Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc. inventions 08/07

20070199182 - Break-free safety release buckle and fastener: A quick-release fastening device is disclosed. The device includes a first fastening component having upper and lower surfaces and first and second end portions. A pair of first and second elongated jaw elements are disposed on the first component first end portion and form a channel-like socket therebetween. The jaws... Agent: Carroll L. Johnson

20070199183 - Peel seal tamper evident bag: Both apparatus and methods for flexible recloseable containers with peel seals are disclosed. In one embodiment, the peel seal has a height greater than the height of the fastener strip flange to which it is attached. The upper portion of the peel seal is attached to the flange. The lower... Agent: John V. Daniluck Bingham Mchale LLP

20070199184 - Clasping structure: A clasping structure is disclosed, including a clasping part provided with a clasping portion, which clasps an object to be clasped at a clasping point, wherein the clasping portion may swing about an axial line located in the inner side of the clasping point when in the clasping direction. In... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070192998 - Pant cuff retaining clip assemblies: An attachment device for retaining pant legs in proper position while traveling on a wheeled vehicle such as, but not limited to a motorcycle. The device preferably includes a front attachment assembly having one or more clips and a rear or back attachment assembly having one or more clips. Decorative... Agent: Daniel S. Polley, P.A.

20070192999 - Clip ornament for a barrel, clip with an ornament and method for attaching an ornament to a clip: A clip ornament includes an ornament main body 11 to be inserted into an attachment hole 22 of a clip piece 2 and grip portions provided at upper and lower portions of the ornament main body 11 so as to grip the clip piece 2 therebetween. An attachment jig 4... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070193000 - Reclosable fastener with slider for high-pressure processing: A fastener for a plastic bag includes first and second mutually engageable track portions and a slider for engaging and disengaging the track portions. In a preferred embodiment, the slider includes a core portion and an end portion. The core portion is made of a first material having a first... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070193001 - Secure fastener for belts: A secure fastener includes a fastening device and a security device. The fastening device includes a base, a handle pivotally installed on the base between a slackening position and a fastening position and a latch movably installed on the handle for engagement with the base in the fastening position. A... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070193003 - Belt buckle: Disclosed herein is a belt buckle formed of a molded plastic material and includes a decorative face. The belt buckle includes: a rigid frame member imbedded therein and a convex front face which is adapted to receive decorative elements. The frame member includes a loop extending from a lateral side... Agent: Jennifer J. Riel, Esq.

20070193004 - Buckle: A quick clamping, quick releasing, buckle is designed to directly engage a strap, belt, or web at any position along the strap, belt, or web without first threading the free front or rear end of the strap, belt, or web through the buckle. The buckle has a locking element for... Agent: Mark P. Stone 4th Floor

20070193005 - Pet lead and system for selection thereof: A system and method for selecting a pet lead or collar configuration at point of sale. The system comprises an arrangement for storing, in a disassembled configuration, a number of pet lead or collar components, sufficient and configurable to assemble a pet lead and/or collar. A pet lead and collar... Agent: Red Dingo Inc

20070193006 - One-way safety locking buckles: The present invention provides one-way safety locking buckles. The one-way safety locking buckle has a buckle portion and a snap fastener socket. A strap can be adjustably inserted into the buckle portion. The one-way safety locking buckle can be removably connected to a snap fastener stud by snap-fitting the snap... Agent: Michael S. Leonard Everest Intellectual Property Law Group

20070193007 - One-piece connecting or fastening apparatus inexpensively and simply manufactured: A one-piece connecting apparatus that allows an object to be quickly and detachably interconnected and is inexpensive and simple to manufacture. The one-piece connecting apparatus is formed entirely of a single piece of material such as formed metal and provides reliable construction. The one-piece female connector structure is adapted for... Agent: Perry Hoffman & Associates P.C.

20070193008 - Seat belt device: A seat belt system capable of reliably preventing inadvertent engagement even on occurrence of erroneous insertion of a tongue plate. The seat belt system includes first and second buckle units respectively including tongue plates and buckle bodies. The buckle bodies respectively include: frames; ejectors; hook members making engagement with engagement... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070186387 - Boot band: The objective of the current invention is to provide a boot-band that can be surely fastened around a member to be clamped without any portion of the band body buckling during fastening, and that can be fastened by a one-step operation for improved fastening workability. A boot-band 30 comprising (1)... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070186389 - Four legged fastener clip: A fastener clip includes a pair of laterally offset legs joined at a head portion, wherein the legs form a clip opening at an opposite end of the head portion. A pair of arms are coupled to the pair of legs adjacent to the head portion such that the arms... Agent: Termax Corporation

