Clip-type Fastener Patents (Class 40/666)
  • Patent number: 6978567
    Abstract: A pendant display includes a hanger slidably disposed over an inwardly pivoting door and having a holder at an outwardly facing end supporting a pole at a snap-fit ball and socket connection that is pivotal to a horizontal position for displaying into an adjacent hallway an attribute of the room or the adjacent vicinity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Inventor: Janice J. Pearsall
  • Patent number: 6941690
    Abstract: An apparatus, consisting primarily of colored, dyed stretchable materials arranged solely to form display indicia, is constructed to fit onto, and substantially conform to the complex three-dimensional curvilinear shape of, a mirror housing of a motor vehicle exterior mirror. The colored, dyed stretchable material, upon installation, forms display indicia facing the front of the vehicle without obstructing the view of the mirror surface facing the rear of the vehicle. Preferred embodiments provide for removal of the apparatus without harm to the mirror housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Inventor: William Norbert McCambley, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6898885
    Abstract: A combination label holder and sign, where the label holder component is of extruded construction and the sign component is inexpensively formed of sheet plastic material, printed with text and/or graphics on both sides and removably attached to the label holder component. The label holder component includes a clip, for attachment to a peg hook or shelf front, integrally attached to a label holder by means of a thin, flexible hinge. The label holder has front and back panels, joined at the bottom to form a label-holding pocket. A sign-holding channel is formed on the back panel of the label holder by a pair of horizontally disposed, spaced apart channel-forming flanges. The sign-holding channel slidably receives a mounting tongue portion of the sign component. The main body of the sign component extends outwardly at right angles from the label holder and its graphics are visible from opposite sides to customers walking in either direction in a merchandise aisle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Trion Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 6823617
    Abstract: An information ring for use with a catheter is disclosed. The information ring includes a body having a first end and a second end. The body has a first body face extending between the first end and the second end, and a second, generally convex face extending between the first end and the second end. The body has an opening extending therethrough between the first body face and the second face. A first indicia portion is located at the first end. The first indicia portion has a first indicia face sized to allow indicia to be printed on the first indicia face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Medical Components, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Schweikert
  • Publication number: 20040200107
    Abstract: An improved method of attaching paper and cloth pennants and flags to automobile antennae, ropes, and the like is presented. The attachment system consists of a three-part strip of adhesive material and a plastic or metal clip that are inexpensive to produce and simple to use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventor: Michael Lehman
  • Publication number: 20040187370
    Abstract: A container includes an identifier portion capable of receiving an identifying mark for conveying information such as the possessor of the container, the contents of the container, a desired message, or a combination thereof. The container may be a drinking cup or a container for storing contents such as food and the like. The container may be rigid, such as a glass or a hard plastic, or flexible, such as a re-sealable flexible storage bag. The identifier portion may comprise text, graphics, raised lettering or symbols, color coding, aroma coding, or a combination thereof. The identifier portion may be integrally formed with the container or attached to a surface of the container. The identifying mark may be written on, drawn on, painted on, sprayed on, inserted into, extracted from, permanently formed on, the identifier portion; or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: Suzanne M. Buzby
  • Patent number: 6796063
    Abstract: The luggage rack flag mount is a device designed for mounting accessories to the cross bar of luggage racks. This mounting mechanism consists of a smooth adjustable clamp that may be tightened on a crossbar by applying simple squeezing pressure on either end of the clamp. The clamp comprises hooks which are connected by a cross member. One of these hooks is inserted into a groove in the cross member and teeth on the surface of the groove and this hook interlock to hold them together. The present invention also consists of a mount attached to the upper surface of the clamp by a hinge. A flagpole may be secured to this mount and the wind resistance against the flag caused by the motion of the vehicle will cause the flag to rise. A block is secured to the clamp adjacent to the hinge so that the flagpole will remain upright when the vehicle is moving. When the vehicle stops moving the weight of the flag will cause the flagpole to fall to a resting position atop the clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Inventor: Robert K. Bryant
  • Publication number: 20040128878
    Abstract: A beverage bauble comprising: (a) a glassware engaging member associable with a piece of beverage glassware, wherein the glassware engaging member comprises: (1) a primary aperture, wherein the primary aperture is releasably securable around a portion of the piece of beverage glassware; and (2) means for releasably securing the glassware engaging member to the piece of beverage glassware; and (b) a primary identifier, wherein the primary identifier includes a connector which secures the primary identifier to the glassware engaging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Barbara A. King
  • Publication number: 20040107610
    Abstract: A device for a medical instrument comprises an information tag connector adapted to couple with the medical instrument, the information tag connector further adapted to removably couple with at least one accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventor: Geeta W. Gulati
  • Patent number: 6729053
    Abstract: A bracket for mounting a license plate to a vehicle having an air scoop in the bumper area. The bracket has a body having a mounting surface adapted to receive a license plate, an arm having a hook which extends from a rear surface of the body. The hook engages a flange defining the air scoop. A pair of threaded fasteners pass freely through the license plate, body of the brackets to be received in threaded apertures in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Toyota Technical Center USA, Inc.
