Base With Attached Clasping-type Article Retainer Patents (Class 206/477)
  • Patent number: 11870179
    Abstract: A pin assembly includes a plurality of pins and a plurality of seals. The plurality of seals are separate from one another and are each formed from an elastically deformable material. The seals are each disposed on one of the pins and are each retained on the one of the pins by interaction of the elastically deformable material with the one of the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Donkervoet, Rohan Narang, Gregg Eisenmann, Jerry S. Campbell
  • Patent number: 11278138
    Abstract: A container has a removable base assembly. The base assembly has a resilient portion. The base assembly is removably attachable to the container in a recess of the container. The base assembly being dimensioned to have a fixed fit with the recess such that when the base assembly is assembled with the container, the resilient portion is exposed from the recess allowing the container to be supported on a support surface by the resilient portion of the base assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG HENGFENG TOP LEISURE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Baoqing Yang
  • Patent number: 9027546
    Abstract: A solar collector receiver tube containing an improved getter system is described. The solar collector receiver tube has a base, pills of getter material that are uniform in height, and a containment metallic mesh having a non-uniform height and presenting at least one depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: SAES Getters S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mauro Brancaleoni, Andrea Conte, Franco Veronelli
  • Patent number: 9022218
    Abstract: A battery holding and dispensing device can hold a plurality of batteries, in an assortment of battery sizes. The battery holding and dispensing device includes a frame having a plurality of compartments sized and shaped to each receive a battery of a particular battery size and each having a detent for releasably retaining the battery in the compartment. Each compartment has at least one opening in the bottom and lower side to expose a corner of the battery to allow finger ejection of the battery from the compartment past the detent, and to allow the user to touch the batteries to ascertain battery size by feel. The assortment of batteries held in the frame is preferably pre-selected to correspond to the batteries needed by a particular profession. An arrangement for illuminating the frame is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Tools Aviaton, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Foreman, Kathleen Foreman, Timothy Moreau, Brad Cherkas
  • Patent number: 8991601
    Abstract: The present invention provides a plate-shaped member holding system, which stably holds a plate-shaped member without damage during transportation. The plate-shaped member holding system includes a holder for holding a glass sheet as a plate-shaped member and a fixing member engageable with the holder. The holder includes a pair of retainers for clamping the plate-shaped member from both sides of a front side and a rear side thereof, a pair of supports for supporting the retainers, and a coupler for coupling the paired supports. When the holder is engaged with an engagement recess formed in the fixing member with the plate-shaped member being disposed between the paired supports, the holder utilizes the weight of the plate-shaped member to generate pressing forces in directions to bring the paired retainers much closer to each other so as to firmly clamp and stably holds the plate-shaped member by the paired retainers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideaki Torikai, Masayasu Sato, Tomonori Koyama, Koichiro Okamura
  • Patent number: 8985327
    Abstract: A packaging case (1) for oblong objects such as high-quality precision tools (5), having a body (4) with a longitudinal receiving and removal opening (34), that can be closed by a protective element 2). The body (4) has a base (6) to which a clamping part (8) with at least one flexibly deformable U-shaped clamping jaw (9) is attached. The base part (6) is divided into a lower part (12) that is securely connected to the clamping part (8) and an upper part (11) that is attached to the lower part (12) such that when the upper part (11) is in an open position, the space (23) around the free end of the tool 5) is accessible, but when the upper part 11) is in the closed position the space around the free end of the tool is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Rose Plastic AG
    Inventor: Peter Roesler
  • Patent number: 8887913
    Abstract: A dental case including a substrate having a plurality of holes therein and a grommet matrix. The grommet matrix including a plurality of grommets each having a groove. The plurality of grommets are interconnected outside of said groove and the plurality of grommets are located at predetermined positions corresponding to the plurality of holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Symmetry Medical Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy E. Wood
  • Patent number: 8584848
    Abstract: A razor cartridge dispenser including a unitarily molded member having compartments in horizontal sequence and a reopenable package member covering the molded member. The individual compartments include a blade portion cavity, a connection portion cavity and a cammed latch on a flexible arm. The blade portion cavity has an upper opening, bottom, top and front walls, a closed side wall and an open side wall. The top and bottom walls are substantially parallel, with the front wall at a right angle thereto, and extend in the direction of the upper opening at an angle to the horizontal disposition of the compartments. The connection portion cavity has top and bottom openings, forward and rearward walls, a closed side wall and an open side wall, where the bottom opening cooperates with the upper opening of the blade portion cavity. The package member includes a reclosable flap to access the compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: ADKM, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Harvey Lee, Jochen Rainer Schaepers, Andy Katz-Mayfield, Jeffrey Jacob Raider
