Gate And Hook Formed From Plastic Patents (Class 24/601.2)
  • Patent number: 10625645
    Abstract: A trim clip is provided for attaching a trim cover to a cushion. The trim clip includes a clip body having a first opening for receiving an engagement feature attached to the trim cover, and a second opening for receiving a retainer attached to the cushion. Furthermore, the clip body may be configured to be snap fit onto the engagement feature and the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ashley L. Baisch, Mark Allyn Folkert, Thomas A. Welch, Sr., Randall Riddle, William J. Paruszkiewicz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10543763
    Abstract: A clip for attaching a seat cover to a seat cushion includes a locking part configured to be secured to the seat cover and a hook connected to the locking part and configured to be secured to a wire of the seat cushion. The hook defines a wire holding cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yoshino, Shinsuke Saiga
  • Patent number: 9597987
    Abstract: A rear end portion of a cushion cover that covers a surface of a seat cushion in a rear end portion thereof is provided with a hook that clips the rear end portion of the cushion cover at a frame wire of the seat cushion, and that is formed with a clip mounting hole for mounting a clip. The clip is mounted to the hook by the clip mounting hole, and an electric wiring is held by the clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeshi Ushiyama
  • Patent number: 9241715
    Abstract: A jaw restraint is provided to temporarily secure an anvil assembly relative to a cartridge assembly during shipping. The jaw restraint generally includes a body portion having an upper arm for releasably securing the anvil assembly and a lower arm for releasably securing the cartridge assembly. An inwardly projection is provided between the upper and lower arms. The anvil assembly is secured between the upper arm and the inwardly directed projection and the cartridge assembly is secured between the lower arm of the inwardly directed projection. One or more finger members extending proximally from the body portion may be provided to facilitate biasing the upper arm away from the lower arm to release the anvil and cartridge assemblies from the jaw restraint. The jaw restraint may be provided with structure for engagement with shipping packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Dino Kasvikis, Russell Estrella, David Farascioni, Gregory Pappas
  • Patent number: 9180804
    Abstract: Slits (36) are formed on a wall part (28) of a clip (16), and a locking piece (34) is made elastically deformable. Only the locking piece (34) is elastically deformed outward when a suspender (22) is locked in the locking piece (34). The locking piece (34) is restored when an upper face (22A) of the suspender (22) passes a top part of a locking claw (38) of the locking piece (34). The suspender (22) is thus prevented from coming out, and the suspender (22) is locked in the clip (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Ryuji Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 8857018
    Abstract: A cover-material fixing clip includes: a chuck that pinches a locking hem formed on a back surface of a cover material; a hook that locks a wire provided in a groove of a cushion material; and a guide lever that is provided facing an opening of the hook. A proximal end of the hook is connected to a bottom of the chuck opposite to the cover material. The guide lever is connected to a side surface of the chuck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Murasaki, Tetsuya Yoshino, Eiichi Sasada
  • Patent number: 8695179
    Abstract: A hook article that is constructed and arranged to facilitate attachment between two or more objects includes a fixed frame member and gate member. The gate member includes a first end that is pivotally hinged to the frame member, a second end movable with respect to the frame member to allow access into an interior space and a handle that is integral with the gate member. The position of the handle facilitates the process of and enables a user to easily open and close the gate member with a single hand, while protecting the fingers of the user against jamming. Upon applying pressure to the handle, the gate member pivotally retracts towards an interior space of the hook article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven B. Dunn, Mark A. Hatherill, Mark G. Tebbe, Eugene Bae
  • Patent number: 8136693
    Abstract: A closure for a beverage container that has a cap for overlapping a mouth of the beverage container. An arcuate member attached to the cap having a pair of extremity portions separated from one another and a springing member is connected to the arcuate member proximate to one of the extremity portions that is angularly pivotally moveable in response to a manually applied force, between a first position at which the springing member closes and completes a continuous periphery of the arcuate member and a second position at which the arcuate member periphery is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Penguin Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryce Thatcher
  • Patent number: 7992263
    Abstract: To connect a belt connecting member (4) of a first member (1) with a snap hook (5) of a second member (2), a neck portion (21) having a circular cross section is provided so as to project from a connecting portion of the snap hook (5), a bulging portion (22) is provided on a tip end of the neck portion (21) so as to radially bulge to define an engaging portion (23), a fitting hole (13) is provided on a connecting portion of the belt connecting member (4) with an engaged portion (15) that is engageable with the bulging portion (22), the engaged portion (15) and the engaging portion (23) are formed in an oval shape having a long axis (L, L?) in a flush plane of the belt connecting member (4) and the snap hook (5) and a short axis (S, S?) in orthogonal planes of the belt connecting member (4) and the snap hook (5), and the engaging force can be largest when the snap hook (5) is in its most general state in use where the belt connecting member (4) and the snap hook (5) are orthogonal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Ryoichiro Uehara
  • Patent number: 7946005
    Abstract: A safety hook includes a hook and a latch. The hook may be a twisted hook with a hooked portion twisted 90 degrees from a strap loop, or a flat ā€œSā€ hook with the hooked portion and the strap loop in a single plane. The latch includes a full circle latch ring and a latch arm. The latch arm extends across a mouth opening of the hooked portion and is biased to prevent the hooked portion from disengaging from a wheel chair or other attachment point without forcing the latch arm away from the mouth. The latch ring resides against a loop portion of the hook and is held in place by grasps, fingers, lips, or the like which reach past center around a cross-section of the loop portion, or by molding-in-place over the loop portion, and by a strap attached around strap loop and the latch ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: The New Haven Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Ray Lee
