| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 029525080 | Nonresilient fastener | 41 |
| 20100175241 | Method of continuously mounting clips to two abutted and crossed rods - A method of continuously mounting clips to first and second rods, which are abutted and crossed with each other, includes the steps of a) providing a clip dispensing gun; b) providing clips each having a first rod clipping portion fittable with the first rod and a second rod clipping portion fittable with the second rod; c) loading clips into a clip guiding portion of the clip dispensing gun; d) pushing one of the clips by a clip feeding member of the clip dispensing gun to advance one clip to a ready-to-be-fired position, and e) ejecting the clip in the ready-to-be-fired position out of the clip dispensing gun by using a striker of the clip dispensing gun for enabling first and second rod clipping portions of the ejected clip to be fitted with the first and second rods respectively. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110265310 | Fastening device template - A fastening device template for joining mosaic pieces together having two variants that are easy to install by unskilled labor so as to help them achieve professional result. The device can be for assembling individual planks that together make up a floor covering such as solid wood flooring and engineered flooring, or it can be used for tiles. It can also be used to assemble individual parts which, together, create a piece of furniture. In this application, the generic term “mosaic” or “mosaic units” will be used to describe the individual pieces which, as indicated hereinabove, have a multitude of possible uses. Mosaic units can be assembled in all possible XYZ plans: side-to-side, side-to-face, side-to-end, end-to-end, end-to-face. In order to do so, the invention has an elongated clip core. At least one wing member attached to and extending a portion of the length of the clip core, and resilient leg members adapted to be frictionally inserted within a groove of a mosaic piece. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120102719 | ATTACHMENT INTERFACE DEVICE FOR ATTACHING MOBILE EQUIPMENT TO AN AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE - An interface device for attaching mobile equipment ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120144654 | YARD ARM - A fence pole mounted device for hanging one or more items. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120227246 | APPARATUS FOR CONNECTION OF AN IMPLEMENT TO MACHINERY - Apparatus for connecting an implement ( | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120284999 | Method for Mounting a Ranging Arm on a Body of a Longwall Shearer Loader - The method for mounting a ranging arm on a body of a longwall shearer loader characterised by the fact that the shearer's ranging arm ( | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130025112 | VEHICLE AND MAST MOUNTING ASSEMBLY THEREFOR - A vehicle is disclosed having a mast assembly mounted to a sidewall of the vehicle. The mast is pivotally mounted and can be held in a first stowed position by way of a first clamp member. The mast is pivotal relative to the sidewall, to an essentially vertical and erect position, and held in the second position by way of a second clamp. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130081256 | Filter Clamp Lock - Embodiments of the invention provide a clamp lock to secure a clamp around a pressure vessel, such as a split tank pool filter. The clamp lock includes a drive rack with at least one notch, and a housing with a rotatable drive gear, a locking pawl, and a receiving hole. The rotatable drive gear is capable of laterally moving the drive rack through the receiving hole, and the locking pawl is capable of engaging the at least one notch when the drive rack has been inserted a distance into the receiving hole. The distance correlates to a diameter of the clamp sufficient to secure the clamp around the pressure vessel. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130086794 | Nail Bundle - The present invention relates to a bundle of nails or screws whose pointed tips are secured in close proximity to each other by an adhesive or adhesive tape whereby each outer nail or screw from one end of the bundle can be manually separated from the bundle and subsequently readily driven or screwed into a work piece. Furthermore, any injurious effect to the carpenter or construction worker's hand is considerably reduced when obtaining the bundle of nails or screws from the hardware store or when handling and using the nails or screws at the work site. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130104377 | Memento Methods | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130104378 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CONVERTIBLE CARD ROW | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130199024 | Suspension Connector System Configured for Use with Suspended Scaffolding, and Related Methods - A suspension connector system configured for use with suspended scaffold systems and related methods of installation, assembly and use are disclosed herein. In accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment, methods of using a suspension connector system, for example, in relation to a structure, is disclosed. Suspension connector systems, as disclosed herein, can be affixed or otherwise connected to a structure so as to permit hanging of a suspended scaffold system, which can include work platform assemblies and access systems. Further in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure, a plurality of suspension connector systems can be connected to a structure, for example, in a predetermined pattern or an array, to support, or be combined with, a suspended scaffold system of the kinds disclosed. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130333197 | DECORATIVE LIGHTING INSTALLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for easy installation of the accessory on a building comprising a clip and an installation tool is disclosed. The clip can accept an accessory (e.g. a light string), and reversibly engages the tool. The tool can be conveniently mounted on a elongated handle so the user can work without ascending and descending a ladder. The clip comprises structures to secure it in the tool while the clip and accessory are being positioned. The clip is configured to the flexible and to provide a bias force that maintains the clip and accessory in position once installed on the building member. Once the clip is in the position, the tool can be disengaged from the clip and a new clip inserted in the tool. The invention for example is useful for easy lifting and placement of a string of decorative lights on a building facia or comparable structure. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140033509 | Advantageous Clamp - Advantageous clamps, methods of forming the same, and methods of using the same are provided. A clamp can include two jaws and a spring member configured to push the two jaws together. One jaw can have an inner surface including a plurality of flat portions connected by smooth, curved portions. The clamp can advantageously ensure a large surface area of contact between the clamp and a substrate, thereby inhibiting tilting and slipping of the clamp. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140068922 | System for Hanging Artists Brushes and Similar Cylindrical Implements - A system and method is provided whereby a mounting is configured for attachment to a paintbrush, wherein the paintbrush has a first end having bristles and a second end bristle free, a hanger having a first end is attached to said mounting cap and a second end having a hanging system for hanging said brush, and a support is configured for receiving said hanging system. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140075740 | FIREARM HAVING A DIRECT GAS IMPINGEMENT OPERATING SYSTEM - A method of removably securing a gas regulating sleeve and a gas line to a rifle by: fluidly coupling a gas block to a bore of a barrel of the rifle; removably locating and securing the gas regulating sleeve in the gas block, the gas line being in fluid communication with the bore via the gas regulating sleeve, and wherein a portion of the gas line is received within an impingement cylinder of a bolt assembly of the rifle when it is in a first position, and wherein the impingement cylinder moves away from the gas line as it moves from the first position to a second position due to gases from the gas block; and wherein the gas regulating sleeve and the gas line are removable from the gas block without disconnecting the barrel from the receiver and without removal of the gas block from the barrel. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140096367 | MAGNETIC CLAMP ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY - A magnetic clamp attachment assembly for securing a ladder arrangement to a ferromagnetic surface is disclosed where the ladder arrangement comprises two spaced apart side members and at least one rung extending between the side members. The magnetic clamp attachment assembly includes a spacer member sized and configured to extend over the spaced apart side members of the ladder arrangement and magnetic attachment means for attaching the spacer member and securing the ladder arrangement to the ferromagnetic surface. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140109380 | SELF-LOCATING MECHANICALLY ACTIVATED FASTENER - Fasteners are generally described. In some examples, a fastener may include at least one latch. The at least one latch may include an arcuate portion and a linking portion. The arcuate portion may be connected by the linking portion to a pivot point. The pivot point may be located with respect to the first member so that, as the linking portion pivots around the pivot point, the arcuate portion moves along an arcuate path between a non-fastening position and a fastening position. In the fastening position the arcuate portion may extend beyond the first member to engage with the second member to secure it to the first member. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140137391 | PAPER CLIP - A paper clip for fastening two or more sheets of paper together, the paper clip formed of two substantially U-shaped clamping members, having elongate members formed in loops with a single loop facing in one direction and a pair of nesting loops facing in the opposite direction, the paper clip further including an elongate member, wherein a portion of the elongate member is bent to form a substantially C shape and another elongate member having a tip projecting at an angle into the open center of the C shape, the projecting tip for piercing through the papers at a common point for securely stapling the papers together, such that the papers are held together via the projecting tip in combination with the paper clip. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140144006 | LADDER RING CAGE - A ladder cage comprises a plurality of spaced rings, having fasteners attached thereto. A plurality of vertical braces are each attached to respective ones of the fasteners, the vertical braces each having a mounting hole proximate each end, and extending between two of the plurality of rings. Each of the fasteners comprises a mounting pin having a slot therein, and a drop pin slidably mounted to that fastener for sliding in and out of its slot. An associated vertical brace is fastened to a ring by each fastener, as the fastener's mounting pin is received in the mounting hole of the associated vertical brace, and the drop pin of the fastener is received in the slot of said mounting pin, such that the drop-pin makes an angle of between about 30° and 60° to the vertical. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140237803 | METHOD OF INSTALLING A SHOWER ROD MOUNTING BRACKET - A bracket for mounting a curved shower rod on a previously installed straight shower rod. The bracket includes a body having a first member that defines a first bore for receiving an end of the curved shower rod therein, and a second member defining a second bore for receiving a portion of the straight shower rod therein. The first member extends outwardly from the second member at an angle. The second member comprises first and second regions that are movable away from each other to capture a portion of the straight shower rod between them. A securement mechanism locks the first and second regions together to prevent the bracket from disengaging from the straight shower rod. A second mounting bracket is similarly engaged on an opposite end of the straight shower rod and receives a second end of the curved shower rod therein. