Combined with diverse fastener

The riser straps associated with the canopy suspension lines of a parachute are releasably coupled to a body harness by connector devices which include buckle rings through which loop extensions of the riser straps are threaded. A locking pin assembly engaged with each loop extension holds each connector...     

A tie useful for securing together a pair of skis and a pair of ski poles for ease of carrying them as one unit with the poles acting as a carrying handle. The tie includes an elongate, flexible tape having opposite free end segments which matingly engage adjacent portions of a central segment on the...     

A strap adapted to be loosely tied at either end to a pair of skis to facilitate carrying of the skis. Spaced strips of mutually engageable fastening material are attached to the strap adjacent both ends thereof, and can be engaged to inhibit untying of the loosely tied ends of the strap. The fastening...     

A tie useful for securing together a pair of skis and a pair of ski poles for ease of carrying them as one unit with the poles acting as a carrying handle. The tie includes an elongate, flexible tape having opposite free end segments which matingly engage adjacent portions of a central segment on the...     

This disclosure pertains to a flexible rubber-like mat having a plurality of suction cups affixed to one lateral surface thereof. The other lateral surface is substantially covered with a loose pile fabric-like material adapted to be releasingly engaged by one surface of a flexible soap containing apparatus....     

A fabric watch band formed of an elongated fabric strap or webbing having the full length opposed longitudinal edges enclosed within edge binding. The opposite ends of the bound strap are reversely bent and secured to the main portion of the strap and overlaid by complementary components of a pressure...     

A belt assembly comprising, a housing having an elongated tunnel, and an elongated belt passing through the housing tunnel. The housing and belt have cooperating surface restraining means interengaging in the housing tunnel and providing substantial restraint against movement of the belt through the...     

A pool cover in sheet form is provided with tie members which are connectable to tie-anchoring members which are secured to the side walls of the pool just below the coping. The cover is provided with depending skirt portions around its edges which extend downwardly into the water and serve to prevent...     

A new and improved cinch-type closure is provided for athletic footwear. The closure serves the combined functions of securing the athletic footwear in comfort to the wearer's foot, maintaining the primary shoe fastener, i.e., tied laces, tightly intact, and contributing to the overall support of the...     

A shoe having a closure assembly utilizing a hook and loop Velcro-type fastener in combination with a shawl having a second fastener to secure it to the closure assembly, both the fasteners for the closure assembly and shawl being continuously variable to provide independent control of the closure assembly...     

A diaper cinch is formed of a pair of independent jaws from each of which trails a strap having a velcro pad thereon. The jaws grasp edges of the diaper inserted therein in releasable fashion on either side of the torso of the baby. The straps are then arranged to extend toward each other and in juxtaposition...     

A flexible, hand-held sanding pad comprises a conformable, self-supporting pad having one major surface capable of providing temporary adhesive attachment for a sheet of pressure-sensitive adhesive-coated abrasive material and a handle means for maintaining the pad in contact with the hand of the user...     

A nursing bottle holder comprising a shoulder strap having a Velcro pad disposed on the front vertical surface thereof and a bottle strap having a complimentary Velcro pad disposed on the outer surface thereof, the Velcro pads being temporarily engageable to hold the nursing bottle in a selected vertically...     

A slip-resistant binding is formed by attaching male and female-type Velcro strips along opposite ends of a shoelace or other binding material. The two types of Velcro fasteners are arranged such that fasteners of opposite type automatically engage one another at every point where the lace or binding...     

A constrictor of an elongated flexible strip having a ring affixed to one end and an end tab at the other end wherein the strip has an elastic portion and a first and second coupling surface portion on the same face of the strip, the coupling surfaces upon contact cooperating to provide resistance to...     

A knot-securing device for the laces of shoes and other laced articles comprises a strap having adjoining surfaces of hook and loop elements. The strap is positioned to surround and contact the knot when the hook surface is brought into contact with the loop surface. An anchoring element may be fixed...     

