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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7174607 | Card attachment The present invention relates to a card attachment for holding cards. The jaws of the card attachment can be locking in a closed position to ensure a secure grip on a card. Plastic gripping pads are included to increase the friction between the card and the jaws. Si... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7150381 | Garment hanger with non-slip pads A garment hanger, according to one exemplary embodiment, includes a cross-bar having first and second ends and a hook member coupled to the cross-bar to permit hanging of the garment hanger. A first clamp assembly is disposed at the first end of the cross bar and a ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7131214 | Tape measure mounting clip A tape measure includes a novel mounting clip assembly having a distinct lever arm coupled to a base plate for movement about a pivot axis between a closed position and an open position. The lever arm has a first spring-receiving bay on a side generally facing the b... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7086635 | Fabric hanger method and system An improved hanger for storage and display of material such as fabric and the like. The hanger includes opposed panel sides interconnected at an upper spine portion. Fabric or other material is placed between the panels and is retained by a unique set of clips appli... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077851 | Aneurysm clip An aneurysm clip (1) is provided with two arms (2, 3) which are resiliently pivotable towards each other and carry at their free end clamping bars (12, 13) which are resiliently clamped against each other by the spring force of the arms, with ou... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6959715 | Umbrella for departing auto passenger A procedure for an umbrella-assisted departure on a rainy day through a door opening used to exit from a vehicle, in which an open umbrella is clamped to the top edge of the door so that the site of attachment correlates to the bottom hand-held location on the umbre... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6925689 | Spring clip A clip comprising a pair of jaws connected by a fulcrum for pivotal movement between opposed positions and an arched spring associated with each jaw for biasing the jaws to one position. Each jaw may be molded unitarily with its associated spring and a part of the f... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6418595 | Clothes hanger clasp An improved structure of a clothes hanger clasp includes a U-shaped main body that is composed of a lower clasp plate and an upper clasp plate that connects each other on one end. A stop post is disposed on the other end of the lower clasp plate. A curved... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6412152 | Clip A clip for connecting to a ring or the like has a resilient bow and first and second hook portions at first and second ends of the bow. The second hook portion has a pair of spaced apart hook parts. A hook is formed in each hook portion. The clip can be o... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6405415 | Body towel clip A body towel clip for releasably preventing separation of overlapping portions of a towel wrapped around the torso of a user, includes a pair of pivotally interconnected clamp members having barbed jaw portions interengaging in a clamped position to secur... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6397439 | Holding device A holding device comprising two clamping members (10, 11); a hinge portion (16); and a spring element (24); wherein all the aforesaid parts are integrally molded from a plastics material and the spring element is connected to one of said clamping members ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6266851 | Paper clipping device Paper clipping device including a casing and a trigger member. The casing is designed with a configuration of an animal and formed with an internal chamber in which the trigger member is disposed. One end of the trigger member is formed with a tail-like p... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6254136 | Page holder A page holder for holding the pages of a book in an open arrangement having an attachment means such as a spring clip for attaching the page holder to the cover or to one or more pages of the book, a holding means adapted to hold, to the cover of the open... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6213190 | Device for and method of draping curtains A device for draping curtains, includes a holder about which curtain fabric may be placed and which is adapted to be mounted on a wall by means of a bracket in spaced relationship to the wall such that the plane defined by the holder extends approximately... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6189542 | Multipurpose hair clip An improved hair clip employs a pair of cooperating main members that are pivotally connected and biased into a hair engaging orientation. Each of the main members is contoured and includes a first end spaced apart from a second end by a middle portion. T... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6149043 | Holder for electronic device Disclosed is a holder for an electronic device used in carrying a small electronic device while attaching it to a wearing belt or cloth, the holder having: a base provided with one surface for holding the electronic device and another surface including be... | 11/21/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5983669 | Spring for earring clip and method of making same An earring clip spring assembly has a strip of spring metal which is bent to have a pair of spring arms connected to each other by a closed U-shaped portion. An opening through the omega shaped portion receives a pin which holds the spring to an earring c... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5884371 | Lower garment suspension apparatus for assisting disabled persons in dressing A dressing aid for suspending a lower garment from an upper garment is disclosed herein comprising a band and a pair of clips, with one clip connected to each end of the band. Each clip comprises a pair of arms each having a handle at a first end and a ja... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5855046 | Clip A photographic film clip having gripping jaws (3,5) adapted to provide a soft gripping surface arranged to hold an article between the jaws of the clip without damage to the article. The clip has a metal body (1) with operating springs (2). The jaws are c... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5842482 | Spring hinge for hairstyling devices A hairstyling device includes, according to the invention, two jaws hinged together by hinge means including a hinge pin and a coil spring wound in a spiral around the pin. The spring is contained in an opaque casing attached to the first jaw, and incorpo... | 12/01/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5774946 | Clip A hand operable clip 1 suitable for firmly releasably securing together sheets of, for example, paper. The clip 1 comprises a base 2 and a clip part 3 pivotally mounted with respect to one another. Biassing means are provided for biassing the gripping sur... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5678281 | Clip assembly A clip assembly for attachment to a body or housing, in particular a portable electronic apparatus, includes an elongated clip member and a leaf spring member for biasing the clip member toward the body or housing. The leaf spring member extends in a long... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5621955 | Clamp made of plastic for clamping sheet-like objects A clamp made of plastic for clamping sheet-like objects. To easily clamp objects manually over the longest possible clamping line with the strongest possible clamping force, the present invention provides two mounting sites for two clamping levers. The mo... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5598775 | Centering lid seal clip apparatus A lid is sealed to an integrated circuit package using a spring biased pressure foot that is structurally carried by a secondary loading jig to impose sealant curing load on the lid. The secondary jig attaches to the fabrication boat at a position indexed... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5595331 | Clamping coat hanger for garments A clamping coat hanger has a main clamping member with an upper and a lower end, wherein the upper end has a hook for suspending the coat hanger and the lower end has first clamping ribs. A first clamping member has an upper and a lower end wherein the lo... | 01/21/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5410783 | Clamp for leaf of sheet shaped products Clamp for clamping one or more sheet shaped products in particular for bundling a small stack of papers. The clamp has a clamp opening (3,9) that by means of an operating member (11, 12, 13) can be brought into a clamping position (FIG. 2), the operating ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5379490 | Belt clip assembly A belt clip assembly (10) comprises a hook shaped feature (18 and 20) having a void (17) and which appends from a housing (12), a latch member (14 and 15) pivotably retained within the void of the hook shaped feature, and a spring (30) for biasing a botto... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5325570 | Clip An improved clip, includes two interconnected clip bodies which each is a miror image of the other and which are formed integrately, the supporting point for the pressure action is exactly the connection of the two bodies, a groove is formed between the f... | 07/05/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5301393 | Spring biased clip and method of making A spring biased clip comprising a pair of clamping elements hingedly connected together in combination with a spring. In a preferred embodiment, the clamping elements have hinge and spring components and are integral male and female snap connection elemen... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5241728 | Resilient clip A spring clip having a pair of jaws and a spring or biasing member interconnecting the jaws for biasing the jaws to a closed position, the spring including a support ledge defining a fulcrum for rotation of the jaws between the open and closed position in... | 09/07/1993 |
