Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc. inventions 10/07

20070245527 - Child restraint assembly for child vehicle seat: A child restraint assembly for a child vehicle seat includes a buckle assembly including a buckle and a pair of latches, a harness coupled to the buckle assembly, and a harness adjuster to adjust the harness. The buckle includes a buckle actuator slidable between a first position and a second... Agent: Lempia Forman LLC

20070245528 - Belt clip with breakaway safety feature: The invention includes a belt clip for mounting objects to a user's belt. The belt clip has a resilient U-shaped member portion and a hollow hanger member. The resilient U-shaped member portion having an upper end and a lower end with a U-bend portion at the upper end and parallel... Agent: John R. Casperson

20070245529 - Zip fastener and slider: A plastics zip for clothing has two mutually engagable male (203) and female (204) zip profiles of generally uniform cross section along the whole or part of their length and merged or demerged within a special slider (115). The slider has two guide slots (116, 117) which join to create... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070245530 - Illuminated tongue: An occupant restraint system includes a belt, a tongue, and a buckle. The belt extends and retracts across a vehicle occupant to protect the occupant. The tongue is coupled to the belt. The tongue includes a striker portion and a tongue housing. The buckle includes a buckle housing and a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070240285 - Card construction clips: A set of card construction clips for combining cards to form a structure may include inline clips, each including a pair of clip jaws, each clip jaw mounted on opposite sides of a central support section along an axis. Angle clips may have a pair of clip jaws mounted on... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070240287 - Double hinged/double spring action hat clip: This double hinged/double spring loaded hat clip enables the wearer of a hat, to attach (and detach) with minimal effort or inconvenience, via the hat clips, a cloth or other type protective material for the purpose of providing additional protection from the weather elements, including, but not limited to, the... Agent: William C. Mcintyre

20070240288 - High strength slider end stop: A zipper for a reclosable bag is disclosed, wherein the end stops of the zipper are formed with a dot of hot glue or adhesive. These end stops are designed to limit the range of travel of the slider and prevent the slider from being removed from the zipper. Additionally,... Agent: Day Pitney LLP Account: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070240289 - Hook fastener structures: Hook structures for use in hook and loop or hook and engagement material fastening applications. Structures according to embodiments of the invention include hooks which extend from bases which in turn extend from a foundation and also extend laterally across the structures. The bases are separated by valleys which also... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070240291 - Post attachment device: A post attachment device for connecting a helmet to a head and neck support. The device includes a post anchor having a base, a button, a resilient member, a post, a retainer and a catch having a slot with a larger first section connected by a channel to a smaller... Agent: Ian C. Mcleod Ian C. Mcleod, P.C.

20070234523 - Adjustable fastener for foot apparel: A latching mechanism for securing foot apparel to a user's foot. The latching mechanism comprises a first connecting member, a second connecting member, wherein the first connecting member is capable of mating, or interlocking, with the second connecting member. The first connecting member includes a receiving head having an aperture,... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20070234524 - Dual lock zip tie: A fastener and strap combination for a creating a bundling strap which connects the free ends of a strap to form a loop. The invention eliminates a substantial amount of strap waste. The invention also includes a fastening kit having straps and fasteners as separate combinable components and a method... Agent: Merek, Blackmon & Voorhees, LLC

20070234527 - Cushioning clip: A cushioning clip for receiving a movement of a movable member approaching a stationary member, including a cushioning part, for absorbing an impact force, and a mounting part for mounting the cushioning part to the stationary member. The cushioning part is formed of a flexible material exhibiting elasticity. The mounting... Agent: Silber & Fridman Suite 207

20070234528 - Winch for a vehicle and method for coupling and/or uncoupling an anchoring device to and/or from a positionally fixed anchor part: Winch for a vehicle and method for coupling and/or uncoupling an anchoring device to and/or from a positionally fixed anchor part The invention relates to a winch for a vehicle, in particular for a piste maintenance vehicle, with an elongate flexible traction means which is assigned to a drive device... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070234530 - Fastening member comprising shaped tab: A fastening member used for, e.g., a disposable absorbent article is disclosed. The fastening member extends in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction and has a lateral centerline. The fastening member comprises a base panel and a shaped tab extending laterally from the base panel. The shaped tab... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070234531 - Tamper evident feature for package fastening clips: A product package clip has tamper evident protection which is formed integrally with the clip. Breakage of frangible connectors indicates that the clip, and thus the package, has been the target of tampering.... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070226957 - Eyeglass and other personal items holder: A holder for securing eyeglasses, sunglasses or other personal items that may be securely incorporated into an article of clothing at the time the article is manufactured. The holder includes a base member that can be inserted into an article of clothing. The base member can be securely attached to... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070226958 - Belt clamp and carrier: A belt clamp with a pivotal article carrier attached thereto includes a base and a cover hinged together at the top. The cover includes a passageway at the lower end to accept a barb-like fastener integral with lower end of base to lock clamp closed. A tongue projects inwardly from... Agent: Arthur G. Yeager, P.A.

20070226959 - Non-rotating sandwich button: The present invention provides a sandwich button including: (1) a collet having a generally cylindrically shaped stem having at a first end a first annular flange extending about a peripheral portion of the first end and extending axially away therefrom; (2) a back member having opposed first and second surfaces,... Agent: Everest Intellectual Property Law Group

20070226961 - Buckle assembly: A buckle assembly includes a latch having a first mating member, a buckle frame, and a lever rotatably secured to the buckle frame. The buckle frame is configured to mate with the latch. The lever includes a second mating member configured to mate with the first mating member in order... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070226962 - Safety belt web adjuster: The present invention is directed toward a safety belt web adjuster that incorporates a sliding middle horizontal member around which the lower section of webbing is looped. This allows the webbing section to be trapped between two bars, one sliding and one fixed. The web adjuster of the present invention... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070226965 - Fluidtight slide fastener: A fluidtight slide fastener comprising a pair of tapes both delimited by two opposite long edges and by two opposite short edges, each tape comprising a textile material strip coated with a fluid barrier material layer at least at the opposite faces thereof, the strip remaining uncoated at least one... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070226968 - Shoe lace: The present invention is directed to an improved shoe lace comprised of a plurality of bendable support elements permanently held within a limp material at each of the two end tips by a sleeve, whereby the lace enables children, and persons with physical disabilities, to more easily tie their shoes,... Agent: Marc E. Hankin, Esq.