A device having special utility for holding medically-related conduits in a hospital setting is disclosed. The device comprises a generally flat, flexible pad having a gripper at one end thereof. The gripper is configured so as to selectively join the pad to a bedsheet, hospital gown or the like. A tape...     

Affixed to the back plate on opposite sides of a tank seat are brackets providing loops for detachable connection to hooks. An inelastic fabric web, such as of woven nylon, adjustably threads around a buckle bar on one hook, and returns along the inside of the web for firm attachment by hook and mesh...     

A hanging rack device for hanging articles such as neck ties and belts having a base on which is disposed an attachment means such as the hooked material of a hook and burr-type fastener and one or more hanging means for holding said article which can be secured at any position on said attachment means...     

A firearm sling keeper comprises a channel member which completely encloses a small segment of the doubled sling strap and is fixed to the stock of the arm by means of conventional sling swivels at the toe of the butt stock and toward the muzzle end of the stock forearm. The sling strap is free to move...     

A fastener incorporating a lace and a gripper. The gripper has a patch of a fastener material such as Velcro.RTM.. Areas of complementary fastener material are provided on the lace adjacent the ends thereof. When the lace is engaged with a lace-up article such as a shoe, the fastener material on the...     

An elevator cab is constructed of a thin, somewhat semirigid skeleton. Expanded core plastic panels are attached to the skeleton, thereby forming a very light and rigid cab. These panels are attached by means of releasable hook-like fasteners, thus permitting selective removal of the panels from the...     

An elevator cab is constructed of thin, somewhat semirigid skeleton. Panels, made of expanded core plastic, or honeycomb paper, are attached to the skeleton, thereby forming a very light and rigid cab. These panels are attached by means of releasable hook-like fasteners, thus permitting selective removal...     

A system and method for forming flat temporary seams between two sections of synthetic turf are disclosed. The synthetic turf includes a synthetic turf material having a polymeric backing thereon. A strip of the polymeric backing is removed along a first edge of a first section of synthetic turf and...     

An automobile seat belt includes a latch tongue fixed to one belt segment and having a latching aperture, and a latch housing fixed to the other belt segment, having a recess and opening at its distal end to receive the latch tongue. The tongue is automatically latched within the housing by insertion;...     

An endotracheal tube holder which is particularly suitable for use during medical emergency situations. The holder comprises a pair of identical curved, plate-like hooking members and an interconnecting attachment band which encircles the patient's face and neck. Each of the hooking members has a dogleg...     

This disclosure relates to a clip for securing together adjacent collapsible, expandable, self-locking, self-supporting structures which include a plurality of pairs of crossed rod elements pivotally joined in scissored fashion to each other and to hubs having openings therein, the structures having...     

In combination, a support belt and a buckle having a frame with a pair of opposed forward and rearward transverse members, the latter being secured to one end of the belt. The other end of the belt is adapted to pass through the frame and has means thereon for engagement with the outside of the belt...     

A hooked fabric fastener tape has on one surface of a foundation structure a number of material engaging hooks which have been produced from and by cutting one of loops of synthetic resin threads woven into the foundation structure. One of the hooks is larger in height than the other hook so as to provide...     

The invention disclosed relates to an improvement for tying devices which can be secured to laces particularly on shoes for holding the shoelace knot in place. The device disclosed employs a mechanism for securing a portion of the device to the shoe and enabling the device to be reused for securing a...     

A tie tack for flexibly securing a four-in-hand neck tie to the shirt of the wearer. The tie tack has a cross-bar member for inserting into the button hole of a shirt for securing the tack thereto. A flexible thread extends between the cross-bar and a releasable fastener. A second releasable fastener...     

A release mechanism is provided for releasably joining two objects such as straps, cables, ropes, or the like as well as two rigid members such as pipes, tubing, beams, columns, or the like. The mechanism is usable for releasing loads which are under tension and, in certain embodiments, also transmit...     

