Abstract: A booster clamp is provided and includes a first lever having a first planar surface and a second lever pivotally connected to the first lever and having a second planar surface. The booster clamp has a substantially cylindrical pivot joint which includes a substantially cylindrical elastomeric element and first and second substantially planar surfaces substantially parallel to one another, wherein the first planar surface of the joint is connected to the first planar surface of the first lever and the second planar surface of the joint is connected to the second planar surface of the second lever.

Abstract: A clamp for arrangement on a carrying arm is described. The clamp has a first and a second clamp half (10, 20) with in each case two lateral angle pieces (12; 21 ), in which are located a hole (14; 23) for positioning the clamp halves (10, 20) on the carrying arm, whereby the angle pieces (12, 21) which are directed against each other lie pairwise against each other and in each case one angle piece (21) of each clamp half (10, 20) lies on the inside and the other angle piece (12) of the same clamp half (10, 20) lies on the outside, and a legged spring (4) which lies between the clamp halves (10, 20) and keeps the clamps (3) closed. The internal angle piece (21) of one clamp half (10; 20) interlocks rotatably with the external angle piece (12) of the other clamp half (20; 10), and the legged spring (4) fills, in axial direction, the space between the internal angle pieces (21) in each case of the clamp halves (10, 20).

Abstract: A seat belt comfort clamp provides a vehicle occupant protection from injury and enhanced comfort and convenience and includes a clamp assembly having first and second arms and a pivot member. The pivot member defines an axis extending substantially parallel to the seat belt and pivotally couples the first and second arms together. The first arm pivots between an open position and a closed or clamping position. A spring member biases the first arm from its open position to its clamping position. The first and second arms engage opposite sides of the seat belt and secure the seat belt in a comfortable position when the first arm is in its closed position. The second arm includes a guide member for slidably and adjustably coupling the comfort clamp to the seat belt when the first arm is in its open position.

Abstract: The basic clip enclosed is a one-piece plastic clip formed by an upper and lower jaw element having gripping jaws. The jaw elements are pivoted together by a pedestal-type mount, that interconnects the upper and lower jaw elements together. The pedestal mount has a locking tip which fits into a receptacle formed in the upper jaw element. A U-shaped biasing member biases the jaw elements into their closed, clamping position, which biasing member has a base lying in close proximity to the pedestal mount. A camming finger causes the pedestal mount to bend every time that the rear sections of the jaw elements are squeezed to open the clamping jaws, which bending increases the clamping force of the clip.

Abstract: A flat plate-like anchor with adjustably attached flexible strap is positioned between the box springs and mattress toward the head of the bed. The adjustable attachment of the strap to the anchor allows varying the effective length of the strap for use on different thicknesses of mattresses. The strap is drawn up across the edge of the mattress to have a distal end thereof on the top of the fitted sheet covering the mattress. The end of the strap has an affixed portion of hook and loop fastener. An openable pinch clamp is positioned on the top of the lower or fitted sheet adjacent the strap, and the upper edge of the top sheet and blanket are tightly clamped in the releasable clamp. The clamp includes a pivotally attached extending tab having a mating portion of hook and loop fastener for attaching to the fastener of the strap.

Abstract: The plastic clip comprises a lower clipping member having bridging plate connected integrally to one end of a substrate so as to separate from the substrate and a support shelf formed between a pair of side walls for supporting the bridging plate, and an upper clipping member having a U-shaped auxiliary portion integrally connected with one end of another substrate and a hinge portion formed at a free end of an outer leg of the U-shaped portion. The clip also comprises an operation member having an actuation cam plate inserted between both legs of the auxiliary portion so that ends of the lower clipping member and the upper clipping member are opened and closed with each other when the upper clipping member is assembled into the lower clipping member by inserting the auxiliary portion of the upper clipping member into the gap situated below the bridging plate of the lower clipping member, and fitting the hinge portion of the upper clipping member to the support shelf of the lower clipping member.

Abstract: A spring clip is disclosed herein for use on belt or pocket-held articles such as tools, pens, knives or the like, which includes a mounting block secured to the article that is provided with a pair of spaced-apart and open-ended passageways opening on opposite sides of the block. A clip is employed having folded-over elongated linear sections terminating in opposing spaced-apart lugs adapted to be insertably disposed into the respective passageways so as to act as pivots permitting the linear sections to be raised and lowered to and from the article. A torsional action results when the linear sections of the clip are lifted causing a spring bias urging the linear sections towards the article to provide a yieldable spring clip action.

Abstract: A cord clasp is disclosed for holding together several loops or folds of an appliance cord in order to keep the cord tidy. The clasp includes two complementary facing jaw members, each having a cord surrounding portion and a handle portion separated by a pivoting ridge. A bias means keeps the jaws or cord surrounding portions together. The jaw members are farther apart at the handle portions than at the closure point of the cord surrounding portions. The jaw members are quite wide and have complementary shaped front edges. The shape of the clasp enables the cords to be grasped or held securely when only a small number of cord loops are gathered or when a large number of cord loops are gathered. The cords will also be held even if the cord surrounding portions do not come completely together.