  • Patent number: 7946002
    Abstract: A connecting device which has an excellent appearance, produces no frictional sound between a connecting device main body such as a swivel hook main body and a belt attaching member and can be assembled easily and securely. The connecting device includes a neck portion standing from a proximal portion of a main body of the connecting device and an engagement head which is expanded in an outward direction form a center of an axis line such that a diameter thereof can be reduced, the engagement head being provided at a front end of the neck portion. A belt attaching member is connected to the main body rotatably around the neck portion. A through hole which the engagement head can be engaged with by insertion is formed in part of the belt attaching member. In the through hole, a small-diameter hole portion having a smaller diameter than the diameter of the engagement head and a large-diameter hole portion having a large diameter than the diameter of the engagement head are connected via a stepped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Ryoichiro Uehara
  • Patent number: 6874210
    Abstract: A clipping device (2) and method of use wherein the clipping device (2) comprises a hook (4) for attachment to a supporting bar or other device. The hook (4) has a shank end (6) and a curved end (8). A two-way gate (10) having an upper end (12) and a lower end (14) is pivotally coupled to the shank end (6) of the hook (4). The upper end (12) of the two-way gate (10) is adjacent to the curved end (8) of the hook (4) and forms an openable mouth (16). A method for using the clipping device (2) comprises attaching the clipping device (2) to a support by pressing the upper end (12) of the two-way gate (10) against the support causing movement of the two-way gate (10) inward providing passage (16) for the support into said hook (4). The clipping device (2) is detached from the support by pressing the upper end (12) of the two-way gate (10) against the support, causing movement of the two-way gate (10) outward, providing passage (16) for the support out of the hook (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Whitmar, Inc.
    Inventor: Claude H. Whitby
  • Patent number: 6574839
    Abstract: In a swivel snap hook having a hook body and a stopper piece, a protrusion, which is molded integrally with a front-end inside engaging face or a front-end outside engaging face of the hook body or the stopper piece, is provided so as to have a minute protruding height and be protruded toward a mating engaging face. Further, a minute portion at a tip end of the protrusion is molded integrally with the mating engaging face. Consequently, the swivel snap hook can be molded such that the front-end outside engaging face of the stopper piece is closed to the front-end inside engaging face of the hook body. Therefore, in the swivel snap hook, a length and a depth of the hook body thereof can be set as the conventional ones, while it can be molded in a state that the front-end outside engaging face of the stopper piece is kept in contact with the front-end inside engaging face of the hook body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matoba, Ryoichiro Uehara
  • Publication number: 20030079320
    Abstract: An accommodating portion (13) is formed at the center of a body (8) of a first member (1) having a belt attachment (10). The accommodating portion (13) has an opening (14) on the front and back sides thereof, the opening (14) being sufficient for molding a bulging head (42) of the rotary shaft (40) therein, a groove (15) sufficient for molding a neck portion (41) of the rotary shaft (40) is provided at the center of the lower side of the opening, and a concave groove (22) capable of molding a part of the neck portion (41) is formed in lateral direction. The rotary shaft (40) is integrated with the second member (2) at an upper side of a body (9) thereof and has an insert hole of an insert-type male body at a lower side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventor: Hitoshi Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20020194708
    Abstract: Antistatic agent for external use is attached to a synthetic resin material by coating or spraying, which is used in an attachment for clothes and belongings, such as a slide fastener, a button, a snap button, a hook, a strap fastener, a buckle, a swivel hook, a belt adjuster, a strap for portable goods and the like, or a component of the attachment. Alternatively, antistatic agent for internal use may be mixed in the synthetic resin material. Consequently, the attachment is provided with antistatic function, so that static electricity is discharged easily even if such an attachment is worn by a human body, thereby protecting a human body from electric shock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Noritsugu Hamai
  • Publication number: 20020129471
    Abstract: An integral piece of wire lock comprises a lock part, a rear part, and a facial part. The lock part provides an upper end extending an inward locking tenon. The rear part has an end thereof is provided with a bend to join the lock part, and another end thereof is provided with another bend. A facial part is formed by way of extending forward from said another bend on the rear part with an end extending toward the locking part, and an inner wall surface provides a wall recess. The facial part can be pressed to engage with the locking part such that the wall recess can sliadably receive an elongated strip material and the space between the facial part and the rear part can slidably receive at least another elongated strip material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventor: Chin-Yang Wang
  • Patent number: 6427296
    Abstract: A coupling device has a shackle, a hook connected to the shackle, and a safety clamp device surrounding the shackle. The safety clamp device has a central reinforced rib, a flap bar, a slot, a plurality of clamp teeth, and a flexible plate. The flexible plate has a curved portion and a guide recess. The flap bar is inserted in the slot of the safety clamp device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Inventor: Vincent Chang
  • Patent number: 6317940
    Abstract: A synthetic resin swivel hook having a hook body and a stopper piece, wherein the stopper piece comprises a base end portion protruded from the base portion; a curved portion formed to be integral with the base end portion and forming substantially C-shape or U-shape protruding toward an inner face of the hook body and being open outward between the base end portion and the hook body; and a tongue piece portion extending from the curved portion up to an inside fitting face at an end of the hook body. The base end portion acts as a protective wall when the curved portion is elastically deformed. Using the above described structure of the curved portion and contraction thereof at the time of molding, from the first, the tongue piece portion is disposed inside of a front end inside fitting face of the hook body upon molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matoba, Ryoichiro Uehara