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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7832063 | Paper holder A paper holder has a holding piece made of an elastic material such as synthetic rubber provided with a fixed portion in a flat-plate-like shape and a holding portion integrally formed with the fixed portion at a connection top portion having a joint portion with a ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7404266 | Portable film viewer A portable x-ray viewer is configured as a clipboard. The clipboard configuration makes the portable x-ray viewer easy to handle by doctors and other medical personnel. Since the viewer is portable, the number of required x-ray viewers in a doctor's office or a medi... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7356883 | Holder for securing objects A holding device for spherical and flat objects includes a carrier body, a clamping device held to the carrier body, a cover plate held to the carrier body, a plurality of holding elements, and an axle accommodated by the holding elements. The clamping device includ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7325836 | Combined clamp and retaining pin A retainer including a pin adapted for attachment to a mounting member for supporting a stack of sheets having one or more openings; the pin having a shank portion for insertion into the one opening, an outer end portion defining a pair of parallel bores with transv... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7264285 | Deadbolt safety latch A dead-bolt lock safety latch for preventing unauthorized unlocking of a dead-bolt lock with a key or lock picking tools provides a spring biased body having two legs, each leg having a leg extension, and carrying an elongate handle to provide mechanical leverage to... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7174608 | Methods and apparatus for gripping articles An apparatus includes: a base having at least one surface lying substantially in a base plane; a first member extending substantially perpendicularly from the surface of the base and defining an aperture therein; and a second member having a proximal end coupled to ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7146687 | Device for securing sheets of paper, material, cloth, etc. A binding device is provided for holding sheets of paper and other material of diverse sizes and shapes which allows the paper/material to be easily removed and reinserted. The device includes a rigid frame, first and second lips formed on the rigid frame (the secon... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146691 | Fabric retaining clip having crenated-serrated jaw assembly A fabric-retaining structure includes: a body; and a fabric-gripping jaw arrangement coupled to the body. The jaw arrangement includes: a crenated jaw having crenated teeth and a serrated jaw having serrated teeth. The crenated jaw is arranged in opposition to the s... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137175 | Clipboard with dual clamping members A clipboard comprising a pair of clamping members arranged substantially parallel one above the other and connected to each other via an intermediate connecting member having a spring loaded hinge connection at each of its elongated ends for securely clamping articl... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7120969 | Binder clip A binder clip comprising a first side panel, second side panel and third side panel, integral with one another and arranged in the shape of a triangle, the first and third side panels having curled edge portions, and the first and third side panels spring-biased tow... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120970 | Devices for holding paper, cards, and wallets Devices for holding paper, cards, and/or wallets. One device has a clip with two ends and a leverage bump; and an arm pivotally coupled to each end. One of the arms contacts the leverage bump when the clip is opened. Another device includes a clip having a receiving... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7090252 | Folded integral composite image product and method of making A dual sided integral composite image product and method of make same. The image product includes a first support substrate having a separate image layer thereon and a second support substrate having separate image layer thereon. The second support substrate being s... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7086127 | Money clip shaped like a fishing reel A money clip that is constructed to resemble a fishing reel with the money clip including a rotatable plate on which is mounted a handle. Manual rotation of the handle and the plate produces a movement that resembles the fishing line winding movement of a convention... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7052045 | Labeling device for bound materials The present invention relates to an apparatus for labeling the spine or edge of a binder. In an embodiment, the device comprises a housing, a clip attached to the housing and a label encased within the housing. The housing further comprises a base portion and a cove... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7021852 | Article holder An open ring-like device for holding articles such as plastic cards and keys is formed so that its ends are opposed to one another and includes tips at the ends. The distance between the tips is less than the thickness of an article. Articles can be inserted into th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6988296 | Combination money clip and transmitting and receiving device A money clip having jaws connected by a throat that provides spring action to urge the jaws together, a pair of operating levers slidably mounted respectively on the jaws, and a device that emits and receives radio waves, electromagnetic waves, light waves, sound wa... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6971616 | Clipboard A clipboard having an improved paper clamping element is disclosed. The clipboard has a planar board member with a front face, a rear face, two side edges, a top end, a bottom end and a clamping mechanism having at least one biasing element and a clamping element. T... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6883769 | Clipboard A clipboard has a clip with upper and lower parts joined by a hinge. The lower part includes a locking wall and spaced-apart hold-down edges. The board has at least one upstanding lock element engaged with the locking wall on the lower part of the clip. The board in... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6848150 | Device for securing papers, sheets of material, cloth, etc A binding device for holding papers and other sheets of material of diverse sizes and shapes which allows the papers to be easily removed and reinserted is provided. The device includes a rigid frame with first and second lips formed on the rigid frame, a first set ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6779771 | Dual extrusion snap closed ceiling sign hanger A dual extrusion hinged sign hanger hangs from the ceiling and holds signs, banners, posters, and any other sheet type of display material. Display material can be easily changed within a smooth non-damaging holder portion which opens for free non-friction insertion... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6725508 | Clip A first support element and a second support element are arranged opposite to each other. A connection element is arranged so as to connect one ends of the first and second support element to each other therethrough, so that the first support element, second support... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6681452 | Clamping apparatus with removable attachments A clamping apparatus having a flexible sheet dispenser attached thereto is provided. The clamping apparatus includes a base member, an upper member pivotally attached to the base member, and a flexible sheet dispenser removably secured to the upper member... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6671932 | Device for maintaining sheets, cards and the like, capable of being fixed on a rigid support A device for holding sheets, cards or the like, capable of being applied on a support S includes a relatively stiff front plate 1, a pellet 4, elements 7 for fixing face 5 of pellet 4 onto face 2 of front plate 1, at least two elastic tabs 11, 12 and elem... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6513205 | Multi-product holding and retaining system An easily employed, highly efficient, multi-product holding and retaining member is achieved which engages the apertures of a plurality of blister package product bearing support cards, maintaining the plurality of independent cards in a secure, fully int... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6505987 | Article holder A device for holding plastic cards and keys includes an open ring formed into a shape such that the ends of the ring are opposed to one another and includes tips at the ends. A spine is located at the base of the open ring and a jacket is attached to the ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6421940 | End clip and related sign apparatus A directory sign assembled from individual modular sign plates, and an improved mounting clip for supporting the sign plates in assembly. The mounting clips have multiple sets of prongs spaced so that prongs of separate sets engage mounting flanges of one... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422797 | Binding element for binding a stack of documents comprised of loose sheets The present invention relates to a binding element for binding a stack of documents comprised of loose sheets, having a spine piece and two side pieces, the side pieces being arranged essentially perpendicular to the spine piece. The binding element is ma... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6374463 | Corner clip A preferred clip includes a body formed from a length of band-like material. The body incorporates a back portion and first and second abutment portions extending outwardly from the body portion. Free ends of the abutment portions are formed at opposing e... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6363582 | Pin-on clip The invention relates to pin-on clip, which is characterized by a support plate comprising a receiving orifice and a printable plate which can be applied to the support plate, having a visible side and a holding clip located on the outer face of the rear ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6327749 | Money clip An attractive convenient money clip made by attaching a folding cover to a conventional paper binder clip of the type having a spring steel clamp and two pivoting arms made of wire loops that fold back against the clamp for opening the clamp. This type of... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6233859 | Display holder A frame element assembly suitable for forming the frame of a display holder, the frame element assembly having a base portion and a retaining leaf, the retaining leaf being pivotally mounted with respect to the base portion, the retaining leaf being held ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6109658 | Book holder A book holder is disclosed which addresses the unique and heretofore unresolved needs of readers of paperback pocketbooks. In its simplest form, the holder consists of two pieces interlocked so that they are capable of sliding lengthwise in relation to on... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6018849 | Paper clip The subject invention is an improved paper clip member that comprises a back member having at least two edges that are disposed at substantially a right angle to one another, said back member having an extension member extending from a portion thereof tha... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5970584 | Sheet fixing mechanism Buckling plates are provided at comers or sides of a base plate. Each bucking plate selectively buckles between a fixing position, at which a corner or side of a sheet placed on the base plate is fixed, and a release position, at which the corner or side ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5927671 | Snap closing panel holder A panel holder is disclosed for hanging posters and other sheet material and which can be either wall mounted or suspended from a ceiling. The holder includes two longitudinal extruded panels each having a longitudinal C-shaped flange situated along one o... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5897934 | Writing/reading panel with hidden indication bar A writing reading/panel with hidden indication bar, including a panel body having a resilient paper clip pivotally disposed on upper side and a slide channel longitudinally disposed on a lateral side, an indication bar snugly fitted in the slide channel a... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5682650 | Sheet clipping device A sheet clipping device of the invention is designed to detachably hold one or more sheets. The sheet clipping device is formed of an elongated base member, and a plurality of gripping devices fixed to the elongated base member at a predetermined distance... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5655266 | Paper clip A paper clip formed of a single resilient wire that can torsionally grasp a thick sheaf of papers without deforming and can be used either along the straight sides of the paper or at a corner.... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5638583 | Paper clip A paper clip consists of two elastic steel plates only, and each elastic steel plate has a connect member punched out of its upper portion, and an upper curved grip is formed therein after punching. The two connect members are bent inward and combined tog... | 06/17/1997 |
