Abstract: A sheet-securing device through which a sheet is attached to a cable. The sheet-securing device includes a frame; a stopper; and a locking element interacting with the frame to secure the sheet in a locked state between the stopper and the frame of the sheet-securing device.

Abstract: A wire retention clip includes a first compartment for allowing at least a first wire to pass through the compartment uninterrupted and for retaining the at least one wire to the wire retention clip. The wire retention clip also includes a second compartment that is distinct from the first compartment and contains and electronic device.

Abstract: A self-closing clip member includes a body having first and second walls. A clamp member is integrally connected to the first wall by a living hinge allowing the clamp member to rotate from an open position into a cavity created between the first and second walls upon direct contact by a tube member, defining a clamp member locked position retaining the tube member. Multiple anti-slide features include a first tab extending from a second wall portion first end. A second tab is oppositely positioned on the second wall. The first and second tabs define cavity end extents. The second tab further extends from a shelf providing a connection between the first wall and an angled intermediate wall. A third tab extends between and is integrally connected to both the intermediate and first walls. The tabs define an anti-slide system preventing the clamp member in the locked position from moving in a direction co-axial to the cavity.

Abstract: The invention provides a removable device for securing and handling tarpaulins and other flexible sheet materials. The device can be attached to the tarpaulin anywhere along its edge but it is most conveniently employed at one or more available grommets. The device includes a base member a closure member and a hinge positioned there between to move the closure member from open to closed positions to secure the device to the tarpaulin. The base member includes a integral handle region for ease of carrying and securing the contents of the tarpaulin.

Abstract: A connector (10,10?,10?) for connecting to an extending member includes an interface member (20,20?,20?). The interface member (20,20?,20?) includes an interface surface (22,22?,22?), a first extending abutment member (26a,26a?,26a?) extending from a surface (23,23?,23?) opposed to the interface surface (22,22?,22?), a second extending abutment member (26b,26b?,26b?) spaced from the first extending abutment member (26a,26a?,26a?) and extending from the surface (23,23?,23?) opposed to the interface surface (22,22?,22?), and at least a first passage (24,24?,24?) passing therethrough from the interface surface (22,22?,22?) to the surface (23,23?,23?) opposing the interface surface (22,22?,22?) between the first extending abutment member (26a,26a?,26a?) and the second extending abutment member (26b,26b?,26b?).

Abstract: A circumferential clamp 2 comprising a clamping band 4 having oppositely disposed circumferential ends 8, 10 and a latching assembly 6 for securing the ends 8, 10 together. The latching assembly 6 comprises first and second latching devices 12, 14, each of which comprises an elongate element 16, 26, 28 which is pivotably mounted on the clamping band 4 adjacent one of the ends 8, 10 and is engageable with the clamping band 4 adjacent the other end to latch the ends 8, 10 together. The lengthwise axes of the elongate elements 16, 26, 28 lie in, or intersect, a common plane tangential to the clamping band 4, and may be coincident with, or intersect, each other.

Abstract: A clip system for use with tarps and other flexible sheet material. The system includes first and second parts that are rotatably mounted so as to be free to twist independently of one another, in response to wind or other forces. The first part may be a clip body having jaws for gripping a tarp or other flexible sheet material, and the second part may be an attachment fitting for engaging an article separate from the tarp. There may be a series of different attachment fittings that are interchangeably mountable to the clip body, such as a hook, a screw-on fitting for attachment to a bottle that forms a weight, or a fitting for attachment of a strap or shock cord, for example. The two pieces may be joined by a male coupler and a female receptacle that receives the coupler in locking engagement. The male coupler may have a plurality of resiliently flexible legs with beveled end surfaces that flex inwardly to pass through the opening of the female receptacle.

Abstract: A sliding door mounting assembly for slidably mounting a door panel to an overhead track. The sliding door mounting assembly includes a hanging bracket member and an anti-derailing pin. The hanging bracket member is securable to the door panel, slidably engageable with the track, and has a channel extending therethrough. The anti-derailing pin has an outer surface with at least one tooth protruding outwardly therefrom, is insertable in the channel and is configurable in an anti-derailing position where at least one of the teeth is engaged with the hanging bracket member and a leading end of the anti-derailing pin abuts the track, preventing the hanging bracket member having the door panel secured thereto from derailing from the track.

Abstract: A clip assembly having first and second pivoting gripping members that are locked in gripping engagement to a tarp or other material and attached to a rope or shock cord. The gripping members include jaws and arms that are joined by a pivot connection so that the jaws are forced into engagement when the arms are pressed together. At least one of the arms is formed of a resiliently flexible material so that the arm bends as the jaws are forced into gripping engagement. There is a hook or other attachment portion on one of the arms that the arms are locked in the compressed position when a portion of the cord is passed therethrough. The hook may include a primary opening for receiving a bight of a rope and a secondary opening for receiving a hook on the end of a shock cord.

Abstract: An apparatus for eliminating misaligned rows when securing edges of knitted panels together by securing edges of a pair of panels being darned. The apparatus comprises a first member and a second member each having a handle portion on a first end and a jaw portion on an opposite end. A securing means engaging such first member and such second member intermediate each end thereof for securing such second member to such first member. An aperture is formed through a jaw portion of one of first member and second member and a post member extends outwardly from an inner surface of an opposite one of first member and second member. The post member is disposed to extend through the aperture for securing the panels. A biasing means is engageable with the handle portion of such first member and such second member for biasing the apparatus in a closed position.