    Inventor: James Castro
  • Patent number: 6708436
    Abstract: A shelf-front label holder is provided with a specifically improved form of auxiliary sign clip along its upper front edge. The label holder is formed of a relatively rigid plastic material, and the sign clip includes a downwardly extending portion overlying the upper front margin of the label holder to accommodate upward insertion of special sign tags. A thin, flexible tongue-like retaining element extends across a lower portion of the sign clip and is adapted to be easily deflected by upward insertion of a paper sign but thereafter lightly grips the sign to hold it in place. A new process is also disclosed for the continuous extrusion of the new label holder product, enabling the continuous co-extrusion of the soft, flexible tongue-like retaining element together with the main section of the label holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Trion Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 6701648
    Abstract: An adjustably locking stethoscope identification tag having a first body and a second body, the first body defining a first surface and a second surface, the second body defining a third surface and a fourth surface, a first leg positioned adjacent to the second surface of the first body and extending in a direction away from the second surface of the first body, and a first leg retainer positioned adjacent to the third surface of the second body and extending in a direction away from the third surface of the second body, wherein a space defined between the first body and the second body is increased by moving the first body in a direction away from the second body and is decreased by moving the first body in a direction toward the second body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Pocket Nurse Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony J. Battaglia
  • Patent number: 6694526
    Abstract: A golf accessory clip is provided with a garment fastener that clips onto a golf garment, such as the bill of a golf hat or the edge of a golf shirt. The golf accessory clip is provided with a shield portion that is rotatable relative to a mounting base. The shield portion bears a surface embellishment which may be considered to have a top and a bottom for purposes of viewing. By providing a rotatable connection between the shield and the mounting base, the golf accessory clip may be utilized in a wide variety of ways and clipped onto many different golf garments while still allowing the shield to be oriented and reoriented so that the surface embellishment thereon is always right side up. The coupling between the underside of the shield and the mounting structure on the garment fastener is preferably formed as a dovetail connection that permits rotation of the shield relative to the fastener, but which holds the shield and fastener coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Inventor: John R. Tate
  • Publication number: 20040006900
    Abstract: An ornament display device configured to be mounted on a button or similar shaped member found on the top of conventional hats or the like. The display device of the present invention includes a base configured to be releasably mounted over the button, a flexible stem mounted on the top of the base and extending upwardly, and an ornament or signage member mounted on the upper end of the stem. The device of the present invention permits the ornament or signage member to be removably mounted on a convention athletic hat or cap in a highly visible manner attracting attention to the displayed ornament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventor: Michael G. Beller
  • Patent number: 6658771
    Abstract: A merchandising bin for the convenient display and storage of retail goods. The merchandising bin is designed to be used in conjunction with a plurality of bins holding different parts to provide consumers a convenient choice of similar products. The bins have a front face to which a replaceable indicia panel is mounted to identify the product within the bin. The panel is received within side channels and retained on the bin face by a spring clip which resiliently engages the bin. Release of the spring clip facilitates removal and replacement of the panel as different parts are placed within the merchandising bins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Liberty Hardware Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: Earl D. Forrest, Derrek M. Tuthill
  • Patent number: 6615517
    Abstract: A beverage bauble comprising: (a) a glassware engaging member associable with a piece of beverage glassware, wherein the glassware engaging member comprises: (1) a primary aperture, wherein the primary aperture is releasably securable around a portion of the piece of beverage glassware; and (2) at least one structural configuration which releasably secures the glassware engaging member to the piece of beverage glassware; and (b) a primary identifier, wherein the primary identifier includes a connector which secures the primary identifier to the glassware engaging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Inventor: Barbara A. King
  • Publication number: 20030093932
    Abstract: An adjustably locking stethoscope identification tag having a first body and a second body, the first body defining a first surface and a second surface, the second body defining a third surface and a fourth surface, a first leg positioned adjacent to the second surface of the first body and extending in a direction away from the second surface of the first body, and a first leg retainer positioned adjacent to the third surface of the second body and extending in a direction away from the third surface of the second body, wherein a space defined between the first body and the second body is increased by moving the first body in a direction away from the second body and is decreased by moving the first body in a direction toward the second body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Pocket Nurse Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony J. Battaglia
