Abstract: A fringe and tassel maker comprising a base member having an integral winding and cutting abutment at one end thereof, and having a slide member releasably fixed thereto in spaced relation to the winding and cutting abutment, the slide member having a pair of winding surfaces and a pair of cutting areas thereon, and the winding and cutting abutment having a winding surface and a cutting area thereon, the slide member being selectively positionable relative to and along the length of the base member for providing different lengths of fringes and tassels obtained by winding yarn around the several winding surfaces and cutting the yarn at one or more of the cutting areas.

Abstract: A hinge having stationary and turnable components which respectively carry cams which cooperate with each other to displace the turnable component upwardly with respect to the stationary component during opening movement while permitting the turnable component to move downwardly with respect to the stationary component during closing movement. In addition, a spring structure acts on the turnable component to urge the latter to carry out its closing movement with respect to the stationary component.

Abstract: A form for displaying clothing designed to be worn on the upper portion of the human body, and having a torso-shaped section mounted on a stand and provided with removable arm sections. Each of the arm sections has a stud adjacent its upper end that is inclined laterally away from and downwardly with respect to the arm section, and the torso section has sockets that receive the studs and cooperate in guiding the arm sections into the desired position relative to the torso section. The arm sections are composed of relatively rigid material having slick outer surfaces shaped to the desired final shape of the arms of the clothing to be displayed. Thus, as the display form is dressed, the weight and slickness of the arm sections facilitate insertion of the sections in the clothing, and the cooperating studs and sockets position the arms in the desired positions relative to the torso section.

Abstract: A clamping ring and closure made of plastic material comprising a closure head integrally formed at one end of a clamping ring of U-shaped section which has a passage into which can be inserted the opposite end of the clamping ring which is in the form of a tongue. Interlocking teeth are provided on the side edges of the tongue and on the side walls of the passage. The side walls of the closure head are connected together by non-overlapping spacer webs and the sawteeth on the two side walls are disposed opposite one another at the points of attachment of the spacer webs. The locking teeth are dispoed on the tongue at an acute angle in relation to the longitudinal axis of the clamping ring and at their end surfaces they extend substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis. Along one side edge of the tongue there is formed a reinforcing strip whose inner side is provided with sawteeth while the locking teeth formed on this side edge are widened over its outer side.

Abstract: A safety belt device for drivers of high speed unenclosed vehicles that includes upper and lower belt bands with coupling means associated therewith and connecting means for joining the respective belt bands together. Loop means in the form of shoulder straps further support the device by extending over the shoulders of the wearer and around the lower belt band. A pair of resiliently mounted spaced apart handles are provided that return to their original position when not in use and thereby remain fixed.

Abstract: A split plastic tubular annulus about five inches in length and six inches in diameter which is manufactured to be spring biased to cause interlocking terminal edges to interengage but being of a springy resiliency allowing the annulus to be sprung apart manually and thus fitted around a soldier's leg above a boot worn on the foot thereof and beneath a pantsleg thereabove, following which the pantsleg is drawn downward over the annulus and tucked inside said boot whereupon, when the boot is laced over the pantsleg, the annulus gravitates into the pantsleg, blocking out the latter at the level of the top of the boot.

Abstract: A hockey glove which is heavily padded on its back including the finger and thumb stalls has a flexible body member formed of seam joined palm and back flexible sheet material portions, the palm portion being made of waterproofed top grained boar hide. The thumb stall has its back wall partially formed by a folded over strip whose ends are seam stitched to the edge of the back sheet material portion carrying the padding and to the thumb section of the palm sheet material portion. The thumb stall palm sheet material portion further comprises multiple plies of the boar hide sheet material to reinforce the thumb stall. The tip of the free thumb stall is stitched to the padded back sheet material portion.Other portions of the palm sheet material portion are reinforced with additional layers of waterproof top grain boar hide at the wear points.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a glove to be worn by pool players having a plurality of stalls which sheath the first and second fingers and the thumb of the user's hand to receive a pool cue when a shot is to be made. The third and fourth fingers are uncovered to provide for resting these latter fingers on the surface of the pool table to firmly support the first and second fingers through which the cue is passed. The glove is of flexible elastic material and extends slightly over the palm and back of the hand and is secured to the hand around the wrist area by a strap or the like.

Abstract: A plain fabric having separate areas printed with color and/or design and with the areas being formed to provide the component parts for assembly into a completed garment. The peripheral borders of the respective areas provide the standard line for cutting and immediately contiguous to these peripheral borders, at prescribed lengths thereof, which are not to be cut, are color printed portions shaped to provide facing cloth when turned up and seamed to the adjacent area of cloth. Other areas of the fabric, spaced away from the separate areas are printed to the shape of other parts of the garment and are separately cut from the fabric.

Abstract: A board used for blocking handwork articles such as needlepoint articles, embroidered articles and the like. A flat board is provided with a plurality of openings extending therethrough, each opening have a first portion adjacent the board lower surface of a first diameter and a second portion adjacent the board upper surface of a second, smaller diameter. Pins are inserted from beneath the board into those openings which define the size and shape desired for the finished handwork article. Each pin has a head of a diameter such that the pinhead frictionally engages the sidewall of the first portion of its opening and a shaft of a diameter such that the pin shaft passes freely through the second portion of its opening to extend above the upper surface of the board. The article is stretched over and hooked on the pins. The article is dampened either before or after it is afixed by the pins so that the article dries blocked to the desired size and shape.

