Class 24/501 - Attached solely by spring

Subclass of Class 24 - Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Definition: Swinging gripping member which (a) is attached to the outer
No. of patents: 40
Last issue date: 06/23/2009

Number	Title	Issue Date
RE40756	Bag clamp An improved bag clamp and bag cutter is presented that is a non-obvious increase in capability over this inventor's previous bag clamp/cutter invention. The improved clamp possesses a stronger spring, an improved cutting blade with safety guard, a springboard button...	06/23/2009
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
7249682	Compact clamping cartridge for panel-type products A clamping cartridge is provided which comprises a plurality of clamping mechanisms spaced apart on a frame or chassis. The clamping mechanisms are generally oriented perpendicular to their direction of spacing. The clamping mechanisms are of the type which comprise...	07/31/2007
7238145	Oral-lever resistance exercise device An oral exercise device that is portable, that has adjustable resistance and that allows the tongue to perform isotonic exercises in an environment that closely approximates the natural configuration of the tongue and the mouth to improve disorders of speech and swa...	07/03/2007
7204372	Rug display system A rug display system includes a base having a plurality of upwardly extending posts and a frame comprising a front, top and rear section. At least a portion of the frame is configured to be rotatably mounted on a post of the base. The rug display system can further ...	04/17/2007
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
7153313	Auricular hematoma clamp An improved ear pressure device and process for the treatment of an auricular hematoma in a pendent ear of an animal. The device is comprised of two opposing rigid plates each containing at least one raised lineal or area encompassing rib located on an inward surfac...	12/26/2006
7086346	Apparatus as a flag or banner pole clip A device to secure a flag or banner to a pole. The securing device has an unshaped spring above a pivot dowel and in between a first and a second panel. Also, the securing device has snaps to secure either the flag or banner to the pole. Finally, the securing device...	08/08/2006
7073264	Bag slitting apparatus A bag slitting apparatus for opening a sealed bag along an edge of the bag. The apparatus has a first arm having first outer and inner surfaces, and a second arm having second outer and inner surfaces. The arms are in tensioned movable opposed relationship to each o...	07/11/2006
7062886	Hold down clip A clip to hold panels in place in grid openings in a suspended ceiling. The clip is integrally formed and includes relatively flexible hinges that bias relatively rigid sections against the panels. ...	06/20/2006
6971434	Non-pull cord operated Venetian blind A non-pull cord operated Venetian blind includes a blind embodiment having left/right retaining cords led through both lateral sides thereof and fixed to a windowsill at the bottom ends thereof, and a pair of clamps securely sealed at both ends of a lower beam to cl...	12/06/2005
6619479	Promotional bag dispensing apparatus Distinctive, promotional bag dispensing apparatus are provided that include a clamp and a clip configured to retain a plurality of plastic (or other) bags in stacked adjacent relationship. Each clamp includes a base member and a retaining member that is m...	09/16/2003
6578243	Bag clamp An improved bag clamp and bag cutter is presented that is a non-obvious increase in capability over this inventor's previous bag clamp/cutter invention. The improved clamp possesses a stronger spring, an improved cutting blade with safety guard, a springb...	06/17/2003
6363588	Bag clamp A clamp for closing a polymer bag, including a pair of opposed clamp members wherein said clamp members are movable between a closed and an opened condition, each one of said pair of clamp members having a long axis and an inner and an outer surface. A hi...	04/02/2002
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
6125513	Multifunctional belt clip for a portable device A portable device having a multi-function belt clip assembly includes a leaf spring 16 having a first end 18 and a second end 20; a housing 14 which has a recess 22 to engage the first end 18 of the leaf spring 16; and a belt clip 12 which has a recess 24...	10/03/2000
6105217	Bag clamp A clamp for closing polymer bags. The clamp includes a pair of clamp members movable between a closed and an opened condition, each one of the clamp members having a jaw for engagement of a bag. Each clamp member has an inner and an outer surface. A hinge...	08/22/2000
6098254	Garment hanger clip release guard A garment hanger clip is provided with a pair of clip jaws having lateral projecting portions or extensions which prevent or reduce unintended release of the clip jaws when a series of hangers is pressed or pushed together. The projections or release guar...	08/08/2000
6058580	Structural improvement of clothes hanger clasp A clothes hanger clasp, particularly to a clothes hanger clasp that will not easily fall off but can be loosened in a convenient way, includes a metal plate roughly in a "U" shape, where the metal plate is divided into an upper clasp plate and a lower cla...	05/09/2000
6023818	Spring-biased clip mechanism A clothespin including two hand grip portions provided respectively with a projection for locating a shaft, a retaining slot for retaining a u-shaped spring, and a head portion having a spherical body for retaining a clamping plate in such a manner that t...	02/15/2000