  • Patent number: 8397917
    Abstract: A wafer-retaining unit has a plurality of vertically superimposed single-wafer retaining sections, each having a wafer-retaining frame abutting against only a lower end edge portion of the outer periphery of a semiconductor wafer, a wafer-securing frame disposed vertically movably relative to the wafer-retaining frame to abut against only an upper end edge portion of the outer periphery of the semiconductor wafer, and wafer lift members that lift the semiconductor wafer to a position where it is upwardly separate from the wafer-retaining frame and keeps the semiconductor wafer in this position. Consequently, a plurality of semiconductor wafers can be accommodated efficiently and safely without increasing the space between each pair of mutually adjacent semiconductor wafers. At the same time, the semiconductor wafers can be loaded and unloaded satisfactorily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Miraial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kasama, Yukihiro Hyobu
  • Publication number: 20130048525
    Abstract: A vessel tray clamp is provided. The vessel tray clamp includes a distal end lying in a first plane and having a first width. The vessel tray clamp also includes a proximate end lying in a second plane that is not the first plane. The proximate end has a second width greater than the first width and has an elongated opening therethrough. An arcuate intermediate portion interconnects the distal end and proximate end. The arcuate intermediate portion has the first width adjacent the distal end and the second width adjacent the proximate end to form a shoulder therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: UOP LLC
    Inventor: Steven Lesniak
  • Patent number: 8342328
    Abstract: A fastener system includes a toy product, a support platform, and a plug that engages a keyhole formed into the product. The plug includes a base and a pronged key extending from the base. The support platform includes a through-hole that permits the passage of the key into the packaging. One or more integrally-formed biasing members are located on the base of the plug to draw the key toward the product and create a secure connection. The pronged key may be formed from a plastic material and configured such that it plastically deforms but remains attached to the key when and predetermined force is applied to the key to pull the key from a misaligned position with respect to the key hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Trapp, Robert Michael Buresch, Donald George Scheffold
  • Patent number: 8292074
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stabilizer suitable for stabilizing disks of a heat pack, wherein the stabilizer includes at least two elongate parallel pushers of height compatible with the height of the heat pack, each movable in a direction perpendicular to the pushers, the pushers being associated with an irreversible driver system enabling the pushers to be moved apart or towards each other, the pushers extending in service so as to face an inside diameter of the disks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Messier-Bugatti-Dowty
    Inventor: Michel Fiore
  • Patent number: 8276751
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for displaying a padlock. In one embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a padlock, a card and a back plate, wherein the card includes a front side, a back side and an aperture sized to receive at least a body of the padlock, and the back plate is configured to be attached to the back side of the card (e.g., via coupling portions). The card further includes a plurality of retaining tabs that extend from a face of the card and are used to retain the padlock by restricting movement of the padlock in a direction orthogonal and/or parallel to the face of the card. Each retaining tab is configured to retain the padlock by providing at least one retaining surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Hampton Products International Corporation
    Inventor: Phil Zorc
  • Patent number: 8267252
    Abstract: A battery holding and dispensing device can hold a plurality of batteries, in an assortment of battery sizes. The battery holding and dispensing device includes a frame having a plurality of compartments sized and shaped to each receive a battery of a particular battery size and each having a detent for releasably retaining the battery in the compartment. Each compartment has at least one opening in the bottom and lower side to expose a corner of the battery to allow finger ejection of the battery from the compartment past the detent, and to allow the user to touch the batteries to ascertain battery size by feel. The assortment of batteries held in the frame is preferably pre-selected to correspond to the batteries needed by a particular profession. An arrangement for illuminating the frame is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Tools Aviation, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Foreman, Kathleen Foreman, Timothy Moreau, Brad Cherkas
  • Patent number: 8136663
    Abstract: A receiver trailer hitch carrier is provided, which includes a tray and a receiver tube mounted to the tray. The receiver tube is sized to accept a trailer hitch and is oriented at an acute angle relative to horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventor: Mike C. Foster
  • Patent number: 8069996