  • Patent number: 6564981
    Abstract: Car shows are a hobby of ever increasing popularity. During car show competitions or exhibition and information card is required to be displayed. The present invention shows a device for the display of information cards in a stylish way without detracting from the overall look of the car. The device is a modified clipboard to hang from the rearview mirror of a car. The rearview mirror clipboard is made of clear rigid, with a center hole and channel to accommodate the arm of the rearview mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Inventor: Michael P. Murphy
  • Patent number: 6553703
    Abstract: An information panel that is easily installed on a vending machine spiral in order to identify the product associated with the spiral. The invention comprises a convex channel, that nests with the concave surface at the end of a vending machine spiral, and a graphics surface integral to the convex channel and oriented in the vertical plane for viewing by a consumer of the vending machine. The invention can also incorporate a prior art kicker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Gee Fowler, Stephen Springfield
  • Publication number: 20030066218
    Abstract: An information ring for use with a catheter is disclosed. The information ring includes a body having a first end and a second end. The body has a first body face extending between the first end and the second end, and a second, generally convex face extending between the first end and the second end. The body has an opening extending therethrough between the first body face and the second face. A first indicia portion is located at the first end. The first indicia portion has a first indicia face sized to allow indicia to be printed on the first indicia face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Medical Components, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Schweikert
  • Patent number: 6523292
    Abstract: A printed greeting card is placed within a two-sided frame-like casing which is suspended in a vertical plane such that both sides of the greeting card can be viewed. The casing extends from a combination elongate connector strand and clip. The clip can be releasably attached to any element in a floral arrangement, to a single floral stem, as well as to other gifts such as stuffed animals or gift bags. The greeting card may be a flat card with printing on one or both sides, or may alternatively be folded in half in the fashion of traditional hand-held greeting cards. In all cases, the greeting card is placed within the frame-like casing by insertion through a slot in the side of the casing so that both exterior surfaces are easily viewable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Inventor: Brenda L. Slavik
  • Publication number: 20020152948
    Abstract: A trail marking apparatus is used for marking a trail in a woodland. A spring loaded clip is normally closed under a spring tension and manually opened for attachment to a twig or small limb. The clip provides a pair of flat surfaces on opposing sides for receiving a pair of adhesive reflective markers which are engaged with the flat surfaces of the clip. A flexible streamer of approximately 10 inches in length has one end of the streamer bonded to the clip and the other end of the streamer fitted with a pair of reflective markers adhered to opposing sides of the streamer. The apparatus is used to mark a trail by engaging the clip with any natural object in the wooded area as the hunter passes. When returning at night the hunter finds the trail markers by shining a light beam in an approximate direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Percle
  • Patent number: 6467742
    Abstract: A poster gripping extrusion device for the close-in maintenance and rigid support of a flexible sheet of display material. The device includes an elongated planar base having a first or distal edge and a proximal or second edge defining a width of said base. A leg extends parallel to the base, the leg having a distal edge and a proximal edge, and only a single web or bridging portion extending between the second edge and the proximal edge of the leg to provide compactness to the device. A pivotable clamp extends from the distal edge of the leg, the clamp providing a first and a second line of contact between the clamp and the base to securely hold a sheet of material therebetween. The clamp has a distalmost edge which extends beyond the distalmost edge of the base portion of the device, to permit ease of manipulation of the device in “close-in” locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Rose Displays
    Inventor: David E Pitcher
  • Publication number: 20020148150
    Abstract: An information panel that is easily installed on a vending machine spiral in order to identify the product associated with said spiral. The invention comprises a convex channel, that nests with the concave surface at the end of a vending machine spiral, and a graphics surface integral to said convex channel and oriented in the vertical plane for viewing by a consumer of the vending machine. The invention can also incorporate a prior art kicker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Douglas Gee Fowler, Stephen Springfield
  • Publication number: 20020095844
    Abstract: A printed greeting card is placed within a two-sided frame-like casing which is suspended in a vertical plane such that both sides of the greeting card can be viewed. The casing extends from a combination elongate connector strand and clip. The clip can be releasably attached to any element in a floral arrangement, to a single floral stem, as well as to other gifts such as stuffed animals or gift bags. The greeting card may be a flat card with printing on one or both sides, or may alternatively be folded in half in the fashion of traditional hand-held greeting cards. In all cases, the greeting card is placed within the frame-like casing by insertion through a slot in the side of the casing so that both exterior surfaces are easily viewable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventor: Brenda L. Slavik