5802677	Bag closure clip A bag closure clip including a pair of opposing T-shaped clip members held in pivotal engagement by a U-shaped metal spring. Each clip member includes a jaw, a handle, and a fulcrum. As the handles are squeezed toward each other, the jaws open to allow a ...	09/08/1998
5632491	Target attaching apparatus A target attaching apparatus, which provides for the attachment of a target to any available structure, includes a spring-biased clamp connected to a mounting member. The clamp includes an attachment end opposite a handle end, wherein the attachment end i...	05/27/1997
5495646	Seat belt comfort clamp A seat belt comfort clamp provides a vehicle occupant protection from injury and enhanced comfort and convenience and includes a clamp assembly having first and second arms and a pivot member. The pivot member defines an axis extending substantially paral...	03/05/1996
5457858	Clip A clip comprising two half bodies of a symmetrical structure, and two inverted U-shaped clasps combined together, each half bodies having two clasp openings spaced apart in an upper lengthwise edge for the two clasps to fit and catch hold of a vertical sl...	10/17/1995
5402558	Resilient clip A resilient clip or spring clip is disclosed which has a pair of jaw members and a generally U-shaped biasing member for connecting the jaws together and for biasing the jaws into a closed position. The biasing member has a pair of legs connected by a cur...	04/04/1995
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
5267374	Closure clip for plastic bags and similar articles A bag closure clip is provided which consists of a pair of arms, each having a handle at a first end and a jaw at a second end and a hinge mechanism for permitting pivoting the arms to move from an open position in which the jaws are separated to a closed...	12/07/1993
5153969	Cord clasp A cord clasp is disclosed for holding together several loops or folds of an appliance cord in order to keep the cord tidy. The clasp includes two complementary facing jaw members, each having a cord surrounding portion and a handle portion separated by a ...	10/13/1992
5063645	Double-mouthed clip A clip consists of two symmetrical jaw parts each of which, in its central portion, has a set of teeth so that when the jaw parts are placed together, the teeth of one jaw part mesh with the teeth of the other jaw part. The ends of each jaw part are taper...	11/12/1991
5052085	Structure of clothes clip A clothes clip, which comprises two opposite clamping members pivotally retained by a substantially U-shaped spring which bilaterally equivalently presses on the two opposite clamping members. The two opposite clamping members have two pair of parallel pi...	10/01/1991
4945613	Clothes-pin The clothes-pin consists of a spring element and two identically formed members having a clamping section and a handle section. The spring element connects the two members in that on the one hand the end engages the blind hole and on the other hand it sur...	08/07/1990
4881304	Self-tightening pivotable grippers An improved self-tightening pivotable gripper is provided in a gripper having two pin members and an elongated leaf spring, in which the pin members each have a jaw and pivot arm with a pivot portion therebetween and in which the spring bends around and j...	11/21/1989
4716634	Two-piece reinforced clothes peg The present disclosure is concerned with a two piece reinforced clothes peg which is mounted on the transverse rod of a clothes horse, and consists of a pair of jaw members, joined together along one common edge thereof, and a J-shaped clamping member whi...	01/05/1988
4660750	Garment hanger with improved wire support An article hanger of the type having an elongated body with dependent arms mounting article gripping clamps and rod support means which permits the rod to be assembled to the hanger body through a face of the body after the hanger has been molded. The sup...	04/28/1987
4614008	Spring biased clothes pin An improved clothes pin of the pinch type is provided wherein the improvement consists of a novel form of spring designed to place its spring action at the sides of the clothes pin which will increase the tension on the jaws of the clothes pin and prevent...	09/30/1986
4417370	Pocket handkerchief clip A pocket handkerchief clip which is spring-biased to receive a folded handkerchief or a shaped handkerchief accessory, and is designed to fit into the front pocket of a suit coat, jacket or sport coat for displaying the handkerchief or handkerchief access...	11/29/1983
4414985	Ophthalmic clip Apparatus useful in the surgical correction of strabismus comprises a clip (10) attachable to the sclera (52) of an eye, and a dynamometer gauge (12) coupled to the clip to measure torques exerted on the muscle of the eye....	11/15/1983
4145793	Clothespin A clothespin with two elongated members each having a forward end defining a gripping portion and a centrally disposed pivot portion about which each elongated member pivots. A spring acts to bias the gripping portions into abutment with each other and to...	03/27/1979
4077092	Pivoted clip A double-ended clip such as clothes pins, paper clips and the like including two elongated arms between which a floating elastically resilient fulcrum rides in a direction longitudinally of the arms. As the pin is manipulated the fulcrum snaps away from t...	03/07/1978
4063333	Clothespin A highly stable clothespin of the type having a pair of elongated clamping members and a helical metal spring interposed therebetween is provided. Each of the pair of clamping members has a forward clamping jaw, a tail, and an intermediate portion. The ho...	12/20/1977

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