A baby bottle security garment is provided. The baby bottle security garment includes in combination a garment for covering at least part of the chest area of an infant, a sleeve piece for removably receiving and securing therein a baby bottle, and a strap member for securing the sleeve piece to the...     

A portable clamp and anchor to restrain feet during sit-up exercises having two clamp pieces which are adjustably positioned on the bottom of a door and a foot restraining piece which is adjustably positioned relative to the clamp pieces. Hook and loop fasteners are used to connect the pieces together...     

A drive belt formed as a discontinuous belt structure with specially-formed nd connectors. The faces of the end connectors have large numbers of miniature interlockable hooking elements thereon for enabling the ends of the belt structure to be formed into a usable endless drive belt. The belt structure...     

An improved tubing organizer for hospital use having Velcro.RTM. straps, a Teflon.RTM. loop and a stainless steel clip connected by stainless steel eyelets. The improved tubing organizer is able to withstand repeated exposure to temperatures up to two hundred eighty degrees Fahrenheit and can be permanently...     

An adjustable strap is disclosed, as is a combination of the strap with a boat. The strap comprises a ring, a longitudinally extending first fabric strip having cooperating "Velcro" portions for releasably locking a first end of the strip in each of a plurality of positions, a snap fastener and a longitudinally...     

A folder is especially designed for use by an athletic coach or instructor. The folder includes a pair of stiff, rectangular supports or covers joined in the folding fashion by a linear hinge. On both the interior and exterior surface of at least one of the covers there are a plurality of releasable...     

A restraining device for a child's high chair includes a pair of straps, each having buckle means at one end for encircling the child's thigh, and hook and loop means at the opposite end for releasably encircling an upright tubular frame member on the back of the high chair.

An attachment assembly for releasably attaching an object such as a wire bundle to a surface such as on the firewall of an automobile. The assembly comprises a flexible polymeric strap, fastener portions adapted for releasable engagement attached at the ends of the strap which can secure the strap around...     

A separable fastener system has a first separable member that includes a series of metal hook sheets disposed in stacked relation that defines an array of hook elements on its broad surface. Each hook sheet is a planar metal member of uniform thickness and has a body portion with a series of hook elements...     

An apparatus for detecting unintentional urination by a user includes an elongated belt of a liquid impermeable flexible material to which a urine sensing pad is detachably mounted. An electrical circuit carried by the belt, which may include a transmitter for sending a encoded signal to a receiver at...     

A plurality of rubber-backed dust control mats are interconnected by a connecting strip which has projections thereon which engage mating projections on the outer surface of the rubber backing on the mats.

Silent touch fastener material adapted to releasably engage a mating surface and adapted to produce reduced sound during rapid separation of the touch fastener material from the mating surface. The material comprises a planar backing material having an engaging surface thereon contacting the backing...     

A display panel comprising a structural layer of rigid material having a plurality of holes extending therethrough, a plurality of laminate sections fastened to the structural layer in parallel relationship, a fastening material fastened to the structural layer in an area between the laminate sections,...     

Footwear such as shoes, sneakers and the like are provided with a pair of flexible band members, one end of each flexible band member being secured to a tongue of the footwear in the vicinity of a knot tying together ends of laces for the footwear; the other, free ends of the band member being movable...     

A first embodiment of a bedding attachment device includes a strip of hook fastening material which is attachable to a bed frame and a further strip of loop fastening material which is selectively attachable to the bedding. Garter-like fastening straps are fixedly secured to the loop strip, and these...     

A wrist strap for use with a bowstring release includes a V-shaped body having an inner surface and an outer surface. A tab is secured to the body outer surface at the apex. A cavity is provided between the tab and body for removably receiving a bowstring release. A first system of fasteners is provided...     