  • Publication number: 20020083632
    Abstract: A clothing-friendly clip with a face member and a base member containing a mounting portion, each having a convex bend at a first end, pivotably connected to one another and biased so as to urge the first ends toward each other around the pivotal connection. A clothing-friendly clip with a face member that comprises a flat body with extensions extending perpendicularly from the sides, a base member with a flat body with extensions extending perpendicularly from the sides, the base member also having a mounting portion, wherein the face member and base member each have a convex bend at a first end and are pivotably connected to one another at the extensions, and wherein a coil spring located between the face member and base member urges the first end of the face member and base member toward one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: Comprehensive Identification Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott M. Hyde, Robert N. Brosofsky, James A. Burditt, Richard M. Raia
  • Publication number: 20020073589
    Abstract: An identifying clip which may be attached to a fishing pole for conveying information regarding the test weight of fishing line and the date of installation of fishing line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventor: Ernest Lee Tate
  • Publication number: 20020059744
    Abstract: A beverage bauble comprising: (a) a glassware engaging member associable with a piece of beverage glassware, wherein the glassware engaging member comprises: (1) a primary aperture, wherein the primary aperture is releasably securable around a portion of the piece of beverage glassware; and (2) means for releasably securing the glassware engaging member to the piece of beverage glassware; and (b) a primary identifier, wherein the primary identifier includes a connector which secures the primary identifier to the glassware engaging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventor: Barbara A. King
  • Patent number: 6357154
    Abstract: A label holder for general merchandising has a pair of resilient fingers which permit it to be clipped onto a lower flange of a shelf. The holder is bottom-loading and includes an opaque back portion of durable plastic and a transparent window portion, the two extruded portions uniting along an upper edge. The window portion is generally coextensive with the back portion and preferably extends past the lower edge thereof Two sets of rigid ribs overlap in the space between the back portion and the window portion and interact to clamp an upper edge of a label retaining it in place until removal or relocation is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Formtech Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Pfendler, Paul J. Butcher
  • Patent number: 6332285
    Abstract: A plastic tab for indexing or marking a folder or an edge portion of an article such as an organizer or storage system. The lower portion of the tab has two downwardly extending walls, between which an edge of the folder or other article may be placed. The downwardly extending walls are configured and adapted to create an interference fit when the folder or other article is inserted between the walls of the tab. The interference fit enables the tab to remain securely in the desired position along the edge portion. The tab is made of a flexible polymeric material so that it may be mounted, re-positioned or removed easily. Removal of the tab from a wall edge causes the walls to flex apart and thereby eliminate or minimize the interference fit between the tab lower walls and the article on which the tab is mounted. Removal of the tab is therefore a smooth and simple operation that minimizes breakage of the tab or damage to the folder, organizer or storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Eric R. Aaldenberg, Lee A. Boy, Michael Birch, Robert D. Seiler, James J. Lynch
  • Patent number: 6282828
    Abstract: A self-supporting, frame system for a photo, print or any other flat material. The system is compromised of at least one flat, stiff piece of material and one main piece of material flexible enough to manually distort slightly. In one embodiment an item to be displayed is sandwiched between two stiff pieces of material and is inserted into a uniquely shaped hole(s) cut into the flexible main piece of the photo frame. The shaped hole(s) is cut such that a portion of the main flexible piece presses against the front of the sandwich while another portion presses against the back of the sandwich. After the sandwich is inserted and the flexible material is allowed to return to its original shape, the sandwich is pressed together effectively capturing the photo or the like in the sandwich.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Inventor: Renzo Cecchetto
  • Publication number: 20010016994
    Abstract: A garment hanger having a releasable size indicator. The garment hanger including a hook for suspending the hanger on a support and a body connected to the hook; the hanger having at least one web for removably securing a size indicator to the hanger, the web having a fixed latch and a pivoting latch; and a size indicator having at least one engagement abutment and fingers for engaging the fixed and pivoting latches such that the size indicator is secured on the web during normal use, but wherein the size indicator may be released from the web when the pivoting latch is pivoted out of engagement with the fingers of the size indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Applicant: SPOTLESS PLASTICS PTY. LTD.
