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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360286 | Clip for hanging skirt A clip for hanging a skirt that can be attached to an existing hanger. The distance between clips can be freely adjusted to hang, skirts from small children's to large adult sizes without causing creases. The clip neither damages cloth of a skirt nor leaves marks on... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7341259 | Air seal system for loudspeaker This invention provides an air seal system for loudspeakers where it is desirable to reproduce sound accurately and efficiently without loss in sound quality. The air seal system may include a housing, a baffle, and a cord gasket positioned in a gland to form an air... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7318567 | Cable management device A cable management device includes a clamping mechanism (110) suitable for attachment to a surface. The clamping mechanism comprises an annular portion (111) having an outside surface (114), an inside surface (115) that forms a perimeter ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7299554 | Hinge base plate mounting tool for face frame hinges A jig for face frame hinges may include a base and gripping members, wherein the jig may be secured to a frame member or a wall adapted to receive a hinge base plate and the hinge base plate may be abutted with a first hinge abutting edge of the jig. The gripping me... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7160006 | Clip for light fixture and a light fixture apparatus A clip to be installed on a diffuser such that a lip defined by the rim of the diffuser is positioned in a cavity of the clip, with two arms defined by the clip capturing the rim of the diffuser and a leg defined by the clip extending into the hollow center of the d... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7104719 | Peripheral connecting region of two sheets and peripheral connection method In a peripheral connecting region of two sheets including two overlapping flanges of the sheets, the sheets are connected to each other such that they cannot be displaced relative to each other. In order to be able to connect high-strength sheets or other sheets whi... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7013594 | Pivoting split shot attachment and removal tool A fishing tool is designed to attach and remove split shot to/from fishing line. The tool comprises a top member, which is a flexible bowed strip of spring metal, pivotally connected to a base member, which is a rigid strip of sheet metal. The top member comprises a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010880 | Split shot attachment and removal tool A fishing tool designed to attach and remove split shot to/from fishing line is disclosed. The tool comprises a top member, which is a flexible bowed strip of spring metal, pivotally connected to a base member, which is a rigid strip of sheet metal. Split shot is at... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6966103 | Fastening system 1. A fastening system includes a straight pin having a cap end, a shank and a pointed end; a planar border having a base and two integrally formed substantially parallel planar flexible peripheral legs of like length, distal ends of each of the legs having apertures... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6948269 | Size tag clip A size tag clip on a hanger including an external protruding plate on which are symmetrical sloping top surfaces. The sides at the top of the sloping surface are flat but the bottom part are two matching sloping protrusions that form a tiny ditch with the hanger. Wh... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6929223 | Air cushioned grippers for article holders An article holder comprising bifurcated arms extending upwardly from a base to receive and hold articles inserted downwardly into the holder within cushioning, resilient fingers extending inwardly from the bifurcated arms to engage the inserted article and wherein t... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6708933 | Detachable attachment clamp, in particular for electric wire harnesses on vehicles A clamp includes a locking element (4) and an element (6) for hooking to a support (3). The hooking element (6) is made integral with the locking element and is equipped with first hooking means (14) and second hooking means (16... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6698071 | Clip systems and methods for sheet materials A clip for sheet materials comprising a clip member and a collar member. The clip member is made of resilient material such that the clip member may be deformed from a normally open configuration into a closed position. The clip member defines first and s... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6494413 | Wire harness-fixing clamp A holding recess (14) for holding the self-supporting-type cable (1) is formed between elastic holding portions (12, 13). Retaining projections (12a, 13a) are formed respectively on those side surfaces of the elastic holding portions (12, 13), exposed to ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6484374 | Flexible clamp device A one piece clamp for affixing a pliable bag to a container. The device can be deformed to an open position and normally assumes a closed position. While in the closed position, the clamp is in condition to secure a bag to a container. The clamp may be de... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6473941 | Fastening assembly and method for electronic devices A fastening assembly and method uses a belt loop/snap arrangement in which a belt loop of a pair of pants or other garment is combined with a female or male snap part. The other mating snap part half (male or female) is attached to the bag or carrying cas... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6237197 | Golf cart buckle lever retaining clip An apparatus for use in securing a golf cart buckle lever in a closed position includes a clip having a substantially U-shaped body that can secure the buckle lever in a closed position. The U-shaped body includes a front and a rear member that are dispos... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6230965 | Reusable container closure A one piece, closure for containers having a pair of upper entry-exit flaps and a pair of lower entry-exit flaps. The closure includes an upper member and a lower member with a webbed wall disposed between and attached to both the upper and lower member. ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 5983460 | Bag closure A bag closure comprising a cylindrical tube having a slit along its length, a notch in line with the slit on at least one end of the tube and an elevated bead formed around at least one end of the tube, the bead functioning to maintain the tube in its cyl... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5899332 | Spacer clip for handling sheet products A spacer clip allows sheet products such as panes of glass to be handled and transported. The upper part (2) of the spacer clip, which rests on at least one part of the edge face of a sheet product, is in contact with at least one other spacer clip positi... