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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7014087 | Support guide for powder driver barrel A powder driven tool includes a housing including a powder cartridge and a piston within a barrel. A guide member attaches to the barrel and cradles a support device. The guide member includes a wall portion having a thickness greater than other portions of the guid... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6918222 | Fastener for spacing object from substrate A novel fastener for holding and spacing an object at a predetermined distance from a substrate comprises a bridge portion, a first prong extending in a driving direction from the bridge portion, and a second prong spaced from the first prong and extending generally... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6772558 | Unitary tree and shrub stabilizing device A unitary device for securing the root ball of newly planted trees and/or shrubs into proper position, for stabilizing the trees and/or shrubs to prevent shifting or toppling while the tree and/or shrub root systems are first developing. The device includes a horizo... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6679668 | Double-ended fastener A fastener and an installation tool are disclosed. The fastener is double-ended and allows two opposed items to be joined. The fastener also produces a blind joint, so that the fastener itself is invisible after the joint has been formed. An accompanying ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6299400 | Deck fastener, method of driving and method of manufacture of fastener A deck board fastener has first and second parallel straight prongs for insertion respectively into a deck board and a supporting joist, a crown coplanar with and joining the first and second prongs, a third prong extending from the crown at an angle to t... | 10/09/2001 |
| 5927923 | 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 a lateral member ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5062753 | Survey nail A nail structure for providing a support surface for subsequent mounting and positioning of elevational rods for utilization particularly in surveying situations. The nail structure includes a first and second spike member orthogonally mounted to a lower ... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4913144 | Adjustable staple An adjustable staple to be used in bone surgery, comprising a horizontally laying U-shaped member having upper and lower arms wherein the lower arm is movable parallel to itself, and relative to the upper arm, and with the upper arm being fixed, a connect... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4887952 | Nail plate A nail plate, intended especially for joining wooden beams, is made with columns of nails formed by tongue-shaped punch-outs. The punch-outs are arranged in parallel to a pair of longitudinal edges of the plate, and at least one of a front edge and a rear... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4832557 | Ground-implantable plastic fastener for holding erosion cloth on the ground An implantable polycarbonate fastener for holding erosion cloth on the ground. The fastener has a long vertical leg, a shorter vertical leg extending parallel to the long leg, and a horizontal top leg extending between them. The long vertical leg has a ta... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4710083 | Nailing plate for the production of compound supports, and compound support A compound support consists of two or more beams (5) joined together along their butt joint (4) by means of nailing plates (1). The nailing plates (1) consist of sheet-metal plates (11), tongue-shaped nails (2, 3) being forced out of the sheet-metal plate... | 12/01/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4592346 | Orthopedic staple The staple comprises a top having four downwardly depending legs adjacent to its four corners. Two of the downwardly depending legs on the same side of the top are spaced inwardly from the corners relative to the remaining two legs so as to be transversel... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4297064 | Staple-nail for securing ceiling support strip to wallboard A staple-nail fastener for nailing a ceiling support strip to a panel of wallboard which consists of a length of relatively hard steel wire bent into "U" shape to form long and short legs approximately parallel to one another, the long leg being approxima... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4257200 | Cotton module tarpaulin pin A cotton module is covered with a tarpaulin for protection from the elements. The tarpaulin has a plurality of grommets spaced along the peripheral edge thereof. A separate pin is inserted through each of the grommets and held in place by pressure from th... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4229888 | Fastener suitable for attaching a heel to a shoe The invention concerns a fastener suitable for use in attaching a plastic heel to a shoe. The fastener comprises a generally flat head portion and at least three shank portions extending from the head portion. Each shank portion has at least one aperture ... | 10/28/1980 |