Abstract: The basic clip enclosed is a one piece plastic clip formed by an upper and lower face beam having gripping jaws. The face beams are joined together by a shared biasing traverse support member that operates in conjunction with a pivotal locking tip and locking receptacle. Final assembly of the clip is performed by pressing the face beams together which engages the pivotal locking tip with the latching body allowing the jaw elements to lock in a closed position. Continued squeezing of the proximal end portions allows the traverse support member to arc beyond the design angle forcing the jaws into a larger spaced apart position. To prevent stressing and allow shaft mountings, the traverse support member utilizes fingers to provide interference with complete compression. Variations of the transverse support member and clip closure beams are also enclosed.

Abstract: A hook assembly is attached to a ball-and-socket assembly and further attached to a spring-loaded clamp assembly and counter-weighted and balanced so as to always suspend in a level and receiving position regardless of the direction or angle in which the supporting clamp assembly is positioned. The supporting clamp assembly has a semicircular indent on each clamp-face and a flat protrusion that extends to form two flat mating surfaces and two circular non-mating surfaces which allow the supporting clamp assembly to firmly grasp round as well as flat supporting objects. The device is portable and easily movable with one hand.

Abstract: A springingly urged clamp is especially useful with a small towel such as the type used in golfing service and is a palm sized clamp which is both easily manually engageable and easily manually manipulable. The clamp, and its affixed towel, can be attached to the golf bag, or any portion of the clothing to yield maximum easy utilization of the towel. In one embodiment, a golf towel's reinforcing ring is fed into a slot on one side of the clamp of the present invention and onto a post to ensure secure, but interchangeable engagement.

Abstract: A spring biased clip comprising a pair of clamping elements hingedly connected together in combination with a spring. In a preferred embodiment, the clamping elements have hinge and spring components and are integral male and female snap connection elements which are extruded to form stock materials, which can then be out to length and assembled by a snap connection.

Abstract: A multifunction wall device has a hook for hanging articles thereon, a clamp for clamping articles therein, a writing implement retainer, and a removable paper clip. The wall device has an integral pivot apparatus and spring device to eliminate external parts. The wall device can be mounted to any vertical surface.

Abstract: A clothespin made of plastic as one unit, having two opposite pin plates, an elastic bridge formed between intermediate portions of the pin plates, an elastic plate respectively extending from a bottom end of each pin plate and bending inward, one elastic plates having a bending stopper formed at the end and two projections extending up and under near the end stopper, the elastic plate with the stopper being pressed upward to let the top of the other elastic plate push and support the former elastic plate so as to keep both of them in that position and to be compressed by the lower portions of the pin plates to open the upper portions for pinching clothes between them.

Abstract: A cord clasp is disclosed for holding together several loops or folds of an appliance cord in order to keep the cord tidy. The clasp includes two complementary facing jaw members, each having a cord surrounding portion and a handle portion separated by a pivoting ridge. A coil spring or other bias means keep the jaws or cord surrounding portions together. The jaw members are quite wide and taper to a gentle point to one side. The cord surrounding surfaces are generally curvilinear and can be more rounded in the vicinity of the points than otherwise, the roundness encouraging the cords to be grasped or held even though the cords may not come fully together when several thicknesses of cords are enclosed within the clasp.

Abstract: A crib blanket holder which includes a pair of opposed rigid lever arms, a fulcrum means affixed to the lever arms to provide for pivoting of the latter, the fulcrum means dividing the arms into jaws and handle regions, a pair of opposed crib post recesses in each of the lever arms so as to receive adjacent crib posts therein when the arms are disposed horizontally, and biasing means for biasing the arms so as to close the jaws together. The arms are movable in response to force manually applied to the handle regions to open the jaws and receive a blanket edge therebetween and cause the jaws to close on and clamp the blanket edge when the force is removed.

Abstract: A paper clip comprising a pair of plate elements having clamping edges, hingedly connected together. A cantilever spring extends from an inner surface of one plate element and engages with the inner surface of the opposite plate element. The cantilever spring can provide increasing clamping force with increasing document thickness.

Abstract: The plastic clip has two clamping members and two spreadable handles, each of which is connected to one of the clamping members, a pivot bearing and a U-shaped compression spring connected between the ends of the handles. The pivot bearing is structured to be assembled by snapping-together. Advantageously the plastic clip is made with polyoxymethylene. Sensor including temperature sensors may be located in the clamping members. A Contact-Reed can be located in one clamping member and a permanent magnet can be located in another clamping member so that unintended loosening of the clip can be detected. The clip may be designed particularly for use as hair clip for a permanent wave treatment.

Abstract: This spring clip for a clip-on article has a flat, generally T-shaped first clip member with openings in its wider end to receive the prongs of staples for attaching it to the clip-on article and laterally outwardly-protruding tabs on its opposite side edges near its opposite end, and a bowed second clip member with apertured ears on its concave side which pivotally receive the tabs on the first clip member, pointed prongs on its concave side facing the first clip member, and a leaf spring member bearing against the opposite end of the first clip member and preventing the clip members from coming apart at the tabs and apertured ears.

