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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7954210 | Hose clamp A hose clamp, preferably for the closing of catheter extensions, has an integral plastic body extending in an elongate manner with two arms which are resiliently connected to one another at the ends and which each form a projection such that they are disposed opposi... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7290687 | Garment hanger and clamps A garment hanger having two clamps respectively provided on two ends thereof, each clamp includes a first jaw and a second jaw adapted to closing to each other for clamping; wherein the first jaw has on its inner surface thereof an elliptical protrusion, and the sec... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279174 | Stent coatings comprising hydrophilic additives A coating for implantable medical devices and a method for fabricating thereof are disclosed. The coating includes a mixture of a hydrophobic polymer and a polymeric hydrophilic additive, wherein the hydrophobic polymer and the hydrophilic additive form a physically... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272878 | Cam actuated clamp apparatus A cam actuating clamp. The clamp has first and second jaws, with one of the jaws including a surface forming a fulcrum and the other one of the jaws including a projecting arm which contacts the fulcrum when the clamp is in an open position. The clamp is moved from ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7243402 | Locking clip A clip assembly having first and second pivoting gripping members that are locked in gripping engagement to a tarp or other material and attached to a rope or shock cord. The gripping members include jaws and arms that are joined by a pivot connection so that the ja... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7195131 | Drum closure A drum closure which establishes a connection between the body of a drum and lid, wherein the connection will prevent separation of the lid from the body under severe loading conditions such as dropping the drum from a height of thirty (30) feet. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7180744 | Heat sink mounting device A mounting device for a heat sink (200) includes a pair of pivot members (10), two joining members (30), and two pairs of spring members (20). Each pivot member includes a clipping portion (11) for clasping the electric unit (30... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167419 | Beverage brewer timer A timer is provided for indicating when a beverage within a beverage container is no longer fresh. The timer includes a timer body and a clip. The timer body contains electronic circuitry adapted to display a time remaining before the beverage is no longer fresh. Th... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7125194 | Fastening assembly for securing a bed liner to a truck bed A fastening assembly for a pickup truck bed liner including a foldable tie-down ring and a supporting plate. A pickup truck bed includes an inwardly extending bed rail. The bed liner includes circular open holes in its side walls. When the liner is placed on the tru... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7046517 | Electrically isolated semi-locking hinge for cooling system A cooling system hinge mounted to a portion of an enclosure of an electronic system to which a cooling device may be releasably and pivotably attached in at least an open position to permit access to components within the electronic system and a closed position to p... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039432 | Dynamic upstream attenuation for ingress noise reduction A dynamic arrangement for reducing the presence of ingress noise in the upstream signal path of a two-way cable system utilizes a variable attenuation element and amplifier disposed along the upstream signal path. The amplifier includes a bypass switch so that the a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6993986 | Clamping element with an integrated force sensor A clamping element for the transport of a substrate in a predefined transport direction comprises a first and a second leg with a first and second clamping jaw for clamping a substrate. Each of the two clamping jaws has a clamping plate which is movable in transport... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6964085 | Mounting clip and related modular storage system A storage system having a releasably mounted mounting clip that can be connected to a wall stud or ceiling joist. A variety of storage components can be joined to the mounting clip. The mounting clip can also be used to join boards and panels to construct furniture ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6904647 | Clamping devices A container for retaining articles includes a pliable sack and a closure attached to an opening of the sack. The closure includes a substantially flexible member having a pair of anchors and a substantially rigid member having a pair of pivotal seats. Each of the pi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6761481 | Bag comprising matching closing sections actuated by a slider A bag including two generally parallel sheets forming the main walls of the bag, complementary closure strips fixed to respective ones of the sheets, and a cursor for actuating the strips for closing and opening purposes. Parallel to the closure strips between the s... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6733178 | Bag having cursor-actuated complementary closure strips A bag including two generally parallel sheets forming the main walls of the bag, complementary closure strips fixed to respective ones of the sheets, and a cursor for actuating the strips for closing and opening purposes. Parallel to the closure strips between the s... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6681779 | Layered clip The device of the current invention is a multi-layer clip that is preferably configured for securing hair. The clip has at least three body sections and preferably four body sections. Body sections are configured to be coupled with adjacent body sections ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681971 | Variably configurable securement arrangement in a load carrier Securement arrangement for mounting articles upon a carrying vehicle. The arrangement includes a pair of substantially rigid body members. At least one of the pair of body members has a receiver configured to accept the installation of a fitting member th... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6637082 | Quick holder A quick holder includes a bottom housing, a cover, two clamping members, and a tensile spring. The tensile spring is urged between the retaining posts of the two clamping members conveniently, so that the two opposite clamping members may be used to clamp... