Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090052811 | Plastic bag with non-metallic closure - A thermoplastic bag includes a front and rear wall continuously joined together along a bottom and side edges, the bag being open at the top along the top edges of the front and rear walls, and a first strip of a non-metallic hook and loop fastener secured to one of the bag walls adjacent the open top edge of the bag, the first strip extending away from each of the side edges for a predefined distance. | 02-26-2009 |
20090272775 | IMPLEMENT HOLDER - An implement holder having a piece of fabric tubing having a near end and a far end; a piece of heat shrink tubing secured to the fabric tubing far end such that at least a portion of the heat shrink tubing extends beyond the fabric tubing far end; and a detachable connector secured to the fabric tubing near end, whereby an implement can be held by the implement holder by inserting an implement into the heat shrink tubing and securing the apparatus with the detachable connector. | 11-05-2009 |
20090294495 | Tool lanyard wrist cuff - A tool lanyard wrist cuff includes a fixed, closed loop band having a first mating portion of a fastening mechanism fixedly attached to an outside surface of the closed loop band, an adjustment tab extending from the fixed, closed loop band where the adjustment tab has a second mating portion of the fastening mechanism configured for releasable engagement with the first mating portion when the fixed closed loop band is folded onto itself positioning the adjustment tab over and onto the outside surface of the closed loop band, and a lanyard retaining component integrally formed on the outside surface of the closed loop band. | 12-03-2009 |
20100032465 | Tool belt mountable device for retractable tool lanyards - A belt mountable tool lanyard device includes an enclosure having diametrically opposed first and second openings, a plurality of internal dividers within the enclosure forming a plurality of lanyard device chambers wherein each chamber has at least one chamber opening that faces in the same direction as one of the first and second openings and wherein at least one of the plurality of chambers has a second chamber opening diametrically opposed to the one chamber opening forming a belt receiving loop. | 02-11-2010 |
20120141050 | Clip for attaching articles together - A clip system includes a first resilient clip member having a curved rear wall portion and finger gripping portions sufficiently resilient that when pressed together by the fingers of an operator, the jaw portions will open and when released will be urged toward an abutted condition, the curved rear wall portion having a first aperture with a concave recess at an outer surface, a slot extending from the first aperture to a second aperture located a predefined distance from the first aperture where the slot is narrower than the first aperture and the second aperture, and a detent connected to the clip member and adjacent to the slot, and a tether member rotationally and pivotally connected to and retained in the first aperture. | 06-07-2012 |
20120174342 | Retrofit system for tethering a hand tool - A retrofit system for tethering a hand tool includes a tool collar having a collar body, a first body end, a second body end, and a bore extending longitudinally therethrough, and a tethering tab having a first tab opening and a second tab opening transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tethering tab. The bore of the tool collar has a cross-sectional area that is less than the cross-sectional area of a first tool portion of the hand tool providing a snug fit of the tool collar on the first tool portion. The second tab opening of the tethering tab being spaced from the first tab opening and the first tab opening having a cross-sectional area larger than the cross-sectional area of the first tool portion providing for free rotation of the tethering tab around the first tool portion. | 07-12-2012 |
20120247994 | Retractable tooling apparatus and tool pouch - A retractor coil lanyard device for mounting in a pouch of a tool pouch for hand tools includes a tubular housing having a first housing end and a second housing end and a resiliently extensible and retractable coil disposed within the tubular housing. The tubular housing has a predefined length where, when placed within a tool pocket of a tool belt pouch, the first housing end is adjacent a bottom of the tool pocket and the second housing end is adjacent a top of the tool pocket. The coil has a coil body, a first coil end and a second coil end. The coil body is formed from a cord having a predefined diameter where the cord is formed into a helix. The first coil end is retained at the first housing end and the second coil end extends a predefined distance beyond the second housing end and is configured for attaching to a hand tool. | 10-04-2012 |
20120266414 | Retrofit system for tethering a hand tool - A retrofit system for tethering a hand tool includes a tool collar having a collar body, a first body end, a second body end, a skirt at the second body end having an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the collar body, and a bore extending longitudinally therethrough, and a tethering tab having a first tab opening and a second tab opening transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tethering tab. The tool collar is made of a material having a Shore A hardness in the range of about 20 to about 50. The second tab opening of the tethering tab being spaced from the first tab opening and the first tab opening having a cross-sectional area larger than the cross-sectional area of the first tool portion providing for free rotation of the tethering tab around the first tool portion. | 10-25-2012 |
20130299544 | Combination tool carrier and carrier securing lanyard - A tool carrier for attaching to a user's belt or a user's harness includes a rear wall having an upper wall portion, a tool holder disposed on a front wall surface of the rear wall, a tool carrier safety lanyard removably connected to the front wall surface, the safety lanyard having a lanyard first end and a closed loop formed in a lanyard second end, an elongated first attachment member fixedly secured to a rear wall surface of the upper wall portion at a pair of spaced-apart first and second attachment locations thereon and defining a closed loop therebetween, and a first flexible strip forming an openable strip loop when a first strip end mates with a second strip end after being positioned through the closed loop of the elongated first attachment member. | 11-14-2013 |