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5692806 | Slip-on seat belt tension adjustment clip A slip-on seat belt tension adjustment clip for relieving the tension from the shoulder strap of a seat belt assembly. The clip is made from a flexible polymer and is one piece. It has a handle with two outwardly extending clip arms. One of the clip arms ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5351371 | Rod-securing clip for use in optical fiber three-rod connectors An optical fiber splicing device includes a clip (20) which aligns and secures cylindrical rods (28, 30 and 32) utilized within a three-rod optical fiber splicing device. The clip (20) is a generally cylindrically shaped component which is made of a resil... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5293713 | Device for supporting cut flowers A device for supporting cut flowers. The device is in the form of a hollow tube with a longitudinal opening formed therein. The edges of the tube at the opening carry flanges, disposed at an angle with respect to one another of at least 30° and flaring o... | 03/15/1994 |
| 4943026 | Hanger for small packages A hanger for a package has a frame extending downwardly from a hook and having a lower portion extending beyond a locking finger so as to prevent unnoticeable opening of a cover of a package held by the hanger. The locking finger is inclined to the plane ... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4864757 | Portable kit for erecting sign with rigid panel A portable sign kit includes components for quickly and conveniently erecting lightweight signs, e.g. real estate sales and similar signs. The components include an open wire frame with a prejecting mounting stud. A rigid sign panel is received within the... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4656697 | Bag clip A bag clip for tightly sealing plastic bags. The bag clip comprises two limbs (1, 2) hinged together at respective one ends thereof and intended to receive therebetween that portion of the bag where a seal is to be effected when the limbs are moved toward... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4616113 | Safety clip for protecting articles from theft The safety clip contains two clip legs (11,12) between which a fabric (13) may be placed. One clip leg (11) is provided with a switch (15) whose actuator (16) is operated by the introduced fabric web (23). Bulges (19) provided around the movable actuator ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4471512 | Friction clip for merchandise display hooks and the like The disclosure relates to a resilient friction clip adapted to be received over and to frictionally grip the wire portion of a merchandise display hook, such as used pegboard displays. The clip is formed of resilient material, of extruded, or more prefera... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4414716 | Garment clasping device A clasping device for releasably securing small articles of clothing such as socks is disclosed. In the clasping device of this invention, a device consisting of one or two small, flat, resilient members are utilized to pair socks or the like for washing ... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4369946 | Cable clips Several cable clips are disclosed, all capable of use with an extensive range of numbers and/or sizes of cable, by virtue of providing a resilient arm of particular shape and stiffness, in conjunction with a finger which extends from one end of the arm, t... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4361935 | Bag closure Several unique bag closure features are presented, with one embodiment having a bag-neck confining opening provided with inwardly depending appendages peripherally spaced from one another and with blunted ends to protect the bag, but with sharp corners to... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4354299 | Clamp for fastening grapevines and other fruit-bearing shrubs on bracing wires Clamp for fastening grapevines and other fruit-bearing shrubs on bracing wires comprising a detent at one end of the clamp to engage the bracing wire, a hook at the other end of the clamp to engage the bracing wire and an intermediate piece between the de... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4352519 | Latching glare shield An automotive vehicle sun visor is provided with an improved glare shield in which a flat sheet of glare reducing plastic is hinged to a backing and secured to the sun visor by means of metal clips inserted in the backing. The backing has a latch adapted ... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4330148 | Adjustable sun visor extender An extender for motor vehicle sun visors includes two opposed plastic panels hinged together by a hinge section which is integral with the plastic panels. A plurality of U-shaped spring elements extend around the outer surfaces of the hinge section and th... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4274564 | Unitary garment retaining hanger A unitary garment-retaining hanger includes a pivotally hinged arm integrally formed on the hanger body and defining a normally open garment-receiving cavity between the arm and the hanger body, the hinged arm being pivotally movable from a clearance posi... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4248401 | Plastic slide clamp for tubing A plastic slide clamp for tubing is provided which includes a slightly bowed configuration to compensate for the phenomenon of cold flow when plastic tubing is crimped shut by the clamp. In one embodiment, the clamp is provided with an insert member of lo... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4245774 | Container security clip A container security clip comprises a U-shaped member adapted to be disposed over the edge of the side wall of an open-ended container. The U-shaped member includes first and second spaced leg portions. The leg portions each include first sharpened projec... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4217986 | Inventory restraining device for merchandise display hook A generally horseshoe shaped inventory restraining device of a unitary and resilient construction comprising two arms extending from a base and having inner walls which define a longitudinally extending re-entrant cavity therebetween for clipping onto and... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4214803 | Connector cable clamp construction A cable clamp particularly adapted for use with ribbon-type connectors is readily mounted on a connector end by means of a clamp anchor portion connected to a cable-supporting base having a projecting rib. Integral opposed side walls are adapted to move i... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4197945 | Pin protector An apparatus to removably enclose and thereby protect electrical connector ins attached to circuit boards. The pin protector has parallel flanges and a hinge to provide for the opening of an enclosing section to allow it to be placed about the pins. The me... | 04/15/1980 |
