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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7340808 | Dual stage vehicle interior trim fastener A fastener for retaining a trim panel to a vehicle frame member includes a shank having a first end and a second end. The first end is adapted to be connected to the trim panel and the second end is adapted to be inserted into an opening provided in the frame member... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7284303 | Clip type system for bags and methods of manufacture The clip system to close/open bag mouth, comprises in combination:—female-male-elements;—means of articulation acting as snap free spring;—anti-tampering means;—sealing means;—means to smoothly tear cutting;—handle means to transport the container;—and... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7261444 | Arrangements and methods for connecting decorative ornaments Arrangements and methods for connecting and mounting decorative ornaments, for example, beads, crystals, or gems, are disclosed. The arrangements and methods are particularly useful in mounting ornaments in decorative fixtures, such as chandeliers. In one aspect, an... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7198315 | Connector for automotive interior trim A connector for securing an interior trim assembly to a support of an automobile. The connector includes a connector body having a head portion formed at a proximal end of the connector body and a shank portion extending from the head portion toward a distal end of ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7168212 | Cable support apparatus for a raised floor system A cable support apparatus for a raised floor system comprising at least one support member. The at least one support member is configured to be mounted to a pedestal of the raised floor system and connect with portions of cable trays. The support member, in one pref... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7105119 | Method of forming integrally molded clip A clip (8) comprises a bush (20) and a pin (10) adapted to be inserted into the bush, wherein the bush has a leg portion to be expanded in diameter so as to fasten a plurality of members together when the pin is pushed into the bush. The pin inc... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7032345 | Crimp A crimp usable in attaching terminal tackle, such as a hook, to a fishing line. The crimp may include a preattached pin extending from the crimp. The pin may be used to facilitate attachment of a baitfish to the hook. In at least one embodiment, the pin may be used ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7018152 | Clip A clip includes a grommet, a pin, and a thin connection portion integrally connecting the grommet and the pin. The grommet includes a pair of expandable leg pieces and has a V-shape. The pin can relatively move inside the grommet. A through hole for guiding a top po... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6918217 | Raised access floor system A floor panel for a raised access floor system, including a shallow metal pan with a bottom wall and a shallow upwardly-opening compartment. The bottom wall has a plurality of first hollow projections projecting upwardly therefrom, which projections adjacent upper e... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6705380 | Fabric retainer A fabric retainer for altering the natural repose of a hanging piece of fabric. The device comprises a decorative body having a member with movable appendages extending therefrom. A portion of at least one of the appendages is designed to be connected to the decorat... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6629975 | Multiple lumen crimp A crimp defines separate parallel bores extending therethrough to receive a wire or cable portion. The crimp has a pair of opposed ends which each define a pair of circumferentially-spaced, outwardly projecting flanges respectively positioned on opposite ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6408489 | Collated and lubricated fasteners and lubrication station A fastener for use with a crimping tool comprising a length of fastener metal wire bent into a generally C-shaped configuration to form an open ring fastener. The open ring fastener includes spaced opposed curved free end portions integrally interconnecte... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6061884 | Interlocking cable support tray system A tray section is constructed of longitudinal and transverse wire members. The tray sections may be configured or joined by interlocking clips, each of which features two pairs of opposing tabs separated by a pair of opposing notches. The opposing notches... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5860200 | Mattress cover securement apparatus An apparatus and method for securing a top panel cover of a mattress to an innerspring core include a plurality of clips attached to an upper border wire of the core. Each clip has one or more barbs that project inwardly with respect to the core. The cove... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5722131 | Clip for furniture springs, and method of manufacture A furniture clip of the type used with furniture springs, having wire frames, and in which such furniture clips furniture clips are used for attaching the wire frames to furniture, and having a sheet metal member defining length and width, and formed tran... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5687459 | Label against shoplifting of garments A device for temporary attachment to goods having a flexible material for the protection thereof against theft. The device includes a side with a recess formed therein, the recess having a given shape. The recess is bounded laterally by undercut side wall... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5566432 | Apparatus for terminating wire or other elongated generally rigid elements A termination assembly is disclosed, which termination assembly is adapted to retain an elongated, generally rigid member, such as a wire to a mounting surface. A mounting surface is configured to define a receiving channel, which may include an aperture.... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5544387 | Curtain attachment connector assembly and curtain attachment connector A molded curtain attachment connector for connecting a curtain hanger member and the top edge of a curtain includes a fastener member having a fastener surface releasably engageable with the fastener surface of a surface-type separable fastener member att... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5524327 | Malleable clip A malleable clip for reversible application to a power line which connects a power tool to a power source to alter the angular relationship and/or offset distance of the power tool with respect to the power line. Malleable clips comprise one or more malle... