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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J Gillespie, Chelsea, MI (US);
Assignee:
Jodon Engineering Associates, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
224247 ; 224269 ; 224250 ; 224674 ; 224651 ; 224194 ; 24-33 ; 24-311 ; 24-312 ; 24-313 ; 2426 / ;
Abstract
A holding device comprises a clip, and a flexible cord. The cord is looped upon itself and its ends are received in a trough on a stem of the clip. The trough has laterally spaced tabs which are crimped over the ends of the cord to secure the cord to the clip. A metal tube is crimped over the trough and the cord ends, and shrink tubing is fitted over the metal tube.