    Inventors: Stanley F. Gouldson, Olaf Olk
  • Patent number: 6276033
    Abstract: A security tag holder and fastener assembly by which a security tag can be attached to a product to be tagged. The security tag holder comprises a housing adapted to receive and support the security tag. The tag-containing housing is attachable to a product and is maintained in attached condition by at least one fastener member. The security tag and housing can be removed from the product only by destruction of the at least one fastener member. The security tag and housing are reusable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: LensCrafters, Inc.
    Inventors: Page L. Johnson, Stephen W. Sliger, David J. Nesbitt
  • Patent number: 6269573
    Abstract: An information tag (100) for use on a elongate object (200), which tag (100) comprises a tag body (10) having a surface (11/12) for displaying information and a ring (16), and a separate clamp (20) for connecting the tag body (10) to the object (200). The clamp (20) is openable to present two ends (22A) and subsequently closable for connection to the object (200), with the two ends (22A) being restricted close together by the ring (16) of the tag body (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: BHS International, Inc.
    Inventor: Boman K Najmi
  • Patent number: 6269571
    Abstract: A dual purpose label holder for mounting on a merchandise display hook having label support means in the form of a cross bar or mounting plate fixedly attached to the outward end of a label holder arm. The label holder is formed of plastic and has a back panel formed with upper and lower mounting portions for pivotal attachment to a cross bar or fixed attachment to a mounting plate. The upper mounting portions serves in a dual capacity, either for pivotal engagement with a cross bar or for fixed engagement with the upper edge of a mounting plate. The label holder preferably has flexibly connected front and back panels, opening at the top, for receiving printed information labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Trion Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: David R. Thalenfeld
  • Patent number: 6250006
    Abstract: A device for assisting a shopper includes a substantially rectangular panel having front and rear surfaces. The front surface includes a layer of dry erase material having numerous sets of indicia permanently imprinted thereon. Each set of indicia describes a select household item. Immediately adjacent each set of indicia is a blank box which may be marked with a dry erase marker to signify that the corresponding product has been deplenished. Blank spaces are interspersed among the sets of indicia allowing the user to write additional item descriptions therein. Each blank space also includes a blank box adjacent thereto. A magnetic pad is disposed on the rear surface of the pad allowing it to be conveniently displayed on a refrigerator door. A detachable clamp assembly allows the device to be attached to a shopping cart whereby the box adjacent a product is marked as it becomes deplenished and the mark is erased upon the deplenished item being purchased at the store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventor: Phil Berrier
  • Patent number: 6237263
    Abstract: An extrudable flexible material profile (1), for marking electric leads, cables, hoses and other elongate objects (12). The profile comprises a center portion (4) oriented along the longitudinal axis of the profile. Locking means (3) extend in parallel with said longitudinal axis (13) at each side of the center portion (4) which by mutual coupling-up are making it possible for the profile to form a closed hollow section. The material thickness of the profile is dimensioned for flexibility in the center portion (4) and for rigidity in the lock means (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Nuflex HB
    Inventors: Kjell Hagström, Hans Berg
  • Patent number: 6212808
    Abstract: A safety identification assembly for use in neonatology comprising identifying sub-assemblies detachably connected to each other and capable of being easily and manually detached in a delivery room immediately upon the baby delivery, wherein the sub-assemblies are used for identifying the mother and her baby or babies and for closing umbilical cord ends when the cord is out into two sections, one section of the cord remaining joined to the baby and the other section remaining joined to the placenta's mother. A method for identifying a baby and his/her mother in a delivery room is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Inventor: Horacio Franklin Rubel
  • Patent number: 6170181
    Abstract: A name tag includes a fastening clip on a rear wall which can be displaced in two mutually crossing guide grooves into different end positions. Swivelling can take place only at the crossing point, in which case, also at the crossing point, the foot part and its slide can be secured in the respective groove against falling out. The fastening clip can be moved into different positions with a clip opening which, in each case, points in a different direction. The clip can be secured in these positions against unintentional displacement and swivelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Stoba AG
    Inventor: Dieter Gröner
  • Patent number: 6128843