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140250672 | BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL EQUIPMENT ORGANIZER - A baseball and softball equipment organizer includes a base with front and back surfaces, at least one hingable element attached to the front surface of the base with at least one arm rotatably coupled to the hingable element and at least one hook attached to the back surface of the base for removable attachment of the organizer to a chain link fence. The at least one arm can rotate from a first position generally parallel to the base to a second position generally orthogonal to the base. The outside surface of at least one arm can include a gripping material to organize batting gloves and other sports items. A method of using the organizer is described. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140250673 | BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL EQUIPMENT ORGANIZER - A baseball and softball equipment organizer includes a base with front and back surfaces, at least one hingable element attached to the front surface of the base with at least one arm rotatably coupled to the hingable element and at least one hook attached to the back surface of the base for removable attachment of the organizer to a chain link fence. The at least one arm can rotate from a first position generally parallel to the base to a second position generally orthogonal to the base. The outside surface of at least one arm can include a gripping material to organize batting gloves and other sports items. A method of using the organizer is described. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20150013142 | METHOD FOR MOUNTING A PYLON TO AN AIRCRAFT - An assembly and method for attaching an engine pylon to an aircraft wing. The method may include attaching a first forward wing-mounted fitting to the pylon at a first side of the pylon between upper and lower spars of the pylon and attaching a second forward wing-mounted fitting to the pylon at a second side of the pylon between the upper and lower spars of the pylon. The second side of the pylon is located opposite of the first side of the pylon. Mechanical attachment devices may be inserted through holes on the sides of the pylon aligned with holes formed through the forward wing-mounted fittings. The mechanical attachment devices may be made of steel and the forward wing-mounted fittings may be made of composite or aluminum material. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150026956 | PIPE SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A pipe support structure which is constructed to utilize the Coriolis force and the reaction force caused, thereby making it possible to suppress the hose compliance amount in the high temperature area while maintaining the degree of freedom of mountability specific for the resin pipe and to realize the above suppressing effect by the simple construction and at a low cost. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150052734 | METHOD OF PROTECTION IN TOWER - A method for using a guard for structural members is disclosed. This can reduce worker injury with a thin sheet metal or plastic, broadly U-shaped guard plate attached to a structural support through attachment to a pair of clamps, each with a primary and a secondary threaded clamp mechanism. The attachment between the guard plate and pair of clamps may be via a slotted intermediate structure. The primary mechanism has a swivel pad end while the secondary clamps have a pointed, cone-shaped end. The guard can be used in wind turbine towers to protect workers on a fixed ladder from hitting interior flanges as they climb up and as they climb down. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150059157 | CAGE IN AN MRD WITH A FASTENING/ATTENUATING SYSTEM - Methods of fastening a cage with a fastening system in an MRD. One method includes: assembling: a plurality of pole pieces; a plurality of side magnets, the side magnets substantially enclosing the pole pieces and thereby defining a magnetic envelope and enclosed volume therein; a plurality of side walls, the side walls substantially enclosing the side magnets; a plurality of face walls and a plurality of fastening rods; and passing a plurality of fastening rods through at least one of the side magnets and at least one of the pole pieces and fastening them in an effective measure, such that the rods physically interconnects at least one pair of side walls. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150059158 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING STRUCTURAL SOLAR PANELS - A modular assembly of solar panels is held together in a rigid fashion through the use of two J-channels arranged on either side thereof in oppositely facing directions. Brackets hold these J-channels to flanges on the underside of the solar panels. In the argot of solar panel installation, the J-channels extend in the north-south direction. Between each solar panel there is disposed a liquid collecting pan extending in the east-west direction. This collecting pan also acts as a clip providing both a structural and electrical connection between adjacently disposed solar panels in a column assembly which is rendered capable of installation as a single unit from the ground. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150082609 | MANUFACTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING STRUCTURES AND THE STRUCTURES RESULTING THEREFROM - A clip for assembling corners of hollow members such as the rails and stiles of an extruded aluminum door. The clip has an L shape and may feature a double L shape. A portion inserts into the hollow of a first member and is attached thereto. Another portion extends into the other hollow member for attachment thereto to form a sturdy joint without welding. Pairs of clips may be used at each corner. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150101176 | Method and Apparatus for Fitting a Sleeve - Illustrative Embodiments may provide for an apparatus and method for fitting a first tube to a second tube. The apparatus may have a first section and a second section. The first section and the second section may engage each other to form a spreine. Each section may engage a sleeve. The spreine may encircle the sleeve encircling the first tube. The spreine may include a slider that may receive a force that may move the spreine and the sleeve, engaged within the spreine, and fit the first tube to the second tube. Fitting the first tube to the second tube may include engaging the sleeve with a first O-ring that may encircle a first ferrule in the first tube, and the sleeve simultaneously engaging a second O-ring encircling a second ferrule in a second tube. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150107087 | ADJUSTABLE MODULAR SHELVING SYSTEM - An adjustable modular shelving system is secureable to a rail mounting system in the cargo area of a vehicle. The shelving system includes a pair of end panels, each pair having an end panel flange with a plurality of end panel flange apertures. The end panel flange extends along a portion of an outer periphery of each of the pair of end panels. The shelving system may include a shelf having a base and a pair of shelf flanges which extend from longitudinal end portions of the base, one of the pair of shelf flanges includes a plurality of locking mechanisms and another one of the pair of shelf flanges include a plurality of shelf apertures. The locking mechanisms may securably connect with a first side of the pair of end panels, and the plurality of shelf apertures may securably connect with a second side of the pair of end panels. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150289684 | Hanging organizer for small valuables - In a hanging organizer for jewelry and other small valuables, a flexible covering is folded over the lower rung of a standard clothes hanger, and affixes to itself using standard closures, such as snaps or hook-and-loop fasteners. The outer surfaces of the flexible covering provide hooks onto which valuables may be placed or hung. The device may be concealed for additional security by a shirt or blouse hung from the hanger in the usual manner. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150312452 | CLAMPING CLIP FOR CAMERA MODULE FOCUSING DURING ASSEMBLY - A clamping clip for use in an assembly process for a camera module includes a sheet of ferromagnetic material that includes a first aperture that corresponds to a second aperture in a housing that encloses an actuator that moves a lens assembly. At least three positioning legs are attached to an outer periphery of the sheet of ferromagnetic material such that the at least three legs will closely engage side walls of the housing. At least three prongs are attached to the first aperture in the sheet of ferromagnetic material such that the prongs will engage a carrier coupled to the lens assembly to hold the carrier in a fixed position that allows the position of the lens assembly to be adjusted as part of the assembly process when the sheet of ferromagnetic material is retained on the housing by permanent magnets in the actuator. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150321069 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANCHORING A HOCKEY NET TO AN ICE SURFACE - An anchor is installed in an ice surface for securing a hockey net. The anchor device comprises a plate having two different-sized spikes and a protrusion and a rubber peg. A larger diameter end of the hockey net poles is inserted onto the rubber peg and the hockey net is secured to ice but is able to be bent or dislodged when force from impact is applied. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150338016 | Collapsible Stand - A collapsible stand including plurality of side members, each having one or more fastener elements operable to removably engage one another to assemble a base capable of supporting a supportable object. The collapsible stand can further include a stabilizer, a support member guide, and a support member. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160051849 | Fire Extinguisher Mounting Device - A device for mounting a fire extinguisher into a ceiling is disclosed. The device incorporates a cutting mechanism to cut an installation hole into an existing ceiling. The device also incorporates tabs for retaining the device in the ceiling and securing a retaining collar to retain the fire extinguisher in the device. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160065121 | UNIVERSAL CASSETTE - A method of installing photovoltaic modules in a solar array is provided. The method includes the steps of forming one or more universal cassettes, each having a plurality of photovoltaic modules attached to one or more rails, positioning the one or more universal cassettes in a curing apparatus, securing the curing apparatus with a vehicle, moving the curing apparatus along rows of installed mounting hardware and deploying the universal cassettes from the curing apparatus and attaching the universal cassettes to the installed mounting hardware. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160120322 | Bracelet Towel Clip - A towel clip comprising first and second members and a spring, the first member having a first mating portion and the second member having a second mating portion. The first and second members are pivotally connected to each other and the spring biases the first mating portion toward the second mating portion. The towel clip is movable from a closed position toward a chair-frame passage position. A towel may be secured to a chair by placing the towel clip around a portion of a frame member when the towel clip is in the chair-frame passage position and by allowing the spring bias to move the towel clip toward the closed position. The towel clip may be placed around a wrist or ankle of a user such that the first and second members of the towel clip collectively surround the wrist or ankle of the user. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160159410 | COMPENSATOR ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE FRAME - A compensator assembly for a vehicle frame includes a base member having a clip engaging a first frame component spaced from a second frame component. An extension member is threadably coupled with the base member. A fastener extends coaxially through the base and the extension members to engage the first and second frame components. Rotation of the fastener unthreads the extension member until it contacts the second frame component. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160192967 | ROD ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY FOR OCCIPITAL PLATE | 07-07-2016 |
| 029525090 | At least one part nonmetallic | 1 |
| 20100199485 | BIMETALLIC LEAF SPRING CLAMPING DEVICE - The invention relates to bimetallic leaf spring devices ( | 08-12-2010 |