    Abstract: A gardening tool suspension device includes a suspension rack (20) having a through hole (22), a gardening tool (10) mounted on the suspension rack and a fastening mechanism (30) mounted on the suspension rack and locked onto the gardening tool to attach the gardening tool to the suspension rack. The gardening tool include two handles (13) pivotally connected by a threaded pivot shaft (12). The fastening mechanism includes a locking nut (31) screwed onto the pivot shaft and having a flange (311) extending through the through hole, and a retaining ring (32) locked onto the flange of the locking nut. Thus, only the locking nut is locked by the retaining ring so that the two handles of the gardening tool are not limited and can be pivoted freely, thereby facilitating a consumer operating the gardening tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Jiin Haur Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Piao Wu
  • Patent number: 8069998
    Abstract: In order to improve a surgical holder for surgical instruments and/or implants for a surgical container, in particular, a sterile container or perforated basket, comprising a storage device for holding and/or storing surgical instruments and/or implants and an attachment device for attaching the holder to the container, such that it can be attached to the container more easily it is suggested that the attachment device be transferable from an attaching position, in which it can be brought into engagement with and connected to the container, into a position of abutment, in which it can be brought out of engagement with the container, and that the attachment device comprise at least two attachment members, which are connected to one another via the storage device, for attaching the holding to the container. Furthermore, an improved surgical container is suggested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventor: Stefan Thomas
  • Patent number: 7987978
    Abstract: A reed case includes a base, a lid carried by the base and a reed-carrying insert provided in the base. The reed-carrying base includes a plurality of generally elongated, parallel, spaced-apart insert slots; at least one extension spring provided in each of the insert slots; and at least one retainer spring provided in each of the insert slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Inventor: Kuen W Lam
  • Patent number: 7971714
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for displaying a padlock. In one embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a padlock, a card and a back plate, wherein the card includes a front side, a back side and an aperture sized to receive at least a body of the padlock, and the back plate is configured to be attached to the back side of the card (e.g., via coupling portions). Once the padlock is placed in the aperture and the back plate is attached to the card, the padlock is secured (e.g., between at least one retaining tab and the back plate) and ready to be displayed (e.g., on a hook, on a shelf, on a display rack, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Hampton Products International Corporation
    Inventor: Phil Zorc
  • Patent number: 7931149
    Abstract: A storage unit is provided for removably storing an in vivo imaging capsule. The capsule may have a housing and an optical dome. The storage unit may include a recessed space formed for accepting the capsule. A magnet for magnetically activating and deactivating the capsule may be provided in the storage unit, for example in the lid. The storage unit may also include a capsule holding unit comprising at least two protruding elements to removably hold the capsule in the storage unit, wherein the protruding elements are positioned to grip the capsule housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Given Imaging Ltd.
    Inventors: Zvika Gilad, Vitaly Roytenburd
  • Patent number: 7900392
    Abstract: An improved stripping basket for fly fishing is disclosed. The stripping basket is easily compacted for stowing while on board a boat, or for packing the stripping basket in a suitcase for travel to a fishing destination. The basket comprises multiple removable line separators and drainage holes in a base plate. The base plate folds towards the front wall of the stripping basket. The front wall has multiple slits that correspond to the arrangement of the line separators. With the line separators still attached to the base plate, the stripping basket can be quickly unfolded for use. This is convenient when on board a boat, awaiting a turn to fish. For longer term storage, such when packing in a suitcase for travel, the line separators can be removed for maximum portability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Inventor: Albert C. Musto
  • Publication number: 20110036740
    Abstract: A housing for portable electronic device is disclosed. The portable electronic device includes a base, a bracket fixed in the base and an embedding assembly. The embedding assembly is embedded into the base and fixedly connecting to the bracket. The invention also discloses a method for manufacturing the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: YU ZHANG
  • Patent number: 7870962
    Abstract: A multi-functional storage apparatus for selectively supporting a capturing device includes a main casing having a receiving cavity and a supporting arrangement. The supporting arrangement is provided on the main casing to operate the main casing between a normal storing mode and an capturing mode, wherein in the normal storing mode, the supporting arrangement is arranged to rest on the main casing so as to allow the main casing to function as a portable carrying device through storing objects within the receiving cavity, wherein in the capturing mode, the supporting arrangement is selectively extended from the main casing to detachably attach to the image capturing device, in such a manner that the image capturing device is securely and suspendedly supported by the main casing as a supporting base for stably capturing image in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Inventor: Hung Hi Law
