Abstract: A connector assembly for a mobile device includes a bottom plate adapted to be operably coupled with a mobile device and a towel bar being operably coupled with the bottom plate. The towel bar has a quadrilateral cross section that defines at least a first engaging surface and a second engaging surface. The towel bar is adapted to engage an accessory device at at least one of the first engaging surface or the second engaging surface to couple the accessory device with the mobile device.

Abstract: A system used to fit fitted sheets over a mattress. The system allows a user of the system to keep the fitted sheets unwrinkled when the user decides to lie on the mattress that uses the system. The system comprises of a rectangular housing, a plurality of mounts, a plurality of gear motors a plurality of pulleys, a plurality of straps, a motor speed controller that is operatively connected to each gear motor, a connector that is fixedly attached to an end of each strap, and a fitted sheet that defines a plurality of receivers that are positioned concentrically around a central axis of the fitted sheet, the connector that is fixedly attached to the end of each strap attaches to each receiver of the plurality of receivers of the fitted sheet.

Abstract: A cap for capping an upper surface of a shoe a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first layer has an outer surface that has a coefficient of friction that is greater than that of the upper surface of the shoe that the cap caps. The second layer is an adhesive layer. The third layer is a release layer that can be peeled off the adhesive layer to expose it, thereby enabling the adhesive layer to stick to the shoe.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a safety attachment for a bolt snap (e.g., a swivel bolt snap) is provided that prevents unintentional opening of a bolt action gate. The safety attachment includes a body with an integral top ring, an integral bottom ring, and a hollow center cavity. The body may have a convex outer surface that extends beyond a release button of the bolt action gate. The integral top ring may contact the release button. The integral bottom ring may prevent movement of the safety attachment along a shaft of the bolt snap. The hollow center cavity may accommodate the shaft of the bolt snap. The body and its integral top ring and bottom ring may be constructed of a durable, flexible, elastic material that can, in response to pressure on the release button, permit motion of the release button and bolt action gate while increasing the force required.

Abstract: A shoe includes a sole, an upper and a strap. The upper is attached to the sole. The strap extends in a width direction of the shoe. The strap includes a proximal end fixed to the upper and a distal end located on an opposite side of the proximal end in the width direction of the shoe. One of the upper and the strap includes at least one first engaging portion, whereas the other of the upper and the strap includes at least one second engaging portion that is engaged with the at least one first engaging portion while extending in a direction intersecting with a longitudinal direction of the shoe where the distal end is held against the upper.

Abstract: A garment with low profile fasteners for removable attachment to a top to keep the top tucked in. The fasteners are low-profile, magnetic, and entirely flexible to improve the comfort to a user. Each fastener includes first and second magnetic components that engage each other. The garment can have a generally rectangular shape with fasteners on a first end and a second end. The magnetic components may be embedded within a tab that is fixedly attached to the first and second ends of the garment. The garment can also be a typical undergarment having a waist band, with the first magnetic components of the fasteners embedded in the waist band that cooperatively engage the separate, second magnetic components.

Abstract: A fastening device includes at least one base portion and at least one fastener portion. The base portion is connected to a first object and the fastener portion is slidably assembled to the base portion. The fastener portion cooperates with the base portion to provide a locking and an unlocking function for connecting or disconnecting a second object to or from the base portion. With these arrangements, two objects can be repeatedly and quickly connected to or disconnected from each other.

Abstract: A zipper includes a tape body including two zipper tapes each having an inner edge with a row of teeth. A stop includes a first end connected to distal ends of the rows of teeth and receives two first conductive plates. An end of one of the two first conductive plates is electrically connected to an electrode of at least one light-emitting element. A power connecting portion is electrically connected to another of the two first conductive plates and another electrode of the at least one light-emitting element. A slider is slidably disposed on the rows of teeth for engaging or disengaging the rows of teeth. The slider includes a second conductive plate configured to simultaneously contact with the two first conductive plates, causing electrical conduction to activate the at least one light-emitting element to emit light. A container with the zipper is also provided.

Abstract: A chest buckle for a harness for carrying a handheld motor-driven work tool, the chest buckle including first and second parts, wherein the first and second part, each includes at least two mechanisms attaching straps of the harness thereto. The first part includes a recess defining a cavity arranged to accommodate the second part therein. The second part includes a resilient locking member arranged to protrude through a hole in the first part when the second part is accommodated in the cavity to lock the first and second parts together.

Abstract: A fastening element (1) for insertion into an opening (50) of a part (51), in particular a vehicle body part, wherein the fastening element (1) has a head region (2), a flange region (3), which is connected to the head region (2) via a first shaft region (4), and a second shaft region (5), which continues from the flange region (3) on the side opposite the head region (2) and is formed such that, in the inserted state of the fastening element (1) in the opening (50), it extends through the opening (50), at least in certain regions, and forms a snap connection with the part (51), in particular vehicle body part, wherein at least one indicator element (6) is associated with the fastening element (1) for, in particular, acoustically and/or visually signaling an assembly state of the fastening element (1).