Abstract: A clip for sheet materials comprising a clip member and a collar member. The clip member is made of resilient material such that the clip member may be deformed from a normally open configuration into a closed position. The clip member defines first and second finger portions that do not engage each other when the clip member is in the open configuration and engage each other when the clip member is in the closed position. The collar member defines at least one latch portion, a lever portion, and a housing interior. The collar member is made of resilient material such that applying a force to the lever portion causes the collar member to deform from a normally engaged configuration to a disengaged configuration.

Abstract: A quick holder includes a bottom housing, a cover, two clamping members, and a tensile spring. The tensile spring is urged between the retaining posts of the two clamping members conveniently, so that the two opposite clamping members may be used to clamp the paper by a single tensile spring, thereby simplifying the whole structure, and thereby decreasing the difficulty of assembly.

Abstract: The sock organizer is made from molded polycarbonate plastic from a die. The sock organizer is suitable for use in the water and heat in a washing machine. The sock organizer includes a clamp like device with a plurality of parallel finger elements to grasp socks therebetween. The clamp has two sides that are shut to secure the socks in place. The sock organizer may be placed directly from the washer to the dryer to keep the socks organized during the laundry process.

Abstract: A movable rear strap stabilizer clip for use with a helmet's strapping system. The stabilizer clip provides a bridge between the rear straps at a location distal from the back portion of the helmet. The stabilizer clip provides an additional support point in the helmet's strapping system for greater conformability with the user's head.

Abstract: A clip carrier for supporting a suspender clip comprising double ply flexible material having a pocket between the plies and an opening through one of the plies into the pocket. The opening has a first portion that is utilized to insert the suspender clip into the pocket, and a second portion that is utilized to removably secure the suspender clip within the pocket. The other ply of the flexible material conceals the suspender clip.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for securing a tarp in which a planar clip having an elongate opening is placed on one side of the tarp. The opening has a wide end and a narrow end. A first portion of the opening has substantially straight edges which taper towards one another. The wide end is formed in the first portion. A second portion of the opening has substantially straight edges which are substantially parallel to one another. A button having a base, a neck and a head engages the clip with a tarp therebetween thereby securing the clip to the tarp. An elastic cord is connected to a hook at one end thereof which is connected to a structural member. The other end of the elastic cord is stretched and connected to the clip at a selected location on the cord thereby securing the tarp.

Abstract: An improved tarp fastener is disclosed. The fastener comprises a button and a roughly hair-pin shaped wire retainer, the apical segment is bent out of the plane of the retainer so that the apical segment is spaced sufficiently apart from button to accommodate a variety of tarp thicknesses when the button and retainer are engaged and fastened to a tarp.

Abstract: A fastener includes a buckle in the form of a plate connected to a strap. A lower clamping jaw is mounted on the plate remote from the strap. A spring arm is mounted on the plate and has an upper clamping jaw. An actuating lever is disposed above the clamping jaws and extends beyond the spring arm. The lever is pivotally mounted to the plate so that movement of the free end of the lever toward and away from the spring arm causes the clamping jaws to selectively move toward and away from each other.

Abstract: A shoulder strap support apparatus for carrying weaponry on the person. The shoulder strap apparatus includes fastener apparatus for connecting the shoulder strap to a weaponry container positioned at the side beneath the shoulder of a person. The fastener apparatus facilitates the comfortable conforming of the shoulder strap and container to the person's body.

Abstract: A helmet strap clip assembly includes two clip elements, each connectible to a helmet strap or straps, the two elements having interconnectible tongue and groove parts whereby they are connectible together and disconnectible from one another in response to finger pressure exertion thereon, the connection enabling guiding of one clip element onto the other and into registered position, for interconnection.

Abstract: An adjustable, conductive body strap utilizing a connector securing a strip of material held in a closed loop with a mechanical connector with the interior surface of the strip of material being electrically conductive. An electrical connector connects the conductive surface of the strip of material to a connection point to provide for external electrical ground connection. The mechanical connector semi-permanently secures one end of the strip of material in place. The connector adjustably secures the opposite end of the strip of material utilizing a recess into which a transverse bar is mounted with a plurality of spikes facing the exterior of the connector. The strip of material passes first under the transverse bar and then back over the transverse bar being impaled upon the plurality of spikes. A cover, preferably hinged, then secures the strip of material over the plurality of spikes once it is suitably adjusted completing the adjustable connection.

Abstract: The tarp fastener is a device consisting of a metal ring used in conjunction with a rubber ball to attach to and secure plastic tarps or any flexible material such as cloth, rubber, etc.

Abstract: Opposite ends of a silencer band having a plurality of weights attached thereto are coupled together by selective engagement of a clip member and one of the silencer band weights. To effect such engagement, the clip member comprises a connection portion including a pair of first leg members and an interconnecting first bight portion which together define a loop. Instead of being riveted to the silencer band, the clip member is also fixedly attached to another one of the silencer band weights by an attachment portion. The attachment portion includes second and third leg members each extending from one of the end portions of the first leg members and arranged in predetermined spaced apart parallel relation one to another. A fourth leg member reversely depends from the third leg member and defines a second bight portion.