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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7083524 | Golf club aligning kit and method of use A preferred golf club includes a first alignment mark on a grip of the club and a second alignment mark on the head proximate a centerline of the head. A preferred method for addressing a ball involves positioning the second alignment mark proximate the center of th... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6818084 | Method and apparatus for bonding an additional layer of fabric to a label The present invention includes a method for producing individual folded labels having an additional layer of material attached thereto. A ribbon of labels is provided along with an additional strip of material. Pieces of information, such as text or a machine readab... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6723447 | Button medallion A universal assembly machine manufactures button medallions. The machine comprises a rotatably indexable die table to which are mounted pickup and crimp dies. A ram die is advancable and retractable in a pickup stroke and a crimp stroke by means of a handle. Indexin... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6581972 | Tubular label, elongated tubular member and method of manufacturing the same, as well as labeled container The present invention provides a tubular label with pre-printed fixed information adapted to be wrapped around a container body of a container with an inwardly facing surface of the tubular label contacting the container body and the pre-printed fixed inf... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6294237 | Free form laminated cardstock assembly An assembly for creating free form laminated objects, such as a throwing toys or napkin ring that can be printed or decorated by the use of printer or copier without jamming. The assembly includes a sheet of cardstock or thin printable sheet material, a s... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6094781 | Handle with marking A handle for tools such as screwdrivers where an end region is shaped as a smooth rounded surface and made by injection molding in multiple steps from at least two differently colored plastic materials, which are tactilely indistinct, to form a visible ma... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5662976 | Laminated card assembly An assembly for creating laminated cards for printing by a laser printer has a backing sheet. The backing sheet has a first side with a release coating, and a second side with a printable surface. The assembly also has a card which has been cut from the b... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5484996 | Bar code disabling system A bar code disabling system for disabling a bar code to prevent reading of the bar code. The purpose of disabling the bar code is so that the bar code cannot be used to direct containers to the wrong locations when the bar codes are utilized for optical s... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5271787 | Method of making and using a label-equipped form A method of making a label-equipped sheet and product wherein the label is die-cut from base stock constituting the sheet and held in place by a pressure-sensitive adhesive-equipped release liner, the web patch constituting the release liner having a patt... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5225162 | Disposable tamper evident locking device A locking device in the shape of a unitary body formed from a bio-degradable material which includes an element with at least one free end formed integral with said body. The severable element is designed to engage and secure a container lock mechanism wh... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5204163 | Sheet for formation of burned pattern and burning label A sheet for formation of a burned pattern and a burning label are disclosed. The sheet comprises a shape retaining layer comprising an organic binder and glass powder which is retained in a sheet form by the organic binder, the shape retaining layer furth... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5155878 | Moldable hand grip Hand grips for the handles of devices such as motorcycles, tennis rackets, and guns can be custom-molded to fit exactly the contours of the user's hand. The grip has an inner layer that is thermoplastic and moldable at molding temperatures reached by heat... | 10/20/1992 |
| 4809426 | Information processing apparatus of tool holder A memory is built in a tool holder to which a working tool such as drill or the like is attached. Various tool information such as kind of tool, dimensions of tool, tool use time, and the like is written into the memory. The tool holder having the memory ... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4802295 | Blow molded polyethylene terephthalate container having IML textured label wall and method for making same A blow molded polyethylene terephthalate container (20) is disclosed as having a noncylindrical wall (28) to which at least one label (38) is secured with a textured surface provided by an in-mold labeling operation that prevents label shifting during the... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4720907 | Identification system A system for marking and identifying objects, particularly work implements such as tools and work piece holders required in manufacturing processes, which has modules (4) with electronically readable markings, which modules (4) are to be arranged on the o... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4694596 | Merchandise information tag with improved mounting portion A merchandise information tag for mounting face-to-face against a surface of a perforated board has projections for fitting in respective holes of the perforated board to retain the tag on the board. The projections are slit longitudinally into fingers wh... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4318234 | Identification device with versatile imprinting means An identification device employing a myriad of modes of identifying indicia placement, wherein the device comprises a flexible band having opposed first and second ends wherein the bands may be in severable sheet form and wherein once severed the band is ... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4243458 | Method of making prefabricated laminating packet with tab A prefabricated laminating packet is provided having two laminating sheets thereon with a pull tab detachably attached thereto adapted for use in laminating machines. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the pull tab has a series of... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4155184 | Heavy duty sheave with manufacturers identification means A heavy duty sheave especially for use in supporting the stresses and strains on a wire cable in loosening the frozen load of waste within a roll-off box, to permit discharge of the load, without breakage of the sheave is formed of a solid disc of hot rol... | 05/22/1979 |
| 3977105 | Reservoir cap assembly of a vehicle master cylinder A reservoir cap assembly of a vehicle master cylinder includes a cap body detachably mounted on an open end of a reservoir a caution plate on which directions or the like are inscribed, and a rivet having head and leg portions for respectively securing th... | 08/31/1976 |