Abstract: A shaftless clip for clamping name plate, paper and etc., which is comprised of two pivoted parts with a spring retained therebetween to force the two pivoted parts to constantly clamp up together. The first part of the clip comprises two side pins respectively inserted in two side slots of the two side walls of the second part, and an unitary frame structure for the setting therein of the spring permitting the two legs of the spring to respectively strop against the inner surface of the first and second parts.

Abstract: The one-piece plastic clip comprises two clamping members and two spreadable handles, each of which is connected to one of the clamping members, a pivot bearing and a U-shaped compression spring connected between the ends of the handles. The pivot bearing is structured to be assembled by snapping-together. Advantageously the plastic clip is made with polyoxymethylene. Sensors including temperatures sensors may be located in the clamping members. A Contact-Reed can be located in one clamping member and a permanent magnet can be located in another clamping member so that unintended loosening of the clip can be detected. The clip may be structured for use as a cloths pin or a hair clip for use in a permanent wave treatment.

Abstract: A snap-type clip includes an L-shaped support member having a mounting arm and a gripping arm. An elongated gripping element is pivotally attached to the inner surface of the mounting arm and in a closed position abuts against the inner surface of the gripping arm. The mounting end of the gripping element is furnished with an egg-shaped loop of resiliently deformable material. This loop is increasingly deformed by the mounting arm inner surface as the gripping element pivots from the open or closed position toward center. The gripping element is thus biased toward an open or closed position.

Abstract: A clamp formed of a unitary piece of resilient material has a pair of opposed arms pivoted about an integral hinge member located between jaw and finger-grip portions of the arms. An integral biasing element joins the arms at the ends of the finger-grip portion, and is supported such that flex of the biasing element occurs at its central portion, displaced from the arms. The arms may be formed with an internal spine supporting an exterior wall defining the surfaces of the arms.

Abstract: A plastic inserter comprises movable and stationary jaws openably and closably connected together by means of a thin hinge, a space formed between the movable and stationary jaws along the hinge so that a flexible hollow tube is allowed to pass therethrough, a handle plate including an elastic supporting piece integrally formed with a part of the stationary jaw, and handle piece integrally formed with the movable jaw and adapted to hold the movable jaw in a shut state with respect to the statioary jaw when engaged with the elastic supporting piece of the stationary jaw.

Abstract: An earring attachable to an earlobe, that varies the gripping pressure applied to the earlobe is provided. A base pivotally supports a clasp so that the clasp grips the ear between the base and the clasp. A pressure controller is slidably mounted on a center prong of the clasp so that by sliding the pressure controller, the gripping pressure of the clasp may be decreased or increased as desired.

Abstract: A spring clip includes bosses and pivot holes on flanges at two opposite sides of each of two clamping members for connecting pivotally the clamping members wherein the flange bearing the boss at each side is sandwiched between two other flanges bearing the pivot holes, thereby preventing the bosses from being released easily from the pivot holes. A torsion spring is mounted conveniently on the clamping members by engaging it with retaining members disposed on the clamping members.

Abstract: A self-actuating clamp for attachment to a structural member in a subsea environment is disclosed. The clamp includes a housing having spaced side members, a transverse compression plate mounted between the members across the top of the housing and external accessory mounting surfaces. A pair of opposed, elongated jaw members have their upper portions disposed within the housing, the upper portions of which include upper ends adapted for pivotal mating engagement for permitting limited pivotal movement between the members, with the lower portions of the jaw members projecting below the housing and adapted for opposing clamping engagement with the subsea structural member. Force exerting means, which in one embodiment may comprise a pair of leaf spring assemblies, are provided to cooperate with the housing and jaw members to exert sufficient forces on the jaw members to clamp the jaw members to the exterior surface of the structural member.

Abstract: A money clip, including a base clip member and an operative clip member in which the operative clip member has a pair of legs terminating in opposed journals pivotally mounted in bearings to provide offset parallel pivotal axes for the operative clip member. The operative clip member is adapted to move through an over-center position between a closed, clamping position and an inoperative, open position.

Abstract: Locking means for truck platform flaps (6) comprises a base plate (1), a handle (2) pivotably journalled in the base plate, a substantially U-shaped locking yoke (3) which is connected to the handle and pivotable in relation thereto on an axis substantially parallel to the pivot axis of the handle and which in its locking position is adapted to engage a hook (11) for holding the flap, and at least one spring (24) which actuates the handle and the locking yoke and whose one end is secured to the base plate (1). To make one and the same spring fulfill three essential functions, viz. ensuring resilient appliance of the locking yoke (3), rotation of the handle in the direction towards the base plate (1) at locked as well as unlocked (when the handle has an opening angle which is not substantially more than about 50.degree.

Abstract: A multi-part assembly held together by a clamp. Two or more parts are held together by a clamp which fits into two grooves formed in the outer surface of a part to be clamped. The clamp has a bail which surrounds the clamped parts, and a flexible arm holds one of the parts and the bail holds the other of the parts.