A loop clamp is provided for binding a wire bundle together or for attaching such a wire bundle to a support member. The loop clamp includes a base and a flexible strap having first and second surfaces on opposite sides. One surface includes a plurality of upstanding hook elements and the other surface...     

A shoulder strap organizer operative to secure the shoulder straps, either in the front or back of a garment, particularly a child's garment, in place, preventing their falling off the shoulders which results in loss of garment support. The shoulder strap organizer is provided with hook and pile or similar...     

A guitar strap comprises a narrow band of flexible material having a top side and bottom side, with the bottom side having an anchor member located thereon. In addition, cushion means are provided having a coupling member connected thereto for detachably affixing the cushion means to the anchor member...     

Apparatus and method for effecting temporary, emergency repairs of an engine when a drive belt breaks and repairs must be made under adverse conditions. Either a linear belt segment or a conventional endless belt may be utilized for the emergency repair. A coupling strip maintains terminal ends of the...     

The present invention is directed to a flexible securing strap having at one end a double-sided strip of VELCRO.RTM. hook material. The other end is bifurcated into two sections, each of which have the VELCRO.RTM. loop material on the internal surface, such that the VELCRO.RTM. hook end will attach to...     

An adjustable gas pump trigger lever holding device is adapted to be secured to an automatic gas pump nozzle having an operator's handle, a trigger lever below the handle that is manually adjusted between a closed and open position to regulate fluid flow from the nozzle, and a trigger guard extending...     

A securement system of the type for mounting an object, such as a hammock, snow skis or the like to a support member or to one another including an elongated flexible body member having inner and outer sections. The inner section including a portion made from a polymeric fabric material and a frictional...     

A shoe lace knot securing device comprising a body, a pair of straps each having two ends wherein one end of each strap is permanently attached to one end of the said body and the other end of each strap is free and wherein the said straps extend outward from the said end of the said body, and an anchor...     

A touch fastener mounting system having a touch fastener component attached to a member and adapted to releasably engage a mating touch fastener component. The touch fastener mounting system having a touch fastener component comprising a planar backing material carrying engaging elements on one surface...     

A multi-section folding door includes first and second sets of vertically aligned panels with the panels in each set coupled together in an edge overlapping manner. Each of the panels is suspended from a support bracket attached to the panel's upper edge, with each of the brackets coupled to and suspended...     

A breakaway hanger comprising a multi-slotted rod, and a separate strap of hook and loop material in adjacent slots i.e. in pairs, said straps dangling from the slotted rod and interengaged to form loops that break away when an excess weight is applied.

An adjustable shoulder/lap seat belt adapter in the form of an elongated strap, has fixably mounted on one face thereof a central strip of one of a hook-and-loop type fastener material tape intermediate the ends of the elongated strap. Short length strips of the other of hook-and-loop type fastener tape...     

A fastening device for securing a pair of normally overlapping portions or wearing apparel in a fixed relationship comprising a first fastening member having opposed surfaces with adhesive disposed along one surface for adhering said first fastening member to the first portion of wearing apparel, and...     

Apparatus and methods for producing a novel fastener means of the type having a plurality of fastening means extending from bight portions 60 bonded to a backing material 48. Products fabricated with the novel fastener means. The apparatus generally comprises means for drawing an array of filaments 46,...     

A multi-looped cane retaining strap arranged to be releasably connected to a cane user's wrist and a cane, includes a wrist portion and a flexible cord attached to one another by a swivel device. The wrist portion includes a molded body with a transverse slot formed at one end and a soft flexible strip...     

The invention is an apparatus for securing together segments of an elongated member such as an extension cord. The apparatus includes means for engaging at least one segment of the elongated member and a band member for wrapping around additional segments of the elongated member and having surfaces that...     

This invention relates to the design of a modular puppet construction system which allows the user to achieve a broadly variable configuration, thereby permitting the user to add and remove modular body parts, features, clothing, other articles of usage, and control elements. The body and attachable...     

