Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7603754 | Hook and connector device A hook-connector includes a first hook part and a second hook part. Each of the first hook part and the second hook part include a first plate and a second plate, and a hub disposed between the first and second plates. The hub holds the first and second plates in es... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7371302 | Method for forming fastening members A method for forming a plurality of pairs of fastening members is disclosed. Each fastening member extends in a longitudinal dircetion and in a lateral direction and comprises a base panel and a tab extending laterally from the base panel. The tab has first fastenin... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7316101 | Method and apparatus for vacuum sealing zip lock plastic bags A vacuum sealing method and system for evacuating air from and sealing a flexible plastic bag of the type having a mating male rib and a female sealing channel closure along the length of the bag opening. A flowable liquid is applied to the female channel. The rib a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7284730 | Transducer holder System, methods and apparatus are provided for securing one or more transducers to a patient. According to one illustrative embodiment, a transducer holder is provided that includes a base, one or more fasteners for securing one or more transducers, respectively, at... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7241046 | Watertight closure for a reclosable package A watertight closure for a reclosable package has first and second mutually interlocking profiles. Together, the profiles have two sets of interlocking members, one on either side of a central portion. There, at least one profile has a collapsible member in its cent... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219403 | Fastening member comprising shaped tab A fastening member used for, e.g., a disposable absorbent article is disclosed. The fastening member extends in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction and has a lateral centerline. The fastening member comprises a base panel and a shaped tab extending l... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7171730 | Plastic chuck with highly airtight slider and bag body with the chuck A plastic zipper equipped with a slider, which zipper is imparted with high hermetical-sealability and facility in unsealing and reopening/reclosing. The zipper is capable of detection of its having been unsealed after sealing packaging, and a bag body is fitted wit... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168214 | Two-piece joining device for sheet pile retaining walls The joining device serves for connecting two adjacent individual elements (5, 11) of a sheet pile retaining wall which are to be pile-driven in each case, e.g. for connecting two adjacent pipes of a sheet piling. The first joining element comprises a button s... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7090397 | Single use container A single use container comprises a slider having first and second closable profiles having an adhesive or epoxy disposed thereon. The profiles are configured, for example, to prevent premature closing and bonding. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6964519 | Atmospheric and/or differential pressure closure for an evacuable storage container An evacuable bag or container for items which benefit from being stored in a vacuum environment by reason that the bag or container is impermeable to air or liquid, with a first opening for entrance or closure purposes, which first opening has a zipper sealing closu... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962439 | Leak resistant tamper evident reclosable plastic bag A reclosable plastic bag includes two panels sealed to form a container having a bottom and an openable top. The plastic bag further includes lips that are adjacent to the openable top and which are initially joined to one another by a removable element. The removab... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6588074 | Self-mating reclosable binding strap and fastener A new method of binding at least one article, and a new binding strap for use in binding an article or articles is taught. The new binding strap for preferred use in practicing the new method comprises an elongate base sheet having an array of parallel, n... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6234676 | Snap closure for flexible packages and flexible packages including the same A snap closure for a flexible, gusseted package and a flexible gusseted packing including the closure. The package includes a mouth portion arranged to be opened to provide access to the contents of the package. The package is formed of a flexible materia... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6230374 | Fastener device for an absorbent article The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing fastener elements for fastening devices that are intended to be affixed to side-parts of an absorbent article of the kind which includes a central part and front and rear side-parts that project o... | 05/15/2001 |
| 5791810 | Connecting apparatus A panel connecting device consists of a first member having a base, at least two successive extending elements extending from the base, each of the elements having a thinner portion near the base and a thicker portion at the end of the element. In between... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5653004 | Plastic clip A clip comprising a bight portion separating first and second handle portions. The handle portions terminate in grip portions having teeth disposed on an outer surface thereof. In one preferred embodiment, the teeth form an acute angle with an outer surfa... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5471715 | Adjustable fastener assembly for canvas covers and the like An adjustable fastener assembly for attaching a flexible cover sheet to an object such as a boat comprises an elongated housing provided with a slot extending along its length. Within the housing, there is positioned a slide having an extension protruding... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5361925 | Terminal box A terminal box includes a base and a cover detachably securable to the base. The cover is provided with a stepped bore in each corner area thereof, with a spring-loaded locking bolt being insertable therein and slideable in axial direction in opposition t... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5272794 | Flexible closure device A flexible closure device comprises a pair of elongated fastener strips each including a web portion and a marginal portion. The marginal portion includes a plurality of interlocking ribs terminating in hooked coupling heads for coupling engagement with c... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5195222 | Fastening between an upholstery cover and a support receiving the upholstery A fastening connection between a cushion covering and a support for the cushion is disclosed. The support may be molded from a thermoplastic resin by injection. The connection comprise a hook profile strip which snaps into position fastening the edge of t... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5119531 | System for joining by interengagement comprising interengaging elements formed by ridges with elastically deformable lips, in particular curvilinear A system of joining by interengagement, especially suitable for fasteners by interengagement, comprising a first joining device conventionally in the form of a tape, provided on a first interengagement face with a plurality of first interengagement elemen... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4999885 | Device for maintaining orderly tubing or wiring A clip for orderly arrangement and identification of flexible lines such as hospital intravenous tubing has a pocket for grasping the tubing and interengaging protrusions and engagement holes whereby the clip can be chained in a line with other similar cl... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4657462 | Quarter-turn fastener An industrial quarter-turn fastener assembly comprises a sheet metal turn member having a turn head, a shank portion and a nose portion; a cap member through which the shank portion extends; and a helical coil spring. In one embodiment the fastener assemb... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4442571 | Self-ejecting fastener stud A self-ejecting fastener stud is provided for use with a fastener receptacle to form a fastener assembly for fastening two members together. The stud has an enlarged head portion and a shank portion extending therefrom adapted to extend through an opening... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4385851 | Clamping method and device A clamping device for clamping a panel to a supporting flange comprises a clamping element with a radial arm for engagement with the lower side of the flange. The clamping element is mounted on one end of a rotatable pin by means of a cross-pin passing th... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4148115 | Self-closing fastener A fastener has two interengageable halves. Each half has first and second elements extending along the length dimension of the fastener. The two elements are interconnected, in a direction transverse to the length of the fastener, by a resilient part whic... | 04/10/1979 |