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5487746 | Surgical clip having a longitudinal opening through which clamped tissue protrudes A surgical clip having a double-leg side and a single-leg side. When the surgical clip is closed, the movement of the single-leg side towards the double-leg side displaces the tissue being clamped through a longitudinal opening between the legs forming th... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5441509 | Vessel clips A surgical clip for occluding an anatomical structure is disclosed. The clip has a hinge portions and at least three legs projecting from the hinge portion with a slot portion present between at least two of the legs. The hinge portion affords easy remova... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5376423 | Automotive weather stripping clip A clip for joining end pieces of weather stripping in abutting relationship to form a continuous loop. The clip forms around an attachment portion of the weather stripping such that it does not interfere with the use of weather stripping in sealing. A pai... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5368427 | Quarter turn fastener A fastening arrangement is provided which, in a preferred embodiment, includes a first member having first and second surfaces and an elongated aperture intersecting the first and second surfaces, a second member having a first surface for contacting the ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5279022 | Method and apparatus for providing a multidirectional clamping force A method and apparatus for providing a multidirectional clamping force to clamp selected materials together is disclosed and comprises a tube formed into a closed circular shape and formed of martensitic material and deformed in a first predetermined dire... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5267681 | Utility rack anchor An anchor for detachably securing utility racks to vehicles is provided. A plate made of a strong and flexible material such as stainless steel, aluminum, or synthetic aromatic polyamide is slotted on one end or otherwise provided with means for attachmen... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5219194 | Security seal A security seal and method for detecting tampering. The security seal includes a first member, an adhesive layer applied to the first member, and an indicia printed directly on the adhesive layer in a desired detectable pattern. In one embodiment, the fir... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5108055 | Conduit holder A conduit holder is a one-piece stamped and formed member (10) which includes an outer section having outer walls (14,16) extending from a base section (12) mountable to a wall (92) to form a conduit-receiving region (18) therein, outer sections (20,22) o... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5067265 | Badge and mounting assembly A badge having an attachment assembly for securing to wearing apparel, paramagnetic surfaces or the like includes a pin, clip or magnetic mounting assembly secured to the badge. The attachment assembly is mounted on a central post to facilitate automated ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5031287 | Detrimental-substance-containing theft-deterrent device A device for deterring theft of a protected article, including a pin and clutch for attaching the device to the article, with the pin and clutch being embodied in two components that are adapted to be locked together on opposite sides of a portion of the ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4986457 | Closed loop cable system The closed loop cable system was designed for preventing the theft of coats, but could be used for many other applications. When used for theft prevention, a length of cable is passed through one or both sleeves of the coat to form a loop, and the cable e... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4866971 | Method of manufacturing pronged skirt clip A clip and process for its manufacture includes feeding a strip into a cutting and bending machine. The strip is formed into blanks such that one end of the blank has two prongs. The border of the area between the prongs on the first end matches the outli... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4762020 | Link-type apron arrangement In a linked bar member-type apron arrangement for protecting guide tracks, drive assemblies, positions which are liable to accident, or the like, in machine tools or the like, the bar or plate members are each connected together by individual bendable ele... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4708560 | Bookbinding method using strips A male bookbinding member comprises a relatively thin, narrow strip having studs projecting therefrom at intervals. The ends of the studs are formed as male paper punches. A female paper punch comprises a female bookbinding strip having holes at the same ... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4707905 | Method for establishing a connection between a tube end plate and a header box The connection device between a tube end plate and a header box of a heat exchanger comprises at least one clamp bearing underneath bottom of a peripheral groove of the tube end plate and on top of a peripheral bearing flange of the header box by means of... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4671282 | Clip apparatus A clip apparatus for use in cholangiography or the like includes a clip, a catheter and a tool for applying and removing the clip from the cystic duct or the like. The clip preferably has two opposed C-shaped surfaces in jaws which can be biased together ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4651391 | Elastic strap clamp A clamp for clamping a plurality of strips of compressible material together comprising, a resiliently rigid plate member; a pair of vertical bar members carried by the plate member normal thereto and disposed parallel to one another at a distance general... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4641402 | Branch-off clip and assembly A branch-off seal between a recoverable sleeve and two or more substrates is effected using a clip the outer legs of which are positioned over the outer surface of the sleeve so as to form an appropriate number of conduits. The clip is provided with an in... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4635411 | Construction panel system The disclosure relates to a construction panel system for the erection of doll and play houses, mazes, etc., and comprises a series of connected rectangular panels of approximately the same size connected together so that each panel can be rotated with re... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4576535 | Nonresiliently deformable fastener A one-piece sheet metal fastener (10) for joining two or more panels (14, 16) having a combined axial thickness (18) within a given range and aligned apertures (22, 24) of a given diameter (24) is provided. The fastener comprises two sidewall portions (28... | 03/18/1986 |
| 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 |
