Abstract: A small and handheld tool for opening small clasps and other closures. More specifically, the tool features an elongated handle, having a slider mechanism and a push button. The slider mechanism operates a slider or positioning arm and the spring-loaded push button operates a pair of clamps to hold the clasp in position. The slider arm and the pair of clamps extend from one end of the elongated handle. The pair of clamps secure the clasp between their rubber-tipped ends and the slider arm opens the clasp by moving a tab of the clasp radially along the surface of the clasp.

Abstract: A clip assembly is provided including a clip having a support leg joined with a control arm, an actuator, and a displacement control element operable to engage the control arm and hold the support leg in a retracted mode. The actuator is movable relative to the clip and/or a carrier associated with the clip to disengage the displacement control element from the control arm and thereby deploy the associated support leg from the body to secure the clip to the panel. The clip can include a retention leg to retain the clip relative to the panel upon installation of the clip relative to the panel. A related method of use is provided.

Abstract: A clip assembly is provided including a clip having a support leg joined with a control arm and a grenade pin having a grasping element and a key with a displacement control element operable to engage the control arm and hold the support leg in a retracted mode. The grenade pin is removable from the clip to disengage the displacement control element from the control arm and thereby deploy the associated support leg from the body to secure the clip to the panel. The clip can include a retention leg to retain the clip relative to the panel upon installation of the clip relative to the panel. A related method of use is provided.

Abstract: A zipper structure is provided and includes a first zipper component including a first zipper portion, a second zipper component including a second zipper portion, and a sealing end assembly. An end part of the first zipper portion of the first zipper component adjacent to an end of the first zipper component and an end part of the second zipper portion of the second zipper component adjacent to an end of the second zipper component are engaged with each other. The sealing end assembly is connected to the ends of the first zipper component and the second zipper component by injection molding and covers surfaces of the ends of the first zipper component and the second zipper component. A gap between the end parts of the first zipper portion and the second zipper portion is filled with the sealing end assembly. Furthermore, a related zipper bag is also provided.

Abstract: A finely-adjustable cord retracting and deploying device includes a base, a reel, a pawl disk, a knob and a control member. The base includes a first accommodating chamber, a ratchet part, a first threading hole, and a second threading hole. The reel is provided with a winding region configured to store a cord. The pawl disk includes a pawl arm. The pawl arm can move along the ratchet part to control a length of retraction and deployment of a cord. The knob can drive the reel to rotate to retract or deploy the cord. The control member is arranged between the reel and the base. When the knob is turned, the control member can move between a bottom plate and a top plate to control a total length of retraction or deployment of the cord.

Abstract: A clip for managing laundry items, the clip having front and rear arms flexibly joined by an elbow and shaped to form an internal loop. The front arm terminates in a dogleg shaped to minimize catching on fabric, and the rear arm terminates in a tongue shaped to ease the clip onto fabric. The dogleg and tongue angle away from an opening to accommodate fabric and guide it into a gap between the arms. The elbow flexibly holds the arms apart to form the gap, which can expand to accept the fabric and hold it in place. The arms also include teeth to improve friction between the fabric and the clip. A method of using a system of laundry clips to improve laundry results, including folding a laundry item lengthwise and attaching a plurality of laundry clips on the item to hold loose sides in place.

Abstract: A slider includes a slider body, a tab, and a cover member that is elastically deformable, the slider body has a front attachment post and a rear attachment post standing up from an upper blade, the front attachment post and the rear attachment post have a pair of first side wall portions and a pair of second side wall portions arranged on an outside of the first side wall portions in a length direction, outer wall surfaces of the second side wall portions are arranged on an inside of the first side wall portions via step portions in a width direction, at least a part of the outer wall surfaces of the second side wall portions faces inner wall surface of the cover member. This enables the cover member to be made more difficult to tilt in the width direction even if the cover member receives force.

Abstract: A device to secure a door chock to an industrial helmet more particularly a firefighter's helmet.

Abstract: Provided is a waterproof airtight zipper with double zipper sliders, including an upper waterproof zipper part and a lower waterproof zipper part; a lower edge of the first top stopper and an upper edge of the second top stopper are fixedly connected as an integral intermediate sealing structure; the intermediate sealing structure is located between both the zipper sliders of the upper waterproof zipper part and the lower waterproof zipper part and is arranged in a disconnected manner; and an opening is formed at the intermediate sealing structure. A form of double zipper sliders is adopted to make left and right ends stressed at the same time, so that it is more labor-saving to pull open the zipper; the way of pulling open the zipper bidirectionally facilitates operation and use; and the intermediate sealing structure can ensure the air tightness effect of the waterproof sealing zipper.

Abstract: A sealed zipper assembly includes a first zipper segment and a second zipper segment in overlapping relation to create a sealing zone. A sealing element is positioned in the sealing zone to prevent leakage between the first zipper segment and the second zipper segment.

