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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7014118 | Module header apparatus A header connector apparatus (10) is configured to receive an electronic card (11). The apparatus (10) includes a body (12) having first and second spaced apart side arms (14, 16) formed integrally with the body (12) and con... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6336261 | Seatbelt system provided with buckle stay A seatbelt system includes a buckle stay. The buckle stay is provided with an anchor for being fixedly fastened on a vehicle body and also with a buckle stay member fixed at an end thereof on the anchor and connected at an opposite end thereof with a buck... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6298527 | Button fastener A garment fastener, especially for brassieres, with a press-button action and configuration, utilizes a pair of circular members welded to the garment and through which the fabric is visible and a circular member attached to the strap and forming a press ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6170135 | Watertight press fastener part A watertight press fastener part formed of an eyelet part (1 or 3) including an eyelet body (2 or 4) or of a ball part (5) including a ball body (6) and a cap rivet (7) which is fixable to a flat material (9), preferably in the form of a climate membrane,... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6016589 | Buckle for a safety belt A buckle for a safety belt has a housing with a recess, a cable to anchor the buckle to a vehicle or to a vehicle seat, and a cable fixing device. The cable has an end nearest to the buckle and the cable fixing device has a retaining section by which the ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5745964 | Push-button closure part A push-button closure part including a contoured button, a metallic rivet part having a rivet shank projecting from the underside of the button and an approximately radially extending, round rivet flange. The closure part includes a push button eyelet for... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5329677 | Fastener assembly A fastener assembly is adapted for releasably fastening a flap to a body sheet of a briefcase or the like with the flap having a through aperture formed therethrough. The fastener assembly has a male member attached to the flap having a through aperture f... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5246303 | Connector device for metal cables A connector device for metal cables has a connector member and a coupling terminal, the connector member and the coupling terminal being attachable to corresponding free ends of different portions of a metal cable, the connector member including a main bo... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5050279 | Snap fastener A snap fastener stud (S) for accommodating receivers (R) of varying thickness has a generally pear-shaped head with latching and retaining seats (38 and 40) therebeneath on opposite sides of the stud with the retaining seat having a radius of curvature (t... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4736494 | Magnetic button for articles of clothing, leather goods, and the like The magnetic button comprises magnetically cooperating male and female elements each having a rivet element for attachment to a respective flap of an article and at least one holed plate wherethrough the rivet element is passed and clamped between one fac... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4697313 | Tack button A button body of a tack button comprises a back member, a front member, and a backing core fitted securely in a space formed between the two members, the back member has a plurality of projections formed on the side in contact with the core. The projectio... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4633548 | Speed lace structure A speed lace structure for footwear that allows the footwear to be put on and tightened up quickly. The speed lace structure comprises lacer assemblies and rivet assemblies combinatively secured to a footwear quarter. Each lacer assembly is formed with a ... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4627134 | Ball-side piece of snap fastener A ball-side piece of a snap fastener comprises two members; an inside member having a portion adapted to be in contact with one side of a fabric or the like and a guide face portion provided therearound to receive and guide curved tips, or claws, of a bac... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4571781 | Drainable button assembly A button includes a button body having a funnel-shaped button back and a cap mounted on a wide end of the button back, and a tack member adapted to be joined with the small end of the button back for attachment of the button to a garment fabric, the butto... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4562626 | Snap fastener and method of attaching same A snap fastener and method of attaching the same to a section of sheet material are disclosed. The snap fastener comprises an operative component and a securing component, both of these components being formed of plastics material. The operative component... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4555832 | Buckle assembly Disclosed herein is a buckle assembly suitable for use in a vehicle seat belt. The buckle assembly includes a clinched anchor block fixed on a wire and having an interlocking portion projecting downwardly therefrom, a buckle base having a bottom wall defi... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4520538 | Buckle assembly A buckle assembly which comprises a clinched anchor block fixedly connected to a wire and provided with a first interlocking portion at an upper part and a second interlocking portion at a lower part, a buckle base having at least one bottom wall provided... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4498222 | Clinching process of buckle base and wire rope Disclosed herein is a process for clinching a wire rope on a buckle base, which comprises the following consecutive steps: subjecting a starting anchor block material and the wire rope in combination to a first clinching operation to obtain a preformed anchor ... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4490893 | Fastening device for holding construction or functional parts on cover plates A fastening device for holding elements such as snap pins or clamps on a cover plate made of molded fiber which includes a holding plate spaced above the cover plate and having support plates fixed to opposite ends thereof by side walls. A separate interm... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4479289 | Fastener intended especially for canvas Fastener intended for canvas comprising a sleeve (10) with a tubular portion (11) which is intended to extend through a hole in the canvas material (22), also a flange portion (12,24) on each side of the material. Between these flange portions there is ca... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4397061 | Grommet for setting in sheet material A grommet includes an eyelet and a washer both of rigid plastics which are matable together so as to be set in a fabric or sheet material. The eyelet has a barrel having on one end thereof an annular locking flange projecting radially outwardly and an ann... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4204300 | Fastener for garments A hook fastener of plastic material for garments, particularly brassieres, consists of two fastener members, one of which is provided with an eyelet and the other with a lug which can be engaged with the eyelet. The fastener members consist of plates (1, ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4071929 | Mounting for buckle A ferrule is employed as a mounting means for attaching a buckle to a stiff member, such as a cable. The ferrule has an elongated shape, a buckle end and a mounting end. The ferrule has a means at the buckle end for attaching the ferrule to the buckle. Th... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4001924 | Fitting for attachment to a piece of fabric A buckle part or fitting to be attached to a piece of fabric includes first and second parts adapted to be held in position by at least one post passing through the fabric, one of said parts being provided with a recess and the other part having a raised ... | 01/11/1977 |
