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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7509713 | Clamp assembly A clamp assembly selectively grips material. The clamp assembly includes a housing, a gripping assembly and means for connecting the clamp assembly to an object. The housing has a first end, a second end, a first portion and a second portion. The first and second po... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7174608 | Methods and apparatus for gripping articles An apparatus includes: a base having at least one surface lying substantially in a base plane; a first member extending substantially perpendicularly from the surface of the base and defining an aperture therein; and a second member having a proximal end coupled to ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6946180 | Composite materials with embedded machines A composite material is provided that includes a matrix material, and a plurality of deflectable elements or “machines” disposed in the matrix material, the machines acting to modify one or more physical properties of the composite material in response to forces... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6149117 | Decorative and functional fixture as sheetlike object hanger A decorative and functional fixture, which is capable of functioning as a sheetlike object hanger for vertically holding sheetlike objects, includes a front fixture having a substantially flat supporting surface at a rear side, wherein at least a rail gro... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5745962 | Roller clip In a roller clip with a U-shaped body having resilient top and bottom legs, the top leg has an opening capturing a rolling means between the two legs and rotatably supporting the rolling means to permit insertion of a slip between the rolling means and th... | 05/05/1998 |
| 4956899 | Self clamping device Self-clamping device suitable for temporarily securing a material without damaging its surface with a force proportional to the material's weight and/or to any pulling force exerted on the material wherein the device includes a casing having an opening fo... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4786144 | Contact lens holder A contact lens holder including a lens holder and a support for positioning the lens before an optical instrument for visual inspection of the lens. An annular ring having a generally C-shaped channel cross section which defines a groove is provided for a... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4750243 | Shower curtain holder An hollow sphere, in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention, has a slot formed on a somewhat less than semicircular portion of the great circle that separates the sphere into two hemispheres. A shower curtain grommet support is spaced i... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4693443 | Apparatus for removeably retaining sheet material A holder for sheet material frictionally secures the sheet material intermediate a back plate and a plurality of rollers. A rigid planar plate in converging relationship to the back plate guides the rollers against the back plate to compress the sheet mat... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4617073 | Moveable clamp and edge sealing method employing same A moveable clamp and an improved method of fabricating insulated glass is disclosed according to the preferred teachings of the present invention. The clamp includes first and second clamping rollers which are rotatably mounted to the first ends of first ... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4472902 | Fishing aid There is provided a fishing aid which includes a body, means on the body for attaching one end of a fishing line thereto, and a slot in the body into which the fishing line can be inserted. Within the slot is biased retention means for holding the line in... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4141117 | Releasing tool for use with a releasable cone lock A tool for releasing cone locks which can generally be moved in only a single direction on a cable or rod wherein the tool is provided with a portion that can be inserted into the lock to engage and release the locking mechanism such that the lock can be ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4116342 | Billiards cue holder A billiards cue holder including a coil spring, the opposite ends of which form depending arms terminating in a pair of opposed jaw elements having opposed soft resilient gripping surfaces for gripping the tip portion of a billiards cue. Means for mountin... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4078277 | Guy wire clamp The clamp, operable to compressively lock a wire, comprises a casing having a cone-shaped cavity therethrough, and means engaging the cavity about the wire, the means gripping the wire as a result of constriction of the cone-shaped cavity as a result of l... | 03/14/1978 |
