Patents Represented by Attorney Thomas W. Buchman
  • Patent number: 4398324
    Abstract: A molded plastic buckle adapted to releasably secure extremities of a web-like material includes a receptacle body and an insert body having a tongue portion adapted to be slidably received in the receptacle body. The receptacle body includes a top wall having a through aperture defining a plurality of surrounding side surfaces. At least one of these side surfaces is angled to converge in the direction of slidable insertion of the insert body tongue portion. The insert body tongue portion includes a raised portion receivable within the aperture. This raised portion has a trailing side surface formed at a complementary angle to the angled side surface of the aperture to facilitate locking interengagement between the raised portion and the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1983
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Bakker, Edward C. French
  • Patent number: 4191116
    Abstract: An improvement in an injection planting tool of the type shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,031,832. The improvement is a detent mechanism on the tool that is manually operable to grasp the plant container being injection planted by a person with the tool in the event a rock interfers with the attempted planting, so that the container can be retained in the tool for another attempted planting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1980
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: C. Jay Allison, Jr., Kirk Willis
  • Patent number: 4034532
    Abstract: A clip assembly for securing abutting edges of roof deck panels together and to an underlying support structure in such a manner as to conceal the clip assembly and permit relative longitudinal movement of the panels to the support structure responsive to forces from thermal expansion or contraction. The clip assembly comprises a clip member and a foot member slidably interconnected by a hook on the foot member which is received in an elongate slot formed in the clip member. The clip and the foot interconnection includes means to center the two members relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Ernest William Reinwall, Jr.