  • Publication number: 20110005944
    Abstract: An apparatus to display a tool holder that incorporates magnets comprises at least a magnetically attractable work item, a tool holder incorporating magnets and an attachment mechanism for attaching the magnetically attractable work item to the display. The attachment mechanism attaches to the magnetic tool holder such that the magnetically attractable work item is able to be removed from the magnet of the tool holder while still coupled to the magnetic tool display. In some embodiments, the apparatus also comprises a display placard. In these embodiments, the attachment mechanism attaches to the display placard and the magnetically attractable work item such that the magnetically attractable work item is able to be removed from the magnet of the tool holder while still coupled to the display placard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: AAW PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Andre A. Woolery
  • Patent number: 7854321
    Abstract: A tool container assembly includes a base container, a cover, rollers, a removable tool tray, and an extendable handle. The base container includes a storage space, and an upwardly facing opening into the storage space. The cover is movable between a closed position in which it substantially covers the upwardly facing opening and an open position in which it exposes the upwardly facing opening. The rollers are connected with the base container to enable transport of the tool container assembly. The removable tool tray is constructed and arranged to be removably carried by the base container and the tool tray is configured to store articles or tools therein. The extendable handle is operatively connected to the base container to facilitate tilted rolling transport of the tool container assembly. The removable tool tray is constructed to securely engage with the handle when the handle is in an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: The Stanley Works Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Noam Twig, Gil Vilkomirski
  • Patent number: 7802680
    Abstract: According to the invention, a tool holder system having a tool holder with an extension and retraction device, in particular a reel, by means of which a cable, to which a tool can be fastened, is extendable and automatically retractive, is characterized by the fact that the tool holder can be detachably fastened by means of an attaching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: ZYRUS Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. Patente I KG
    Inventors: Kolja Krebs, Roberto Stein
  • Patent number: 7798332
    Abstract: The invention consists of a prong protector for use with a nasal cannula, the nasal cannula having a body portion, a pair of nasal prongs extending from the body portion, and first and second supply tubes extending from opposite ends of the body portion. The prong protector includes a housing having an interior surface, for receiving the body portion of the nasal cannula thereon, and first and second sidewalls extending from said interior surface and a cover operatively attached to said housing for defining an open configuration and a closed configuration. The first and second sidewalls have an indented portion along a top edge for receiving the first and second supply tubes therein, such that, in use, the first and second supply tubes extend outside of said housing. The prong protector further includes restraining means for substantially preventing movement of the body portion within said housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventor: Sarah Mary Brunet
  • Patent number: 7789235
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a product fastening system and, in particular, to a mechanism for securing a toy within product packaging. The packaging may include a toy support platform having a through-hole extending from a first surface to a second surface; a pliable strip configured to pass through the through-hole formed in the toy support platform and a fastener clip that captures the pliable strip to secure the toy to the support platform. The fastener clip may include a base with a plurality of notches formed therein. In operation, the pliable strip is wrapped around the toy object. The ends of the pliable strip are inserted through the through hole and inserted into the notch, becoming secured therein without the need for braiding or twisting the ends of the pliable strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Trapp, Charles Smith
  • Patent number: 7770730
    Abstract: A device for support and protection of a tubular element has a single-piece construction, and respective open and closed configurations. The device includes a base portion, at least one side-portion, and a living hinge interconnecting the side-portion and the base portion. The base portion includes a plurality of recesses on a surface, each recess being delimited by a plurality of pins, each pin having an indentation. The plurality of indentations form a pocket by which the tubular element is held. The living hinge opens such that the side-portion is substantially parallel to the base portion in the open configuration, and closes such that the side-portion fauns a protective shell about the base portion in the closed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Cook Vascular Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Booker, Dustin John Arabia, Christopher Nick Magalich
  • Publication number: 20100170817