Abstract: Apparatus for folding and pressing garments such as shirts includes a heated base plate for supporting the garment on its front or bodice; a holding plate hingedly attached to the collar end of the base plate; a center plate arranged at the tail end of the base plate and adapted to be moved above and over the base plate; a stripper plate hingedly attached to the tail end of said center plate; and side plates arranged at different levels above and along the sides of the base plate and center plate and adapted to fold the side portions of the garment over the center portion thereof supported by the base plate and center plate.

Abstract: A tie clasp for supporting neckwear comprising a plate adapted to be positioned on the front of a shirt collar, a hook rigidly or pivotably mounted on the back of the plate for suspending the plate from the shirt collar, and receiving means having mutually spaced bars mounted on the back of the plate below the hook through which neckwear may be passed in draping the neckwear ends in mutual lateral or overlaid positions, respectively.

Abstract: A process of simultaneously turning and blocking a leather glove is disclosed, in which the fingers of the glove are initially mounted upon elongated members of relatively small diameter, and are turned onto heated mandrels of relatively larger diameter. The stretching of the finger portions as they are turned in this manner, combined with the application of heat from the heated mandrels, causes simultaneous blocking of the glove fingers as they are turned. In an apparatus for carrying out this process, the finger receiving members of lesser diameter are rods, and the mandrels onto which the fingers are turned are tubular. A wrist clamp is provided, which grips the inside of the cuff portion of the glove, and draws the glove off the finger mounting members onto the heated mandrels by movement relative to the finger mounting members.

Abstract: A housing for supporting furniture hinges and for insertion into a corresponding recess of a furniture piece consisting of a plug-in casing connected to a flange plate and a hollow plug-in pin. An eccentric part is pivotably mounted within the plug-in pin and has an eccentric segment which is in contact with a flat locking member disposed in the housing. The locking member has a pair of locking arms which are offset from the plane of the body of the locking member. The peripheral edges of these arms are beveled to form cutters and arranged so that when the housing is inserted in the recess of a furniture piece, and the eccentric part is pivoted, the cutters will draw the casing into the corresponding furniture recess. In another embodiment, the plug-in casing is provided with a bearing pin to guide the locking arms in the casing slots. The bearing pin is also the bearing axis of the hinge guide.

Abstract: A reversible door pivot positionable on either side of a door jamb to permit a hung door to swing in either direction. The pivot includes a standing hinge member having an elongated shank inserted into the jamb and a head projecting exteriorly of the jamb into the door opening. A swinging hinge member fixed to the door has a depending pivot pin rotatably insertable into a central opening in the head of the standing hinge member. A support plate is placed within the jamb in contact with the shank of the standing hinge member.

Abstract: A plastic clamp is provided for tightening a bundle of thread-like elements. This clamp is of the type comprising a head having a passage therein and an integral strap provided with ratchet teeth which, as the strap is passed around the bundle and threaded into said passage, engages a pawl formed in the passage integrally with the head. The pawl is connected to the head through a pair of coaxially extending pins formed on two opposite sides of said pawl.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming a component of shoulder straps for ladies garments, including a tape with a two-slot buckle sewn onto one end. A feature of the apparatus is a pivotable buckle holding and transfer device arranged to receive horizontal buckles at a delivery point and pivotable through about a right angle to move the buckles from the delivery point to a threading position adjacent the operative part of a sewing machine in which latter position the buckles are disposed vertically. Threading means are provided for advancing a free end of tape past the operative part of the sewing machine and through one slot in the vertically held buckle, and bending means are provided for bending the free end of tape towards the other slot in the buckle.

Abstract: A mattress construction and method of making is disclosed in which an extremely wide, deep stitch flange permits a more uniform and tighter mattress construction. A mattress cover is sewn to an apron or flanging material with a wide border or flange with the thread being deeply set in the cover by the thick foam padding between the flange material and the cover. This construction allows the apron to be very tightly pulled over a coil spring and stapled through sisal padding to the coil spring rim or border. The stretching of the flange skirt and cover creates a bow in the coil spring pulling the rim toward the center. The wide flange then permits the skirt or side cover to be tightly stitched with edging tape or binding material to produce a very firm and flat mattress construction.

Abstract: A pair of companion hardware parts are connected together by a screw in order to close a link for webbing components of a drag chute or the like. One of the parts provides a threaded hole for the screw and the other of the parts provides a recess for accommodating the head of the screw and also provides an access opening for passage of the screw shank for engagement with the threaded hole. A spring retainer is detachably received in an internal groove of the recess. The retainer has a key that interfits keyways in the screw head and the recess whereby the screw is locked in place notwithstanding vibration and shock. No part of the mechanism projects beyond the recess. Hence it cannot catch or snag. Desirably a tang extends diagonally from the retainer in order to block access to the screw to inhibit attempted removal by an untrained or unauthorized person.

Abstract: Tapping tee for a main pipe having integral coupling means for coupling to branch pipes made of flexible or relatively inflexible synthetic materials. A branch-receiving socket has a support pipe fitting snugly inside the branch pipe, and an integral sleeve having a part fitting snugly to the branch pipe outside, and a part with an enlarged bore for a sealing means.