Abstract: An attachment for a ratchet-type load binder includes a mounting frame arranged for mounting to the load binder at a location registered with a ratchet mechanism thereof, a slot defined by the mounting frame and arranged to extend angularly of the axis of the ratchet gear so as to be adapted to receive a handle of the ratchet mechanism in rotary movement relative to a body of the load binder, and a transmission member having a shaft extending along an axis of rotation of the transmission member and transmission elements carried on the shaft and projecting outwardly therefrom for meshing with the teeth of the ratchet gear. It is one aspect of the invention that the transmission member is movable from a drive position in which the transmission member meshes with the ratchet gear to an idle position in which the ratchet gear can rotate freely of the transmission member, so that conventional operation of the ratchet mechanism with the handle is still available without removing the attachment.

Abstract: The food delivery container closure is a clip. The food delivery container closure is a single use structure. The food delivery container closure is configured for use with packaging. The food delivery container closure permanently secures the packaging in the closed position. The food delivery container closure is a sacrificial structure. The food delivery container closure is damaged when the food delivery container closure is removed from the packaging. The food delivery container closure includes a first arm, a second arm, a torsion structure, and a release structure. The torsion structure attaches the first arm to the second arm to form a clip used to secure the packaging. The first arm and the second arm permanently attach to the packaging. The release structure damages the torsion structure such that the first arm and the second arm detach, allowing the packaging to open.

Abstract: A hand operated tool for binding a load. The tool including a hollow tube with interior left hand and right hand threads at opposing ends. Opposing rods with exterior threads on one end and a releasable connection device on the other end that is screwed into each end of the tube. A gear rigidly mounted and encircling the tube allowing a pivotly attached ratcheting U-pawl to engage the gear teeth, the U-pawl attached to and carried by a handle assembly mounted on each side of the gear, the handle protruding perpendicular from the tube. The handle turning the tube in a first rotational direction drawing the rods closer together tightening the bind, the handle turning the tube in a second rotational direction moving the rods farther apart loosening the bind, the rods remaining stationary in rotation during rotation of the tube.

Abstract: A clip includes an insertion piece insertable into a valley formed by folding a corner of a stack of a plurality of paper pieces, a front-side clamping piece contactable with a paper piece portion on a front side of the valley, and a back-side clamping piece contactable with a paper piece portion on a back side of the valley. The insertion piece, front-side clamping piece, and back-side clamping piece are elastically and integrally formed so that the paper piece portion on the front side and the paper piece portion on the back side of the valley are clamped between the front-side clamping piece and the insertion piece and between the insertion piece and the back-side clamping piece, respectively, and both of the paper piece portion on the front side and the paper piece portion on the back side of the valley are clamped between the front-side and back-side clamping pieces.

Abstract: A reusable clip for decorating a bottle enables a wide variety of decorations to be attached to the bottle, which may then be provided as a gift. The clip makes it very easy to securely attach and then easily remove the decorations. The clip also has features to enable flexible attachment of decorative components in a way that the decorations may be rearranged or redesigned as necessary.

Abstract: A self-locking securing device facilitates secure connection to cable or elongated object ends, and employs a retaining jaw, a barrel, a spacer and a sleeve. In various embodiments, the retaining jaw and spacer are formed as part or all of a replaceable cartridge and can include a fastening ring therebetween. Embodiments further include a bottom locking device for securely retaining the cartridge and elements within the barrel.

Abstract: A length adjuster on a wearable device includes an arc-shaped shell and a length fine-adjustment mechanism. A first connection rack, a second connection rack, a gear, a button and a return spring of a gear shaft are provided in the arc-shaped shell. The first connection rack, the second connection rack and the gear are meshed with one another. The gear shaft is connected to a clockwork spring mechanism. The gear shaft and the length fine-adjustment mechanism are in a clutch connection. A unidirectional rotation-prevention structure is provided in the length fine-adjustment mechanism, and the unidirectional rotation-prevention structure allows the length fine-adjustment mechanism to drive the gear shaft to rotate in a rotation direction for enabling a clockwork spring to be stretched, and prevents the gear shaft from rotating in the direction opposite to the rotation direction. The length adjuster is provided with a release mechanism.

Abstract: A reel based closure device includes a housing, a tension member, a spool that is rotatably positioned within the housing, and a tightening component that is positioned axially above the spool and that is operably coupled therewith so that an operation of the tightening component causes the spool to rotate within the housing to wind the tension member about the spool. The reel based closure device also includes a coupling component that is separate from the tension member and that frictionally engages with a distal end of the tension member so that the coupling component is removably fixed to the tension member. The spool component includes a coupling feature within which the coupling component is positioned to attach the tension member to the spool.

Abstract: The present application relates to a wearable device, a strap, and an engaging mechanism. The wearable device includes a watch body and a strap. The strap includes a strap body, a peg, a eject pin, and a linkage component. The strap body is provided with a receiving space, and the strap body is provided with a peg-sliding hole and a first through hole. One end of the peg passes through a peg-sliding hole and the other end is located in a receiving space of a watch body; the eject pin is located in the receiving space and can pass through the first through hole; the peg is configured to drive the eject pin to pop out from the first through hole via the linkage component and engage with the installation groove; the peg is further configured to drive the eject pin to move towards the receiving space.

Abstract: Adjustable bell loop fastening devices configured to extend between two or more belt loops on a garment and to selectively lessen the distance there between the belt loops to secure the waistline of a garment to a wearer while concurrently minimizing the force and/or pressure applied to the wearer's abdominal region, especially for wearer's having chronic diseases and/or illnesses (e.g., Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, etc.) that frequently result in increased abdominal sensitivity and tenderness.