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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7428145 | Electronic apparatus The present invention provides an electronic apparatus typified by a personal computer for example. The electronic apparatus has: a main unit; and an openable and closable display unit that is attached to the main unit. The main unit has a battery-attachment section... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7311132 | Self-equalizing corded window covering and breakaway coupling member for same A cord-operated window covering is provided with means for equalizing the individual lift cord lengths to maintain a horizontal and level bottom rail, while avoiding the choking danger to small children presented by exposed cord loops that can become entangled with ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7124524 | Tag with folding reinforcement A tag having a reinforcible opening is disclosed. The tag includes first and second major surfaces. It further includes an adhesive layer affixed to one of the major surfaces and substantially covered by a removable liner material. The tag has two openings arranged ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7102880 | Electronic apparatus having label with certification marks An electronic apparatus includes a main body containing an electronic component. The main body includes a receptacle in which a functional component is detachably received therein, and a label indicating that the electronic apparatus provided with the electronic com... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7073282 | Clip-on wire identification markers An identification marker or tag for wires and other elongated objects is described. In one embodiment, the marker has a generally elongated shape, e.g., an elongated oval, and comprises a surface for bearing indicia and two holes, one hole located near each end of t... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7014244 | Auxiliary sun visor The auxiliary sun visor is a sun-blocking device that attaches onto the post of a rearview mirror and blocks sunlight coming in over the rearview mirror and through gaps between the vehicle's existing sun visors. The auxiliary sun visor is a rectangular panel, which... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7005027 | Reinforced tag and method of manufacturing A method of manufacturing reinforced tags using a press is disclosed which includes providing a continuously moving web of tag material. A web of reinforcing material is also provided and die cut into reinforcing patches. The reinforcing material has a pressure sens... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004441 | Clippable plastic note A clippable note comprises a sheet of plastic material having a clipping portion and a writing portion. The clipping portion is semi-rigid and has an opening sized to receive a key ring on the like. The writing portion is also semi-rigid and has a textured surface w... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6877264 | Universal snap-in-place customer label plate A label holder for labeling a rack-mounted computer system component is provided. The label holder includes an elongated body, a plurality of legs, and at least one retaining foot on at least one of the legs. Additionally, the holder may include one or more stiffeni... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6760989 | Decorative badge and method of making A badge is disclosed having a metallic emblem having a thickness about 0.01 to about 1 mm, adhesively attached to a mounting frame by an adhesive polymeric resin having a Shore D hardness about 20 to about 90. Also disclosed is a vehicular sub-assembly including a s... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6488147 | Merchandising system A merchandising system can display merchandise on a display rack. The system has a pair of articles to be worn by a person (for example, gloves). The articles have a right main body and a left main body, each with a user (or hand) opening. The pair of art... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6318283 | Method and apparatus for marking fabric A method and apparatus for marking fabric in a permanent or semipermanent manner includes a plurality of foam markers which are compressible to a smaller size. Upon release of external pressure, the foam markers expand to their original shape and volume. ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6126204 | Method and apparatus for implementing a living will The apparatus for implementing a living will according to the applicant's method, includes a first indicator for wearing by a testator so as to adorn the testator in a readily visible fashion, and wherein the first indicator clearly indicates and communic... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5983540 | Method and tagging system for marking and identifying birds A method and apparatus for marking and identifying birds. The tagging system includes a securing filament, an anchor tag and an identification tag. Both the anchor tag and the identification tag are provided with holes for reception of the securing filame... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5900307 | Self-laminating system for forming luggage tags A self-laminating system for sealing a business card or the like to a luggage tag. The self laminating system comprises a rigid backing, a flexible transparent sheet with a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive material thereon and a removable cover liner ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5822182 | Flexible I/O port configuration and connector labeling scheme for computer chassis A flexible I/O port configuration and connector labeling scheme for a computer chassis. An I/O shield that includes connector cutouts specific to a system motherboard is attached to the system motherboard. The motherboard to which the I/O shield is attach... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5697177 | Locking tag for banded merchandise The locking tag for fastening to band material on merchandise is made of sheet material having an information part and a header part united together. The information part is for printed matter, which may include a scannable product identification marking.... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5575713 | Plastic fastener A plastic fastener which may be inserted into a body of meat for tagging purposes and then subsequently removed therefrom intact comprises an elongated unitary plastic member shaped to include a transverse bar, a paddle, and a flexible filament interconne... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5573456 | Plastic fastener A plastic fastener which may be inserted into a body of meat for tagging purposes comprises an elongated unitary plastic member shaped to include a transverse bar, a paddle, and a flexible filament interconnecting the transverse tag and paddle. The portio... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5553706 | Packaging system A packaging system for displaying merchandise on a rack system having a rack member. At least two pieces of merchandise are intended to be displayed together on the rack system. Each of the pieces of merchandise has a reinforcing member secured in the mer... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5546688 | Clothing tag and method of use A tag adapted to be attached to an article of clothing or the like with a fastener of the type comprising an elongated plastic member having a cross-bar at one end. In one embodiment, the tag comprises a sheet of material folded and sealed to define a poc... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5526598 | Display plate for wire-netting cage A display plate for a wire-netting cage is composed of a metallic plate member having a circular central opening portion and two opening portions each having a different sectional contour formed therethrough and a display member molded of a synthetic resi... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5511331 | Coded marker supports and device for a positioning of coded markers A coded marker support and a device for positioning of coded markers comprising a marking support (43), which is comprised of a plate (5) on which a plurality of aligned identification elements (1) may be locked. In an alternate embodiment, the plate (5 )... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5495390 | Computer housing with a detachable cap covering an operation speed display mounted in a recess with a through hole A computer housing including a holder frame for mounting diskdrives when the housing is disposed in the vertical position, a locating frame for holding down diskdrives when the housing is disposed in the horizontal position, a detachable display cap detac... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5373656 | Clothing tag and method of use A tag adapted to be attached to an article of clothing or the like with a fastener of the type comprising an elongated plastic member having a cross-bar at one end. In one embodiment, the tag comprises a sheet of material folded and sealed to define a poc... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5269412 | Cassette with a magnetic tape A cassette (1) includes a housing (3) with two parallel main walls (5, 7), of which one wall has a recessed portion (25). The recessed portion (25) accommodates an element (22) whose picture, or information carrying, side (23) is visible. The element (22)... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5042184 | Slotted angle label holder A label holder for use on a slotted angle member is in the form of a substantially rectangular plastic sheet having half-moon shaped depressible tabs at its opposite side edges. In use the tabs are pushed through respective slots of the angle member and t... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5018286 | Tamper resistant ski ticket A user authorization tag for the wearer thereof is rendered tamper resistant by forming the tag as an integral unit having a flat panel portion and a flexible loop portion extending from the panel portion. The loop is dimensioned for threading through a c... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4965949 | Label holder attachments for product information display tags A label holder attachment is provided for the distal end of an elongate product information display tag of the kind that extends over a horizontally disposed product support hook. The label holder attachment may be used, for example, to provide temporary ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4955154 | Anti-theft identification deterrent fastener An anti-theft identification deterrent fastener that includes a housing with a recessed identification label firmly secured within for securement into a cutout area in an auto, a truck, or other device part. If the housing and the label are removed theref... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4926573 | Cover for smoking accessory Disclosed are embodiments of covers for smoking accessories. In a first embodiment, a covering device is provided designed to be snapped into place over the opening of the socket for a vehicle cigarette lighter. The covering device may have a design there... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4862617 | Detachable message-carrying device A message-carrying device (e.g., a key ring holder) wherein the device is provided with a restricted passageway communicating between a central opening and an opening along the edge of the device for receiving a portion of an article to which the device i... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4760659 | Display plate for a printed circuit board The display plate includes a frame member having a rectangular flat portion provided with at least one opening shaped to accommodate a largest number of the plurality of light-emitting elements and a first and a second major surfaces which face each other... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4754563 | Product identification tags Several embodiments of a product identification and display tag for use in connection with a product-suspending hook extending substantially horizontally from a support surface are disclosed. In each case the tag comprises first and second parts. The firs... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4720625 | Function strip attachment Attachment apparatus for attaching a first object to a second object. The first object has a groove with parallel sides; the second object has attached thereto a spline with a flexible blade. When the spline is inserted in the groove, the blade exerts a f... | 01/19/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4479317 | Electrical circuit marking identification plate An electrical circuit making identification plate is comprised of a transparent plastic material and is adapted to identify residential and industrial wiring circuits at the site of an electrical wall outlet box, by placement upon an electrical wall outle... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4263730 | Filament-type attachment device with label and method of manufacture A filament-type attachment device with a label formed from a stretch oriented thermoplastic material is provided. The attachment device includes a filament formed with a label engaging portion at its first end and a cross-bar joined to a second end of the... | 04/28/1981 |
