Abstract: A tube holder adapted to be applied to the body to correctly position a tube and comprising a flat base for application to the body, and on the base at the center thereof being a tube holder comprising a length of material riveted to the base and having connection means on the end portions of the material to make a tie. The rivet may be one piece and permanent or in two pieces and snap fastened and unfastened.

Abstract: A self-locking safety pin comprising a tubular body which extends in circular fashion in a plane between opposed, spaced ends, the ends disposed to form a gap in the circular body, and an elongated curved tongue slidably mounted to extend, under bias, between a closed position extending across the gap from one end of the body into the other, and an open position in which the tongue is withdrawn into said one end of the body. The free end of the tongue is tapered to a fabric-piercing point. An actuator, by which the tongue may be moved to open position, extends from the tongue through an elongated slot on the body to the exterior surface of the body. An anchor is also positioned on the exterior surface of the body, spaced from the actuator. The actuator, anchor and slot are located on the side surface of the body, opposite from the gap.

Abstract: The invention provides a strap component for equipment such as equestrian harness or saddlery equipment. The strap component comprises a plurality of elongate tubular portions each containing an elongate cord. The tubular portions and the elongate cords are woven integrally from continuous filament crimped polyester and crimped polypropylene respectively. A binding piece at each of the strap covers the end and provides attachment for buckles or short straps.

Abstract: A decorative body member includes a safe and harmless separable, interlocking fastening device for engaging a portion of a garment therebetween. In one embodiment, an elongated ribbon is attached at one end to the body member and at the other to a pacifier, teething ring, or toy, to avoid loss. The fastener includes a circular pattern of fingers or prongs (female element) extending from the rear surface of the body member. The male element is a disk which is received within the fingers with the fabric therebetween. The disk is sufficiently large to prevent swallowing, and preferably includes an aperture through the center thereof to provide for passage of air if the disk should become lodged in the mouth or inadvertently swallowed.

Abstract: A multi-section folding door includes first and second sets of vertically aligned panels with the panels in each set coupled together in an edge overlapping manner. Each of the panels is suspended from a support bracket attached to the panel's upper edge, with each of the brackets coupled to and suspended from a track by means of a respective trolley. The trolleys permit the first and second sets of panels to be displaced toward or away from each other in closing or opening the folding door relative to an opening in a wall. An endless chain/sprocket arrangement driven by an electric motor allows the multi-panel folding door to be opened and closed very rapidly. A thickened upper edge of each panel is inserted in a lower slot of a respective support bracket along the length thereof to facilitate assembly and installation of the door as well as replacement of a damaged or worn panel.

Abstract: A retention system particularly adapted to be used by divers which includes at least one lanyard having first and second ends, a first clip having a hook for securing thereon an implement, such as a dive light, slate, knife, etc.

Abstract: A sheet of loop material such as is used in Velcro is fastened to an elongated flexible belt on one side and at near one end of the belt. At least one sheet of hook material is fastened to the opposite side of the belt near the other end. A strap is fastened to one end of the belt. The strap has a metal hook fastened to its free end. The hook can be used to attach the belt to one of a cluster of articles that should be stabilized during transportation such that the belt can be wrapped around the articles snugly to bring the sheet of hook material into engagement with the sheet of loop material so that the belt holds all of the articles together. The strap has a strip of Velcro hook material and an adjacent strip of Velcro loop material fastened to it. The loop and hook materials can be brought around to form a bight by engaging the loops and hooks.

Abstract: An improved tubing organizer for hospital use having Velcro.RTM. straps, a Teflon.RTM. loop and a stainless steel clip connected by stainless steel eyelets. The improved tubing organizer is able to withstand repeated exposure to temperatures up to two hundred eighty degrees Fahrenheit and can be permanently attached to a length of tubing.

Abstract: An alignment device for railroad car couplers including a central flexible portion with a pair of swivelable end portions connectable between couplers of adjacent cars. Each of the end portions includes a protruding stud adapted to engage an opening preformed in the knuckle body. The device end portions and their studs are inserted between misaligned adjacent couplers. One steady pull of the engine aligns the couplers so that two cars may then be quickly joined together without requiring the trainman to stand between the cars during the coupling operation.

Abstract: A high-strength fibrous tape and clamping device therefor to effect the termination and/or splicing thereof. The device comprises a cylindrical body portion and a pair of semicircular plug halves which are retained proximal to the body portion and which cooperate to securely grip the tape in a gradual arcuate path without the use of excessive clamping pressures that would normally cause substantial reductions in the tape's tensile strength. The plug halves have opposed generally flat mating surfaces and oppositely disposed convex arcuate surfaces. The halves are retained proximal to the body portion with the mating surfaces thereof in generally aligned relation by means of spaced bolts which extend generally perpendicularly through the mating surfaces into the body portion.

Abstract: A clasping device which has a body and a manipulatable lever pivotally connected to the body. The body has at least two connecting members extending between a pair of side plate members thereof, one of the connecting members can contact a strap connected to the lever means during the usual use to firmly hold the lever in a locked position. The other of the connecting members can contact the strap when the assembly of the body and the lever is turned upside down, to hold the lever in the locked position. A large part of the lever is housed in the pair of side plate members of the body substantially in parallel to the body in the locked position, whereby the construction of the assembly is easy to handle and so firm as to be resistant to any big loads.

Abstract: A one piece molded strap assembly is provided to be employed in limiting travel between two movable parts. A pair of expandable bosses are connected by a resilient link and a drive pin is molded to each of the bosses which when separated from, and inserted into, a respective boss is effective to expand the boss and return it in an opening formed in a respective part.

Abstract: A golf score card and pencil holder is disclosed including a main body portion in the form of a tag provided with a loop, an elongated cord laced through holes provided in the main body portion, a split ring linked with the loop, an alligator clip attached to one end of the cord, and a flexible grommet attached to the other end of the cord. In use, a pencil is press-fit through a hole of the grommet, a golf score card is clipped to the alligator clip, and the split ring is attached to a golf bag.

Abstract: A structure for securing one end of a safety strap to a ski or a component fixedly mounted on the ski. The other end of the safety strap is presumed to be secured to the skier by any conventional means. The structure by which the safety strap is secured to the ski structure enables the strap to hold the ski to the skier should the ski become disconnected from the skier while travelling on a chairlift or at slow speeds. However, this same structure will facilitate a release of the strap from engagement with the ski structure should the ski be pulled away from the skier with a sufficient magnitude of force, such as will occur during falls at high speeds. The thereafter released ski will be stopped by, for example, a ski brake mechanism mounted on the ski.

Abstract: An auxiliary length-adjustable, flexible non-elastic strap extension is adapted to be connected to the belt hook at the lower end of a waist-to-camera length adjustable hold steady camera strap which is made of non-elastic, flexible material, to convert such waist length strap to a camera-to-foot length strap having a stirrup at its lower end, for holding the hand held camera steady at eye-to-foot level when taking pictures therewith. When not in use, the flexible hold steady strap members and associated hardware are bundled for containment in a transparent plastic bag thereby constituting a compact kit.