    Abstract: A sleeve seat, comprising a sleeve connector having a perforated hole and a penetrating piece having multiple penetrating poles and fixing poles; wherein the penetrating pole is used for penetrating into the perforated hole of the sleeve connector and fixed in the hole, and the fixing pole is used for engaging with the top of the sleeve connector. In the light of above, when the sleeve is sheathed onto the sleeve connectors of the main seat, the penetrating poles of the penetrating piece is able to pass through the sleeve and penetrate into the perforated hole to fix still, also the fixing pole is able to pass through the sleeve and engage with the top of the sleeve connector, so that the sleeve can be stably and tightly assembled to the main seat to prevent from the steal, meanwhile, the goals of the stability of assembly and the multiple purposes of use are achieved as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Lai-Shun WU
  • Publication number: 20100155287
    Abstract: A polar element for a permanent magnet, includes at least one permanent magnet; a case structure, inside which the permanent magnet is placed; a fitting element adapted to be coupled to the case structure to seal the permanent magnet inside a sealed case formed by the case structure and the fitting element; and filling material inside the case for coupling the permanent magnet to the case structure and/or to the fitting element. Either the case structure or the fitting element is made of ferromagnetic material, the other one being made of non-magnetic material. Mechanically bendable flanges or protruding parts are formed in the case structure and/or the fitting element, and corresponding surfaces are respectively formed in the fitting element and/or the case structure, substantially opposing the flanges or protruding parts such that the flanges or protruding parts are bendable to the corresponding surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: NEOREM MAGNETS OY
    Inventor: Pauli Santala
  • Publication number: 20100155286
    Abstract: A headliner packaging system packages a headliner that has a surface and a width and includes one or more elongated clamps. Each elongated clamp releasably secures the headliner by applying clamping force to an area on the surface of the headliner. Each elongated clamp may have a quick release mechanism that is configured to have a release position that releases the elongated clamp to receive the headliner and a lock position that locks the headliner securely within the elongated clamp. The quick release mechanism may be configured to quickly move between the release and lock positions in response to a single, non-repetitious movement of the quick release mechanism. The carton may have a port in the walls that aligns with each release mechanism that is sized so as to permit a person to reach through the port and move each release mechanism between the release and lock positions. The packaging system may be configured to package an article other than a headliner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Michael Van Patten
  • Patent number: 7740136
    Abstract: A packaging container with a clamping base and an attachable protective cap serves for a unilateral, clamping or holding of a tool, an instrument, or another longitudinal object, where the clamping base comprises a clamping holder with a plurality of springy clamping jaws fastened on one side which define a nearly centric, central clamping reception, in which clamping reception the tool is inserted and held clampingly. In order to achieve that the insertion force to be applied is low when the packaging container is equipped, however, a high clamping force is given with the protective cap attached. The protective cap abuts against the outside circumference of the clamping jaws when it is attached to the clamping base and prestresses said clamping jaws in direction of the clamping reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Peter Roesler
  • Patent number: 7721893
    Abstract: A multi-functional storage apparatus for selectively supporting a capturing device includes a main casing having a receiving cavity and a supporting arrangement. The supporting arrangement is provided on the main casing to operate the main casing between a normal storing mode and an capturing mode, wherein in the normal storing mode, the supporting arrangement is arranged to rest on the main casing so as to allow the main casing to function as a portable carrying device through storing objects within the receiving cavity, wherein in the capturing mode, the supporting arrangement is selectively extended from the main casing to detachably attach to the image capturing device, in such a manner that the image capturing device is securely and suspendedly supported by the main casing as a supporting base for stably capturing image in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Inventor: Hung Hi Law
  • Publication number: 20100089787
    Abstract: A fastener system includes a toy product, a support platform, and a plug that engages a keyhole formed into the product. The plug includes a base and a pronged key extending from the base. The support platform includes a through-hole that permits the passage of the key into the packaging. One or more integrally-formed biasing members are located on the base of the plug to draw the key toward the product and create a secure connection. The pronged key may be formed from a plastic material and configured such that it plastically deforms but remains attached to the key when and predetermined force is applied to the key to pull the key from a misaligned position with respect to the key hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventor: Timothy J. Trapp
  • Patent number: 7677390