The clip is made up of a back strap and securing strap, respectively of hook and loop materials that are secured together by merely fitting them face-to-face. The back strap includes a back flap and a front flap, and the securing strap is fitted to the outer opposed surfaces of the back and front flaps...     

A flat flexible display panel capable of being formed into an arcuate surface display member for use as part of an exhibit booth and similar structures is disclosed. The panel is flat for convenience in carrying and storage but is capable of being formed quickly and easily into a curved display member...     

A shoelace retainer includes a flexible, elongated strap member having a plurality of hook fastener elements on one surface thereof and a plurality of complementary loop fastener elements on an opposite surface thereof. A tab member having an elongated slot is disposed at a first end of the strap member...     

A quickly detachable vehicle seat cover includes a cover cloth for covering a vehicle seat and a plurality of fastening elements for securing the cloth cover to the vehicle seat. The cover cloth has Velcro strips attached thereto for connection with the Velcro strips of the fastening elements when the...     

A multipurpose fastening device for securing items to more stationary objects or bundling elongated items or lengths or rope-like material together. More specifically, this device utilizes, primarily, lengths of webbing material together with strips of hook and loop fasteners in various embodiments....     

A securing device for shoes includes a lace which co-operates with a shoe's eyelets, and first and second tab members secured to opposite end portions of the lace. The device may alternatively include a plurality of lace segments. The tab members include hook and loop-type strips which co-operate to...     

A binding strap for holding the coiled cord of an electrical tool is provided. The binding strap is comprised of an elongate strap with Velcro connecting material on opposite faces. The end of the strap is split into a top flap and a bottom flap to receive and permanently affix an electrical cord of...     

An apparatus including a primary and secondary flammable gas container, wherein the flammable gas container is arranged for use during depletion of flammable gas within the primary container. The apparatus further includes a coupling member mounted to the secondary gas container cooperative to direct...     

A device for converting a button/button hole attachment combination in a shirt, blouse or the like to a pressure contact system which avoids the need of manipulating a small button through a small button hole. The device includes a first sheet of flexible material having an exposed side and attachment...     

A releasable fabric joining apparatus is disclosed, comprising a first piece of material which includes a planar body substrate and a planar loop substrate which has a first loop substrate secured coplanar with the planar body substrate. The planar loop substrate also includes a second loop substrate...     

A strap type retainer with loop and hook material on opposite sides which can be used to store cords and other devices which has a pair of welds at one end adjacent a ring such that one end of a cord can be attached by a flap below the ring.

An elongated two part strap-like connector having a series of generally "C" shaped cross-sections in planes crosswise or parallel to the length dimension of the first body part, the second body part of the connector having ridges configured to yieldably nest and be held; and teeth may be provided to...     

A clip for alternatively draping one of three structures, where the first structure includes a top surface, an underside surface and a peripheral edge, the second structure includes a top surface and a peripheral edge having a downwardly extending flange member, and the third structure having a rod support...     

A polymeric insert is arranged for securement within a base portion of a water cooler housing to accommodate drainage from a water cooler top wall. Drainage and condensation is accommodated to minimize corrosion of a lower portion of the water cooler housing. A modification of the structure includes...     

A tube holder adapted to be applied to the body to correctly position a tube and comprising a flat base for application to the body, and on the base at the center thereof being a tube holder comprising a length of material riveted to the base and having connection means on the end portions of the material...     

The present invention is directed to an easily reconfigurable and adaptable article holder comprising a flexible body having an elongated section and transverse sections extending perpendicularly outwardly from the elongated section such that the body is substantially T-shaped when in an unfolded, planar...     

The belt-carried holster includes a slitted back plate engaged by a waist belt. Two pairs of complementary hook and loop flexible fastener strips are connected to the back plate and interconnected in pairs in cross-overlapping fashion, for containment of a cassette player against the back plate. At least...     

