Patents Examined by James R. Brittain, Jr.
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Patent number: 4716631Abstract: The pin incorporates a cylindrical body in which two sliding components are mounted, the two sliding components being intended to engage in lug holes or between the cheeks of a bracelet link or of a fastener. The sliding components have a threaded portion which is intended to be screwed into the lug holes so as to ensure locking of the pin. The cylindrical sliding components may either be held apart by a spring, or may be screwed into the tube.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 1985Date of Patent: January 5, 1988Assignee: Gay Freres S.A.Inventor: Jacques H. Gay
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Patent number: 4707889Abstract: The attaching device for bag in which a pair of mouthpieces made of synthetic resin material is provided, and said pair of mouthpieces is provided with an engaging member formed by providing a stationary portion and a slope portion of a predetermined angle in the upper part of the stationary portion integrally by extending and projecting thereof and connecting a pawl portion integrally and foldably by means of a thin connecting portion, and a base plate formed by integrally projecting an edge portion formed with a groove portion on the lower part of the front surface of a long plate of a predetermined length, and said stationary portion is fixed to a reverse surface of the base plate and the tip of the pawl portion is engaged on the groove of the base plate, and when the stationary portion of the mouthpiece is urged against the other mouthpiece from the outside, the mutual slope portions extend and the pawl portion is separated from the groove portion of the base plate, and openable levers that are resilientlType: GrantFiled: August 5, 1986Date of Patent: November 24, 1987Inventor: Hidejiro Sato
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Patent number: 4607816Abstract: A window blind structure is provided for use in a vehicle such as a van. The window blind structure includes a fixed, upright channel, which is mounted to the window frame of a window in a van by means of upper and lower brackets or fittings. The upper bracket or fitting includes a channel-shaped cap embracing the upper end of the fixed channel of the window blind structure, and has an upstanding leg and an angularly disposed foot for securement to the frame of a van window. The lower or bottom fitting or bracket includes a channel-shaped body slidably interfitting with the lower end of the window blind fixed channel by means of protuberances or splines. Angularly disposed legs on the body may or may not be provided with depending feet. In any event, outwardly directed integral pins are provided for interfitting with a stirrup to be mounted flat against a wall surface of a van window frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1984Date of Patent: August 26, 1986Assignee: Elkhart Door CorporationInventor: Richard K. Haines
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Patent number: 4556253Abstract: Lightweight chair from a single unitary die-cut and scored generally rectangular blank of sheet material which is collapsible for easy storing and carrying, and which pops open for easy set-up. The lower 10-20% of the blank has a plurality of flaps gulable to the inner face of adjoining sidewall panels to form a reinforced base perimeter. Half of the blank forms the chair base sidewalls, and the remaining upper half forms a pair of adjoining seat/back panels which are delineated from the sidewalls by a set of generally W-shaped score lines. An assembly tab at one end is fastened to the opposite side of the other end of the blank to form in cross-section an enclosed polygon, preferably a modified hexagon of unequal sides. A first of the pair of seat/back panel assemblies is folded down with one or more tabs or flaps frictionally engaging one or more of the sidewall panels.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1983Date of Patent: December 3, 1985Assignee: Tres Design Co., Inc.Inventors: Francois M. Geneve, Luc M. D. Heiligenstein, Stephen B. Melamed
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Patent number: 4503591Abstract: A clothing ring is provided for storing articles of clothing, such as socks, during laundering, so that the articles are not separated during laundering. The ring has a loop with a sharply pointed end for insertion through the articles of clothing, and another end having a locking member. The pointed end of the loop slides into a U-shaped channel in the locking member for locking the two ends together, to thus prevent separation of the articles of clothing. The ring may also be used as a key ring.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1983Date of Patent: March 12, 1985Inventor: Joanna Adamska-Koperska