Abstract: An apparatus for securely joining ropes for rope suspension or payload tie down. The apparatus includes a two substantially identical channel assemblies configured having a first bend to form a rope groove on one end and a second bend to form a cam channel on the other end, the cam channel having a rivet hole and a pin therethrough to enable a cam to rotate therein, and an attachment mechanism to secure the channel assemblies back-to-back thereto. By opening the cam of either assembly, a rope may be threaded through the rope grove, then again on the opposite assembly. The rope can be pulled from its end away from the assemblies to tighten prior to closing the cam(s) upon the ropes. The rope can further be secured by continuing to pull after the cam has been closed, or by using an optional tightening mechanism and method.

Abstract: A rope buckle assembly includes a female buckle and a male buckle. The female buckle has an accommodating slot and a plurality of openings that are in spatial communication with the accommodating slot. The accommodating slot has two guiding surfaces protruding from a slot bottom thereof, and the openings are respectively arranged at two opposite side of the accommodating slot and respectively face toward each other. The male buckle includes two rigid arms and a deformable segment that connects the two rigid arms. When the male buckle is inserted into the female buckle, the two rigid arms swing toward each other to jointly compress and deform the deformable segment by respectively abutting against the two guiding surfaces, so that a through hole of each of the two rigid arms corresponds in position to two of the openings facing each other for jointly defining a rope channel.

Abstract: A tensioning tool having a body and two hooks. One hook extends radially outward from the body and the second hook extends tangentially of the body. The body has a grip opening extending through the body and a throughhole extending through the body. A tensioning system comprising the tensioning tool and two cords. One cord passes through the throughhole in the body of the tensioning tool and the second cord is secured in the first hook of the tensioning tool.

Abstract: There is provided a band device that includes an annular band portion that forms a hollow portion, and the annular band portion includes a sensor module, a buckle portion, and an engaging portion detachably engaged with a plurality of end pieces to which a watch head is attached. The buckle portion includes a central blade, a first movable blad, and a second movable blade.

Abstract: A connecting apparatus includes a first connecting part, which has a first basic body and at least one engagement protrusion arranged rigidly on the first basic body, and a second connecting part, which is attachable to the first connecting part in a closing direction and which has a second basic body with an engagement portion arranged rigidly on the second basic body. The first connecting part has a first magnetic device and the second connecting part has a second magnetic device. The first magnetic device and the second magnetic device interact in a magnetically attracting manner along the closing direction to assist the attachment of the first connecting part and the second connecting part to each other. The first connecting part has a blocking portion which is designed, in the connected position, to interact with the second connecting part in order to block the engagement of the engagement portion with the at least one engagement protrusion counter to an engagement direction.

Abstract: A bistable automatic cable wrap for being wrapped around a cable or wire has a stable extended state in which the bistable automatic cable wrap extends essentially along a longitudinal direction. The bistable automatic cable wrap automatically adopts a stable wound state if deformed in the extended state.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein include an attachment, protector, and/or extender for a pull-tab or zipper pull. The extender may be made out of two elongated tabs or sides from one continuous piece of fabric, leather, or other natural or synthetic material. The material may include a central planar body with an a proximal and a distal aperture. The tabs may loop over one another when fully prepared and covering the pull-tab to make a clean and aesthetic look. The looping steps of first and second elongated tabs provides for receiving the pull-tab of the closure device or zipper at the central planar body of the extender for users operating while enhancing and protecting zipper closures and the like.

Abstract: A connector is used to securely attach two nested, stacked buckets so they may be easily transported using the handle on the upper bucket but also maintains an air gap between the sidewalls of the buckets when in a nested, stacked configuration, enabling the buckets to be easily separated. Each bucket connector includes a biasing arm extending downward from an apron formed on the buckets. The biasing arm includes a hook that automatically engages the upper lip onto a lower bucket when the upper bucket is stacked inside the storage cavity formed in the lower bucket. The biasing arm disengages the hook from the upper lip. Formed on the biasing arm is a stop surface configured to limit the downward movement of the upper bucket into the storage cavity. The stop surface forms an air gap between adjacent sidewalls when the upper bucket is stacked over the lower bucket.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a rotary closure including a housing part with an axis to which a rotary knob is attached in order to actuate a tensioning roller for a tensioning element for the rotary closure in order to wind or release the tensioning element. Further, a first gear is connected to the rotary knob and has internal toothing and a second gear is rotationally connected to the tensioning roller and has internal toothing. Additionally, a drive pinion that is coupled to the gears is provided between said first and second gears, and the drive pinion has a mounting that is configured to be radially moved relative to the drive axis in order to selectively couple the pinion to and release the pinion from the internal toothing of the respective first and second gears.

Abstract: A belt has a strap defining a fixed end and a loose end and a buckle engaging the strap. The buckle has a frame defining a channel between outer and inner portions thereof and the outer portion extends beyond the lower portion. A prong protrudes from an undersurface of the outer portion into the channel to engage one of a series of holes of the loose end of the strap passing through the channel. The buckle also has a separable chape connecting the fixed end of the strap and which fits through a rear entrance of the channel to releasably connect to the inner portion of the frame.