20070186391 - Security fastener: A security slider for a zip fastener which prevents or severely restricts unauthorised access to the contents of an item which is closed by the zip fastener. This is achieved by a lateral blocking member attached to the slider. A zip fastener incorporating the slider and a suitcase or bag... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070186392 - Novel zipper slide: The invention is a novel zipper slide comprising a pull-tab and housing and methods of using the novel zipper slide. The housing comprises four front projecting guide arms directing the disconnected zipper teeth either toward, or away from, each other and interfering with material that could become entangled in the... Agent: David B. Waller

20070186393 - Carabiners having a captive eye opening: Various embodiments for carabiners employing a pivoting gate and having a captive eye opening are disclosed. The carabiners of the present invention employ an arm laterally extending from the body of the carabiner to define a major opening and a captive eye opening within the interior of the carabiner. Some... Agent: Trask Britt

20070180662 - Compression or expansion mountable support band: A support band having at least one band segment, a first connection end and a second connection end. The first and second connection end(s) each having a mounting surface with a wedge end, a wedge surface extending from the wedge end forming an acute angle with respect to the mounting... Agent: Babcock Ip, PLLC

20070180663 - Safe disengaging device for the pull cord of a blind: A safe disengaging device for the pull cord of a blind includes a male support base and a female support base. The male support base is fixed on the upper frame of a blind and provided with a protruding clasping block having its upper side formed with an engage shoulder.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070180664 - Array of clips and a method of installation of said clips: An array of clips (10) comprising: a first clip (20) and a second clip (20); and a connection element (90) extending between the first clip (20) and the second clip (20); each clip (20) having: a channel (50) for location of a elongate member (11), and an abutment fulcrum portion... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070180665 - Cord management device, and cord management system comprising same: A cord management device comprises a body (110) having a first end (111), a second end (112), a perimeter (113), and an interior (114) bounded by the perimeter. A cord (210) that is to be managed may be wrapped around the body of the cord management device in such a... Agent: Kenneth A. Nelson Bryan Cave LLP

20070180666 - Utility retainer: A buckle or other article of apparel adapted to hold small articles on the buckle or other article of apparel for the convenience of the wearer.... Agent: F. Lindsey Scott Law Office Of F. Lindsey Scott

20070180667 - Teardrop sealant layer for profile and spacer areas for improved sealing and guiding: A reclosable zipper for use with package, such as food and non-food packages, that include first and second mating profile members. Each of the first and second profile members of the zipper closure includes a pair of flanges each having a sealant layer. The sealant layer formed on each of... Agent: Attention: Karen A. Fitzsimmons Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070180668 - Pouch with slider and grip members: A reclosable pouch comprises first and second side panels and a mouth at an upper end of the pouch. A first closure mechanism that includes complementary opposing interlocking profiles is disposed on the first and second side panels and a second closure mechanism that includes complementary opposing interlocking profiles is... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20070180669 - Lacing device: A lacing device is disclosed for fastening to a flexible piece of material. Further, a method of mounting a lacing device is also disclosed. The lacing device has a lace holding part, an intermediate fastening element and an inner fastening element. The inner fastening element is adapted to make, in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070175001 - Tie device with cam action lock pawl: A tie device has a tie strap and a buckle for engaging serrations on a free end of the tie strap for retaining the free end of the tie strap in the buckle A passage extends through the buckle from an insertion end for receiving the free end of the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070175002 - Binder clip: A binder clip, having a structure that removably binds several sheets of documents rotating and pressing hinged pressing levers that function to open or close the mouth of a clip body, thereby binding the documents prior to keeping them in a desired place, is disclosed. The binder clip has a... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070175003 - Interlocking cords: Compositions and methods keep cords, such as electrical connectors for computers and home entertainment systems, tidy and organized with claps members that run at least partly along the exterior cord surface. Cords may be optionally coupled to other cords in a concatenated arrangement, for example, and cords may be coupled... Agent: Matthew E. Burr Lake Austin Marina

20070175004 - Bottom weight device of a roller blind: A bottom weight device of a roller blind is primarily composed of two rails and two side covers, wherein the two rails are roughly in a U-shape and are provided with longitudinal boreholes, and inner rims of the two side covers are provided with lock lumps corresponding to the boreholes... Agent: Lines Up International Company

20070175005 - Adjustable buckle with dual tensioning and releasable closure for joining opposite ends of an article: An advantageous dual tensioning buckle facilitates application in sporting apparel, safety, backpacking, child safety, and various other article strapping uses and the like for variably adjusting the tensioning of articles from either end of the buckle while also providing a releasable closure. The buckle includes a socket and a plug... Agent: Perry Hoffman & Associates P.C.

20070175006 - One-piece elastic clamp device: A one-piece elastic clamp device is provided with a pair of gritting members at one end of the main body of the clamp device. A movable axle is provided at the middle of the main body of the clamp device, and a concave portion is provided beneath the movable axle.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070175007 - Buckle: The present application relates to a buckle, and includes a main component and a transparent component detachably attached onto the main component by locks. The transparent component can be provided on a rear side thereof with a pattern DIY by the user. Alternatively, said buckle has an additional laminate which... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.