Abstract: A clip system for mounting a magnetic head on a support includes a support having at least one upwardly extending flange for holding the head immoveable in at least one direction along a first dimension. The head has at least one index cavity in its upfacing surface. A clip is positioned with one leg pressing down on the top of the head and another positioned against the bottom of the support to hold the head immoveable against the support along a second dimension perpendicular to the first dimension. The clip is fixed in a suitable manner to the support and has at least one inward protrusion or tang sized to fit tightly in each of the index cavities.

Abstract: A cable branch-off sealing member for use with a heat shrinkable material that is wrapped around two closely spaced parallel cables and pinched together between the cables to one side of the cables to create a loop of heat shrink material between the cables. The cable sealing member has an elongate tongue smoothly tapered at its leading end for insertion into the loop of heat shrinkable sheet material, which tongue has a width greater than the spacing between the cables to bridge between the peripheries of the cables and is bowed centrally of its width along its length to cause the two layers of heat shrink material to bow outward midway between the cables.

Abstract: A one piece substantially W-shaped plastic clip has a pair of outer legs that are flexible and can move in a first direction toward an intermediate member that in turn is movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction of movement above described. Each leg has a notch on its side remote from the intermediate member and the intermediate member has a catch projecting from a side facing perpendicular to the first direction. The notches mount the clip to a first panel and the catch is adapted to cooperate with a second panel member to retain same in position.

Abstract: A selectable medical indicator is adapted for removable attachment to the outside cover of a medical record binder or a medical chart holder, so medical personnel may preset color indicia at a viewing slot, to thereafter signal other medical personnel as to the treatment to be rendered to a patient. A preferred embodiment comprises the assembly of three injection molded parts. The first part is a rectangular indicator having multiple transverse color stripes and an integral resilient side finger manipulator actuator. The second part is a back body having integral resilient depending prongs serving a clipping function, with the outside of the back body cooperatively serving this clipping function, and with the inside of the back body serving a guiding function for the rectangular indicator.

Abstract: This invention which is a product and method of securing a trash liner to a trash container consists of a thin piece of semi-flexible or rigid material into which has been cut or perforated an opening into said invention. The opening must be of sufficient size so as to allow the insertion of a section of the open end of a trash liner. All the slack material of the trash liner exposed on the outside of the trash container would be passed through the invention thereby securing the trash liner to the trash container preventing it from becoming mispositioned. The invention may also be used as a closure of the trash liner once it has been filled with waste and is ready to be removed and discarded.

Abstract: A retainer for sheet material is provided which is formed of resilient memory type material and which has two oppositely acting and opposed legs which provide a gripping action therebetween. Provision is made for one of the legs to act as an indicia carrying surface and a back surface of the retainer can be adapted to be adhesively mounted on a flat surface.

Abstract: A non-displaceable, self-righting shim for use in any application where critical alignment is required of adjacent vertical elements. The shim presents an elongated central opening including a large upper portion and a small lower portion, and a slot having an exit end communicating with the central opening and an entrance end at the perimeter edge of the shim. The weight distribution of the shim relative to the large upper portion is such that the shim will hang in a normal upright position with the small lower portion and the slot below the large upper portion. The arrangement assures positive placement of the shim once installed; avoids loosening and fall-off of the shim which may be caused by thermal expansion and contraction of the shimmed element and/or by vibrations associated with the adjacent vertical elements; and eliminates the need for holding the shim in position while securing the fastener.

Abstract: A connection for connecting a strap to a frame member of an article of furniture includes a body member adapted to be disposed adjacent to the frame member, the body member having a first surface and a second surface, the strap passing over the first surface, around at least a portion of the frame member, and onto at least a portion of the second surface such that the strap has a loop disposition extending at least partially around the frame member and the body member. A connecting member is disposed over the first surface such that a portion of the strap is located between the connecting member and the body member.

Abstract: A money clip is provided for holding currency in a wallet wherein the clip is formed from a resilient material, the clip comprising two arms connected with a flexure section, the arms holding the currency by virtue of a flexural torquing deformation around an axis through the flexure section.

Abstract: A one piece clamping device which includes a proximal flexible hinge portion, distal portions having non-penetrating substantially flat gripping surfaces, and male and female medial portions. The male medial portion has a male locking member, one surface of which is toothed and the other surface of which is non-toothed. The female medial portion has a female locking cavity and a locking ledge extending therein. The toothed surface of the male locking member thereby meshes with the locking ledges of the female cavity. The male medial portion also includes a male guide, and the female medial portion also include a female guide channel for receiving the guide and a spur to guide the non-toothed surface of the male locking member into position in the female cavity and to retain it.

Abstract: An improved U-shaped clip of uniform cross section for attachment as a closure includes opposed legs and a connecting crown. The improvement particularly relates to the inverted T-shaped cross sectional shape of the clip.

Abstract: Novel method and means for securely attaching a liner of insulation boarding to the mold cap of a two-piece ingot mold, in order that the ingot mold will be capable of producing substantially void-free ingots.

