Means Detachable From Or Flaccidly Connected To Pin (e.g., Hatpin Type) Patents (Class 24/706.3)
  • Patent number: 9481951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a knitting needle holder, wherein a set of knitting needles can be held in a channel of the holder while allowing for a knitting project to be held through an opening in the holder while engaged in an ongoing knitting project and having a pivot opening and magnetic closure mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Inventor: David C. Fegley
  • Patent number: RE37963
    Abstract: A one-piece or two-piece knotless suture anchor assembly for the attachment or reattachment or repair of tissue to a bone mass. The assembly allows for an endoscopic or open surgical procedure to take place without the requirement of tying a knot for reattachment of tissue to bone mass. In one embodiment, a spike member is inserted through tissue and then inserted into a dowel-like hollow anchoring sleeve which has been inserted into a bone mass. The spike member is securely fastened or attached to the anchoring sleeve with a ratcheting mechanism thereby pulling or adhering (attaching) the tissue to the bone mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventor: Raymond Thal