    Abstract: An individual packaging unit for precision tools that includes a base part with a receiving opening for receiving a shaft of a breakable object loosely and with clearance. A protective part with a groove-shaped receiving device for anchoring the precision tool is disposed on the base part in a way to be pivotable, said protective part comprising at least two functionally separate portions wherein one portion is a clamping part, and the other portion is a receiving part. The individual packaging unit is closed with a push-on protective cap that is pushed in a longitudinal direction to engage the base part. The clamping part clamps the precision tool when the protective cap is pushed onto the individual packaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Inventor: Peter Roesler
  • Patent number: 7661535
    Abstract: A multi-functional storage apparatus for selectively supporting a capturing device includes a main casing having a receiving cavity and a supporting arrangement. The supporting arrangement is provided on the main casing to operate the main casing between a normal storing mode and an capturing mode, wherein in the normal storing mode, the supporting arrangement is arranged to rest on the main casing so as to allow the main casing to function as a portable carrying device through storing objects within the receiving cavity, wherein in the capturing mode, the supporting arrangement is selectively extended from the main casing to detachably attach to the image capturing device, in such a manner that the image capturing device is securely and suspendedly supported by the main casing as a supporting base for stably capturing image in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventor: Hung Hi Law
  • Patent number: 7658281
    Abstract: A container intended to receive a commodity, in particular a wristwatch or writing implement, includes a dish-shaped lower portion and a dish-shaped upper portion. A fastening element in the container is configured as a pair of clips including a resilient lower holding element arranged in the lower portion and a resilient upper holding element arranged in the upper portion. The two holding elements together form the pair of clips and interact so that they resiliently clamp between them the commodity located in the container when the upper portion is placed on the lower portion of the container. As a result, the commodity is perfectly fixed in position with the lowest structural expenditure substantially irrespective of its shape and dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Swatch AG
    Inventors: Reinhard Eichenberger, Peter Gutjahr
  • Patent number: 7650992
    Abstract: A combination of a pair of gardening shears and a suspension rack includes a suspension rack, and a pair of gardening shears detachably mounted on the suspension rack. The gardening shears include two blade portions each having a distal end provided with a sharp portion. The suspension rack includes a support plate, a locking post, and a safety guard. Thus, the sharp portion of each of the two blade portions of the gardening shears is fully hidden in and surrounded by the safety guard of the suspension rack so that the safety guard of the suspension rack provides an isolating function to prevent a consumer's hand from directly touching the sharp portion of each of the two blade portions of the gardening shears so as to protect the consumer's safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Ho Cheng Garden Tools Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yao-Chung Huang
  • Patent number: 7543783
    Abstract: A display device for a bottle includes a pedestal, and a display panel for holding and retaining the bottle. The display panel is formed of two transparent shells extending upwardly from the pedestal, each shell being provided with a recess and being moveable, with respect to the pedestal, between a closed position in which the shells are adjacent and in which the recesses together from an internal cavity the shape of which is complementary with the shape of the bottle, and an open position in which the shells are spaced from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Société Jas Hennessey Et Compagnie
    Inventors: Gaël Ollard, Christophe Guichard
  • Patent number: 7537115
    Abstract: An apparatus for carrying an implement comprising a handle and a working end comprises an engagement member for releasably securing a handle to the apparatus and a receptacle positioned in substantial alignment with the engagement member. The engagement member may be a post comprising a catch or a threaded section positioned on a front surface of the apparatus. The apparatus may further include first and second receptacles for retaining at least a portion of the handle of the implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Quickie Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Jace Weaver
  • Patent number: 7513366
    Abstract: A package and method for displaying shoelaces includes a backing member to which one end of the laces are attached by a strip of pressure sensitive adhesive. The laces are wrapped about the backing member and through an opening of a triangularly-shaped hanger to form a plurality of loops. A second strip of pressure sensitive adhesive is then wrapped about the loops and backing panel securing the looped laces to the hanger. A cover wrap is inserted through the hanger and folded over the upper portion of the looped laces, backing panel and base of the hanger. An informational panel is then wrapped about the cover wrap to secure the laces and backing member therein. The informational panel contains printed indicia pertaining to the shoelaces. A display rod is inserted through the hanger to suspend the packaged laces therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Mitchellace, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven W. Keating
  • Patent number: 7424951
    Abstract: A hanger is disclosed for a wrench. The wrench includes a head and an insert connected with the head. The hanger includes a board and an aperture defined in the board for receiving the insert of the wrench. The edge of the aperture can hold the insert in position because of friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Inventor: Bobby Hu