Abstract: A rail anchoring clip and associated sleeper assembly comprising the combination of a sleeper having raised projections which locate the rail against movement longitudinal of the sleeper, each projection having formed therein an aperture through which a rail anchoring clip extends. The clip being constructed of steel and being shaped when resiliently deformed to engage the rail foot and the underside of the sleeper.

Abstract: A strip of closures and individual closures having different configurations of bag neck-confining apertures entered through openings in opposite edges of the closures. The differing configurations of the bag neck-confining apertures can be different sizes and/or different shapes, and preferably are in the opposite sides of a strip of closures so that the differing bag neck-confining apertures can be exposed to oncoming bags merely by flipping the strip over 180 degrees.

Abstract: A sealing device for a timing belt cover and an engine mount bracket comprises a rib formed on said engine mount bracket and a gasket having a lip of C-shaped section and a fixed portion continuous from said lip. The fixed portion of the gasket is attached to a portion of the timing belt cover surrounding an opening provided in said timing belt cover and said lip of C-shaped section of the gasket is contact with said rib of the engine mount bracket. Since the gasket is made of an elastic material other than sponge, e.g. rubber, it does not undergo a permanent deformation and causes no gap between said lip and said rib. Besides, since said lip of C-shaped section is easily deformed, there is no likelihood of an excessive load being applied to said timing belt cover.

Abstract: This invention is a spring steel wire clip used to clamp and grasp objects of various size and shape. Spring steel wire is bent to form a top area from which extend two legs, each in three segments; an upper part, a crossmember and a foot. Each upper part in conjunction with the top extend downward to form a plane on a different plane than a plane formed by the top and other upper part crossmembers extend inward from the upper parts and are substantially on the same plane yet do not cross over one another. Extending downward and outward from the crossmembers are feet which are parallel to the plane of the top and upper parts from which they extend and perform the gripping function of the invention.The top is used as a grip to apply the clip in a twisting motion in relation to the object to be clamped such that the upper parts and crossmembers are reversed while the orientation of the feet remain constant resulting in a clamping action.

Abstract: A fastener clip for fastening round stock to support bodies including an integral base and a pair of side walls defining a U-shaped fastening space. Elastically spreadable insertion walls are connected near their outer ends by easily bendable hinge strips to the side walls and extend into the fastening space in a V-shape fashion. Bosses on the side walls adjacent the hinge strips and slightly spaced from the hinge strips prevent outward pivoting of the insertion walls. A fastener foot on the base allows the clip to be fastened to a support body.

Abstract: A simplified and low cost device for restraining an object or objects therein having a resiliently deformable housing including an interior passageway having wall portions adapted to receive and support the object, and wall portions which will be spaced from the object; which housing is deformed by the application of external compressive force at discrete locations causing the spaced wall portions to move toward the object, and resulting in the supporting wall portions moving away from the object, thereby affording the release of the object from the device.

Abstract: A pallet container system having strap-like clamping devices to retain five or more rectangular panels in either an erect box-like condition or in a collapsed condition in which the panels are compactly stacked for handling and storage during non-use. The panels are provided with recess formations spaced from each peripheral edge by a common marginal distance related to the combined thickness of five panels. The clamps are preferably L-shaped in configuration to define legs differing in length from each other by the thickness of one panel. In the erect condition, the short leg extends about the edge of one panel and along the surface of another panel oriented at right angles to the one panel so that clamping projections at the ends of the legs engage in the recessed formations. In a collapsed condition, the panels are stacked and the clamp engaged about the edges to retain the panels in an overlying stacked relationship and also to retain a complete set of clamps with the stacked panels.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a swivel mount for the sun visor of an automotive vehicle. There is a mount housing including a tubular part that passes around the mounting shaft of the sun visor and a part that extends away from that shaft receiving part of the mount housing. The mount housing might be an integral molding or a bent sheet metal part. A cutout is defined along the length of the mount housing for receiving a detent spring therein. The cutout includes a web that divides the cutout into a top part near the mounting shaft and a bottom part. An end stop is located near the bottom of the mount housing. The reinforcing insert for the visor body might extend through the mount housing and define the end stop. The detent spring is U-shaped, with one arm passing down the outside of the cutout web and the end stop at one side of the mount housing.

Abstract: A clasping device for releasably securing small articles of clothing such as socks is disclosed. In the clasping device of this invention, a device consisting of one or two small, flat, resilient members are utilized to pair socks or the like for washing and storage. The garments are secured by inserting them through a divisionary cut extending from an edge of the clasping device to an eliptical aperture.In one embodiment, two members are used, each intended to secure one sock and the members are held together by slipping an H-shaped arm of the H into a circular aperture of the second member by twisting and slipping the two together through a divisionary cut in the second member.An alternate embodiment contemplates one member having two or more divisionary cuts and apertures through which garments may be slipped and caught and later released for use.