    Abstract: A universal two-piece label holder system for hooks of various sizes and configurations, including single and double rod or U-shaped loop hooks, comprises a versatile ring-shaped saddle having a plurality of peripherally spaced clasps of different dimensions, at least one of which will grippingly engage a single rod hook, with an adjacent clasp slidingly engaging the second rod of a double rod or loop hook at a selected position along the length of the hook. An elongated plastic tag or overlay, preferably having a label holder at its distal end, is adapted to overlie the hook, with side edge portions of the tag engaged by flanges on the saddle and a selected one of a plurality of spaced openings along the intermediate portion of the tag engaged over a projection on the saddle to thereby limit movement of the tag relative to the saddle both laterally and longitudinally and to arcuately flex the tag to rigidify the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Fast Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: John Gebka
  • Patent number: 6105295
    Abstract: A label holder for displaying information-containing non-adhesive labels or signs on a channel member at the front of a variety of forms of merchandise shelves in a supermarket or the like, particularly adapted for secure support and ready attachment to both Streator and Lozier type shelf systems wherein the height and configuration of the channel members are different. The label holder may be a co-extrusion of an opaque body panel and a transparent cover resiliently connected along their lower edges to define a label-receiving pocket therebetween. An upwardly and rearwardly extending leg member is integral with the rear of the body panel and underlies and extends behind the channel member. A lower finger is also carried by the rear of the body panel and is biasingly engaged with the upper surface of the lower flange of the channel member. An upper finger is provided on the upper edge of the body panel and is biasingly engaged with the lower surface of the upper flange of the channel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Fast Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Brinkman, Harvey Brandon
  • Patent number: 6105293
    Abstract: A display device for displaying a display object includes a mounting formation for holding the display device in place, an attachment formation for attaching a display object to the display device, and a connecting member linking the mounting formation and the attachment formation. The mounting formation is configured such that it is capable of locking securely to a container or base structures. The connecting member holds the attachment formation at a position remote from the mounting formation. The attachment formation includes a control zone, and the control zone includes an entrance into which an attachment member on the display object may be inserted. The control zone further includes at least one stop formation projecting traversely across the control zone such that a part of the display object attachment member may abut against the stop formation to inhibit withdrawal of the display object attachment member through the control zone entrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Norwood Industries PTY LTD
    Inventors: Andrew Eason, Stuart Eason, Julian Cowan, Anthony Tesselaar
  • Patent number: 6099099
    Abstract: A protective device for removably attaching to a drawer slide. The drawer slide protector includes a generally elongated "C-shaped" cover sized to extend substantially around a drawer slide for protecting the drawer slide from paint or other coating materials, the "C-shaped" cover including a face portion and arms located on each side of the face wherein the face portion extends across the surface of the drawer slide and the arms extend around the edges of the drawer slide to grasp and hold the cover, wherein the cover includes at least one pair of opposed fingers extending from a lower interior edge of each of the arms for grasping the drawer slide. In the preferred embodiment, a pull tab is attached to the face portion, the pull tab extending outwardly from the cover for removing the cover from the drawer slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Top Supplies, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Ray Shufelt, Glen P. Keaton
  • Patent number: 6085453
    Abstract: A flavor tag (10) including a label portion (12), a C-shaped clamp arm (13), a pair of inwardly projecting prongs (14) defining a gap (15), and a narrow slot (17) and inner opening (18). A string or cross strand on a food product is held within opening (18) and is positioned therein via slot (17). Prongs (14) ensure that the clamp portion of flavor tag (10) remains secured once clamped around the hock of a poultry bird.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Inventor: Daniel J. Volk
  • Patent number: 6082030
    Abstract: An identifier tag for identifying the owner of a beverage can having a beverage can top equipped with a lever tab with a gripping end having a gripping end tab aperture formed therein, and a securing rivet securing an affixed end of the lever tab to the beverage can top. The identifier tag includes at least one identifier tab cover that is securable to the gripping end of the lever tab and includes an identifier tab cover including a molded plastic cover member and a lever tab locking structure. The molded plastic cover member has a lever tab insertion opening formed therein in connection with a lever tab receiving cavity sized to receive the gripping end of the lever tab. An outer top surface of the cover member is provided with an erasable marking surface. The lever tab locking structure includes a resilient locking prong retraction member and a curved locking prong. The resilient locking prong retraction member includes a horizontal portion and a vertical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Inventors: Valarie Lyn Kesselring, Margaret Caine
