With Pivotal Connection Between Penetrating Portion And Means Patents (Class 24/709.2)
  • Patent number: 10501886
    Abstract: A laundry holding snare device for holding multiple clothing items, particularly clothing items without full openings, is provided. The snare device can include two cord sections secured together at at least one end by an end stopper. The two cord sections can also be secured together at various locations along the length of the snare by intermediate stoppers in order to create several loading regions. Within the loading regions and attached to the cord sections can be a cordlock fastener that can be used to secure the clothing items between the cord sections at each loading region. The snare device can be configured for use as a stand-alone laundry device and the snare device can be configured for use with a laundry strap holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: LAUNDRY LOOPS, INC.
    Inventors: Peggy R. Durney, Michael J. Durney
  • Patent number: 10113265
    Abstract: A laundry holding snare device for holding multiple clothing items, particularly clothing items without full openings, is provided. The snare device can include two cord sections secured together at at least one end by an end stopper. The two cord sections can also be secured together at various locations along the length of the snare by intermediate stoppers in order to create several loading regions. Within the loading regions and attached to the cord sections can be a cordlock fastener that can be used to secure the clothing items between the cord sections at each loading region. The snare device can be configured for use as a stand-alone laundry device and the snare device can be configured for use with a laundry strap holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Laundry Loops, Inc.
    Inventors: Peggy R. Durney, Michael J. Durney
  • Publication number: 20100107373
    Abstract: A device for releasably securing to a support surface, such as a cork board, bulletin board and/or cubicle wall is provided. The device has a body, at least one pin movably coupled to the body for securing the body to a support surface, and an actuator coupled to the body and arranged to move the pin between a first position and a second position. The body may have a cavity and the pin may be movable between a first position where the pin is recessed within the cavity and a second position where the pin protrudes out of the cavity for securing the body to a support surface. In one embodiment, the device is a clip for releasably holding an object, such as paper, to the support device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Staples The Office Superstore, LLC
    Inventors: Agnete Enga, Kirsten Climer, Michael Lawrence Schumann, Johathan Newman Cedar
  • Patent number: 7120974
    Abstract: A clasp for use with both a brooch and a pendant has a support piece having a tip end bent is provided on one surface of a brooch main body, and a rear end of a needle-shaped latch supported on the tip end of the support piece to be free to rotate in a vertical direction. A leg of the needle-shaped latch protrudes from the vicinity of a pivot portion of the latch, and a space surrounded at least in part by the support piece forms a chain insertion portion. When a pendant chain is passed through the chain insertion portion of the support piece, and the tip end of the latch is latched by a latch receiver on the brooch main body, a lower end of the leg abuts against or comes close to one surface of the brooch main body, thereby closing the chain insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Suganuma
  • Patent number: 7013540
    Abstract: A rotating pin clasp apparatus includes a base member with a cavity formed on the surface of the base member and a rod disposed in the cavity of the base member. The rod includes a recess and a pin utilized for fastening the rotating pin clasp apparatus, where a first end of the pin is rotatably attached to the rod at a pivot. The rod also includes a pin-retaining member for clasping a second end of the pin to the rod and a knob for rotating the rod in the cavity of the base member. A collar is formed on the base member and fitted around the recess of the rod for securing the rod to the base member and for permitting the rod to rotate in the cavity of the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: BenQ Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Jui Wang, Chia-Chuan Lin, Hung-ming Chen