Patent · US Expired

Self-locking ribbon assemblies

US4329382A · kind A · utility

34Cited by

2References

8Claims

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Assignee

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · US

Inventors

Bernard S. Truskolaski · Lake Elmo, US
Daniel Pohl · Aken, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 1980
Grant date	May 11, 1982
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 7, 2000

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/24802
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A ribbon assembly including face-to-face bow ribbons attached together at spaced locations around a pull member attached to their ends that can be pulled to gather the bow ribbons into a bow. Upon such pulling an end portion of the assembly is pulled between the attachment locations to hold the bow ribbons together in the shape of a bow.

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