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6632021 | Bag having slider-actuated complementary closure strips and a leakproofing structure A bag comprising two generally parallel sheets (16, 18) forming the main walls of the bag, complementary closure strips (20, 22) fixed to respective ones of the sheets, and a cursor (50) for actuating the strips (20, 22) for closing and opening purposes, ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6612000 | Bottom hanger clothes clip A clothes clip has a biasing spring that imparts a symmetrical force to each of the gripping members of the clothes clip. The two distal ends of the spring press against the fixed jaw of the clip at point equidistant from the central axis, and a central l... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6609827 | Bag having slider-actuated complementary closure strips and a leakproofing structure A bag comprising two generally parallel sheets (16, 18) forming the main walls of the bag, complementary closure strips (20, 22) fixed to respective ones of the sheets, and a cursor (50) for actuating the strips (20, 22) for closing and opening purposes, ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6546658 | Elongated shell and internal gripper assembly An elongated shell and internal gripper assembly for gripping and supporting sheet-like posters or pictures for display purposes in a readily exchangeable manner. The assembly comprises an elongated, extruded gripper clip has a planar backing base pivotab... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6302366 | Grip clip An office accessory arrangement including a stationary support rail and a grip clip removably supported thereon. The grip clip includes a pair of opposed grip members joined to one another by a hinge arrangement for enabling relative pivoting of the grip ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6125514 | Safety clamp A safety clamp, which includes a link for connection to a crane or the like, a steering mechanism, the steering mechanism including a casing, a ratchet wheel mounted in the casing and connected to the link, and steering control means for controlling the d... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6088889 | Clamp operable as a hemostasis valve A manually operable clip operable as a hemostasis valve for use with intravenously inserted catheters. The valve preferably comprises a unitary piece of wire formed to have first and second jaw portions defining front and back ends that preferably include... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5871194 | Hinged clip and fitted article The invention teaches a hinged clip (10) comprising two arms (22), each arm having a free end (34) and an extension forming the other end, resilient bias means urging the free ends together, the extensions being movable towards one another against the for... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5775651 | Device for holding a container inverted for emptying A device for holding containers, particularly plastic oil bottles, in the inverted position whereby the container may be completely emptied without the need for someone to hold the container the entire time. The invention comprises a pair of container loc... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5752680 | Spring loaded straight line dead end clamp A clamp for a line includes a body having a first portion for engaging the line and a keeper having a second portion for engaging the line. A pivoting assembly is coupled to the body and the keeper for pivotally coupling the keeper and the body, and inclu... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5657518 | Clip for garment hanger There is disclosed a clip for a garment hanger on which clothes are hung directly, and which has front and rear gripping plates which are movable one relative to the other. A locking mechanism, preferably in the form of an arm in a fixed one of the two pl... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5542209 | Stalk support for flowers A stalk support for flowers comprises generally a roughly R shaped clamp displaceably attached to a cylindrical rod thereon. The clamp is made from a flexible plastic material having a roughly hoop clasp with a pair of spaced legs parallel extended outwar... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5490651 | Hinged ceiling clip A hanger clip construction adapted for use with overhead members, such as the T-bars of suspended ceilings, includes a first arm having first and second ends and a second arm having first and second ends. A first hinge connects the first arm second end to... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5318292 | Towel clamp golf accessory A springingly urged clamp is especially useful with a small towel such as the type used in golfing service and is a palm sized clamp which is both easily manually engageable and easily manually manipulable. The clamp, and its affixed towel, can be attache... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5072866 | Plural garment support hanger A hanger for the hanging of plural garments includes a body portion for hanging a first garment, the body portion having a central opening and a hook portion extending outwardly of the body portion and a cross-member bounding the central opening. A clip u... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5052086 | Clamp for fixing plant stem to support wire A clamp for fixing a plant stem to a support wire includes a movable clamp member, a fixed clamp member, a support shaft and a spring attached to the movable and fixed clamp members. Each of the movable and fixed clamp members has a semicircular beak at i... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4987660 | Hook-type clothespin A clothespin with a hook adapted to be attached to a clothesline is disclosed. With the present invention it is possible to attach the clothespin to a clothesline with one's hand lower than the clothesline when hanging the laundry for drying. This is adva... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4969492 | Method and apparatus for filling inflatable bladders The method for filling a soft, flexible, thin-walled inflatable bladder with a fluid medium to a predetermined extent that comprises; folding a portion of the soft, flexible, thin-wall of the bladder and engaging the fold in predetermined pressure engagem... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4959892 | Structure of shaftless clip A shaftless clip for clamping name plate, paper and etc., which is comprised of two pivoted parts with a spring retained therebetween to force the two pivoted parts to constantly clamp up together. The first part of the clip comprises two side pins respec... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4953820 | Lamp with retaining ring An adjustable clamp with an attached retaining ring is disclosed. The clamp is formed from two extrusions, an L-shpaed extrusion which includes a groove for receiving the retaining ring along with one portion of a hinge structure, and a U-shaped extrusion... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4901963 | Adjustable clamp An adjustable clamp is formed of two extrusions pivotally joined together by retaining structures consisting of a web and bead extruded as part of one of the extrusions and a channel extruded as part of the other extrusion and having sufficient cross-sect... | 02/20/1990 |
