portions which are relatively movable between open and closed configurations; and the two portions have first edges which are juxtaposed when the portions are closed. A T-shaped rail is fixed to the first ed... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4520534 | Sliding closure assemblies There is described a sliding closure intended for use with a bag or the like, the closure comprising two track parts (2,3,60,61) extending along opposite sides of an opening in the bag (1), and fixed thereto, and a closure element (20) composed of a plura... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4513484 | Seam closure device Disclosed is a device for closing a snaplock type seam having a pair of internestable interlocking V-shaped portions. The one piece closure device is assembled astride the V-shaped portions of the two seam members and functions to force these portions lat... | 04/30/1985 |
| 3983878 | Surgical appliance Appliance for sutureless closure of surgical incision comprises tape member and spring closure member. Tape member has adhesive on one side for fastening to skin of patient and pair of closely spaced longitudinal ribs on other side. Incision is made throu... | 10/05/1976 |
