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Pizza Pie With Concentric Rings of Crust

A pizza mold for forming a plurality of concentric raised ridges of dough (i.e., crust) on the surface of a pizza pie.

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Class 411/46 - Follower captive within groove


Subclass of Class 411 - Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener
Definition: Subject matter wherein the expander and the holding device
No. of patents: 24
Last issue date: 08/19/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7413367Combinational commodity engaging unit
A combinational commodity engaging unit which can connect by engaging plates of a computer desk, a TV cabinet etc. in order to assemble the combinational commodity without using an auxiliary tool, the engaging unit includes at least: a fixing seat embedded in a firs...
08/19/2008
7341395Combinational bolt
A combinational bolt which comprises a screw unit and a sleeve unit. The screw unit has a plurality of threads on a surface of a front terminal, the threads make the screw unit connect with a target object, another terminal of the screw unit forms a first concave po...
03/11/2008
7237995Device for attaching a panel to a support
A device, for attaching a panel to a support, incorporates a body with an elongated lower sector having a lower segment, an intermediate segment and an upper segment in which incuts are made to operatively engage and locate a retention bushing. The retention bushing...
07/03/2007
7234209Mounting structure and mounting method for vehicle interior parts
A clip engages an assist grip with an engaging portion of the clip engaged with a clip insertion hole of an attachment part. The assist grip is mounted to a body panel by engaging a first locking pawl of the clip with a rear surface of the body panel, and engaging a...
06/26/2007
7207758Fastening device, particularly for holding together a stack of at least two panels
The invention relates to a fastening device for holding together a stack of at least two panels, comprising a female piece in the form of a clasp, and a male piece having a part in the form of a head, and a part in the form of shaft with a cross section in the form ...
04/24/2007
7207759Fastener for panels or the like
A fastener comprises a pin and a bushing having a hollow shank that is inserted into holes in a plurality of members being attached. A pin shank is inserted into the bushing shank to effect a widened-diameter coupling condition in which the diameter of the bushing s...
04/24/2007
7161808Retaining heat sinks on printed circuit boards
A heat sink assembly may be plugged into a receiving element in a printed circuit board. A retention element includes upper and lower portions. The lower portion may be plug locked onto a printed circuit board. The upper portion then telescopes into and releaseably ...
01/09/2007
7105119Method 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
7033121Water-tight grommet
A substantially watertight grommet having a sealing mechanism that can simultaneously form a watertight seal between the grommet and a pin received therein and between the grommet and a panel within which the grommet is received is herein described. In a preferred e...
04/25/2006
6974292One-piece reusable plastic fastener
A reusable plastic fastener has an elongated shank having two flexible curved flanges secured thereto and a head secured to a central portion of the shank. The flanges are secured at a leading edge to the central portion and curve away to terminate in a trailing edg...
12/13/2005
6955514Connector with male part for final fixing
A connector for fastening a member having an attaching hole includes a female part and a male part. The female part has a head portion, a leg portion, an inner space formed in the leg portion side and opened at the head portion, and an engaging projection formed on ...
10/18/2005
6910840Fastener
A fastener comprises an anchor and a central pin. The anchor has a top plate to which a central leg is connected. At the free end of the central leg are two anchor arms that extend up and outward from the free end, forming an arrowhead shape. The anchor arms are fle...
06/28/2005
6905296Peel-type blind rivet
A peel type blind rivet for securement in an aperture of one or more workpieces, the rivet having a tubular shell a flange abutting one side of the workpieces, together with a mandrel with a stem extending through the shell and forming an enlarged head adjacent to t...
06/14/2005
6874983Ergonomic fastener
A fastener for securing a panel to a substrate is herein disclosed. The fastener has a body portion that is received in a substrate and a pin portion that is passed through a panel and driven into the body portion to secure the panel to the substrate. The body porti...
04/05/2005
6540461Retaining member
A retaining member structure. The structure includes a retaining rod member and a joint clamping member used to retain two object members. The joint clamping member extends between the jointed surfaces of two object members and the upper thereof has recei...
04/01/2003
6324731Isolator fan fastener
An isolator fan fastener for securing a cooling fan housing to the interior chassis of a computer is described. The fastener is comprised of a pin made of a hard impact resistant plastic and an isolator grommet made of a soft resiliently flexible plastic....
12/04/2001
6279754Method and apparatus for releasably securing a computer system component within a housing
A releasable latching apparatus and method of operation for securing a component of a computer system to a computer housing. The latching apparatus includes a casing and a shaft integrated with the casing such that the shaft is operable to move relative t...
08/28/2001
6149183Snap-in air bag module, connector and method of attachment
A snap-in connector (80) including a female connector part (84) including an upper cylindrical portion (120) having a first opening (122) therethrough, a medial flange (130) extending outwardly and a lower portion segmented into a plurality of flexible lo...
11/21/2000
5902083Engaging component for cabinet structures
An engaging component includes an engaging stub in the shape of a hollow cylinder with the bottom being secured on a first object to be engaged, and an outer sleeve in the shape of a hollow cylinder having a shank arranged to be inserted into the central ...
05/11/1999
5775860Plastic rivet having integral drive pin and body
A plastic rivet is composed of a resilient material and has a drive pin and a body. Drive pin has a head and a shank. Distal end of shank has a pair of resilient legs, and proximal end of shank has a transverse hole forming deflectable walls. A first pair...
07/07/1998
5685666Device for fastening elements together
A device for connecting pavers (11, 12) together to form roads comprises a base plate (17) from which extend tubular projections (18). The tubular projections can extend into bores (13, 14) formed in the pavers and a fastener (20) is provided which can lo...
11/11/1997
5586364Fastening element for hardware parts and hinge embodying such elements
A fastening element for fastening hardware elements (31) to parts of furniture units (14) comprises an expansion plug (11) having an axial through housing (17) which can receive an expanded pin (23), which can rotate between a position in which the plug i...
12/24/1996
5261772Device to connect detachably two components
A device to detachably connect two, e.g., plate-shaped subassemblies, includes a control element with a projecting retaining portion which can be inserted into aligned openings of the subassemblies and with a head portion to be braced against the first su...
11/16/1993
4276806Self-retained and reusable fastener
The invention relates to a one-piece plastics fastener for positively fastening an element to a support, permitting removal of such element while the fastener is self-retained thereon. The subject fastener of this invention is so devised as to enable it if ...
07/07/1981
 
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