Minka Lighting, Inc.

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Emerson Electric Company

Bausch-lomb Incorporated

Hunter Fan Compnay

Casablanca Fan Company

Seattle Lighting Fixture Co.

Stanfield K Young

Boake Paugh

David R Lathrop

John F Moody

Spencer L Mackay

Cleve A Graham

Scott T Shimatsu

Craig Phillip Johnson

A releasable attachment apparatus has multiple components that allow for easy storage, deployment and detachment of small portable items carried on the apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus has a retractable unit having a housing inside of which are a reel, a spring coil biasing rotation of the reel, and a tensile member carried on the reel. The housing has a female opening that fittingly receives a connector so that there is minimal swivel action in the connector and thus minimal strain on the tensile member when the tensile member is fully retracted in drawing the connector to a stored configuration with the retractable unit. The apparatus also includes a fastener that is adapted to carry the small portable items and is removably attached to the connector. The apparatus also includes a locking switch which is movable between a neutral position that allows rotation of the reel and a locking position which locks the reel against rotation.

Releasable attachment apparatus

A portable camera steady device for use with a camera, having a retractable tensile member whose distal end can be stepped on by a user or hooked to her body or clothing. The device has a swivel mounting member providing two independent and generally perpendicular axes of rotation such that the tensile member extends tangentially from the reel and housing whether the camera is used in the landscape or portrait orientation. A switch is provided to control extension and retraction of the tensile member from a biased reel.

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Cypress, CA, United States of America

Stanfield K Young