  • Patent number: 6023864
    Abstract: An accessory for releasably engaging a temple of eye wear to display a user selected indicia is disclosed. The accessory includes a substantially planar display panel having a display surface and a back surface. A riser is connected to the back surface to lie within a periphery of the back surface. The riser includes a contact surface and opposing edges. A first tab projects from the riser and lies within the periphery of the back surface, wherein a first retaining lip extends substantially perpendicular from the first tab. A second tab projects from the riser and lies within the periphery of the back surface, wherein a second retaining lip extends substantially perpendicular from the second tab, such that the contact surface extends between the first tab and the second tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Inventor: Mark Liebenow
  • Patent number: 6007172
    Abstract: A protective device for removably attaching to a drawer slide. The drawer slide protector includes a generally elongated "C-shaped" cover sized to extend substantially around a drawer slide for protecting the drawer slide from paint or other coating materials, the "C-shaped" cover including a face portion and arms located on each side of the face wherein the face portion extends across the surface of the drawer slide and the arms extend around the edges of the drawer slide to grasp and hold the cover, wherein the cover includes at least one pair of opposed fingers extending from a lower interior edge of each of the arms for grasping the drawer slide. In the preferred embodiment, a handle is attached to the face portion for removing the cover from the drawer slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Top Supplies, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Ray Shufelt, Glen P. Keaton
  • Patent number: 5996264
    Abstract: A sign holder device for mounting on the projecting lower margin of a display shelf ticket molding or label holder. The device is of injection molded construction having spaced apart side walls joined by top and bottom walls. A pair of mounting clips extend rearwardly and then upwardly from the bottom wall in general alignment with the respective through openings. Resilient plastic tabs, extending forwardly from the mounting clips, allow the device to be mounted on a variety of label holder configurations, where the label holders have a downwardly projecting lower edge margin to be received in the mounting clip. Abutment clips project rearwardly from the sidewalls toward the mounting clips and define locking recesses adjacent the bottom of the sign holder. This enables the sign holder to be applied over the lower edge of a flanged ticket molding and to be lockingly retained thereon by engagement of the lower flange within the locking recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Trion Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 5979095
    Abstract: A patient identification bracelet is composed of a flexible strap and a clasp, the clasp being formed of thermoplastic material and having a base member fixed to one end portion of the strap and a hinged cover member projecting laterally from the strap when the clasp is open. Holding elements project from at least one of the opposable surfaces of the cover and base member for engaging and holding the opposite end portion of the strap when the clasp is closed, and a mating post and socket are provided for locking the clasp in its closed condition. The post and socket are constructed so that the clasp, if forced open, cannot be reclosed. A relatively weak portion of the strap, located between the end portion of the strap that is fixed to the clasp and the identification-receiving portion of the strap, and also located between the base and cover members when the clasp is closed, defines a break-away zone for the strap when pulling forces of predetermined magnitude are applied thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Hollister Incorporated
    Inventors: Barry L. Schneider, Julie A. Duncan
  • Patent number: 5974708
    Abstract: An intravenous line identification system includes a plurality of sets of at least two identifying tags, each set used for identifying a medicinal source and a medicinal output for one of a plurality of intravenous lines. Each set is provided with a highly visible color distinct from every other set. Each tag in a set is coupled to another tag in the same set by at least one frangible or decouplable connection. Each tag further has an opening enabling the tag to be inserted over the intravenous line, and a preferably circular hole, about which the tag holds the intravenous line. For each intravenous line, the tags are applied over the intravenous line as a set, i.e., while coupled. Once on the intravenous line the tags are decoupled from each other and slid in opposite directions along the line toward the medicinal source and output. A number of benefits are provided by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Trauma Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Webb, David S. Jacobson