Patents by Inventor Arnold Zimmermann

Arnold Zimmermann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6513202
    Abstract: The closing device for a closing and a repeated closing of a bag consists of a strap which is bent to form a loop by a permanent connection. The strap has an inner portion and an outer portion. The inner portion and the outer portion are connected to each other by a design rupture line and a permanent connection. The strap may be opened by partial serving of the inner portion from the outer portion and by folding out the inner portion so that an opening is produced in the outer portion. In order to close the strap again, the inner portion is inserted into the opening in the outer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Zim-Clip G.m.b.H.
    Inventor: Arnold Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20020062538
    Abstract: The closing device for a closing and a repeated closing of a bag consists of a strap which is bent to form a loop by a permanent connection. The strap has an inner portion and an outer portion. The inner portion and the outer portion are connected to each other by a design rupture line and a permanent connection. The strap may be opened by partial severing of the inner portion from the outer portion and by folding out the inner portion so that an opening is produced in the outer portion. In order to close the strap again, the inner portion is inserted into the opening in the outer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventor: Arnold Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 5008980
    Abstract: A closure clip, especially for the closure of bags, has a base member with a first and a second leg of plastic material, each of the legs forming a rigid structure having a hinge end and a coupling end portion. The legs are hingedly connected at their hinge ends and provided with first and second snap coupling members, respectively, at their coupling end portions. The coupling end portions with their first and second snap coupling members, respectively are integral to the rigid structure of the respective leg. The snap coupling members are manually engageable to each other and manually releasable from each other only by swivelling the legs about their hingedly connected ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Inventor: Arnold Zimmermann