Patents Examined by Abigail Morrell
  • Patent number: 8769783
    Abstract: A buckle includes a male member having a pair of flexible arms mutually facing each other and disposed extending from a base part, and a female member to connect to the male member by coupling with the pair of arms. The male member has a flexible bridge connecting the pair of arms. The bridge is connected to an opposing face of each of the pair of arms facing the other arm. At the connecting portion where each of the pair of arms and the bridge are connected, the bridge is placed projecting toward the other arm from the opposing face on the arm following a tangential direction to a circle being centered on the base end of the arm and having a distance from the base end to the connecting portion as a radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventor: Gaku Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 8769781
    Abstract: A retaining device for retaining a shower caddy or other item on a shower arm or other elongated member includes a clip structure for partially surrounding the shower arm or elongated member and having retaining arms extending therefrom and a plastic sleeve structure having receptacles for receiving the retaining arms to hold the sleeve structure on the clip structure, and a shower-arm engaging portion or elongated member engaging portion for engaging the shower arm or elongated member to render the shower caddy or other item immobile on the shower arm or elongated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: InterDesign, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Carney
  • Patent number: 8769986
    Abstract: A tesla energy jewelry product includes a pair of substantially circular bangles that may be placed in juxtaposition to each other. Each substantially circular bangle carries either a tag or decorative charm that is suspended from the substantially circular bangle. Each said tag or decorative charm includes a source of magnetic or tesla energy to provide attractive or repelling forces between the respective tag or decorative charm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventor: Jason DiPietro
  • Patent number: 8769987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gemstone comprising a girdle, a crown, and a pavilion. The crown has a table, ten star facets surrounding the table, ten bezel facets aligned between the star facets, and twenty upper girdle facets aligned between the bezel facets. The pavilion is provided with ten pavilion main facets, twenty pavilion hook facets aligned between the pavilion main facets, and ten pavilion star facets aligned between the pavilion hook facets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Dimexon Diamonds Ltd.
    Inventor: Paras Paresh Mehta
  • Patent number: 8756771
    Abstract: A locking clip assembly includes a clip body with a body clamping end, a rear portion and a body hinge portion between the body clamping end and the rear portion, an elongated arm member having a jaw portion, a lever arm portion and an arm hinge portion pivotally connected to the body hinge portion, and a locking member slidably disposed on the rear portion of the clip body where the locking member is movable between an arm member locked position and an arm member unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Patent number: 8752253
    Abstract: A slide fastener in which one of the fastener stringers is separable from a tape insertion path at one side of a body of each of sliders in the width direction when a lateral pulling force directed outward in the width direction of the fastener tapes is applied to a pair of fastener stringers. The rear ends of the upper and lower flanges at the one side of the body of the upper slider in the width direction are positioned forward with respect to the rear end of the upper slider at a side of a rear mouth. It is therefore possible to prevent fastener elements from being damaged and easily separate one of the fastener stringers from the upper slider using a simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Sato
  • Patent number: 8739369
    Abstract: Clasp for a watch bracelet including a cover (2) connected on a first side to a first bracelet strand (6) and to a second bracelet strand (10) on a second side, with the insertion of a folding system (4) between the second bracelet strand (10) and the cover (2) of the clasp (1), wherein said folding system (4) includes first and second links (12, 14), the first link (12) is hinged by a first end to the second bracelet strand (10) and by a second end to the second link (14), the second link (14) is hinged in turn to the cover (2) of the clasp (1), the folding system (4) is moveable between a first position in which the first and second links (12, 14) are superposed on each other inside the cover (2) of the clasp (1), and a second position in which the first and second links (12, 14) are unfolded, said clasp (1) being characterized in that, in the first position of the folding system (4), the first link (12) is held folded down on the second link (14), the first link (12) therefore including first and second el
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventors: Cédric Kaltenrieder, Rocco Catanese
  • Patent number: 8720015
    Abstract: There is provided a slide fastener that includes a pair of fastener stringers provided with fastener element rows having a plurality of fastener elements along opposing tape-side edges of fastener tapes, and a slider slidably attached to the fastener element rows to engage an disengage the fastener elements. One of the fastener stringers is separated from the slider when a lateral pulling force directed outward in a width direction of the fastener tapes is applied to the pair of fastener stringers. Inner surfaces of the upper and lower flanges at one side of the body in the width direction, are formed as inclined surfaces in which thicknesses of the inclined surfaces gradually increase as the inclined surfaces extend from an inside to an outside in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Sato
  • Patent number: 8707731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile device and method for a secure jewelry ring holder. The improved jewelry ring holder provides a wearable storage device for displaying the jewelry ring from a chain while suspending a jewelry ring in a secure fashion. For securing, the jewelry ring is threaded onto the improved wearable storage device rather than requiring that the wearer remove or unfasten a chain, or open or unlock a clasp. The chain holds in place a wearable storage pendant. When threaded onto the wearable storage pendant the jewelry ring is stored as it rests securely on the wearable storage pendant. Curvatures located on the wearable storage pendant allow the jewelry ring to lie substantially flat against the wearer's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Inventor: Emily Graves Crittenden
  • Patent number: 8707522
    Abstract: A buckling device for fastening a belt is provided. The buckling device comprises a first portion, a second portion, an elastic portion and at least one push portion. The elastic portion is disposed between the first portion and the second portion. The second portion engages with the belt and the belt is fastened. The at least one push portion is integrally formed with the elastic portion and is exposed from the first portion and the second portion. The at least one push portion is adapted to be pushed inwards by an external force to force the elastic portion to extrude outwards so that the second portion is forced to move outwards to release the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: QBAS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Cheng Shiue
