Did You Know...
...that Kleenex tissue was originally designed to be a gas mask filter? It was developed at the beginning of World War I to replace cotton, which was then in short supply as a surgical dressing.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6334750 | Fastener for a heat-radiator on a chip A fastener for a heat-radiator on a chip is disclosed. The fastener has a leg. A cone-shaped foot of which a maximum diameter is larger than that of the leg is formed at a first end of the leg. A head is formed at a second end of the leg. Two bow arms are... | 01/01/2002 |
| 5702218 | Fastener A toggle fastener which eliminates the need for time-consuming manipulation of a fastener nut comprises a bolt with a head and a stop collar adjacent the bolt head, a wing toggle threaded onto the free end of the bolt, and a spring which extends from the ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5518350 | Flexible license plate mounting device The invention is to a flexible connector for attaching license plates to a vehicle, where the license plate is subject to being hit or moved over objects that would damage the license plate. The connection incudes a spring and plunger in a main body. The ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5217338 | Twist type locking pin A twist type locking pin formed from a single piece of wirelike stock having a U-shaped bend forming two sides, one side being bent to form an arcuate loop which terminates short of the other side and is bent at an angle to cross over the other side, the ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5026082 | Step for transport vehicle side door A removable step, carried by a highway transport vehicle laterally adjacent the threshold of a side door defined in a cargo container body, aids worker access through the door. The step provides fastening legs releasably maintained in spaced fastening bra... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4909012 | Method of using compression fastener for joining structural members A method of wall construction using a compressive fastener for log building construction which acts to continuously maintain pressure between individual logs in a building wall which includes a plurality of logs in stacked configuration. Logs are joined b... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4492309 | Multiple-objects support rack Apparatus is provided for temporarily supporting objects such as toothbrushes. The apparatus includes an anchor part which may be affixed to a supporting structure such as a wall. A detachable section is detachably coupled to the anchor part and is in the... | 01/08/1985 |
