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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7251918 | Fixing bracket for joining wooden building components A fixing bracket is described for joining wooden building components to each other and to a substrate, particularly of the kind used for joining boards used to cover balconies and decks outdoors. It is essential that the fixing bracket is a double angle consisting o... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7056074 | Connecting element and joint A connecting element is adapted to be placed between two pieces of wood to be joined and includes a body with two opposite main surfaces and with an engaging device which protrude from each main surface. In addition, a joint comprises a connecting device which is ad... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6412246 | Structural truss A truss is disclosed which comprises a bottom chord (12) and a pair of top chords (14, 16) arranged obliquely with respect to the bottom chord (12). Webs (20) are arranged between the top chords and the bottom chord. The webs have punched nails (46) proje... | 07/02/2002 |
| 5976290 | Apparatus and method for seaming carpets A novel carpet seaming method and tools for reducing or eliminating seam peaking and profiling is provided. The backing of abutting pieces of carpeting can be reinforced along their respective edges. A staple is supported on an anvil with its legs facing ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5865586 | Removable log coupling device An apparatus for securing one log to another during a log machining process. The apparatus has a main body which is shaped in the form of an essentially flat disk. Each side of the disk has at least two protrusions or prongs which are oriented perpendicul... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5842319 | Invisible decking connector An invisible decking connector for wood decking structures fastens elongate decking boards to each other in side-to-side adjacency and fastens the decking boards to underlying perpendicularly oriented joists for positional maintenance thereon. The connect... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5743693 | Double-ended nail driving system A new Double-Ended Nail Driving System for securing two boards together without scarring a surface of the boards by securing a conventional fastener into the surface of the boards. The inventive device includes a double-ended nail having a center flange, ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5738473 | Deck fasteners A fastener for securing boards to joists includes first and second sharp, pointed prongs. The first prong has a driving portion for driving the prong at an angle through a first board and a joist thereunder. The second prong extends from the first prong a... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5456400 | Apparatus and clip for fastening body tissue An apparatus for applying a surgical fastener includes a cartridge which holds a plurality of surgical fasteners in an array, a fastener advancing mechanism, and a mechanism for closing the fasteners, which includes an anvil and laterally moving arms to a... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5449359 | Elastic clip for osteosynthesis An elastic clip for osteosynthesis for connecting at least two bone parts together, comprising a body having at least two spaced legs, each leg having a lower end which can be inserted into a bone part and each having an upper end, the upper ends of said ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5203787 | Suture retaining arrangement An arrangement for attaching a suture to a bone includes a device which has an elongate body having first and second ends, a central portion, and a longitudinal axis extending through the ends. A suture is attached to the central portion of the body at a ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 4736746 | Method of fastening tissues A method of fastening biological tissues using a fastener having two opposing heads joined by a connector. The fastener is installed by driving the heads through needles having a slotted bore. The needles are pierced through the tissues and rods are then ... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4610251 | Surgical staple A surgical staple for use in joining the opposed edges of an incision in the skin of a patient, in which the staple includes an elongated straight bridge portion, a pair of anchor prongs projecting in the same direction from the opposite ends of the bridg... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4439661 | Apparatus and method for double end stud welding Method and apparatus for simultaneously welding by the stud end welding technique a stud having two or more ends. The stud includes at least one elongated relatively thin metallic projection from each end of the stud to be welded. The method and apparatus... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4300684 | Glaziers point and retaining means A unique triangular point for use by a glazier has a star shaped central opening such that a plurality of such points can be stacked in oriented relationship to one another, and can be retained by a cotter key having skewed legs such that the key is easil... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4213374 | Fastener Disclosed is a fastener having a base portion and at least two anchor legs projecting from the base portion in the same general direction. At least one barb-like projection is disposed on at least one pair of the pairs of surfaces of the group comprising ... | 07/22/1980 |