  • Patent number: 8707732
    Abstract: An arrangement for the presentation of a jewelry element which has a carrier, the carrier and the jewelry element each having a pair of bearing parts for supporting the jewelry element. The bearing parts associated with the carrier are a component part of a separate bearing device. The carrier, the jewelry element, and the bearing device are modular structural component parts. The bearing device can be connected to the carrier and to the jewelry element. The bearing parts may comprise a pin and a recess for movably supporting the jewelry element. The pin converges in the direction of the recess according to a defined converging angle. The recess diverges in direction of the pin according to a diverging angle. The diverging angle is greater than the converging angle. The pin and the recess meet at the vertex of the diverging angle and converging angle to form a point-type bearing support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Inventor: Anwer Achmedschanow
  • Patent number: 8701253
    Abstract: A slide fastener in which a fastener element has first and second leg portions continuously disposed at both ends of the coupling head is folded in half at its center, and the first leg portion is attached to a coupling element attaching portion of a fastener tape by a sewing thread. A vulnerable portion which is cut out into a V is formed on the bent end face of the coupling head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Dono, Shunji Akashi, Hiroshi Ishisaka, Naoyuki Himi
  • Patent number: 8701438
    Abstract: A band has a major section of a major length with first and second free ends spaced by an opening of a minor length. First and second minor sections in a generally J-shaped configuration are coupled to each free end. The minor sections have lower, upper and intermediate segments. Each upper segment ends in a semicircular free tip. An opening is formed at each free tip. A decorative gem stone has an upper region in a generally dome-shaped configuration projecting above the upper segment. A topper is removably positioned within the opening and has a decorative center and opposed ends. The opposed ends include similarly configured first and second rings adapted to be removably coupled to the first and second minor sections of the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Inventor: William S. Kovel
  • Patent number: 8695177
    Abstract: A clip may include a main body and a pin member. In the clip, an engagement condition of the anchor to an attaching hole formed in a plate member can be maintained by inserting an elastic shank portion of the pin member into the anchor of the main body. The elastic shank portion inserted into the anchor is received by a stopper of the anchor, so that the pin member can be locked in a temporary insertion position. An interfering portion of the elastic shank portion is exposed to an exterior portion the anchor. When the anchor is inserted into the attaching hole, the interfering portion of the elastic shank portion interferes with a periphery of the attaching hole, so that a condition in which the pin member is locked in the temporary insertion position can be released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Daiwa Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Kato, Haruhisa Kamiya, Toshio Iwahara, Hideyuki Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 8683663
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detachably fastening a camera to a carrying strap. The device for detachably fastening a camera to a carrying strap includes an eyelet piece comprising an eyelet, a flexible extension fixed to the eyelet piece, and a fastening element designed as a stand screw for securing to the camera, said element being disposed on an end of the flexible extension facing away from the eyelet piece. The special feature of the eyelet of the eyelet piece is that it has an opening in the peripheral rim thereof, through which a carrying strap, in particular a carrying strap that is part of another system, such as the carrying strap of a handbag or camera bag, can be threaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Inventor: Wolfgang-Peter Geller
  • Patent number: 8677577
    Abstract: A seat belt safety device is configured with a first planar member including a slot opening for receiving a tongue latch of a second seat belt segment and a second planar member attached to at least one edge of the first planar member to extend at about 90° from a point of attachment so that upon insertion of a tongue latch through the slot opening, the second substantially planar member and contacts to lay substantially flat against a portion of an outer surface of the seat belt housing such that the seat belt safety device is substantially immobilized. The second planar member has a limited access opening centered and proximate the release button in the exposed surface of the housing so that when a tongue latch is inserted to latch and secure the first seat belt segment with the second seat belt segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Inventor: William McGlynn
  • Patent number: 8677575
    Abstract: A clasp for jewelry has a female member and a male member insertable into the female member. Upon insertion, a plurality of engagements can be formed between the male and female members, such that two hands of a user can be required to disengage the male member from the female member. A satellite positioning system can be contained therein the female member so that the location of a wearer of the clasp can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Inventor: Jenny Bergstrom
  • Patent number: 8677781
    Abstract: A device and method is provided to enable the enlargement of a piercing to a desired diameter. The device includes a series of units with each unit consisting of a plug body, a front end cap and a rear end cap and each unit increasing in size compared to the previous unit in the series. Each unit is able to securely attach to the previous unit and enable it to push the previous unit out of the piercing as it is pushed into the piercing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Inventor: Ilias Stoilas
  • Patent number: 8656566
    Abstract: A buckle of a seat belt has a seat belt buckle body, a releasing button module, a spring module, and a buckle module. The releasing button module is pivotally mounted in the seat belt buckle body and has a spring recess and an abutted portion. The spring module has a buckle spring mounted in the spring recess and a buckle spring block mounted on the buckle spring. The buckle module engages the releasing button module, and abuts the buckle spring block. When the releasing button module is pressed and the buckle module disengages from the releasing button module, the buckle spring will spring the buckle spring block, the buckle module will depart from the seat belt buckle body, and then the buckle spring block is stopped on the abutted portion. As a result, the buckle spring will not spring out of the seat belt buckle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Inventor: Tung-Cheng Chen