Tapered Face Patents (Class 24/491)
  • Patent number: 7159832
    Abstract: A medical accessory clamping system includes a table and an accessory clamp. The table has an upper surface and a lower surface, a first ridge positioned on the upper surface and a second ridge positioned on the lower surface of the table. The accessory clamp has a first clamping member and a second clamping member coupled to but separate from the first clamping member wherein the clamping members define a cavity for receiving a portion of the table. The first and second clamping members have recesses for receiving said first and second ridges of the table, respectively. A uniquely styled clamp and a table are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Steris Inc.
    Inventor: Barry A. Easterling
  • Patent number: 6009601
    Abstract: A magnetic snap lock includes cooperating male and female members. The female member includes an attachment base unit and an attachment part or grommet which includes a tubular projection. The tubular projection permits the attachment of the grommet to the attachment base unit. The female member also includes an actuator assembly which can also be mounted on the attachment base unit. The male member includes a protruding member with a magnet which is insertable into an opening of the attachment part or grommet of the female member to provide for a releasable locking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Inventor: Eli Kaufman
  • Patent number: 5813053
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved apparatus and method for providing a necktie restraining apparatus. The present invention employs a fusion cloth to stiffen necktie material so that it may be employed as vertical and horizontal members on an apparatus for securing a four-in-hand necktie to a shirt button while automatically adjusting to compensate for changes in the amount of slack on the necktie. An improved method of manufacture of such a necktie restraint apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Inventor: Vincent J. Pileggi
  • Patent number: 5802678
    Abstract: A tie restraining device for use with conventional neckwear is disclosed having an elongated tie restraining clamp for clipping around a tie in a non-penetrating manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Inventor: Joe A. Puente
  • Patent number: 5715538
    Abstract: A necktie securing device for securing to a shirt front a necktie having a tail, an apron and a label, the label being attached to a rear surface of the apron, to a shirt front when the tail is disposed within an opening formed by the label and the apron, includes a first clip demountably attachable to the tail and having a first VELCRO material covered joining surface and a second clip demountably attachable to an overlapping edge of the shirt front and having a second joining surface covered by complementary VELCRO material, the second joining surface of the second clip being engageable with the first joining surface of the first clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Inventor: David B. Soll
  • Patent number: 5630259
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for retaining neckerchiefs scarves, handkerchiefs, bandannas, and/or other deformable items is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention is a neckerchief slide comprising a body having a cavity through it. A first post and a second post connect to the body on opposite sides of the cavity. The first and second posts are capable of securing an elastic band such that the elastic band extends across the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Inventor: E. Randall Ricketts
  • Patent number: 5577302
    Abstract: A necktie fastening device including a pair of securing members that are attachable to the severed, central ends of a conventional necktie that has been severed in half with a pair of scissors or the like. Each securing member is formed from a flexible material that has been formed to create a first, second, and third flap member. The first and second flap members each have a quantity of adhesive deposited on areas thereof that face away from one another and which are covered with a flexible removable section of cover material. An elongated flexible pull tab is secured to each removable section. In use, the adhesive is placed in contact with the interior surface of the tie through the severed central end and forms an attachment between the necktie fabric and the securing member with the central lining of the necktie disposed between the first and second flap members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Inventor: Wesley A. Bortle