Abstract: An improved agricultural sheeting fastening component for use in anchoring agricultural sheet material includes two arms, each including one or more prongs having a tip adapted to pierce the sheet material to connect the fastening component to the sheet material, wherein a terminating portion of the prong(s) extends in a direction away from a junction of the prong to the arm and at an angle between the arm and the terminating portion of the prong of between about ?25 and about 45 degrees.

Abstract: There is provided a firefighter protective coat including an outer shell and a plurality of hook-and-dee pairs. The outer shell has left and right front panels and a closable front opening. The left and right front panels have a border area extending along the front opening and includes a closure flap foldable over the border area. Each hook-and-dee pair includes a hook and a dee. The hook includes a hooking piece extending across a width of the border area and an asymmetric base fastened to coat panel. The asymmetric base includes upper and lower wings projecting strictly on top and bottom sides of the hooking piece. The dee is affixed to another coat panel and is in alignment with the corresponding hook. The dee includes a ring engageable with the hooking piece and a longitudinal base fastened to the corresponding coat panel and extending parallelly to the front opening.

Abstract: A garment strap retainer for use in retaining a strap of one piece of garment in a relatively fixed position with respect to another piece of garment and includes a first resilient member having a first end, an intermediate portion and a second end, a second resilient member having a first end, an intermediate portion and a second end, wherein the second resilient member is disposed adjacent the first resilient member such that the first ends of the resilient members are disposed adjacent one another in a relatively fixed manner and have a first retention contact point formed therebetween, the intermediate portions are movably disposed adjacent one another and the second ends are movably disposed adjacent one another and have a second retention contact point formed therebetween and wherein the second ends may be forcibly displaced from one another in a manner to break the retention contact point and to permit the strap to be positioned between the intermediate portions and upon replacement of the second ends