20140013544 | Lanyard Attachment Assembly - A lanyard attachment assembly has a sleeve with an inside surface and an outside surface. The inside surface defines a passageway through the sleeve. A strap passes through the passageway and forms a closed loop to link the closed loop to the sleeve. The assembly optionally includes a connector with a connector opening therethrough. When the assembly includes a connector, the strap passes through the connector opening where the closed loop links the connector to the sleeve. | 01-16-2014 |
20140013547 | FLOATING CABLE TIE - A cable tie device has a float portion with a peripheral wall that defines and encloses an internal hollow region with a pre-defined volume. The device also has a head with a passageway therethrough and a resilient catch mechanism disposed in the passageway. A strap connects to the head and has a plurality of cavities in a top surface for engaging the resilient catch mechanism. The float portion is connected to at least one of the head and the strap where the float portion head, resilient catch mechanism, and strap form a cable tie. A method of making is also disclosed. | 01-16-2014 |
20140161371 | Small parts pouch with self-sealing closure - A self-closing utility bag for holding small articles includes a pouch with an upper pouch portion, a lower pouch portion, a neck portion between the upper and lower pouch portions, a top opening that is maintained in a partially open orientation, and a self-closing mechanism. The self-closing mechanism includes a first resilient strip disposed parallel to a pouch top opening at a location either adjacent the neck portion in the upper pouch portion but spaced from the pouch top opening or at the neck portion, and a second resilient strip disposed opposite the first resilient strip where the first and second resilient strips maintain the pouch in a closed orientation but having a resilient spring action that allows intruding access to an inside of the lower portion while returning to the closed orientation when the intruding access is removed. | 06-12-2014 |
20140173857 | Locking clip assembly - A locking clip assembly includes a clip body with a body clamping end, a rear portion and a body hinge portion between the body clamping end and the rear portion, an elongated arm member having a jaw portion, a lever arm portion and an arm hinge portion pivotally connected to the body hinge portion, and a locking member slidably disposed on the rear portion of the clip body where the locking member is movable between an arm member locked position and an arm member unlocked position. | 06-26-2014 |
20140212206 | SHACKLE ASSEMBLY WITH LOCKING PIN - A shackle assembly with a unitary body has a closed geometry with a primary opening therethrough. A first side member has a first side aperture extending transversely therethrough with a first inside surface. A second side member is spaced apart from the first side member and has a second side aperture extending transversely at least partially through the second side member. End portions extend between and connect the first side member and the second side member. The second side aperture is opposite the first side aperture and axially aligned with the first side aperture. A pin has a head portion positioned at least partially within the first side aperture and a tip portion positioned at least partially within the second side aperture. A pin body extending between the head portion and the tip portion along a central longitudinal axis and is sized to pass through the first side aperture. | 07-31-2014 |
20140310969 | Tape measure holder - A tape measure holder includes a holder body having a first side panel, a second side panel, a bottom panel, a first top portion, a second top portion, a forward-edge portion, a rearward-edge portion, a back end panel and a front strap. A securing mechanism has a first securing portion and a second securing portion connected to or integrally-formed with the first top portion and a second securing portion for interlocking the first top portion to the second top portion. The front strap extends between the forward-edge portion of the first side panel and the forward-edge portion of the second side panel and is positioned adjacent to but spaced a predefined distance from the bottom panel. The holder body is sized and configured to receive a tape measure in a snug manner with the first top portion overlapping the second top portion. | 10-23-2014 |
20150021372 | DOUBLE TOOL POUCH WITH RETRACTOR POCKETS - A tool holder has a first tool pouch connected to the front surface of a substrate and defining a first tool compartment between the first tool pouch and the substrate. A second tool pouch is connected to the front surface of the substrate and defines a second tool compartment between the second tool pouch and the substrate, where the first tool pouch is at least partially disposed within the second tool pouch. A first retractor pocket is attached to the back surface of the substrate and defines a first retractor compartment that communicates through an opening in the substrate to the first tool compartment. A second retractor pocket attached to the first tool pouch front surface and defines a second retractor compartment between the second retractor pocket and the first tool pouch. The second retractor compartment communicates through a second retractor opening to the second tool compartment. | 01-22-2015 |
20150060476 | Tool holder with tabs and/or suction cups - A tool holder has a sleeve member with a generally cylindrical sidewall, an open end and a closed end. The sleeve member is adapted to receive the non-working end of a tool inserted along a central longitudinal axis into the open end. A connector is coupled to the closed end of the sleeve member. The sleeve member has at least one tab extending axially away from an open end of the sidewall and/or at least one suction cup on an inside surface of the sidewall. | 03-05-2015 |