Richco Inc.

The Procter Gamble Company

Fast Heat Element Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Pivot Point, Incorporated

Frank Lodi

Richard M Girardot

Craig A Hawkins

Richard R Tompkins

Ronald Kortelink

Roman J Baus

Rue S Leitzke

Harry Swenson

A mounting support and a component integral with the support for secured mounting in a panel having a keyhole aperture, wherein the keyhole aperture has a smaller aperture intersecting with a larger aperture, and the support has a base for seating on the panel, a finger extending from the base which spans the keyhole aperture, a channel depending from the base which enters the keyhole aperture and slides from the larger aperture into the smaller aperture, a flange having a dimension no greater than the larger aperture but greater than the smaller aperture and which overlays the bottom of the panel, and an engaging member on the finger which releasably locks the support in the keyhole aperture and secures the component on the panel when the base is slid over the smaller aperture.

Integral mounting base support for components

Wire routing device with a keyslot locking base

Winged arrowhead printed circuit board spacer with a keyslot locking base

Barbed printed circuit board spacer with a keyslot locking base

Teardrop printed circuit board spacer with a keyslot locking base

Wire harness clamp with a keyslot locking base

Wire tie with a keyslot locking base

Wire saddle with a keyslot locking base

Low profile spacer stud with a keyslot locking base

Spacer stud with a keyslot locking base

A polymer mesh puff is formed from at least one tube of open cell mesh stretched between a pair of opposing supports. The tube of mesh is bound about a centerpoint by a substantially permanent, non-abrasive mesh binding member. The tube is released from the supports so as to form a plurality of random folds, thereby forming a substantially spherical cleansing implement for use in personal hygiene applications.

Cleansing puff and binding method

Cleansing puff

A polymer mesh puff is formed from at least one tube of open cell mesh stretched between a pair of opposing supports. The tube of mesh is bound about a centerpoint by a substantially permanent, non-abrasive mesh binding member. The tube is released from the supports so as to form a plurality of random folds, thereby forming a substantially spherical cleaning implement for use in personal hygiene applications.

A retaining mechanism or lanyard for retaining a connecting member proximate to a point of connection. A flexible elongated member has an eyelet or loop on a first end, a connector having a connecting pin on the opposite end and a receptacle in between. The connecting member is placed between the connector and receptacle after which the connector is snap fit into the receptacle. The lanyard has unitary construction from a plastic material and requires no additional components during fabrication.

Retaining mechanism for securing connecting members

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Niles, IL, United States of America

Frank Lodi