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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370449 | Mounting devices for firearms and methods of operating the same Mounting devices for firearms and methods of mounting the same are disclosed. An example mounting device for use with a firearm includes a clamping device, with which the mounting device can be optionally clamped to the firearm. The clamping device includes a rigid ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7065912 | Snap-on securement clip for hanging objects from ceiling rails A securement clip for supporting a sign from an overhead ceiling rail comprising a pair of sidewalls arranged to pinch a ceiling rail, a yieldable web connecting the sidewalls, and a hanger connectable to the web. The hanger is arranged to support a sign therefrom. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6230426 | Access panel for a vending machine face A vending machine includes a vending machine face having an access panel therein for providing access to a graphics piece in the vending machine face. The access panel is movable from a closed position prohibiting access to the graphics piece, to an open ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5784762 | Trellis wires tieing clips used when controlling the direction of growth and the support of plant foliage of a crop Trellis wires tieing clips are used with pairs of spaced longitudinal trellis wires which are located to control the direction of growth and support of plant foliage of crops such as raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and grapes. One wire is the long... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5692273 | Device for connecting a window to a window lifter The invention relates to a device for connecting a window to a window lifter and is distinguished by a simple design, using only a few component parts. In addition, the invention guarantees a simple assembly process. It is characterized in that the grippi... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5454392 | Fastener, and assembly utilizing the same A fastener has a head component with a channel in which are engaged bosses of a member to be secured, which bosses cooperatively form a passage for receiving the fastener. A tail component of the fastener is used for threading it through the apertures, an... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5199140 | Inventory control clip for display hangers A clip for holding merchandise near the forward end portion of either a single-armed display hanger or a loop-type hanger and for maintaining a predetermined vertically spaced relationship between the hanger and the overlying arm of a label holder. The cl... | 04/06/1993 |
| 4826056 | Hanger with adjustable garment clamps An article hanger particularly useful for clothing has an elongated, non-circular, beam-like body along which article gripping clamps are slidably mounted for adjustment in spacing. The beam-like body passes through the article receiving chamber formed be... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4783029 | Pipe clamp A pipe clamp wherein a C-shaped elastic holder cooperates with a U-shaped confining member to define a space which can receive a pipe with at least some radial play. The end portions of the holder are biased away from each other by an arcuate intermediate... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4718151 | Retractor apparatus A retractor apparatus for attachment to a rail of a surgical table includes first, second and third support rods and first, second and third clamps. The first support rod is attached to the rail of the surgical table and permits movement about and along a... | 01/12/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4658100 | Trolley wire hanger A trolley wire suspension hanger includes a rod bent to form two loops at opposite ends with a substantially straight portion in between, one loop being to go over the messenger wire and the other for holding a clip. The clip includes a V-shaped member be... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4586221 | Universal clamping device for dial indicators A clamping device for use in clamping dial indicators and like instruments used in surveying comprises a bifurcated clamping element having a pair of elongate arms defining a central slot. The arms define a pair of circular openings at the base of the slo... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4566157 | Clip with sliding locking member A U-shaped clip for clothes or the like has a web and two resilient legs between which the clothes or the like can be placed. On at least one leg there is a bevel to facilitate attachment and detachment of a preferably substantially E-shaped locking membe... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4454969 | Hanger assembly A hanger assembly for hanging clothes is formed by securing a pair of bars together at one end to form a clothes clamp and leaving the clothes clamp open at the other end for the purpose of receiving clothes. The clothes clamp is locked by a slotted, resi... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4338707 | Clamp Apparatus for clamping a cable, wiring or tubing, includes a pair of straps each made from a springlike material and each having a flat portion and a looped portion extending from the flat portion in mating relationship to the looped portion of the other ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4308906 | Net-like or chain-like anti-slip device for a vehicle wheel The clamping means of the anti-slip device includes a pair of locking members for selectively clamping the overlapping wire ends of the wire in a manner so as to only permit movement in a sense of a shortening of the effective length of the wire. A pair o... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4149299 | Clamp for closing bag A body is provided constructed of shape retentive but at least slightly bendable and resilient material. The body includes generally parallel elongated side-by-side levers defining pairs of corresponding first and second end portions and a first connectin... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4034903 | Hanger for article display A suspended article display hanger arrangement includes an elongated, rigid bar upon which are slidably mounted a plurality of article engaging clamps. In the preferred embodiment, the clamps are divided into two sets, with one set permitting suspension o... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3982308 | Semiconductor device clamping apparatus A clamping apparatus for holding semiconductor devices in compression is described in which supporting plates are disposed at opposite ends of the apparatus and supporting shafts extend the length of the apparatus connecting the supporting plates. The sup... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3959913 | Releasable non-slip attachment means for connecting fishing lines to down-rigger cables In one specific form, the apparatus is embodied as a tubular housing which fits in the hand of the user, with a trigger-like release arm protruding from a slot in the side of the housing to be pulled rearwardly by a finger of the user. The release arm ret... | 06/01/1976 |