A tool restraint includes an elongate elastomeric tether line, with a respective first and second flexible strap mounted to each end thereof. The first web strap is arranged for selective securement about an individual's wrist, with the second strap for securement about a tool member. A modification...     

A connector for releasably securing a first article, such as a part of a boat, to a second article, such as a boat bumper. The connector comprises a generally flat elongate flexible strap having first and second faces, first and second end regions, and an intermediate region between the end regions....     

A closure device for joining two surfaces, which is easily engageable and disengageable but provides a firm lock when closed, comprises two substrates, one of the substrates having a plurality of expandable and contractible openings which lie in the plane of the one substrate and the other one of the...     

A multipurpose fastening device for securing items to more stationary objects or bundling elongated items or lengths of rope-like material together. More specifically, this device utilizes, primarily, lengths of webbing material together with strips of hook and loop fasteners in various embodiments....     

A device for bundling objects such as cords, cables, wire, and hose comprising an elongated flexible strap having one side hook-loop material and having on the opposing side, for engagement therewith, complementary hook-loop material; having one one end of the strap a clasp for looping the strap therethrough...     

A bundling tie for bundling a plurality of elongated members such as wires and cable is presented. The bundling tie is easily detachable by hand and reusable. The bundling tie comprises a flexible strap member which is secured to an anchor member (e.g., cable, wire, tube, etc.) by inserting one end of...     

A non-rigid non-mechanical carrying device for portable radiophones.

A connector comprising a body having generally flexible, C-shaped cross section structure defining recess structure in planes crosswise of and normal to a major dimension of the body; the body having a base and a succession of side walls together defining the C-shaped recess structure, each side wall...     

A fastener consisting of two layers of hook-and-loop materials combined into a fastener for use, either with coils of elongated materials, or, alternatively, for releasably securing any objects together, one or two of which are permanently affixed to the fastener.

A shoelace replacing and fastening device comprising an elongated strip, a strip insert and a clap. Rivet fasteners are used to secure the clasp on one shoe eyelet and to secure the elongated strip to the opposite shoe eyelet of where the clasp is located. The elongated strip is made of a flexible plastic...     

A seat belt adjustment band is provided which changes the location of the shoulder belt. The seat belt adjustment band removably attaches to an existing vehicle seat belt assembly. The seat belt adjustment band is connected the shoulder belt and to the lap belt effectively changing the location of the...     

A jewelry clasp is comprised in part of hook and loop fastener material, such as that available under the brand name VELCRO. A piece of fastener material is glued or otherwise attached to a plastic or metal backing which acts as a first gripping member. The curved (preferably spoon-shaped) first gripping...     

The present invention shows a golf ball marker is shown in which a marker component, a disk of plastic or metal or some other material, may be provided with some element of decoration on its top surface. The marker component also has a layer of one part of hook and loop binder material on its bottom...     

A first fastener member has hook fastener material (B) for securement to a second fastener member having opposed loop fastener material (D). A transverse hinge (E) fixes the first fastener member in position opposite the second fastener for securement of the respective hook and loop fastener materials....     

A unitary medical conduit holder for securing medical conduits to the skin of a patient is made of two major portions which are sonically welded or otherwise attached to one another. The first portion is a base plate or patch for adhesively securing to the skin. The second portion is a strap with wide...     

The present invention relates to a bra strap retainer that is in the form of an elongated flexible string-like retainer that is adapted to be attached to the shoulder portion of an upper garment or to an upper garment accessory such as a shoulder pad. In a fully attached mode the string-like brassiere...     

A method for attaching articles of clothing together, which method includes the use of a plastic tape which has been coated on both sides with releasable adhesive, which releasable adhesive has been selected so as to be appropriate for the specific qualities of the articles which are to be attached together....     

A flexible elastomeric web is arranged for securement about the upper portion of a boot adjacent the entrance opening for securement to the opposed side edges of the lacing slot to receive the boot laces therewithin for storage.