  • Patent number: 7413078
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a dispenser for one or more razor cartridges includes a base, two side walls, a front wall, a rear wall, a first divider, a second divider, a cover, and a side spring. The first divider is located between the front wall and the rear wall. The second divider is located between the first divider and the front wall, forming a chamber between the second divider and the first divider. The chamber is sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of a razor cartridge. The cover extends partially over the chamber between the first divider and second divider, and is sized to provide an opening through which the razor cartridge can be inserted into the chamber. The side spring extends widthwise into the chamber. The cover and the side spring frictionally engage the razor cartridge when inserted into the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Fischer, Jochen Thoene
  • Patent number: 7377390
    Abstract: Display systems for toys. The display system includes a display stand with an aperture. An anchor member is mounted to the display stand and has an aperture bounded by at least one flange. A supporting member is further included and adapted to support a toy. The supporting member has a protrusion adapted to pass through the apertures in the display stand and the anchor member to engage selectively with the anchor member. In some embodiments, the supporting member has arcuate extensions that support the toy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Cesar Modesto
  • Patent number: 7344118
    Abstract: A holder in combination with a screwdriver provided with a through bore in the handle thereof for attachment by the holder. The holder has a support member provided with an aperture in an upper portion thereof. A pair of support arms depend in spaced-apart relationship from a lower portion of the support member. A detachable lock pin is detachably secured across the pair of support arms and extends through the through bore for support engagement with the screwdriver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Inventor: Ian Samberg
  • Patent number: 7311194
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fixture for supporting a two optic accommodating intraocular lens device. The fixture is capable of holding the device while taking measurements or performing manufacturing process steps on the device. In a preferred embodiment, the fixture supports the device along the periphery of the posterior optic thereof such that the haptics and anterior optic extend freely therefrom. As such, testing and/or processing of the optics during their accommodative and unaccomodative positions may be taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Wen X. Jin, Charles P. Henning, Larry C. Hovey, Ted Foos
  • Patent number: 7296679
    Abstract: A multi-purpose insert designed to be used in conjunction with a conventional toy container or box for packaging, shipping and displaying a toy item. The insert includes a base piece, a cover piece and a holding piece, as well as a locking mechanism. The base piece has a main section with a raised platform and two end sections that are hingeably connected to the main section so that they can be folded up in a right angle relative to the main section. The insert also includes a cover piece which is placed over the toy item placed on the main section of the base piece, and a holder piece placed above the cover piece for keeping the two end sections in the upright position for retaining the toy item for packaging and shipping purposes. When the holding piece is removed, the two end sections of the base piece can be folded down for displaying the toy item on the raised platform of the main section of the base piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Funrise Toys, Ltd.
    Inventor: Terry Lam
  • Patent number: 7287648
    Abstract: A battery holding and dispensing device holds a plurality of batteries, in an assortment of battery sizes. The battery holding and dispensing device includes a frame having a plurality of compartments sized and shaped to each receive a battery of a particular battery size and each having a detent for releasably retaining the battery in the compartment. Each compartment has at least one opening in the bottom and lower side to expose a corner of the battery to allow finger ejection of the battery from the compartment past the detent, and to allow the user to touch the batteries to ascertain battery size by feel. The assortment of batteries held in the frame is preferably pre-selected to correspond to the batteries needed by a particular profession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Tools Aviation, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Foreman, Kathleen Foreman, Timothy Moreau, Brad Cherkas
  • Patent number: 7185760
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a non-contact package useful when an article to be stored or shipped in the package includes a sensitive surface, the performance of which will be detrimentally affected if the sensitive surface is contacted with a nominal amount of mechanical force. A fluid environment which does not produce sufficient mechanical force to detrimentally affect the sensitive surface may be used in contact with the sensitive surface to prevent an undesirable chemical reaction on the sensitive surface. A fluid environment may also be used inside the package to support surrounding walls of the package so that such walls do not contact the sensitive surface and/or to dissipate force applied to the exterior of the package so that the sensitive surface will not be damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Schauer, Jim Junshi Wang, Hong Wang, Brian West, Yongxiang He